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
Jinwoo Jang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science
jangj@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
Ramin Pashaie, Ph.D.
Assosiate Professor, SENSE Fellow
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science
rpashaie@fau.edu
Hatef Nouri, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
I-SENSE & Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science
hnouri@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
George Sklivanitis, Ph.D.
Schmidt Research Associate Professor,
I-SENSE Fellow
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science
gsklivanitis@fau.edu
Minghan Wei, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science
weim@fau.edu
Eyad Shtaiwi, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science
eshtaiwi@fau.edu
Doctoral Degree Students
George Orfanidis
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
gorfanidis2021@fau.edu
Solan Degefa
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
sdegefa2020@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
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 Angel Sanchez Viloria
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
josesanchez2019@fau.edu
Sonia Moshfeghi
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering
smoshfeghi2021@fau.edu
Parker Wilmoth
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
pwilmoth2023@fau.edu
MS/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
Jacob Sueppel
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
jsueppel2022@fau.edu
Jolie Bailey
Undergraduate Student Researcher, NSF Learn Scholar
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
baileyj2022@fau.edu
Thy Nguyen
Undergraduate Student Researcher, NSF Learn Scholar
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
thynguyen2022@fau.edu
Miguel Cruz Santos
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
mcruzsantos2019@fau.edu
Solomon Markowitz
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
smarkowitz2018@fau.edu
Noah Rapson
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
nrapson2021@fau.edu
Dan Zimmerman
MS Student Researcher
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
dzimmerman2021@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
Fabio Tagliani
Visiting M.Sc. Student
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
January 2024-June 2024
Project: Secure ad hoc mobile wireless networks
ftagliani2024@fau.edu
Tommaso Pierucci
Visiting M.Sc. Student
La Sapienza University of Rome
Italy
June 2024-August 2024
Project: Group encryption of ad hoc mobile wireless networks
tpierucci2024@fau.edu@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
Preeti Kumar
High school Student Researcher
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, FL Summer 2023 intern
Project: RF localization
preeti.kumar0506@gmail.com
Samkit Bothra
High school Student Researcher
FAU A.D. Henderson High School, Boca Raton, FL Summer 2023 intern
Project: Wireless remote control for underwater ROVs
sbothra2022@fau.edu
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
Amir Torabi, Ph.D.
Senior Wireless Systems Engineer
Innophase
atorabi@fau.edu
Kavita Varma, Ph.D
Applied Scientist
Amazon
kvarma2018@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, 2022
Project: Acoustic energy harvesting for battery-less underwater IoT
pwilmoth@patriots.uttyler.edu
Ynes Ineza
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Texas Tech University, TX
NSF REU summer 2022
Project: Acoustic energy harvesting for battery-less underwater IoT
ynessineza@gmail.com
Tariq Wardak
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Palm Beach State College, FL
NSF REU summer 2022
Project: Acoustic energy harvesting for battery-less underwater IoT
wardakt@my.palmbeachstate.edu
Oriana Matney
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Florida State University, FL
NSF REU summer 2023
Project: Simulation of a wireless remote control of an underwater ROV
omatney29@gmail.com
Batsheva Gil
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Florida Atlantic University, FL
NSF REU summer 2023
Project: Underwater robotics emulator
bgil2022@fau.edu
Connor Rieth
Undergraduate Student Researcher
University of Central Florida, FL
NSF REU summer 2023
Project: Development of a new mini ROV
riethconnor@gmail.com