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Open Positions
Postdoctoral Researcher
I have one immediate opening for a postdoctoral researcher in radionavigation and wireless communication systems. Desired qualifications: (1) Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a closely related field; (2) knowledge of wireless communications and/or GNSS; (3) demonstrated hands-on expertise in software-defined radio (SDR) design and implementation; (4) strong programming skills (MATLAB, LabVIEW, and/or C++); (5) publications in relevant top-tier journals and conference proceedings; (6) strong communication, presentation, and documentation skills; and (7) ambition to become a leader in the field (e.g., Professor, Senior R&D Engineer, Managing Technical Director, Program Manager, etc.). To apply, please email me: (1) a complete CV, (2) up-to-date university transcripts, (3) a short statement describing research interests and goals, (4) names and contacts of 3 references, and (5) a link to your website (if available). Position duration: minimum of 1 year, extendable up to 3 years.
Ph.D. Student
I have two openings for Ph.D. students with full financial assistantship. I am looking for students with a strong mathematical background in linear algebra, probability and stochastic processes, and optimization. The research will be in the broad areas of Intelligent Systems, Communications & Signal Processing, and Controls & Robotics with applications to: satellites, unmanned aerial vehicles, self-driving cars, indoor robotics, mobile devices, and underwater vehicles. To apply, please email me: (1) a complete CV, (2) up-to-date university transcripts, and (3) copies of relevant publications (if available).
Current Laboratory Members
Visiting Faculty
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Prof. Jiwon Seo
Visiting faculty from Yonsei University, South Korea, 2020-2021
Research areas: Autonomous ground vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, integrity monitoring, opportunistic navigation
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Postdoctoral Researchers
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Dr. Joe Khalife
Dissertation: Software-defined radio, opportunistic navigation, analysis and modeling of signals of opportunity, unmanned aerial vehicles
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Ph.D. Students
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Ali Abdallah
Research areas: Software-defined radio, long-term evolution (LTE), 5G, indoor navigation
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Mohammad Neinavaie
Research areas: Cognitive software-defined radio, 5G, opportunistic navigation
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Mohamad Orabi
Research areas: Cognitive software-defined radio, opportunistic navigation, satellite-based navigation
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Mu Jia
Research areas: Intelligent transportation systems, integrity monitoring
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Nadim Khairallah
Research areas: Cyber-physical systems, situational awareness in dynamic uncertain environments, satellite-based navigation
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Alex Nguyen
Research areas: Motion planning, collaborative opportunistic navigation
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Halim Lee
Visiting scholar from Yonsei University, South Korea, 2020-2021
Research areas: Motion planning, integrity monitoring, opportunistic navigation
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Undergraduate Students
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Eddie Huang
Research areas: Unmanned aerial vehicles, indoor navigation
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Andrew Zhao
Research areas: Unmanned aerial vehicles
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Raphael Feliciano
Research areas: Satellite-based navigation
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Alumni
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Vivek Hatte
Undergraduate intern, 2021
Research areas: Software-defined radio
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Giles Pierre Nunez Carlos
Undergraduate intern, 2021
Research areas: Software-defined radio
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Dr. Mahdi Maaref
Postdoctoral scholar, 2017-2020
Research areas: Autonomous ground vehicles, opportunistic perception, autonomous integrity monitoring, unmanned aerial vehicles
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Dr. Kimia Shamaei
Ph.D. student, 2020
Dissertation: Exploiting cellular signals for navigation: 4G to 5G
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Dr. Joe Khalife
Ph.D. student, 2020
Dissertation: Precise navigation with cellular signals: Receiver design, differential and non-differential frameworks, and performance analysis
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Dr. Joshua Morales
Ph.D. student, 2020
Dissertation: Inertial radio SLAM: Standalone and collaborative architectures
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Sharbel Kozhaya
Summer undergraduate intern, 2020
Research areas: Software-defined radio, opportunistic navigation
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Trier Mortlock
M.S. student, 2020
Research areas: Satellite-based navigation, opportunistic navigation
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Carlos Acebes Cebrián
Visiting scholar from Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain, 2020
Research areas: Satellite-based navigation, software-defined radio, opportunistic navigation
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Xinyi (Taylor) Zhang
Undergraduate intern, 2019-2020
Research areas: Unmanned aerial vehicles, autonomous ground vehicles
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Yanhao Yang
Undergraduate intern, 2019-2020
Research areas: Motion planning, unmanned aerial vehicles
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Neo Meng
Undergraduate intern, 2019-2020
Research areas: Ground vehicle navigation
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Zainab Ashai
Undergraduate intern, 2019-2020
Research areas: Indoor navigation
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Aishwarya Bhandari
Undergraduate intern, 2019
Research areas: Software-defined radio
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Bhavani Panda
Undergraduate intern, 2019
Research areas: Software-defined radio
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Michael Maher
Undergraduate intern, 2019
Research areas: Unmanned aerial vehicles
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Kyle Semelka
Undergraduate intern, 2018-2019; Research engineer, 2019
Research areas: Software-defined radio
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MyLinh Nguyen
Undergraduate intern, 2019
Research areas: Unmanned aerial vehicles
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Labiba Saleh
Summer undergraduate intern, 2019
Research areas: Unmanned aerial vehicles
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Mohamad Orabi
Summer undergraduate intern, 2019
Research areas: Satellite-based navigation
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Naji Tarabay
Summer undergraduate intern, 2019
Research areas: Motion planning
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Frank Li
Summer high school intern, 2019
Research areas: Unmanned aerial vehicles
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Jerry Lee
Undergraduate intern, 2019
Research areas: Software-defined radio
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Brandon Lam
Undergraduate intern, 2019
Research areas: Software-defined radio
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Chester Lau
Undergraduate intern, 2018-2019
Research areas: Software-defined radio
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Christian Ardito
Undergraduate intern, 2018
Research areas: Satellite-based navigation
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Sonya Ragothaman
M.S. student, 2018
Thesis: Path planning for autonomous ground vehicles using GNSS and cellular LTE signal reliability maps and GIS 3-D maps
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Jesse Garcia
M.S. student, 2018
Thesis: Autonomous surface vehicle measurement location planning for optimal underwater acoustic transponder localization
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Gogol Bhattacharya
Undergraduate intern, 2015-2018
Research areas: Unmanned aerial vehicles, software-defined radio
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Shintaro Mori
Summer high school intern, 2017-2018
Research areas: Unmanned aerial vehicles
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Gustavo Correa
Summer undergraduate intern, 2017
Research areas: Ground vehicle navigation
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Farah Khalife
Summer undergraduate intern, 2015
Research areas: GPS software-defined radio
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