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School of Electrical and Data Engineering

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  • A/Prof Negin Shariati 

Core members:

  • Industry A/Prof Justin Lipman 
  • Prof Mehran Abolhasan 
  • A/Prof Daniel Franklin
  • Dr Rasool Keshavarz

School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering

  • A/Prof Nick Bennett

Postdocs

  • Dr Mahdi Saki
  • Dr Imran Makhdoom
  • Dr Farzad Tofigh
  • Dr Ian Zhou
  • Dr Da Xiao (Chris)

Technical Support

  • Mr Kevin Sharp
  • Dr Majid Amiri 

Associate Members

  • Dr Kumars Rouzbehi, University of Seville, Spain, UTS Visiting Professor 
  • Professor Kamran Ghorbani, RMIT University, Australia (Director of the Communication Technologies Research Centre)
  • Professor Dominique Schreurs, KU Leuven University, Belgium (Chair of the Information and Communication Technology Centre), UTS Visiting Professor
  • Professor Derek Abbott, The University of Adelaide, Australia (Director of the Biomedical Engineering Centre)
  • Distinguished Professor David Lamb, Food agility CRC, Australia
  • Dr Tim Parsons, Executive Director, Delta-V Newspace Alliance
  • Dr Wei Ni, CSIRO (Research Scientist)

PhD students

NamePhD Topic
Mr Ali Raza Development of Integrated Wireless Power Transfer, Sensing, and Communication Using Compact Reconfigurable RF Structures 
Mr Eistiak Ahmed

Development of Metamaterial Inspired Lens System for Dynamic Beamforming Application

 

 

Mr Nastouh NikhkahSustainable Non-Invasive RF/Microwave Sensing for Smart Agricultural Health Monitoring

Mr Kourosh Parsaei 

 

Near field Sensing Technology Enhanced by Optimization Algorithms for Agricultural Applications
Mr Javad JafaryahyaDesigning a Novel Solution for IoT-enabled Smart Farming by Ultra-Low Power Sensor Networks
Mr Ashkan Agahi3D Laser Direct Structuring Microwave Structures for Autonomous Vehicles
Ms Amber AbdullahRF Energy Harvester using Metamaterials
Ms. Prerna Dhull 

Waveform Design and Modulation Techniques for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer (SWIPT)

 

Mr Md. Amanath UllahExtending the Lifetime of Remotely Deployed Sensors Using RF Energy Harvesting and WPT
Suleman Qamar Privacy Preserving Technologies 
Ali Sarabadani Privacy Preserving Technologies 
Iqra Sadia Privacy Preserving Technologies
Asher SajidAcceleration of Privacy Preserving Technologies
Azadeh Arnaz Open RAN Security 
Jahedul Islam Multipath TCP 

Alumni

  • Dr. Mahrokh Abdollahi Lorestani (PhD) (PhD Thesis: Multi-hop Device-to-Device Routing Protocols for Software Defined Wireless Networks)
  • Dr Muhammad Ahmad Raza Key Enabling Mechanisms for Mission-Critical Communications
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  • Dr. Mahdi Saki (PhD) 2020 (PhD Thesis:  Data Classification and Transportation in Rail Networks)
  • Dr Ian Zhou (PhD Thesis: Cyber Physical Systems for Active Frost Detection and Prevention)
  • Dr. Imran Mahkdoom (PhD) 2020 (PhD Thesis: Defense Against Integrity and Privacy Attacks in The Internet of Things)
  • Dr Majid Amiri (PhD Thesis: RF Self powered sensor to Develop Fully Autonomous IoT Devices)
  • Dr Sepehr Ashtari Nakhaei (PhD Thesis: Knowledge Defined Strategies for Next Generation Wireless Networks)
  • Dr. Mahmoud. Gamal (PhD) 2020 (PhD Thesis: Resource Allocation and Optimal Scheduling of Virtual Network Functions in Software Defined Networks)
  • Dr Ammara Khan (PhD) 2019  (PhD Title: Optimized Communication in 5G-Driven Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs))
  • Dr Farzad Tofigh (PhD) 2019 (PhD Thesis: Non-intrusive methods for crowd estimation)
  • Dr Roumani Alabd (PhD Thesis: BrachyShade: Real-time Quality Assurance for High Dose Rate Brachytherapy)
  • Dr. Mahrokh Abdollahi Lorestani (PhD) (PhD Thesis: Multi-hop Device-to-Device Routing
    Protocols for Software Defined Wireless Networks)
  • Dr Muhammad Ahmad Raza Key Enabling Mechanisms for Mission-Critical Communications
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