Research Group
Current Members
Karim Said
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Fall 2022
Karim Said received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Mansoura University and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Virginia Tech.
Now, he works as a postdoc in ECE. His current research interests include waveform design for ultra-reliable low latency communications, multi-mode fiber communications and statistical learning theory.
Yibin (Donald) Liang
Ph.D. Student
Fall 2019
Yibin Liang received the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech, and he is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the Wireless@Virginia Tech and the Multifunctional Integrated Circuits and Systems (MICS) research groups in ECE.
His current research interests include information theory, communication networks, machine learning, VLSI, and future intelligent computing systems. Yibin is a receipt of 2020 Qualcomm Innovation Fellow and spent his summer of 2021 in the Standards and Mobility Innovation Lab of Samsung Research America.
Nima Mohammadi
Ph.D. Student
Fall 2020
Nima Mohammadi holds a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering and received his M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Tehran.
His current research interests include machine learning, wireless communications and neuromorphic computing.
Yifei Song
Ph.D. Student
Spring 2021
Yifei Song received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Connecticut and University of Washington respectively in 2017 and 2020.
His current research interests are in the broad area of wireless communications, machine learning and optimization.
Jiongyu Dai
Ph.D. Student
Fall 2021
Jiongyu Dai received his B.E. in Automation and M.S. in Control Science and Engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, respectively in 2017 and 2020. His current research interests include security, 5G and wireless networks.
Mahfuzur Rahman
Ph.D. Student
Fall 2021
Mahfuzur Rahman received his B.S. degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh and dual M.S. degrees in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Physics both from Michigan Technological University (MTU), Houghton, MI in 2016. He has worked as RF Engineer for over 10 years globally.
His current research interests are in the broad area of wireless communications, Non-Terrestrial Network, and machine learning.
Usama Saeed
Ph.D. Student
Fall 2021
Usama Saeed received his BE degree in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Science and Technology in 2019. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering within Wireless@VT in ECE.
His research interests lie in the broad area of wireless communications, channel estimation and system prototyping with Software Defined Radios (SDRs).
Evan Allen
Ph.D. Student
Fall 2021
Evan Allen received the B.S. degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Marshall University (MU) in 2021. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. Degree in Wireless@Virginia Tech, ECE. His research interests are in the broad area of wireless communications, machine learning and optimization.
Ramin Safavinejad
Ph.D. Student
Spring 2022
Ramin Safavinejad received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology and his M.S. degree in Communication Systems from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
He ECE in Spring 2022 to pursue his PhD as a member of Wireless@VT. His current research include 5G and beyond communication networks and systems, wireless scheduling, reinforcement learning and statistical learning theory.
Shadab Mahboob
Ph.D. Student
Spring 2022
Shadab Mahboob received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2017 and M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY in 2021.
He joined Wireless@VT research group in ECE as a Ph.D. student from Spring 2022. His research interests broadly include 5G networks, optimization and machine learning.
Ibraheem Alturki
Ph.D. Student
Fall 2022
Ibraheem Alturki received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and earned his M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles in 2016 and 2020 respectively.
He worked for several years as a faculty member at King Saud University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in ECE.
Raymond Zhao
Ph.D. Student
Fall 2023
Raymond Zhao completed his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 2023. He is currently pursuing his Master's and Ph.D. degree in Wireless@Virginia Tech. His interests lie in the extensive realm of wireless communication and machine learning.
Ummay Sumaya Khan
Ph.D. Student
Spring 2024
Ummay Sumaya Khan received her B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2017 and her M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL in 2023.
Her research interests include deep learning, machine learning, neuromorphic computing and their applications in MIMO wireless communications, and FPGA implementation.
Sujata Sinha
Ph.D. Student
Summer 2024
Sujata Sinha received her B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, India and M.S. degree in Computer Science and Software Engineering from Auburn University, Auburn (AL) in 2018 and 2021 respectively.
Her research interests include wireless communications, machine learning/deep learning, and wireless security.
Previous Members
Shashank Jere
Ph.D. Student
Fall 2019 - Fall 2024
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Initial Employment
Senior Research Engineer
Machine Learning for Wireless Group | Apple
Jiarui Xu
Ph.D. Student
Fall 2020 - Summer 2024
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech
Initial Employment
Senior Research Engineer
Wireless System Group | Apple
Zheng Wang
PostDoctoral Research Associate
Spring 2022 - Spring 2024
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Initial Employment
Research Assistant Professor
Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT), China
Lianjun Li
Ph.D. Student
Defended in Spring 2023
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Initial Employment
Staff Research Engineer
Standards and Mobility Innovation Lab | Samsung Research America
Bodong Shang
PostDoctoral Research Associate
Spring 2022
Ph.D. Student
Defended in December 2021
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Initial Employment
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Carnegie Mellon University
Yanjun Pan
PostDoctoral Research Associate
Fall 2021
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Initial Employment
Assistant Professor
Computer Science and Computer Engineering | University of Arkansas
Hao-Hsuan Chang
Ph.D. Student
Defended in August 2021
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Initial Employment
Senior Research Engineer
Standards and Mobility Innovation Lab | Samsung Research America
Zhou (John) Zhou
Ph.D. Student
Defended in June 2021
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Initial Employment
Senior Research Engineer
6G Research Group | Apple
Qiang Fan
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Spring 2020 - Summer 2021
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Initial Employment
Senior Research Engineer
Wistron Neweb Corporation
Hao Song
Ph.D. Student
Defended in February 2021
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Initial Employment
Research Scientist
Intel Corporation
Hussein Saad
Research Assistant Professor
Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Initial Employment
Senior System Engineer
Qualcomm Corporate R&D | Qualcomm
Kian Hamedani
Ph.D. Student
Defended in May 2020
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Initial Employment
Machine Learning Scientist
ANDRO Computational Solutions
Rubayet Shafin
Ph.D. Student
Defended in February 2020
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Initial Employment
Senior Research Engineer
Standards and Mobility Innovation Lab | Samsung Research America
Hayder Almosa
Ph.D. Student
Defended in May 2019
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | The University of Kansas
Initial Employment
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering | University of Kufa, Iraq
Farhad Mahmood
Ph.D. Student
Defended in April 2019
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | The University of Kansas
Initial Employment
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering | Mosul University, Iraq
Susanna Mosleh
Ph.D. Student
Defended in December 2018
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | The University of Kansas
Initial Employment
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Colorado - Boulder & National Institute of Standards and Technology
Hao Chen
Ph.D. Student
Defended in June 2017 with Honor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | The University of Kansas
Initial Employment
Senior Research Engineer
Standards and Mobility Innovation Lab | Samsung Research America
Rachad Atat
Ph.D. Student
Defended in June 2017 with Honor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | The University of Kansas
Initial Employment
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department | Texas A&M University at Qatar
Cenk Sahin
Ph.D. Student
Defended in Dec 2015 with Honor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | The University of Kansas
Initial Employment
National Research Council Junior Fellow
Sensor Directorate | U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory
Charles Ranson
M.S Student
Fall 2021 - Spring 2022
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Initial Employment
Engineer
Peraton
Bowen (Aaron) Xu
M.S. Student
Defended in Dec. 2021
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Initial Employment
Software Engineer
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jianan Bai
M.S. Student
Defended in Dec. 2020
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Initial Employment
Ph.D. Student
Department of Electrical Engineering | Linköping University
Yan Li
M.S. Student
Defended in Dec 2015 with Honor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | The University of Kansas
Initial Employment
Embedded Software Engineer
Aerotenna | Lawrence, KS
Aditya Balasubramanian
M.S. Student
Defended in Aug 2014
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | The University of Kansas
Initial Employment
Software Engineer
World Travel Holdings | Wilmington, MA
Yi Zhu
M.S. Student
Defended in Aug 2014
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | The University of Kansas
Initial Employment
Chancellor's Fellow
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | University of California, Merced
Daniel Ndungu Muchiri
M.S. Student
Defended in August 2014
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | The University of Kansas
Initial Employment
Engineer
Ericsson Inc | Overland Park, KS
Zach Rohde
B.S. Student
Graduated in December 2015
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | The University of Kansas
Initial Employment
Engineer
T-Mobile US, Inc. | Bellevue, WA
Anding Wang, Ph.D.
Post-Doctor Associate Dec 2011 - Mar 2013
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | The University of Kansas
Initial Employment
Assistant Professor
School of Information & Electronic Engineering | Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Visitors
Hongxia Zhang
Visiting Scholar
Spring 2019 - Fall 2019
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Associate Professor
College of Computer Science and Technology | China University of Petroleum
Mingqian Liu
Visiting Scholar
Fall 2018 - Fall 2019
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Assistant Professor
State Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Networks | Xidian University
Ying Li
Visiting Scholar
Fall 2016 - Spring 2018
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | The University of Kansas
Associate Professor
Shandong Xiehe University, Qingdao, Shangdong, China
Bin Wang, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar
Oct 2014 - Aug 2015
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | The University of Kansas
Associate Professor
College of Computer and Communication Engineering | China University of Petroleum, Qingdao, Shangdong, China
Nan Qu
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Spring 2019 - Spring 2020
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Ph.D. Student
Communication and Information Systems | Xidian University
Junchao Ma
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Fall 2017 - Fall 2019
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Ph.D. Student
Key Laboratory of Information Coding and Transmission | School of Information Science and Technology | Southwest Jiao Tong University
Xiaoxuan Wang
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Fall 2017 - Fall 2018
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Ph.D. Student
Traffic Information Engineering and Control | Beijing Jiaotong University
Yi Li
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Fall 2016 - Fall 2017
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Virginia Tech
Ph.D. Student
School of Information Science and Technology | Southwest Jiao Tong University
Bing Ning
Visiting Ph.D. Student Dec 2012 - Mar 2013
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | The University of Kansas
Assistant Professor
School of Electric and Information Engineer | Zhongyuan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
Lei Shi
Visiting Graduate Student
Aug 2013 - May 2014
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | The University of Kansas
Graduate Student
School of Information Science and Technology | Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Scholars & Interns
McNair Scholars at the University of Kansas
Carlos Fernandez
Eric Rivera
Intern at the Air Force Research Laboratory
Samuel Douglas Buchanan
M.S. Student, Columbia University
Intern at Samsung Research America
Shreeshankar Bodas
Vice President, JPMorgan Chase & Co.