WAM Systems Lab Team 2023-2024

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About…

Director

Janise McNair

Current Ph.D. Students

• Dennis Agnew, Jr.
  NSF-SHREC, UF Graduate School Preeminence Fellow and L3Harris Fellow
• Christopher Brant
  NSF-SFS Fellow, Motorola Fellowship
• Kyle Morman
  NSF-CSSI, PhD student advised by Aaron Costin, Smart Construction Informatics Lab,
  M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management.
• 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

• Quadri Abiru, Cloud and Edge Networks
• Uday Sunkara, IoT Systems
• Ashlee Rice-Bladykas, Satellite and Space Systems
• Shania Shakri, Machine Learning for Security in Smart Grid

Current Undergraduate Research Studies

• Victor Faillace, Smart Grid
• Javier Del Aguila Martos, Vehicular Networks
• 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
• Celia Mercier, Undergraduate Assistant

Visiting Researchers

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

Graduated Students

Graduated PhDs

• Keerthiraj Nagaraj, 2022, Palo Alto Networks
• Allen Starke, 2020, L3Harris Technologies
• Thiago Onofre, 2020, Systems Engineer, Disney Parks, Experiences and Products
  co-advised with Clyde Fraisse, UF-IFAS
• Muharrem Ayar, 2017, Project Lead, Collins Aerospace
  co-advised with Haniph Latchman
• Carlton Thompson, 2016, Military Intelligence, US Army National Guard
  co-advised with Haniph Latchman
• Jing Qin, 2015, Software Engineer, Facebook
• Corey Baker, 2015, Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky; also Co-founder 1 Degree Tech
• Xiang Mao, 2015, Senior Software Engineer, Roku; also Co-founder Dinneract and Joyfit
• Gokul Bhat, 2015, Performance Engineer, Apple
• Jose Almodovar-Faria, 2014, Associate Professor, UAGM and Design Engineer at Suneco Energy LLC
• Obulapathi Challa, 2013, CEO & Co-founder @ Strawhats IO
• Paul Muri, 2013, Deputy System Manager, NASA Johnson Space Center
• Xiaoyuan Li, 2013, Software Engineer, Google
• Dexiang Wang, 2011, Software Engineer, Google
• Gustavo Vejarano, 2011, Associate Professor, Loyola Marymount University
• Dawood Al-Abri, 2008 , Assistant Professor, Sultan Qaboos University
• Yuan Guo, 2006, Patent Agent, Loza & Loza
• Kartikeya Tripathi, 2006, Director Of Analytics Research, Aclara
  co-advised with Haniph Latchman
• Fang (Julie) Zhu, 2005, Engineering Program Manager, Apple

 

Graduated Thesis Students

MS Theses

• Alvaro del Aguila Martos, 2022, Technical Project Manager, Rêv Worldwide
• Aram Hong, 2021
• Seshupriya Alluru, 2010, Computer Vision Engineer, Intelligent Retail, Walmart
• Arvindhan Kumar, 2008, Principal Engineer/Manager, Qualcomm
• Pankaj Aggarwal, 2005, Senior System Architect, Bose
• Aarti Bharathan, 2003, Director, Product Payments Platform, Google

BS-Honors Theses

• Ashlee Rice-Bladykas, Undergraduate Research, Undergraduate Honors Thesis
• Alvaro del Aguila, 2020, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería – ICAI School of Engineering
• Victor Gonzalez, 2013, Senior Manager, Samsara (IoT Company)
• Ciro Luysterburg, Summa Cum Laude, 2011; Project Controls Lead, Exxon Mobile
• Nick Tseng, B.S., Magna Cum Laude 2011, Director of Product Management, Shield AI
• H. Andrew Latchman, 2006

Graduated MS Researchers

• 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

• 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.