Ph.D. Degrees Conferred in 2020 & 2021
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rami Akeela '21
Thesis: Configurable HW/SW Co-design Partitioning Methodology
Prior Degree: M.S. Computer Engineering, Lehigh University
Advisor: Dr. Shoba Krishnan
Kamak Ebadi '21
Thesis: A Drift-Resilient and Degeneracy-Aware Loop Closure Detection Method for Localization and Mapping in Perceptually-Degraded Environments
Prior Degree: M.S. Computer Engineering, Florida International University
Advisor: Dr. Sally Wood
Electrical Engineering
Sanad Kawar '21
Thesis: An Input Power-Aware Maximum Efficiency Tracking Technique for Energy Harvesting in IoT Applications
Prior Degree: M.S. Electrical Engineering, Princess Sumaya University for Technology (Amman, Jordan)
Advisor: Dr. Shoba Krishnan
Ali Khoshniat '21
Thesis: Metamaterial Absorbers for Mitigating Unintended Radiated Emissions
Prior Degree: M.S. Electrical Engineering, Utah State University
Advisor: Dr. Ramesh Abhari
Pavel Dimtchev Arnaudov ’20
Thesis: Artificially Intelligent Search Algorithms for Video Fast Motion Estimation
Prior Degree: M.S. Electrical Engineering, Technical University-Sofia, Bulgaria, 1995
Advisor: Dr. Tokumbo Ogunfumi
Computer Engineering
Chelsey (Chia Chi) Li '21
Thesis: Taming the Challenges of Accurate and Ultra-High-Rate Data Collection in Wireless Sensing Systems
Prior Degree: M.S. Computer Engineering, Syracuse University
Advisor: Dr. Behnam Dezfouli
Computer Science and Engineering
Suthee Chaidaroon ’20
Thesis: Deep Generative Models for Semantic Text Hashing
Prior Degree: M.S. Computer Science and Engineering, Santa Clara University, 2014
Advisor: Dr. Yi Fang
Chenjun Ling ’20
Thesis: Mnews: A Study of Multilingual News Search Interfaces
Prior Degree: M.S. Geographic Information System, University North Carolina, Charlotte, 2015
Advisor: Dr. Silvia Figueira
Mechanical Engineering
Chenli Wang '21
Thesis: Cost effective and non-intrusive occupancy detection in residential building through machine learning algorithm
Prior Degree: M.S. Electrical Engineering, Santa Clara University
Advisor: Dr. Hohyun Lee
Robert Thomas McDonald ’20
Thesis: Mission-Oriented Multirobot Adaptive Navigation of Scalar Fields
Prior Degree: M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Santa Clara University, 2017
Advisor: Dr. Chris Kitts