Faculty



 Dr. Fatemeh Afghah
Associate Professor,
Director of Wireless Networking and Information Processing (WiNIP) laboratory
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Clemson University

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Postdoctoral Associate


 Dr. Mohammed Algharib
Postdoctoral Associate (2019-present)

Research: UAV Networking and Communications

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Julia Boone
PhD student, Fall 2022-present



BSc in Electrical Engineering, Clemson University, 2021
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Intelligent Systems, Clemson University, 2022-2024


Jackson Murrin
MSC student, Fall 2022-present

Research: 5G-connected Drones

BSc in Electrical Engineering, Clemson University, 2021
MSc in Electrical Engineering, Intelligent Systems, Clemson University, 2021-2023


Sahand Khoshdel
MSC student, Fall 2022-present

Research: Multi-agent systems

Education:
BSc in Electrical Engineering, University of Tehran, 2022
MSc in Electrical Engineering, Clemson University (Fall22-present)


Ashish Chittimilla

Research: UAV Systems

Education:
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics, Mumbai University (2015)
MS in Computer Engineering, Clemson (Fall 2021-present)


Work Experience:
Project Manager, Inventico Studios Pvt. Ltd, India (2020-2021)
Technical Manager, Smaaash Entertainment, USA (2017-2019)

Embedded Systems Developer,
Smaaash Entertainment, India (2015-2017)

Undergraduate students
Bryce Hopkins

Research: UAV-assisted Fire Monitoring

Education:
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (2019-present)


Visitors

Amir Ali Pour

Visiting PhD Student

Research: Hardware Security (2021-2022)

Education:
BS in Software Engineering, Azad University (2016)
MS in Engineering, Grenoble INP, France (2019)

PhD in Computer Engineering, Universite Grenoble Alpes, France (2019-present)

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Alumni

Former Postdocs, Research Specialists and Visitors:


Dr. Nima Namvar
Research Scientist (2019-2021)

Research: UAV Networking and Communications

Now: Senior Lecturer, Northern Arizona University

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Dr. Mehrdad Khaledi
Postdoctoral Researcher, November 2017- August 2018.

Now: Assistant Professor,
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Suffolk University, Boston USA


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Prof. Hui Li

Associate professor, Henan Polytechnic University


Visitor (2013-2014)




PhD and MS Alumni:


 Alireza Shamsoshoara

PhD in Informatics, August 2017-May 2021.

Research: Security, Radio Spectrum Management

Now: AI Engineer ยท Volkswagen Group of America Innovation and Engineering Center California (IECC)

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Atiyeh Fotoohinasab
MSc in Informatics, August 2018-August 2020.

Research: ECG segmentation

Now: PhD student, University of Arizona

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Sixian Zhang
MSc in Informatics, 2019-2021.


Research: computer-assisted decision making in biomedical applications


Seyed Sajad Mousavi
 PhD in Informatics, August 2017-May 2020.

Thesis: ECG Signal Processing for Heart Arrhythmia Detection

Now: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard University

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Ashwija Korenda

MSE in Electrical Engineering, NAU (2015-2018)

Thesis: Enhancing Security and Radio Spectrum Efficiency in Cognitive IoT Networks
Now: PhD student in WiNIP Lab

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Mohammad Zaeri-Amirani
Research specialist (2016-2018).
Research: Game Theory, Cognitive Radio Networks.

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Qian Zhao

MSE (project-based) in Electrical Engineering, NAU (2018-2019)


Jared Park
MSE in Electrical Engineering, NAU (2015-2017)
Graduation Date: January 2017.
Thesis: Hardware Authentication Enhancement of Resistive Random Access Memory (ReRAM) Physical Unclonable Functions

Now with Orbital ATK. 


Abdulla Shamsuddin
MSc in Electrical Engineering, NAU. (2015-2016)
Graduation Date: May 2016
Thesis: Design and Implementation of Software Defined Radio Communication for Unmanned Vehicle Networks

 Now with Raytheon.


Frank Pinto

MSc in Electrical Engineering, NC A&T (2013-2015)
Graduation Date: May 2015
Thesis: Software Defined Radio Implementation of DS-CDMA in Inter-Satellite Communications for Small Satellites

Now with Department of Defense.



Christopher Osiegbu

Master in Electrical Engineering, NC A&T (2013-2015)

Thesis: Design and Implementation of Smart Homes using Wireless Sensor Networks

Now with IBM, Nigeria.




Undergraduate Research Assistants:



Orvien James Belen

Senior, Electrical Engineering

Research: ECG analysis
Supported by NSF REU


Nathan Payton-McCauslin

Undergraduate Research Assistant
(supported by NSF REU)
 
Research: Biomedical signal processing
 
Now with Microchip Technology Inc.



James Todd

  Undergraduate Research Assistant
(supported by NSF REU)
 
Research: Biomedical signal processing
 
Now with State Farm.



Joseph Carter La Fontaine

Sophomore, computer science
Research: Hardware security
Supported by NSF LSAMP




Boubacar Abdou Tchoussou

NSF Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) researcher, NC A&T (2013-2015)
Research: Cognitive Radio Networks

Awards: College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Undergraduate Student of the Year (2015).

Now with United States Patent Trademark Office, MSc student at George Mason University.

Denis Yolinga

Senior in Electrical Engineering, NC A&T (2014-2015)
Research: Satellite Communications

Jabari Stegall

NSF Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) researcher, NC A&T (2013-2015)

Research: Smart Homes

Now: PhD student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.



Arnau Rovria Sugranyes

Exchange student from Spain, NAU (2015-2016)

Research: Environmental monitoring using wireless sensor networks

Now: PhD student at Northern Arizona University.



Gabrial Bixler

Senior, Electrical Engineering

Research: Cardiac Event Detection
 





Juan Arias

Senior, Electrical Engineering

Research: UAV communications
 






Haiyu Wu

Senior, Electrical Engineering

Research: Hardware-based secuity
 









Sean Tan

Senior, Electrical Engineering

Research: UAV communications
 

Rafiya Chowdhury

Senior in Electrical Engineering, NC A&T (2013-2015)
Research: Satellite Communications




Reginal Farmer

Junior in Electrical Engineering, NC A&T (2014-2015)
Research: Vehicular Communications

senior design students


DataMenders (link to their website)
Northern Arizona University, Computer Science (2017-2018)

Project: Multi-factor Analysis to Reduce False Alarms  in Intensive Care Units
 
From left: James Todd, Alexander Grzesiak, Nathan Payton-McCauslin



Genius Ones Senior Design Group,
North Carolina A&T State University (2013-2014)


From left to right: Jasmine Gee, Bobby White, NichelleLe Carrington, Patronia Marshall.
This group designed and built a H.O.M.E (Home Out-Patient Monitoring Equipment) device to monitor and record patient's vital signs with a convenient portable device.




OBEAM Senior Design Group
North Carolina A&T State University (2013-2014)

Members: Muhammad Hassan, Odette Bryant, Boubacar Tchoussou, Emmanuel Arzate and Ayman Aalem.
OBEAM designed a system,"QuickPark", that allows users to locate parking spots quickly and efficiently. The objective of the design is to implement an accurate and prompt system that gives the user the benefit of finding parking spots without wasting time.