People
FACULTY
Dr. Fatemeh Afghah
Associate Professor
Director of Intelligent Systems and Wireless Networking (IS-WiN) Laboratory
Postdoctoral Researchers
PHD STUDENTS
Fatemeh Lotfi
PhD in Electrical Engineering: (Fall 2022 - present)
Research: Next-Gen Wireless Networks
Hossein Rajoli Nowdeh
PhD in Electrical Engineering: (Spring 2022 - present)
Research: Computer Vision
Ali Owfi
PhD in Computer Engineering: (Spring 2022 - present)
Research: AI-based Communications
Julia Boone
PhD in Computer Engineering: (Fall 2022 - present)
Research: Zero-trust for Autonomous Vehicles
Basir Ebrahimi Dorcheh
PhD in Computer Engineering: (Spring 2024 - present)
Research: Next-Gen Wireless Networks
Hossein Kashani
PhD in Computer Engineering: (Summer 2024 - present)
Research: Adversarial attacks in autonomous systems
Niloufar Alipour
Mobin Habibpour
PhD in Computer Engineering: (Summer 2024 - present)
Research: UAV Planning
MS STUDENTS
Sahand Khoshdel
MSc in Electrical Engineering: (Fall 2022 - present)
Research: Multi-agent systems
Michael Marinaccio
MSc in Computer Engineering: (Summer 2023 - present)
Research: Computer Vision for UAV-assisted Fire Monitoring
Mahshid Rezakhani
MSc in Electrical Engineering: (Spring 2024 - present)
Research: Network Anomaly Detection
Ryan Barker
MSc in Computer Engineering: (Fall 2024 - present)
Research: Open Radio Access NetworksÂ
Duncan McCain
MSc in Computer Engineering: (Fall 2024 - present)
Research: Autonomous path planning
Moe Lambert
MSc in Computer Engineering: (Fall 2024 - present)
Research: Distributed computing
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Connor Gouin
John Spodnik
BS in Computer Engineering: (Spring 2024 - present)
Research: Computer Vision
Tim Ross
BS in Electrical Engineering: (Fall 2024 - present)
Research: Autonomous vehicle simulation
Gabriel Quinonez
BS in Electrical Engineering: (Fall 2024 - present)
Research: Wildfire imagery
ALUMNI
Postdoc and Research Scientist Alumni
Dr. Nima Namvar
Research Scientist (2019-2021)
Now: Senior Engineer, Charter Communications
Dr. Mehrdad Khaledi
Postdoctoral Researcher (2017 - 2018)
Now: Assistant Professor, Suffolk University
Mohammad Zaeri-Amirani
Research Specialist (2016 - 2018)
Now: Research Assistant, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Dr. Mohammed Gharib
Research Specialist (2019 - 2024)
Now: Chief Scientific Officer (CSO), Aerendir Mobile Inc
PhD Alumni
Dr. Alireza Shamsoshoara
PhD in Informatics (2017 - 2021)
Now: AI Engineer, Volkswagen
Seyed Sajad Mousavi
PhD in Informatics (2017 - 2020)
Now: Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard University
MS Alumni
Atiyeh Fotoohinasab
MSc in Informatics (2018 - 2020)
Now: PhD, University of Arizona
Sixian Zhang
MSc in Informatics (2019 - 2021)
Ashwija Korenda
MSE in Electrical Engineering (2015 - 2018)
Qian Zhao
MSE in Electrical Engineering (2018 - 2019)
Jared Park
MSc in Electrical Engineering (2015 - 2017)
Now: Sr. Principal Engineer Systems, Northrop Grumman
Abdulla Shamsuddin
MSc in Electrical Engineering (2015 - 2016)
Now: Senior Firmware Engineer II, Raytheon
Frank Pinto
MSc in Electrical Engineering (2013 - 2015)
Now: Department of Defense
Christopher Osiegbu
MSc in Electrical Engineering (2013 - 2015)
Now: Opportunity Manager, IBM
Jackson Murrin
MSc in Electrical Engineering (2022 - 2023)
Ali Owfi
MSc in Computer Engineering (2022 - 2023)
Now: PhD Student, Clemson University
Pouya Afshin
MSc in Electrical Engineering (2022 - 2024)
Now: PhD Student, University of Georgia
Bryce Hopkins
MSc in Electrical Engineering (2023 - 2024)
Undergraduate Alumni
Orvien James Belen
Senior, Electrical Engineering
Research: ECG analysis
Supported by NSF REU
Nathan Payton-McCauslin
Undergraduate Research Assistant
(supported by NSF REU)Â
Research: Biomedical signal processingÂ
Now with Microchip Technology Inc.
James Todd
  Undergraduate Research Assistant
(supported by NSF REU)Â
Research: Biomedical signal processingÂ
Now with State Farm
Joseph Carter La Fontaine
Sophomore, computer science
Research: Hardware security
Supported by NSF LSAMP
Boubacar Abdou Tchoussou
NSF Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) researcher, NC A&T (2013-2015)
Research: Cognitive Radio Networks
Awards: College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Undergraduate Student of the Year (2015).
Now with United States Patent Trademark Office, MSc student at George Mason University.
Denis Yolinga
Senior in Electrical Engineering, NC A&T (2014-2015)
Research: Satellite Communications
Jabari Stegall
NSF Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) researcher, NC A&T (2013-2015)
Research: Smart Homes
Now: PhD student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Arnau Rovria Sugranyes
Exchange student from Spain, NAU (2015-2016)
Research: Environmental monitoring using wireless sensor networks
Now: PhD student at Northern Arizona University
Gabrial Bixler
Senior, Electrical Engineering
Research: Cardiac Event Detection
Juan Arias
Senior, Electrical Engineering
Research: UAV communications
Haiyu Wu
Senior, Electrical Engineering
Research: Hardware-based security
Sean Tan
Senior, Electrical Engineering
Research: UAV communications
Rafiya Chowdhury
Senior in Electrical Engineering, NC A&T (2013-2015)
Research: Satellite Communications
Reginald Farmer
Junior in Electrical Engineering, NC A&T (2014-2015)
Research: Vehicular Communications
Gage Gailbreath
Junior/Senior in Electrical and Computer Engineering (2023 - 2024)
Undergraduate Research Assistant (supported by NSF REU)
Research: Ad hoc networks
Now with MITRE
Andre Koka
Junior/Senior in Computer Engineering (2023 - 2024)
Undergraduate Research Assistant (supported by NSF REU)
Research: Ad hoc networks, 5G
Now with US Air Force
Austin Briley
Senior in Computer Engineering (2024)
Undergraduate Research
Research: Hardware acceleration for deep learning
Now with MITRE