• Associate Professor, Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution
  • Rita and Mark Puckett ’73 Engineering Excellence Professor
  • Multidisciplinary Engineering Technology
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Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Florida International University – 2007
  • M.S., Computer Engineering, Florida International University
  • B.S., Electronics (Applied Physics), University of the West Indies

Research Interests

    • Internet of Things (IoT)
    • Securing the Internet of Robotic Things
    • Cyber-physical Systems Security
    • Network Security (Cybersecurity)
    • STEM education 

Certifications & Memberships

  • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Senior Member - 2011

Awards & Honors

  • Rita and Mark Puckett '73 Engineering Excellence Professorship - 2026
  • Texas A&M Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award - 2026
  • Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution Service Excellence Award - 2021

Selected Publications

  • D. Commey, G.V. Crosby, “PQSBFL: A Post-Quantum Secure Blockchain-based Federated Learning Framework,” Expert Systems with Applications, Elsevier, Volume 312, May 2026
  • D. Commey, M. Nkoom, S. Hounsinou, G.V. Crosby, “Blockchain-Enabled Dynamic Honeypot Conversion for Resource-Efficient IoT Security,” Journal of Information Security and Applications (JISA), Elsevier, September 2025
  • M. Nkoom, S.G. Hounsinou, G.V. Crosby, “Securing the Internet of Robotics Things (IoRT) against DDOS Attacks: A Federated Learning with Differential Privacy Clustering Approach,” Computers & Security, Elsevier, Volume 155, August 2025
  • M. Nkoom, S.G. Hounsinou, G.V. Crosby, “Securing the Internet of Robotics Things: A Comprehensive Review on Machine Learning-based Intrusion Detection,” Journal of Cyber Security Technology, Taylor & Francis, 1-50, December 2024
  • A. Mahdi, J. Qin, G.V. Crosby, “DeepFeat: A Bottom Up and Top Down Saliency Model Based on Deep Features of Convolutional Neural Nets,” IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2020