Students

Student Mentoring:-

A. Students Supervised (2006-Present):

Ph.D. students:

1. Dr. Shams Al Ajrawi: Thesis title: “Investigating ECoG Signal Acquisition And Transmission in Brian Computer Interface Applications”, Graduated in March 2021 (Current employment: Assistant Professor at Alliant University). Linkedin : Dr. Shams Al Ajrawi

2. Mr. Hamed Mojtahed: researching the use of artificial intelligence in wireless health.Expected date of graduation: 2025. Linkedin : hamed-mojtahed

Post-Doctoral Researchers Mentored and Funded:

1. Dr. Kyuho Son (2012-2014) – worked on Cell Zooming Techniques in Cellular Networks. Linkedin : Dr. Kyuho Son

2. Dr. Sanjay Biswas (2013-2015) – working on Energy Efficiency in Cellular Networks

3. Dr. Ramkumar Venkatala (2014) – worked on Brain Computer Interface

International Visiting Ph.D. Students – Jointly Advised these students on their Dissertation

1. Asis Tripathy:

Home University: National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India,

Visiting scholar at SDSU: 2014

Ph.D. Dissertation Area: Development of Application Specific Clustering Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks, April 2016

Current Status: Currently Assistant Professor in Vellore Institute of Technology, India Linkedin : Asis Tripathy

2. Sourav Kanti Addya:

Home University: National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India,

Visiting scholar at SDSU: 2015

Ph.D. Dissertation Area: Cloud Computing, 2018

Current Status: Post-doctoral researcher at IIT, Kharagpur, India. Linkedin : Sourav Kanti Addya

3. Hasan Miri:

Home University: K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Visiting scholar at SDSU: 2016

Ph.D. Dissertation Area: Wireless Body Area Networks/Wireless Health, (in-progress)

Current Status: Ph.D. student at K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran. Expected Graduation: 2019

4. Syed Hassan:

Home University: Kyungpook National University, South Korea

Visiting scholar at SDSU: 2016/2017

Ph.D. Dissertation Area: energy efficiency in Cellular Networks, Vehicular Technology, Cloud Computing and BCI, 2018

Current Status: Assistant Professor in the CSE Department at Georgia Southern University)

Note: The years represent their time of visit to my lab at SDSU. Linkedin :- Syed Hassan

5. Maryam Taghi Zadeh

Home university: Azad University of Kerman, Iran

Visiting scholar at SDSU: May 2022- May 2023

Research area: “Design and simulation of a graphene field effect transistor (GFET) as a biosensor to detect

COVID-19 and transfer the extracted data from it to a healthcare centre using IoT technique”.

M.S Theses Chaired at SDSU (Students Graduated):

  1. Mr. Sandeep Arugonda , “Comparative Study of Neighbor Discovery Scheme using Directional Antennas in an
    Ad-Hoc Network”, Spring 2008
  2. Ms. Sahitya Bora, “A QoS Enabled MAC Protocol for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks with Power Control”, Summer
    2008
  3. Mr. Chandu Poduri, “An adaptive Power Control Scheme in a Wireless AdHoc Network using Directional
    Antenna”, October 2008
  4. Ms. Moumita Ray, “QoS in 802.11e”, November 2008
  5. Mr. Sunil Lakamsani, “A Reservation Based MAC Protocol for Adhoc Networks”, Nov 2008
  6. Mr. Harpreet Sachdeva, “A Hybrid Scheduling Scheme for Maximizing Throughput in IEEE 802.16”, April 2009
  7. Mr. Jeemil Shah, “A Channel Selection Scheme in a Multi-Channel MAC Protocol in 802.11 Architecture”
    (February 2010)
  8. Ms. Padmasini Chandramouli, “A Bidding based Resource Allocation Scheme in WiMAX” (March 2010)
  9. Mr. Chirayu Nagaraj, “A Packet Scheduling Algorithm to Enhance QoS in IEEE 802.16” (March 2010)
  10. Ms. Rohitha Vakamudi, “A MAC Layer protocol for the “Underdog” Traffic” (March 2010)
  11. Mr. Imran Haider Balsania, “A SINR Based MAC Layer protocol for Multi-Channel Ad Hoc Networks” (4/1/10)
  12. Mr. Ankur Gupta, “Power Management in Wireless AdHoc Networks with Directional Antennas” (May 2010)
  13. Mr. Sultan Budhwani, “A MAC Layer protocol for Sensor Networks using Directional Antenna” (May 2010)
  14. Mr. Vishal Rajyaguru, “Studying Traffic Characteristics in a university wide Ad-Hoc Network Test-bed” April
    2010
  15. Ms. Darshana Garach: “A Cross Layer Optimization for Power Management in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks”,
    October, 2010
  16. Ms. Dharshana Vijayraghavan: “Performance Analysis for IEEE 802.15.4 for Wireless Body Area Networks”
    October, 2010
  17. Mr. Abhiram Devineni, “Performance Evaluation of Body Area Network Using Zigbee Protocol” November 2010
  18. Mr. Ali Abbas Vohra, “A Priority Based MAC Protocol for Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) , March,
    2011
  19. Mr. Sultan Budhwani, “A MAC Layer protocol for Sensor Networks using Directional Antenna” (March 2011)
  20. Mr. Archit Kapoor – “An Efficient Network Architecture for Mobile Social Networking Devices”, April 2012
  21. Ms. Swati Kode – “A Relational Interval Tree for Efficient Insertion and Searching of Mobile Transient Data”,
    May 2012
  22. Ms. Ramapriya – “Cell Zooming for Power Efficient Base Station Operation”, May 2012
  23. Ms. Chithra Shanmugan – “QoS Fairness for Low Priority Traffic”, May 2012
  24. Mr. Abhishek Kalapatapu – “Matching Algorithm And Data Mining Process For Mobile Social Networking
    Device”, June 2012
  25. Mr. Vikram Santhanam – “Interference Mitigation Techniques in Heterogeneous Networks”, July 2012
  26. Ms. Sahana Pillappaiah, “Auction based Resource Allocation in WiMAX”, October 2012
  27. Mr. Vikram Ramanna, “Minimizing Computing Core Costs in Cloud Infrastructures that Host Location-Based
    Advertising Services”, March 2013
  28. Mr.Chris Aguirre, “An Ad Hoc Broadcast Scheme using the Radio Data System (RDS) in the FM Band”, May
    2013
  29. Mr. Faris Rasam: “Ultra Wideband Transceiver Design for Compact and Implantable Medical Devices”, 2013
  30. Ms. Sangeetha Mani: “Medium access control protocol for FM transceivers in a Local Area Wireless adhoc
    network”, Fall 2013
  31. Ms. Niharika Verma: “Proximity Mapping Sensor application (PMSApp) for Android framework” , Fall 2013
  32. Ms. Shobhana Kanakaraj: “Analyzing a novel mobile-to-mobile social networking communication paradigm”,
    Fall 2014
  33. Mr. Sandipan Basu: “A Comparitive Study on Ultra-Wideband and Ultra-Sonic Technologies for Wireless Body
    Area Networks and Healthcare”, Graduated in Fall 2015
  34. Ms. Manasa Chagantipati: “Technological Challenges in Healthcare”, Graduated in Spring 2016
  35. Mr. Kiran Kushalad: “Asynchronous Device Discovery and Rendezvous Protocol for D2D communication in
    Mobile AdHoc Network”, Graduated in Spring 2016
  36. Mr. Pragnesh Patel: “Wireless Channel Modeling of Ultra-Wideband Signals for Brain Computer Interface
    Applications”, Graduated in December 2016
  37. Mr. Gaurav Kulkarni: “Designing a 4G LTE Test bed for implementing and validating Green Cellular
    Algorithm”, Graduated in April 2017
  38. Mr. Sidhant Mohanty: “Ultra-Wide band RFID for Low Power Wireless Signal Transmission in BCI Applications
    using Back scatter Signaling”, Graduated in June 2017
  39. Ms. Apoorva Deshpande, “Efficient power saving channel access mechanism using IEEE 802.11af TV white
    space (TVWS) spectrum”, Graduated in February 2018
  40. Mr. Rutul Patel, “Investigating the Feasibility of Multiple UWB Transmitters in Brain Computer Interface (BCI)
    Applications”, Graduated in May 2018
  41. Mr. Bhavesh Hiranandani, “Analyzing and Improving the Quality of Experience (QoE) of an Airborne WiFi
    Network”, Graduated in June 2018
  42. Ms. Harshini Harikrishnan, “Medium Access Control Protocols for UHF-RFID Transmitters for Brain Computer
    Interface Applications”, Graduated in July 2019
  43. Ms. Kinjal Gala, “Real-time Indoor Geolocation Tracking in Assisted Healthcare Facilities”, Graduated in August
    2019
  44. Mr. Hrishikesh Adigal, “Optimized Placement of LoRa Nodes and Gateway”, Graduated in August 2019
  45. Mr. Kishore Bharatkumar, “Low Power FPGA Classification for Fall Detection at the Edge”, Graduated in May
    2020
  46. Mr. Ved Sharma, “Predicting domestic Energy Consumption Using Inferencing at the Edge”, May 13, 2022

M.S Theses Chair at SDSU (Current Students):

  1. Ms. Aarti Gehani researching the use of LoRa transmiters in subterranean networks – channel conditions for
    below-the-ground transmissions
  2. Mr. David Janelidze researching machine learning techniques to predict and prevent bacterial growth in roots of
    plants
  3. Mr. Chetan Malik researching on the use of Artificial Intelligence in BCI applications, 2020-
  4. Ms. Sai Shruthi researching on optimal drone based mobile cell tower deployment to facilitate V2V communication, 2020-
  5. Ms. Soumya Konrey Seethkumar researching on Precision Agriculture, 2022-
  6. Ms. Bhavana Parvatneni, Next generation Connectivity, 2022-
  7. Ms. Aboli Katkar, Next generation connectivity, 2022-
    Special Studies and Master’s Degree Projects Supervised at SDSU (Students Graduated):
  8. Ms. Rizwana Anjum, “Sensor Networks”, Spring 2007.
  9. Ms. Manjukiran Vishwanath, “MAC Layer Challenges Associated with Directional Antennas”, Spring 2007.
  10. Master Degree Project on “Wireless Remote Obesity Management”, (Qualcomm Program), Spring 2012-2013
  11. Master Degree Project on “Automated Wireless Medical Reminder Protocol”, (Qualcomm Program) 2014-2015
  12. X-Team – a multi-disciplinary team comprising of graduate and undergraduate students of SDSU from different
    disciplines (Science, Engineering, Business, Arts and Letters) competed in the Qualcomm’s Tricorder XPRIZE
    challenge. I mentored this team that ranked as one of the top 10 finalists worldwide. (2012 – 2015)
  13. Ms. Hema Alapati, “Using Artificial Intelligence for Smart Home Utilities”, NIT, Rourkela, 2020
  14. Mr. Paul Bryden, “Indoor Geolocation and Fall detection in Elderly Patients”, 2017-2018
  15. Mr. Hetkumar Shah, “Subterranean Network Signal-to-Noise measurements using LoRa”, May 2020
  16. Mr. Akash Dwivedi, “Toxic Comments Classification using Machine Learning Models”, May 2020
  17. Mr. Sagar Cheluvegowda, “Evaluating Performance Bounds on a LoRa Infrastructure”, May 2020
  18. Ms. Tejaswini Garapati, “Handover Mechanisms for Fast Moving Vehicles”, May 2020
  19. Mr. Rahul Raghav, “Performance Measurements of 915MHz LoRa radios in Soil”, May 2021
    Undergraduate/K-12 Research Projects Chaired:
  20. Mr. David Martin, “Configuring Spectrum Analyzer for the 4G Heterogeneous Network Lab”, Spring 2009
  21. Mr.Rohit Jain, “Reducing Handover in Femto cells”, Summer 2010 (Summer Research Intern from Indian
    Institute of Technology (IIT), India)
  22. Undergraduate Senior Design Project: “Aquamizer: A Wireless Water Monitoring System”, Fall 2009
  23. Undergraduate Senior Design Project: “Wireless Healthcare Integrated Monitoring System”, Fall 2011
  24. Mr. Parag Khaitan, “Cell Zooming for Power Efficient Base Station Operation”, Summer 2012 (Summer
    Research Intern from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India)
  25. Mr. Caio Gagliano Vieira, “Simultaneous Wireless Charging of Multiple Electric Vehicles”, Summer 2015
    (Brazil Scientific Mobility Program)
  26. Mr. Humberto Machado, “Implantable transceivers to Capture Human ECog Signals”, Summer 2015 (Brazil
    Scientific Mobility Program)
  27. Mr. Hayden Bialek , “ Channel Models for UHF-RFID in BCI Applications, Oregon State University, Summer
    2017
  28. Young Scholars Program in Neuroengineering in Summer of 2017, Summer 2018.
  29. Ms. Sonia, “Indoor Geolocation and Fall detection in Elderly Patients”, Spring 2018
  30. Mr. Raffy, “Indoor Geolocation and Fall detection in Elderly Patients”, Spring 2018
  31. Mr. Matthew Wang, “Software Application for Smart Phones for Location Tracking”, University of California, Los Angeles, Summer 2018
  32. Mr. David Janelidze, “Strategic Placement of LoRa Gateways for the Smart Grid”, SDSU-Georgia, Summer 2018
  33. Mr. Davit Soselia, “Machine Learning Techniques for Fall Prediction in Elderly Patient Population”, SDSU-Georgia, Summer 2018

Special Studies and Master’s Degree Projects Supervised at SDSU (Students Graduated):

  1. Ms. Rizwana Anjum, “Sensor Networks”, Spring 2007.
  2. Ms. Manjukiran Vishwanath, “MAC Layer Challenges Associated with Directional Antennas”, Spring 2007.
  3. Master Degree Project on “Wireless Remote Obesity Management”, (Qualcomm Program), Spring 2012-2013
  4. Master Degree Project on “Automated Wireless Medical Reminder Protocol”, (Qualcomm Program) 2014-2015
  5. X-Team – a multi-disciplinary team comprising of graduate and undergraduate students of SDSU from different
    disciplines (Science, Engineering, Business, Arts and Letters) competed in the Qualcomm’s Tricorder XPRIZE
    challenge. I mentored this team that ranked as one of the top 10 finalists worldwide. (2012 – 2015)
  6. Ms. Hema Alapati, “Using Artificial Intelligence for Smart Home Utilities”, NIT, Rourkela, 2020
  7. Mr. Paul Bryden, “Indoor Geolocation and Fall detection in Elderly Patients”, 2017-2018
  8. Mr. Hetkumar Shah, “Subterranean Network Signal-to-Noise measurements using LoRa”, May 2020
  9. Mr. Akash Dwivedi, “Toxic Comments Classification using Machine Learning Models”, May 2020
  10. Mr. Sagar Cheluvegowda, “Evaluating Performance Bounds on a LoRa Infrastructure”, May 2020
  11. Ms. Tejaswini Garapati, “Handover Mechanisms for Fast Moving Vehicles”, May 2020
  12. Mr. Rahul Raghav, “Performance Measurements of 915MHz LoRa radios in Soil”, May 2021

Undergraduate/K-12 Research Projects Chaired:

  1. Mr. David Martin, “Configuring Spectrum Analyzer for the 4G Heterogeneous Network Lab”, Spring 2009
  2. Mr.Rohit Jain, “Reducing Handover in Femto cells”, Summer 2010 (Summer Research Intern from Indian
    Institute of Technology (IIT), India)
  3. Undergraduate Senior Design Project: “Aquamizer: A Wireless Water Monitoring System”, Fall 2009
  4. Undergraduate Senior Design Project: “Wireless Healthcare Integrated Monitoring System”, Fall 2011
  5. Mr. Parag Khaitan, “Cell Zooming for Power Efficient Base Station Operation”, Summer 2012 (Summer Research Intern from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India)
  6. Mr. Caio Gagliano Vieira, “Simultaneous Wireless Charging of Multiple Electric Vehicles”, Summer 2015
    (Brazil Scientific Mobility Program)
  7. Mr. Humberto Machado, “Implantable transceivers to Capture Human ECog Signals”, Summer 2015 (Brazil Scientific Mobility Program)
  8. Mr. Hayden Bialek , “ Channel Models for UHF-RFID in BCI Applications, Oregon State University, Summer 2017
  9. Young Scholars Program in Neuroengineering in Summer of 2017, Summer 2018.
  10. Ms. Sonia, “Indoor Geolocation and Fall detection in Elderly Patients”, Spring 2018
  11. Mr. Raffy, “Indoor Geolocation and Fall detection in Elderly Patients”, Spring 2018
  12. Mr. Matthew Wang, “Software Application for Smart Phones for Location Tracking”, University of California,
    Los Angeles, Summer 2018
  13. Mr. David Janelidze, “Strategic Placement of LoRa Gateways for the Smart Grid”, SDSU-Georgia, Summer 2018
  14. Mr. Davit Soselia, “Machine Learning Techniques for Fall Prediction in Elderly Patient Population”, SDSU-Georgia, Summer 2018