Group Members:

I am fortunate to have the chance to work with following group members.

Karim Said
PostDoctoral Research Associate (Fall 2022 - )

Karim Said received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Mansoura University, Egypt and the M.S. and PhD degrees from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, respectively. Now he works as a postdoc in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA. His current research interests include waveform design for ultra-reliable low latency communications, multi-mode fiber communications and statistical learning theory.

Shashank Jere
Ph.D. Student (Fall 2019 - )

Shashank Jere received the B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and the M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2014 and 2016 respectively. From 2016 to 2019, he worked as a Platform and Product Development engineer at Qualcomm Technologies Inc in San Diego, CA working on sub-6GHz and mm-Wave transceiver SoCs. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. His research interests are in the broad area of wireless communications, neural networks, machine learning/deep learning and beyond-5G networks. Shashank was a research intern in Intel Labs for the summer of 2021 working on machine learning for wireless networks.

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 the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. 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.

Jiarui Xu
Ph.D. Student (Fall 2020 - )

Jiarui Xu received the B.S. degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, in 2017, and the M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, in 2019. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA. Her research interests include deep learning, machine learning, and their applications in wireless communications. Jiarui was a research intern in the STAR Lab of Samsung Research America in Fall 2020.

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. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Virginia Tech. 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. He joined the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech as a Ph. D. student in 2021 Spring. 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. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech as a Ph. D. student in 2021 Fall. 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. He joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech as a Ph. D. student in Fall 2021. 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 the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. 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, the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. 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 has joined the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering since 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 has joined Wireless@VT research group in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech 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 the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech.

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. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. degree in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA. 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. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech. Her research interests include wireless communications, machine learning/deep learning, and wireless security.

Yuanzhi Zhang
Ph.D. Student (Fall 2024 - )

Yuanzhi Zhang earned his B.S. degrees in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mathematics from Virginia Tech in 2024. He is currently working toward his Master's and Ph.D. at Wireless@Virginia Tech, with a focus on the broad field of wireless communication.

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. (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. (Defended in December 2021)
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Virginia Tech

Initial Employment
PostDoctoral 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. (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. (Defended in June 2021)
Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Virginia Tech

Initial Employment
Senior Research Engineer
6G Research Group
Apple

Qiang Fan
PostDoctoral 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. (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. (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. (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. (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. (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. (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. (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. (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. (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 (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. (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. (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, 66047

Aditya Balasubramanian
M.S. (Defended in Aug 2014)
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The University of Kansas

Initial Employment
Software Engineer
World Travel Holdings
Wilmington, MA, 01887

Yi Zhu
M.S. (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. (Defended in August 2014)
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The University of Kansas

Initial Employment
Engineer
Ericsson Inc
Overland Park, KS, 66211

Zach Rohde
B.S. (Graduated in December 2015)
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The University of Kansas

Initial Employment
Engineer
T-Mobile US, Inc.
Bellevue, WA, 98006

Anding Wang, Ph.D.
Post-Doctor Associate (Dec 2011 - Mar 2013)
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The University of Kansas

Assistant Professor
School of Information & Electronic Engineering
Zhejiang Gongshang University
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

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

Carlos Fernandez, McNair Scholar, the University of Kansas

Eric Rivera, McNair Scholar, the University of Kansas

Samuel Douglas Buchanan, M.S. Student, Columbia University

Shreeshankar Bodas, Vice President, JPMorgan Chase & Co.