Student Supervision

Ph.D. Dissertations Supervised (8)

• Catalina Aranzazu-Suescun (Dr. M. Cardei advisor) [Spring 2019]
  "Distributed Algorithms for Energy-Efficient Data Gathering and Barrier Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks"
• Yueshi Wu (Dr. M. Cardei advisor) [Fall 2016]
  "Channel Assignment in Cognitive Radio Wireless Networks"
• Amalya Mihnea (Dr. M. Cardei advisor) [Spring 2015]
  "Channel Assignment in Multi-Radio Networks"
• Arny Ambrose (Dr. M. Cardei advisor) [Fall 2011]
  "A Patient-Centric Hurricane Evacuation Management System"
• Mirela Marta (Dr. M. Cardei advisor) [Fall 2010]
  "Mechanisms for Improving Energy Efficiency in Wireless Sensor Networks"
• Yinying Yang (Dr. M. Cardei advisor) [Spring 2010]
  "Mechanisms for Prolonging Network Lifetime in Wireless Sensor Networks"
• Shuhui Yang (Dr. J. Wu advisor, Dr. M. Cardei co-advisor) [Summer 2007]
  "Connected Dominating Set in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks: Variations with Applications"
• Ali M. Abu-el Humos (Dr. B. Alhalabi advisor, Dr. M. Cardei co-advisor) [Summer 2005]
  "Low Latency and Energy Efficient MAC Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks"

Master's Theses Supervised (9)

• Rafael Papa (Dr. M. Cardei advisor) [Summer 2018]
  "Hummingbird: An UAV-aided Energy Efficient Algorithm for Data Gathering in Wieless Sensor Networks"
• Andrew Steinberg (Dr. M. Cardei advisor) [Fall 2017]
  "A Collision Free Drone Scheduling System"
• Iana Zankina (Dr. M. Cardei advisor) [Fall 2012]
  "Campus Driver Assistant on an Android Platform"
• Pedro Heshike (Dr. M. Cardei advisor) [Spring 2012]
  "Implementation of a Mobile Data Collector in Wireless Sensors Networks for Energy Conservation"
• Anthony Marcus (Dr. M. Cardei advisor) [Spring 2011]
  "Web-based Wireless Sensor Network Monitoring using Smartphones"
• Anupama Sahu (Dr. M. Cardei advisor, Dr. E. Fernandez co-advisor) [Fall 2010]
  "Patterns for Wireless Sensor Networks"
• Arny Ambrose (Dr. M. Cardei advisor) [Fall 2008]
  "Scheduling for Composite Event Detection in Wireless Sensor Networks"
• Mohammad O. Pervaiz (Dr. M. Cardei advisor) [Summer 2006]
  "Range Assignment Problem and Security in Wireless Networks"
• Wael Awada (Dr. M. Cardei advisor) [Spring 2006]
  "Energy-efficient Target Coverage in Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks"

Undergraduate Students that worked under my supervision as RAs

• Tom Kottiath
  Research: implementing distributed algorithms for WSNs using the SGI Altix supercomputer.
• Anthony Marcus
  Research: using the SGI Altix supercomputer in solving WSNs optimization problems.
• Uttam Thakore
  Research: experiments using Crossbow sensor motes.
• Carlos Maldonado
  Maintained and updated the WSN Lab webpage and did reserach in WSNs.
• Pedro Heshike
  Research in WSNs using Crossbow Mica motes and Mindstorm NXT.