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Current PhD Students<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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  • Nuwan Kankanamge<\/li>\n
  • Sajjad Emdadi Mahdimahalleh<\/li>\n
  • Tahsin Azad Tias<\/li>\n
  • Mehdi Hosein Alizadeh (Ole Miss)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

    Current MSc Students<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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    • None at the moment<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      Former PhD Students<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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      • Eric Knoblock (PhD, May 2026, co-supervised with Dr. Rafael D. Apaza); PhD Dissertation: Spectrum Optimization for Advanced Air Mobility using Machine Learning Methods<\/em>.<\/li>\n
      • Tarig Hyder (PhD, May 2025, co-supervised with Prof. Hamid Bahrami, 1st employment: Cisco); PhD Dissertation: Encryption-aware Physical Layer Security in Wireless Communications<\/em>.<\/li>\n
      • Bach Tran (PhD, December 2022, co-supervised with Prof. Shivakumar Sastry, 1st employment: Tradefull); PhD Dissertation: Framework for Artificial Intelligence Assisted Augmented Reality Systems for Education and Training<\/em>.<\/li>\n
      • Md. Hasan Rahman (PhD, December 2021, 1st employment: Facebook); PhD Dissertation: Capacity Limits and Signal Design for Heterogeneous Networks with Ultra-Low Resolution Analog to Digital Converter<\/em>.<\/li>\n
      • Mohammad Ranjbar (PhD, July 2019, with outstanding ECE Thesis Award<\/strong>, 1st employment: Quantenna Communications); PhD Dissertation: Optimal Signaling Strategies and Fundamental Limits of Next-Generation Energy-Efficient Wireless Networks<\/em>.<\/li>\n
      • Duc-Anh Le (PhD, August 2016, 1st employment: University of Iowa, Postdoctoral Scholar); PhD Dissertation: Fundamental Limits of Communication Channels under Non-Gaussian Interference<\/em>.<\/li>\n
      • Leonardo Jimenez Rodriguez (PhD, August 2014 (McGill University), co-supervised with Prof. Tho Le-Ngoc, 1st employment: Samsung Research); PhD Dissertation: Half- and Full-Duplex Amplify-and-Forward Single-Relay Systems: Achievable Rates, Power Allocations and Code Designs<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

        Former MSc Students<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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        • Gabriel Glor (MSc, Non-thesis option; May 2026) – Coding for Link 16 Tactical Data Link<\/em><\/li>\n
        • Iman Pourmohammadi (MSc, Non-thesis option, December 2025) – Wiretap Coding<\/em><\/li>\n
        • Fahmid Mahmud (MSc, May 2024) – Polar Codes<\/em><\/li>\n
        • Sejuti Banik (MSc, July 2022); MSc Thesis: Signaling Schemes and Fundamental Limits of a 2-User Static Gaussian Multiple-Access Channel with 1-Bit Analog-To-Digital-Converter<\/em>.<\/li>\n
        • Ying Wang (MSc, Non-thesis option, May 2020) – Low-bit ADCs<\/em><\/li>\n
        • Minh Vu (MSc, July 2018); MSc Thesis: Optimal Signaling Schemes and Capacities of Non-Coherent Correlated MISO Channels under Per-Antenna Power Constraints<\/em>.<\/li>\n
        • Suresh Madishetty (MSc, May 2018, co-supervised with Prof. Arjuna Madanayake); MSc Thesis: Design of Multi-Beam Hybrid Digital Beamforming Receivers<\/em>.<\/li>\n
        • Hasitha Bothenna (MSc, January 2018); MSc Thesis: Approximation of Information Rates in Non-Coherent MISO Wireless Channels with Finite Input Signals<\/em>.<\/li>\n
        • Geethika Dissanayakage Wijeratne (MSc, June 2017); MSc Thesis: Fundamental Limits of Non-Coherent Rician Fading Channels with 1-Bit Output Quantization<\/em>.<\/li>\n
        • Mohamed Elamin (MSc, June 2017, co-supervised with Prof. Shivakumar Sastry); MSc Thesis: Performance Analysis of Software Defined Network Concepts in Networked Embedded Systems<\/em>.<\/li>\n
        • Sravan Kumar Pulipati (MSc, May 2017, co-supervised with Prof. Arjuna Madanayake); MSc Thesis: Electronically-Scanned Wideband Digital Aperture Antenna Arrays using Multi-Dimensional Space-Time Circuit-Network Resonance<\/em>.<\/li>\n
        • Lubna Elsaid (MSc, June 2016); MSc Thesis: Physical-Layer Security with Full-Duplex Decode-and-Forward Relaying: Secrecy Rates and Power Allocation<\/em>.<\/li>\n
        • Cuong Dang (MSc, December 2015, with outstanding ECE Thesis Award<\/strong>); MSc Thesis: Optimal Power Allocation and Secrecy Capacity of The Full-Duplex Amplify-and-Forward Wire-tap Relay Channel Under Residual Self-Interference<\/em>.<\/li>\n
        • Rajika Kumarasiri (MSc, November 2014 (University of Toledo), co-supervised with Prof. Vijay Devabhaktuni); MSc Thesis: Development of Novel Algorithms for Localization in Wireless Sensor Networks<\/em>.<\/li>\n
        • Hung Vu (MSc, June 2014, with Research Assistant of the Year Award<\/strong>); MSc Thesis: Capacities of Bernoulli-Gaussian Impulsive Noise Channels in Rayleigh Fading<\/em>.<\/li>\n
        • Tamseel Mahmood Syed (MSc, January 2014); MSc Thesis: Precoder Design Based on Mutual Information for Non-orthogonal Amplify and Forward Wireless Relay Networks<\/em>.<\/li>\n
        • Tuyen Tran (MSc, August 2013, with the prestigious Dean\u2019s Summer Fellowship<\/strong>); MSc Thesis: Achievable Rate and Capacity of Amplify-and-Forward Multi-Relay Networks with Channel State Information<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

          Former Undergraduate Students (Undergraduate Research)<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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          • Rafael Soler – Keyless Physical Layer Security Implementation with USRP<\/em><\/li>\n
          • Tetra Engdahl – Keyless Physical Layer Security Implementation with USRP<\/em><\/li>\n
          • Savannah Rimmele – Cross-layer Security<\/em><\/li>\n
          • Joseph Garro – Cross-layer Security<\/em><\/li>\n
          • Nathaniel Raymondi – Full-Duplex Radio<\/em><\/li>\n
          • Michael Seredich – Full-Duplex Radio<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

            Prospective Graduate Students<\/strong><\/h4>\n

            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\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Current PhD Students Nuwan Kankanamge Sajjad Emdadi Mahdimahalleh Tahsin Azad Tias Mehdi Hosein Alizadeh (Ole Miss) Current MSc Students None at the moment Former PhD Students Eric Knoblock (PhD, May 2026, co-supervised with Dr. Rafael D. Apaza); PhD Dissertation: Spectrum… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2030,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2030"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2614,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions\/2614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/tran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}