As Chief Technology Officer and Deputy Director of the Research Institute for Tactical Autonomy (RITA), Dr. Donnell Walton, helps shape the institute’s technical strategy and

https://rita.howard.edu/uploads/RITA-NTA-Timeline.mp4 RITA leadership joined the National Technical Association (NTA) in celebrating its 100th anniversary and a century of advancing excellence in science, engineering, and technology.

Caleb Cooper is a second-year atmospheric science Ph.D. student at Howard University and a 2026 participant in RITA’s Summer Internship Program. His connection to RITA

As a professor in Hampton University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dr. Otsebele Nare has spent nearly two decades educating future engineers while advancing

After two decades at Hampton University, RITA principal investigator, Dr. Qiang Le is beginning a new chapter as Chair of the Department of Electrical and

Scientific careers are rarely linear, and Dr. Anaiya Reliford’s journey is proof that some of the most innovative research happens at the intersection of disciplines.