Principal Investigator
Team, Fall 2016
Najath Akram, PhD Student
Nilan Udayanga, PhD student
Viduneth Ariyarathna, PhD student.
Gihan Mendis, PhD student (co-advised with Dr. Jin Wei).
William Miller MSc Student
Undergraduate researchers
Julia Hariharan, high-school intern 2014, 2015. NSF REU scholar, 2016.
Collaborators and Co-authors
Len T. Bruton, University of Calgary
Vassil Dimitrov, University of Calgary
Leo Belostotski, University of Calgary
Dale Mugler, University of Akron
Sean Hum, University of Toronto
Renato Cintra, Federal University of Pernambuco – UFPE
Ranga Rodrigo, University of Moratuwa
Jithra Adikari, University of Calgary
Thushara Gunaratne, University of Calgary
Tokunbo Ogunfunmi, Santa Clara University
Vijay Devabhaktuni, University of Toledo
Denis Onen, University of Calgary
Chunsheng Xin, Old Dominion University
Srinivas Vemuru, Ohio Northern University
Makarand Deo, Norfolk State University
Rob Green, University of Toledo
Mohammad Almalkawi, University of Toledo
Roberto Acosta, NASA Glenn
Xin Wang, SUNY Stony Brook
Institutions, Groups, Past Collaborators
Institute of Space Imaging Science (ISIS)
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Calgary
DSP Group, University of Victoria
Bruce Veidt, Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (DRAO)
Gary Howey, DRAO
Former Members
Team, in summer of 2015
From left, Viduneth Ariyaratna (MS student), Sravan Pulipati (MS student), Vishwa Seneviratne (MS student), Raiza dos Santos Oliveira (international visiting intern), Farzad Ahmadi (PhD candidate), Julia Hariharan (high-school intern), Nilan Udayanga (MS student), Gihan Mendis (MS student), Arjuna Madanayake [back row] (Principal Investigator), Suranga Handagala (MS student), Yamini Yamini (NSF undergraduate researcher), and Adrianna Dunlap (NSF undergraduate researcher).
PhD graduates
Dr. Chamith Wijenayake
Lecturer, Department of Electrical Engineering
The University of New South Waves, Australia.
Dr. Nilanka Rajapaksha
Software Engineer, Xilinx Inc, San Jose, CA.
MS graduates
Sravan Pulipati, MS (thesis pending).
Smrity Bhattarai, MS (thesis pending).
Suranga Handagala, MS (thesis pending).
Vishwa Seneviratne, MS (thesis pending).
Sunera Kulasekara, MS.
Tharindu Randeny.
Arindam Sengupta, 2014.
Engineering Intern, National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) Greenbank, WV.
Soumya Kondapalli
Shiva Madishetty, 2013.
Laird Controls.
Sewwandi Wijeratne
Uma Potluri
Randeel Wimalagunaratne
Amila Edirisuriya MSc
Rimesh Joshi MSc
Former Undergraduate Research Interns
Raiza dos Santos Oliveira, visiting international NSF-REU summer intern.
Adrianna Dunlap, NSF-REU summer intern 2015.
Yamini Yamini, NSF-REU summer intern 2015.
Nathan Dornback (Sophomore, NSF-EARS REU student 2014)
DeGrafth Palmore (Sophomore, NSF-EARS REU student 2014)
Judith Amarasekara [NSF EARS Project – Fall 2012 – Digital filters for spectrum sensing.]
John Kota Summer intern 2012 (Research engineer)
Dezarae Holman Summer intern 2012 (Research engineer)
International Interns
David Zanella Senior
Adrien Chassot Senior
Adrien worked on project BeamCalc
Undergraduate Summer Research Team 2010 (U Akron)
VHDL Design of Direct-Form 2D IIR Beam Filters
Eric Matas Junior
Matt Thomas Freshman
Team, in summer of 2014
From left, Dr Arjuna Madanayake, Nilan Udayanga (MS student), Sunera Kulasekara (MS student), Tharindu Randeny (MS student), Nilanka Rajapaksha (PhD candidate), Nathan Dornback (sophomore), Julia Hariharan (high-school intern), Sewwandi Wijeratna (MS student), Chamith Wijenayake (PhD candidate), and Arindam Sengupta (MS student).
Team, in 2011
Group photo October 2011. Back row: Rimesh Joshi, (Late) David Elliot, Adam Fries, Amila Edirisuriya, Arjuna Madanayake, Randeel Wimalagunaratne. Front, from left: Nilanka Rajapaksha, Chamith Wijenayake, Shiva Madishetty, and Soumya Kondapalli.