{"id":70,"date":"2014-09-23T15:52:53","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T15:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/nghitran\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2025-08-20T07:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T11:08:09","slug":"group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tran\/group\/","title":{"rendered":"Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Current PhD Students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nuwan Kankanamge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sajjad Emdadi Mahdimahalleh&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mehdi Hosein Alizadeh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Current MSc Students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gabriel Glor (non-thesis option; working on an engineering report)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Former PhD Students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tarig Hyder (PhD, May 2025, co-supervised with Prof. Hamid Bahrami, 1st employment: Cisco); PhD Dissertation: Encryption-aware Physical Layer Security in Wireless Communications.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bach Tran (PhD, December 2022, co-supervised with Prof. Shivakumar Sastry, 1st employment: Tradefull); PhD Dissertation: <em>Framework for Artificial Intelligence Assisted Augmented Reality Systems for Education and Training<\/em>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Md. Hasan Rahman (PhD, December 2021, 1st employment: Facebook); PhD Dissertation: <em>Capacity Limits and Signal Design for Heterogeneous Networks with Ultra-Low Resolution Analog to Digital Converter<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mohammad Ranjbar (PhD, July 2019, <strong>with outstanding ECE Thesis Award<\/strong>, 1st employment: Quantenna Communications); PhD Dissertation: <em>Optimal Signaling Strategies and Fundamental Limits of Next-Generation Energy-Efficient Wireless Networks<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duc-Anh Le (PhD, August 2016, 1st employment: University of Iowa, Postdoctoral Scholar); PhD Dissertation: <em>Fundamental Limits of Communication Channels under Non-Gaussian Interference<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leonardo Jimenez Rodriguez (PhD, August 2014 (McGill University), co-supervised with Prof. Tho Le-Ngoc, 1st employment: Samsung Research); PhD Dissertation: <em>Half- and Full-Duplex Amplify-and-Forward Single-Relay Systems: Achievable Rates, Power Allocations and Code Designs<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Former MSc Students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Iman Pourmohammadi (MSc, Non-thesis option, December 2025) &#8211; Wiretap Coding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fahmid Mahmud (MSc, May 2024) &#8211; Polar Codes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sejuti Banik (MSc, July 2022); MSc Thesis: <em>Signaling Schemes and Fundamental Limits of a 2-User Static Gaussian Multiple-Access Channel with 1-Bit Analog-To-Digital-Converter<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ying Wang (MSc, Non-thesis option, May 2020) &#8211; Low-bit ADCs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minh Vu (MSc, July 2018); MSc Thesis: <em>Optimal Signaling Schemes and Capacities of Non-Coherent Correlated MISO Channels under Per-Antenna Power Constraints<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suresh Madishetty&nbsp; (MSc, May 2018, co-supervised with Prof. Arjuna Madanayake); MSc Thesis: <em>Design of Multi-Beam Hybrid Digital Beamforming Receivers<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hasitha Bothenna (MSc, January 2018); MSc Thesis: <em>Approximation of Information Rates in Non-Coherent MISO Wireless Channels with Finite Input Signals<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geethika Dissanayakage Wijeratne (MSc, June 2017); MSc Thesis: <em>Fundamental Limits of Non-Coherent Rician Fading Channels with 1-Bit Output Quantization<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mohamed Elamin (MSc, June 2017, co-supervised with Prof. Shivakumar Sastry); MSc Thesis: <em>Performance Analysis of Software Defined Network Concepts in Networked Embedded Systems.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sravan Kumar Pulipati (MSc, May 2017, co-supervised with Prof. Arjuna Madanayake); MSc Thesis: <em>Electronically-Scanned Wideband Digital Aperture Antenna Arrays using Multi-Dimensional Space-Time Circuit-Network Resonance.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lubna Elsaid (MSc, June 2016); MSc Thesis: <em>Physical-Layer Security with Full-Duplex Decode-and-Forward Relaying: Secrecy Rates and Power Allocation.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cuong Dang (MSc, December 2015, <strong>with outstanding ECE Thesis Award<\/strong>); MSc Thesis: <em>Optimal Power Allocation and Secrecy Capacity of The Full-Duplex Amplify-and-Forward Wire-tap Relay Channel Under Residual Self-Interference.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rajika Kumarasiri (MSc, November 2014 (University of Toledo), co-supervised with Prof. Vijay Devabhktuni); MSc Thesis: <em>Development of Novel Algorithms for Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hung Vu (MSc, June 2014, <strong>with Research Assistant of the Year Award<\/strong>); MSc Thesis: <em>Capacities of Bernoulli-Gaussian Impulsive Noise Channels in Rayleigh Fading<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tamseel Mahmood Syed (MSc, January 2014); MSc Thesis: <em>Precoder Design Based on Mutual Information for Non-orthogonal Amplify and Forward Wireless Relay Networks<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuyen Tran (MSc, August 2013, <strong>with the prestigious Dean\u2019s Summer Fellowship<\/strong>); MSc Thesis: <em>Achievable Rate and Capacity of Amplify-and-Forward Multi-Relay Networks with Channel State Information<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Former Undergraduate Students (Undergraduate Research)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rafael Soler &#8211; <em>Keyless Physical Layer Security Implementation with USRP<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tetra Engdahl &#8211; <em>Keyless Physical Layer Security Implementation with USRP<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Savannah Rimmele &#8211; <em>Cross-layer Security<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joseph Garro &#8211; <em>Cross-layer Security<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nathaniel Raymondi &#8211; <em>Full-Duplex Radio<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michael Seredich &#8211; <em>Full-Duplex Radio<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prospective Graduate Students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am currently looking for some Ph.D. students. Basic requirements include: (1) meet admission requirements for ECE, University of Akron; (2) strong backgrounds in mathematics and programming skills; (3) interest and motivations in doing high impact research in Communications. Applicants with their own funding are welcome. If you are interested, please send me your CV (in pdf).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current PhD Students Current MSc Students Former PhD Students Former MSc Students Former Undergraduate Students (Undergraduate Research) Prospective Graduate Students I am currently looking for some Ph.D. students. 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