People
Senior Members
Oscar Curet, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science
ocuret@fau.edu
Gonzalo Garcia-Garreton, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science
garciag@fau.edu
Zhen Ni, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science
zhenni@fau.edu
Dimitris Pados, Ph.D.,
Director,
Charles E. Schmidt Eminent Scholar Professor of Engineering and Computer Science, I-SENSE Fellow
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science
dpados@fau.edu
George Sklivanitis, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, I-SENSE Fellow
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science
gsklivanitis@fau.edu
Amir Torabi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
I-SENSE & Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science
atorabi@fau.edu
Shermeen Yousif, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
School of Architecture
FAU Dorothy Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
syousif@fau.edu
Xiangnan Zhong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science
xzhong@fau.edu
Doctoral Degree Students
George Orfanidis
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
gorfanidis2021@fau.edu
Kavita Varma, M.Sc.
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
kvarma2018@fau.edu
Sanaz Naderi
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
snaderi2021@fau.edu
Mostapha Al-Saidi
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
malsaidi2015@fau.edu
Jared Hermans
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
jhermans2018@fau.edu
Yanbin Lin
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
linyanbin_peky@foxmail.com
Shruti Shukla
Research Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
sshukla2020@fau.edu
Mohammod Irfan Uddin
Research Assistant
Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering
muddin2017@fau.edu
German Felipe Sanchez Solano
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
gsanchezsola2019@fau.edu
Emily Chamberlain
M.S. Research Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
echamberlain2019@fau.edu
Michael Laubenberger
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
mlaubenb@fau.edu
Jose Baca Bustillo
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
jbaca2019@fau.edu
Basak Kocaoglu
Graduate Research Assistant
Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences
bkocaoglu2018@fau.edu
Jose Sanchez
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
josesanchez2019@fau.edu
Undergraduate Students
Dariush Hassan
Undergraduate Student Researcher
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Project: Machine learning for RF signal classification
dhassan2019@fau.edu
Sumer Roberson
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
sroberson2018@fau.edu
Wen-Chung (Andy) Cheng
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Project: Mobile robot navigation and charging
wcheng3@fau.edu
Visiting Students
Francesco Molfese
Visiting M.Sc. Student
La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
May 2021-August 2021
Project: Toward secure underwater communications: Private key reconciliation
fmolfese2021@fau.edu
Giulia Muscara
Visiting M.Sc. Student
La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
May 2021-August 2021
Project: Deep learning based classification of wireless protocols
gmuscara2021@fau.edu
Federica Di Giacomo
Visiting M.Sc. Student
La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
May 2022-August 2022
Project: Secure mmWave communications
fdiagiacomo2022@fau.edu
High-School Students
Charlie Phillips
High school Student Researcher (now CS undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon University)
Suncoast High-School, Riviera Beach, FL
Summer 2018, 2019 intern
Project: Low-power long-range wireless mesh networks
cgp246@gmail.com
Jayden Noel
High school Student Researcher
FAU High School, Boca Raton, FL
Summer 2021 intern
Project: Underwater acoustic energy harvesting
jaydennoel2019@fau.edu
Pavan Kumar
High school Student Researcher
American Heritage School, Palm Beach Campus, Delray Beach, FL Summer 2022 intern
Project: Wireless remote control for underwater ROVs
bd557511@ahschool.com
CA-AI Center Graduates
Jose Miguel Lorente, M.Sc.
Data Analyst
Siemens
jlorente2019@fau.edu
Avijit Das, Ph.D
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
adas2017@fau.edu
Past Visitors
Makaylah Cowan
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Colby College, ME
NSF REU summer 2019
Project: Toward wireless controlled underwater vehicles
makaylahcowan711@gmail.com
Ginevra Gallone, M.Sc.
Visiting M.Sc. student
August 2019-January 2020
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Project: Detection of change by L1-norm principal-component analysis
ginevra.gallone@live.it
Enrico Verzegnassi, M.Sc.
Visiting M.Sc. student
October 2018-March 2019
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Project: Data conformity evaluation: A novel approach for IoT security
verzegnassi.1772905@studenti.uniroma1.it
Ryan Balloun
Undergraduate Student Researcher
University or Rochester, NY
NSF REU summer 2021
Project: Design and implementation of M-FSK for a software-defined underwater acoustic modem
rballoun@u.rochester.edu
Connor Weeks
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Knox College, IL
NSF REU summer 2018
Project: Data embedding in digital media
crweeks@knox.edu
Parker Wilmoth
Undergraduate Student Researcher
The University of Texas at Tyler, TX
NSF REU summer 2021
Project: Acoustic energy harvesting for battery-less underwater IoT
pwilmoth@patriots.uttyler.edu