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About…

Director

Janise McNair

Current Ph.D. Students

• Pavan Mangipudi
  NSF-SHREC and NSF-SWIFT
• Sharon Boamah,
  NSF-EPCN Smart Grid, NSF-SWIFT, Motorola Endowed Fellowship
• Reynold Mathieu
  NSF-EPCN Smart Grid, Florida Power and Light (FPL)

Current M.S. Students

• Ashlee Rice-Bladykas
  MIT-Lincoln Labs Project
• Priya Mittal

Current Undergraduate Research Studies

• Jonathan Box, Smart Grid

Visiting Researchers

• Byungjoo Park, Professor, Hannam University, South Korea
• Dongcheul Lee, Associate Professor, Hannam University, South Korea

Graduated Students

Graduated PhDs

• Dennis Agnew, Jr. 2024, MIT Lincoln Labs
  NSF-SHREC, UF Graduate School Preeminence Fellow and L3Harris Fellow
• Christopher Brant, 2024, BMP Logic
  NSF-SFS Fellow, Motorola Fellowship, SMART Fellow
• Kyle Morman, 2024, TLC Engineering Solutions
  Advised by Aaron Costin, Smart Construction Informatics Lab
  BSEE Electrical & Electronics Engineering; M.S. and Ph.D., Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management.
  NSF-CSSI
• Keerthiraj Nagaraj, 2022, Palo Alto Networks
• Allen Starke, 2020, L3Harris Technologies
• Thiago Onofre, 2020, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products
  co-advised with Clyde Fraisse, UF-IFAS
• Muharrem Ayar, 2017, Collins Aerospace
  co-advised with Haniph Latchman
• Carlton Thompson, 2016, US Army National Guard
  co-advised with Haniph Latchman
• Jing Qin, 2015, Meta
• Corey Baker, 2015, University of Southern California; Co-founder 1 Degree Tech
• Xiang Mao, 2015, Roku; Co-founder Dinneract and Joyfit
• Gokul Bhat, 2015, Apple
• Jose Almodovar-Faria, 2014, Enphase Energy; Founder Suneco Energy
• Obulapathi Challa, 2013, CEO & Co-founder @ StrawHat XYZ
• Paul Muri, 2013, NASA Johnson Space Center
• Xiaoyuan Li, 2013, Google
• Dexiang Wang, 2011, Google
• Gustavo Vejarano, 2011, Loyola Marymount University
• Dawood Al-Abri, 2008 , Sultan Qaboos University
• Yuan Guo, 2006, Loza & Loza IP Law Firm
• Kartikeya Tripathi, 2006, Sentient Energy
  co-advised with Haniph Latchman
• Fang (Julie) Zhu, 2005, Apple

 

Graduated Thesis Students

MS Theses

• Quadri Abiru, 2024, Roche Biotechnology
• Uday Sunkara, 2024, Kongsberg|Maritime
• Alvaro del Aguila Martos, 2022, Ouro
• Aram Hong, 2021, Satellite and UAV networks
• Seshupriya Alluru, 2010, Walmart Global Tech
• Arvindhan Kumar, 2008, Qualcomm
• Pankaj Aggarwal, 2005, Bose
• Aarti Bharathan, 2003, Google

BS-Honors Theses

• Javier Del Aguila Martos, 2024, Vehicular Networks Undergraduate Thesis, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería – ICAI School of Engineering
• Ashlee Rice-Bladykas, 2023, Summa Cum Laude, Undergraduate Honors Thesis
• Alvaro del Aguila, 2020, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería – ICAI School of Engineering
• Victor Gonzalez, 2013, Fleevo CEO & Founder
• Ciro Luysterburg, Summa Cum Laude, 2011; Microsoft
• Nick Tseng, B.S., Magna Cum Laude 2011, Shield AI
• H. Andrew Latchman, 2006

Graduated MS Researchers

• Shania Shakri, Machine Learning for Security in Smart Grid
• Eduardo Lichtenfels Riccio, 2022, Qualcomm
• Yi Fang, 2021, Cadence
• Morgan Hodges, 2021, Technergetics
• Murchhana Islam, 2020, M.S., World Fuel Services
• Matt Ford, 2016, M.S, Harris Corporation
• Jin Jing Pan, 2013, M.S, Senior Enterprise Technology Engineer, BP
• Ritwik Dubey, M.S., 2011, Market Data Engineer, Exegy
• Gunjan Gupta, M.S. 2009, Test Engineer, GlobalLogic
• Anis Mohideen, M.S. 2009, Software Engineer, Microsoft
• Gaurav Joshi, M.S., 2009, NPO Engineer, Nokia
• Madhan Sivakumar, 2008, Engineering Manager, Microsoft
• Hetal Patel, M.S. 2005, Hyperion
• Sitarama Penumetsa, M.S. 2002, CTO Candela Technologies
• Madhavi Sreedevikutty, M.S. 2001, Engineer, Qualcomm
• Sai Mandavilli, IoT Systems

Graduated Undergraduate Researchers

• Victor Faillace, 2024, IC2 Precision Measurement Solutions
• Lorenz Carvajal, Mobility in 5G/6G Networks
• Elsa Osmani, Cloud and Edge Networks
• Maria Barrera, Internet of Things – ACRES
• David Dexter, Internet of Things – ACRES
• Alex Martin
• Juan Rodriguez
• Larry Rentz
• Victoria Williams, B.S., 2021, University Scholar for Undergraduate Research, 2020-2021
• Trevor Victoria, B.S., 2021, Honeywell, University Scholar for Undergraduate Research, 2020-2021
• Sabrina Vega, B.S, 2019, Microsoft, Mentee and volunteer in WAM Systems Lab, 2015-2019
• Dennis Agnew, B.S. Jackson State, 2020, Summer Research at UF (SURF) student, 2019
• Morgan Hodges, B.S., 2020, UF, Academic Year and Summer Research, 2017-2019
• Corey Arthur, Volunteer Research student, 2019.
• Harry Garcia-Cans, 5G/6G MAC, Summer Research at UF (SURF) student, 2022
• Dylan O’Brien, NSF-CSSI Internet of Things University Scholar for Undergraduate Research, University Scholar for Undergraduate Research, now at Texas Instruments

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Potential students interested in pursuing their M.S.thesis or Ph.D. in the areas of wireless and mobile networking, including next generation wireless systems, next generation internet, mobility management, quality of service, or medium access control protocols, should send an email with an attached resume to mcnair@ece.ufl.edu.  You will be contacted if your interests and skills match the needs of one of our current projects.