Current Students and Visiting Scholars

 

Ph.D. candidates at WPI

Yishuang Geng

Yishuang
Y. Geng is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, MA, USA. He received his BS degree in Information Science and Engineering from Southeast University (SEU), Nanjing, China in 2011 and his MS degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from WPI in 2013. His previous research background are wireless channel modeling, channel emulation and indoor localization. His current research interests include body area network, cyberphysical system, hybrid localization system desgin for indoor and in-body applications.

Email: ygeng@wpi.edu

Bader A. Alkandari

Bader A. Alkandari
Bader A. Alkandari was born in Kuwait in 1984. He received the B.Sc. and M.Sc degrees in electrical engineering from Bradley University, Peoria Illinois, United States Of America in 2006 and 2009 respectively.. He is an assistant lecturer at the Electronic Engineering Technology Department at the College Of Technological Studies, Kuwait. Presently he is perusing his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts. His research interests include information and communication technology, cyber physical systems, channel modeling, systems engineering, signals and image processing, nano and microelectronics, and mechatronics.

Email: baalkandari@wpi.edu

Umair Khan

U. Khan is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA. He received his BS in Telecommunication Engineering from National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences in Karachi, Pakistan in 2008 and his Master degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 2011. His research interests include computational techniques for narrowband and wideband channel modeling for indoor geo-location and body area networks.

Email: uikhan@wpi.edu

Fardad

Research Area:Channel modeling for indoor positioning.
Email: faskarzadeh@wpi.edu

MSc. candidates at WPI

Mingda Zhou

Mingda Zhou is a Master student at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA. He received his BS degree in Automation from Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China in 2013. His research areas are biomedical image processing and signal processing. Currently he is focusing on emulation of virtual environment for experimentation inside large intestine.

Email: mzhou2@wpi.edu

Guanxiong Liu

Guanxiong Liu is a Master student at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA. He received his BS degree in Instrument Technology and Science from Southeast University (SEU), Nanjing, China in 2013. His research areas are indoor localization. Currently he is focusing on using the Mobile device (smart phone) sensor for the indoor localization.

Email: gliu2@wpi.edu

Visiting scholars at WPI

Shihong Duan

Shihong Duan is now a visiting scholar in CWINS lab at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, working in the fields of Indoor Swarm Network Channel Modeling and Body Area Network. She is an associate professor in University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), Beijing, China. She received her MS, Ph.D Degree from USTB respectively in 1998, 2011. Her research area includes Mobile swarm network channel modeling and localization application, industrial cyber physic system and wireless standard.

Email: sduan@wpi.edu / duansh@ustb.edu.cn

Dan Liu

Dan Liu received her BS, MS and PhD Degree from Jilin University respectively in 2001, 2006 and 2010. She is now a visiting scholar, working in the fields of Body Area Networks in Center for Wireless Information Network Studies (CWINS), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). She is from Dalian Ocean University, Liaoning, China. Her current research interests include wireless personal area networks, wireless sensor networks and body area networks.

Email: dliu2@wpi.edu / liudan@dlou.edu.cn