PhD and PostDoc Alumni


    Prusayon Nintanavongsa (May 2013)

      Thesis title: Prototype Design and Network Protocols for Wireless Energy Harvesting Sensors
      Post Graduate Positions: Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering Department Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Thailand


    Abdulla Al-Ali (May 2014)

      Thesis title: Database-assisted end-to-end theoretical and simulation framework for cognitive radio networks
      Post Graduate Positions: Assistant Professor, Qatar University, Qatar.


    Rahman Doost Mohammady (Dec 2014)

      Thesis title: Opportunistic Wireless Spectrum Access: Protocols, Analysis and Applications
      Post Graduate Positions: Research Assistant Professor, Rice University, USA.


    Yousof Naderi (Dec 2015)

      Thesis title: RF-Powered Internet of the Things
      Post Graduate Positions: CEO/Co-founder of DeepCharge Inc., Boston, MA & Research Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, USA.


    Meenupriya Swaminathan (May 2017)

      Thesis title: Wireless Intra-body Communication For Implantable And Wearable Body Devices Using Galvanic Coupling
      Post Graduate Positions: Senior Engineer, Qualcomm Inc., USA.

    Ramanathan Subramanian (May 2017)

      Thesis title: Link layer Designs for Short-range Wireless Access Spanning ISM to mmWave Bands
      Post Graduate Positions: Senior Software Engineer, Cisco Systems Inc., USA.

    Benjamin Drozdenko (May 2017)

      Thesis title: Enabling Protocol Coexistence: Hardware-Software Codesign of Wireless Transceivers on Heterogeneous Computing Architectures
      Post Graduate Positions: Assistant Professor, Louisiana Tech University, USA; Technical Lead at NUWCDIVNPT, Newport, RI.

    William Tomlinson (May 2019)

      Thesis title: Physical Layer Design and Implementation of a Biometric Authentication System using Galvanic Coupling Intra-body Communication
      Post Graduate Positions: Director of the Software & Application Innovation Lab (SAIL), Boston University, USA.

    Fan Zhou (Aug 2019)

      Thesis title: Transport Protocol Design for End-to-End Data Delivery in Emerging Wireless Networks
      Post Graduate Positions: Research Engineer, Facebook, USA.

    Ufuk Muncuk (Aug 2019)

      Thesis title: Cognitive RF Energy Harvesting: From Design to Applications
      Post Graduate Positions: Research Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, Boston, USA.

    Dheryta Jaisinghani (July 2020)

      Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Northern Iowa, USA.

    Kunal Sankhe (July 2019)

      Thesis title: Overlaying Control Signal over Standard-Compliant Frames: From Energy Harvesting to Deep Learning
      Post Graduate Positions: Senior Wireless Engineer, Qualcomm Inc., USA.

    Carlos Bocanegra (Dec 2021)

      Thesis title: A Systems Approach to Spectrum Sharing and Multi-antenna Operation for Emerging Networks
      Post Graduate Positions: Wireless System Engineer, Facebook, USA.

    Subhramoy Mohanti (July 2022)

      Thesis title: Distributed Beamforming with Unmanned Vehicles and Edge Network Resource Orchestration for Wireless IoT : A Systems Perspective
      Post Graduate Positions: R&I Researcher, Emerging Technologies Lab, InterDigital, USA.

    Sara García Sánchez (July 2022)

      Thesis title: Learning and Shaping the Wireless Environment: An Integrated View of Sensing, Computing and Communication
      Post Graduate Positions: IBM Research Scientist, NY, USA.

    Stella Banou (July 2022)

      Thesis title: Coupling methods for wireless intra-body communication and sensing
      Post Graduate Positions: Postdoctoral Fellow at Angelaki Lab, Center of Neural Sciences, NYU, USA.

    Guillem Reus Muns (July 2023)

      Thesis title: AI for communication and sensing in RF environments
      Post Graduate Positions: Wireless System Engineer, Apple Inc., CA, USA.

    Debashri Roy (Aug 2023)

      Current Position: Assistant Professor, The University of Texas Arlington, USA.

    Brian Kim (Aug 2023)

      Current Position: Research Scientist at Army Research Lab, Maryland, USA.



MS Thesis Alumni

  • Jason Douglas Meyer (April 2019)
    Thesis title: FPGA Acceleration of a Mobile SDR Receiver for Distributed Beamforming in Wireless Networks
  • Shamnaz M. Riyaz (July 2018)
    Thesis title: Radio Fingerprinting Using Convolutional Neural Networks
  • Zhengnan Li (July 2018)
    Thesis title: Millimeter Wave Massive MIMO Beamforming Communication Simulator Design: A Systematic Approach
  • Jianlin Zhou (August 2016)
    Thesis title: Noise Resilient Wireless Communication: Joint Analog and Digital Optimization
  • Yifei Sun (April 2013, co-advised with Stephen Intille)
    Thesis title: Implementation and Pilot Testing of an Android-based Real-time Activity Detection System
  • Ufuk Munchuk (June 2012)
    Thesis title: Design Optimization and Implementation for RF Energy Harvesting Circuits
  • David Lewis (July 2012)
    Thesis title: Towards Harvesting Energy from Digital Television and Energy Transfer Scheduling Algorithm


MS Project Alumni

  • Idriys Harris
  • Xuege Cao
  • Zhe Li
  • Srilakshmi Jayaramappa
  • Naveen Manikandan Periasamy