Visiting Scholars

• Zahra Safavifar, Ph.D. Candidate, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, Spring 2024-Summer 2024
• Shengfeng Gan, Hubei University of Education, Wuhan, China,  09/2018-09/2019.

Ph.D. Dissertations Chaired

• Baoqian Wang, "Enabling Technologies and Applications for Networked Airborne Computing", Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Joint Doctoral Program of UCSD and SDSU, graduated in Spring 2023, employed at Boeing.

M.S. Theses Chaired

• Baoqian Wang, "3-D Hybrid Trajectory Modeling for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)", M.S. in CS, TAMUCC, graduated in Summer 2019.
• Yaqian Zheng, "Activity Data Analysis to Understand the Behavior of Older Adults", M.S. in CS, TAMUCC, graduated in Spring 2019.

M.S. Projects Directed

• Rajath Hugar, "mmWave-based Multi-UAV Testbed", M.S. in Electrical Engineering, SDSU, graduated in Fall 2024.
• Vasundara Hosahalli Boregowda, "COUDRE", M.S. in Electrical Engineering, SDSU, graduated in Summer 2024. 
• Nishee Agrawal, "Graph Convolutional Network-based Dynamic Task Scheduling for Mobile Ad-Hoc Computing", M.S. in Computational Science, SDSU, graduated in Spring 2023.
• Srinivas Duddu, "Performance Comparison of Routing Protocols AODV and DSR", M.S. in Electrical Engineering, SDSU, graduated in Spring 2023.
• Seyed Shervin Haghgouy, "Diabetes Prediction", M.S. in EE, SDSU, graduated in Fall 2022.
• Preetam Bamanalli, "A Survey of Lightweight Object Detection Models", M.S. in EE, SDSU, graduated in Spring 2022.
• Suhas Ravi, "Developing a ROS-based Simulator to Facilitate Teaching and Research on Multi-Robot Systems", M.S. in EE, SDSU, graduated in Spring 2021.
• Osamah Alhotal, "Autonomous Driving Vehicle using Convolution Neural Network", M.S. in EE, SDSU, graduated in Spring 2021.
• Akhil Reddy Kothapally, "Implementation of Efficient Similarity Search Algorithm for Spatiotemporal Scenarios", M.S. in CS, TAMUCC, graduated in Fall 2018.

Other Graduate Students Advised in Research as Major Advisor

• Ruitao Wu, CS, SDSU, Spring 2023-Spring 2024.
• Shubhendu Das, M.S. in Computational Science, SDSU, Summer 2022.
• Osamah Alhotal, M.S., EE (Project option), SDSU, graduated in Spring 2021.
• Priyanka Kishor Partane, M.S., EE, SDSU, 2020-2021.
• Praneeth Bojja, M.S., CS, 2020-2021.
• Himani Singh, M.S., CS, SDSU, 2020-2021.
• Justin Galioto, M.S., EE, SDSU, 2019.
• Wen Zhang, Ph.D., CS, TAMUCC, 2018-2019, stay at TAMUCC for her Ph.D. degree with Dr. Ning Zhang.
• Gabriel Alexis Guijarro Reyes, M.S., CS, TAMUCC, 2018-2019.
• Lucas Dwyer, M.S., CS, TAMUCC, 2018-2019.

Undergraduate and Community College Students in Research

• Drake Essick, Electrical Engineering, SDSU, Summer 2022-Spring 2024 (NSF REU)
• Pablo Olivares, Computer Engineering, SDSU, Summer 2024-Fall 2024
• Alejandro Rivera Lara, Computer Engineering, SDSU, Summer 2024-Fall 2024
• Leo Paredes, Computer Engineering, SDSU, Fall 2024
• Isaac Reveles, Computer Science, Summer 2024 (SDSU MESA program)
• Owen Chavira, San Diego City College, Summer 2024 (SDSU STEM Pathways program)
• Justin Lee, Computer Engineering, SDSU, Fall 2023-Spring 2024 (NSF REU)
• Nicholas Palmer, Computer Engineering, SDSU, Fall 2023-Summer 2024 (NSF REU)
• Luiz Gonzalez Bautista, CE, SDSU, Summer 2022-Spring 2023 (NSF REU)
• Justin Pudiquet, CS, SDSU, Summer 2023 (SDSU STEM Pathways program)
• Johnny Rosas, CS, SDSU, Summer 2022 (SDSU Summer Undergraduate Research Academy program)
• Roxana Nevarez, Southwestern College, Summer 2022 (SDSU STEM Pathways program)
• Amy Gonzalez, San Diego City College, Summer 2022 (SDSU STEM Pathways program)
• Melanie Weed, Chemistry and Theatre-Performance, SDSU, Spring 2022-Summer 2022 (Weber Honor Colleges research program)
• Isaac Hendrix, Chemistry, SDSU, Spring 2022 (Weber Honor Colleges research program)
• Jaime Fernandez Elgido, CE, SDSU, Fall 2021-Spring 2022
• Songyang Li, CE, SDSU, Summer 2021-Fall 2021 (SDSU SURP)
• Carlos Oconnor, CE, SDSU, Fall 2021
• Mohammed Alani, CE, SDSU, Fall 2021
• Danny Tisnado, EE, SDSU, Fall 2020-Fall 2021 (SDSU SURP)
• Cameron Doubman, CE, SDSU, 2020-2021 (NSF REU).
• David Pierce Walker-Howell, EE, SDSU, 2020-2021 (NSF REU).
• Zoe Jeffrey, CE, SDSU, 2021 (WE BELIEVE internship program).
• Jervaughn Gaines, EE, SDSU, 2021 (WE BELIEVE internship program).
• Arrian Farahani, EE, SDSU, 2020 (SDSU SURP).
• Lauren Dominic Bolo Dave, CE, SDSU, 2020 (SDSU SURP).
• Ramiz Hanan, CE, SDSU, 2019-2021
• Arrian Farahani, EE, SDSU, 2020 (SDSU SURP).
• Lauren Dominic Bolo Dave, CE, SDSU, 2020 (SDSU SURP).
• Bao Pham, CS, TAMUCC, 2017-2019.
• Tri Van Thanh Vo, CS, TAMUCC, 2016-2019 (TAMUCC Student Research Competition Awardee).
• Trong Dinh, CS, TAMUCC, Spring 2019.
• Ryan Hallberg, CS, TAMUCC, 2017-2018.
• Hoang Nguyen, CS, TAMUCC, 2016-2017.
• Nhan Nguyen, CS, TAMUCC, 2016-2017.
• Minh Nguyen, CS, TAMUCC, 2016-2017.

Undergraduate Senior Design

• Christopher Bowman, Charles Kaui, Angelo Peck, Chanthol Phea, Fady Yousif, "Self-Securing VTOL Autonomous Vehicle", SDSU, Fall 2021 - Spring 2022.
• Cameron Douman, Arrian Farahani, Lauren Dominic Bolo Dave, Reginald Capanzana, YenhungChen, "Robot Swarm", Spring 2020 - Fall 2020.
• Fate Alexis Lumba, Jayson Del Moral, Sky Johnson, Ben Leeds, Evans Nik Matabwa, Joseph Eli Omengan, Jed Vargas, "A Ground Robots-based Mobile Cloud Computing Platform", SDSU, Spring 2020.
• Dylan Wraith, Leo Peralta, Jorome Marcon, Ramiz Hanan, Rigoberto Macedo, Michael Olivas, "Autonomous Driving Robot", SDSU, Spring 2020.
• Trong Dinh, Shane Hale, Doina Morales, Tri Vo, "Emotion Recognition System for Environment Augmentation", TAMUCC, Spring 2019.

Graduate Students Advised as Committee Member

• Xinqiao Zhang, "Integrated AI Security and Efficiency: Trustworthiness, Trojan Detection, and Performance Acceleration", Ph.D. in Engineering Science (Electrical and Computer Engineering), SDSU & UCSD Joint Doctoral Program, graduated in Summer 2024. 
• Pengcheng Wu, "Safety Assured Online Guidance for the Operations of Autonomous Systems under Uncertainty", Ph.D. in Engineering Science (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), SDSU & UCSD Joint Doctoral Program, graduated in Spring 2024. 
• Monisha Monali G R, M.S. in Computational Science (project option), SDSU, graduated in Fall 2024.
• Mohammed Shoaib Ibrar Mohammed Akmal, M.S. in Electrical Engineering (project option), SDSU, graduated in Spring 2024. 
• Fernando Aguilera, M.S. in Aerospace Engineering (Thesis option), SDSU, graduated in Fall 2023.
• Farid Shahnavaz, M.S. in Computational Science (Thesis option), SDSU, graduated in Fall 2023.
• Amani Reddy Daggula, M.S. in Electrical Engineering (project option), SDSU, graduated in Fall 2023.
• Bhuvan Bhardwaj, M.S. in Electrical Engineering (project option), SDSU, graduated in Fall 2023.
• Nithin Gowda Jayaramu, M.S. in Electrical Engineering (Project option), SDSU, graduated in Spring 2023.
• John Charles Crow, M.S. in Computational Science (Thesis option), SDSU, graduated in Fall 2022.
• Francisco Coronado, M.S. in EE (Thesis option), SDSU, graduated in Fall 2022.
• Priyanka Partane, M.S., EE (Project option), SDSU, graduated in Spring 2022.
• Mitchell Timken, M.S., EE (Project option), SDSU, graduated in Spring 2022.
• Jonathan Briseno, M.S., EE (Project option), SDSU, graduated in Spring 2022.
• Tejanka Patil, M.S., EE (Project option), SDSU, graduated in Fall 2021.
• Arya Yazdani, M.S., EE (Project option), SDSU, graduated in Summer 2021.
• Hamsini Chandra Kumar, M.S., EE, (Project option) SDSU, graduated in Spring 2021.
• Nathan Dolan, M.S., AE (Thesis option), SDSU, graduated in Spring 2021.
• Suhas Ravi, M.S., EE (Project option), SDSU, graduated in Spring 2021.
• Sagar Cheluvegowda, M.S., EE (Project option), SDSU, graduated in Spring 2020.
• Oliver Bojorquez, M.S., AE (Thesis option), graduated in Spring 2020.
• Mehmet Fatih Ozken, M.S., CS (Thesis option), TAMUCC, graduated in Spring 2019.
• Abhianv Eerlapati, M.S., CS (Thesis option), TAMUCC, graduated in Fall 2017.

High School Students Advised in Research

• Jacob Kidd, Francis Parker School, Summer 2024.