Research Group

Ph.D. Students and Alumni

Seyed Reza Razavi Pour
Fall 2024 - present
M.Sc. Sharif University of Technology
Research: AI-Native Multi-Cell Interference Networks

Amirhossein Keshavarz Chafjiri
Fall 2024 - present
M.Sc. Sharif University of Technology
Research: AI-Enabeled Integrated Sensing and Communications

Selma Benouadah
Fall 2024 - present
M.Sc. The University of North Dakota
Research: Interference-Aware Constellation Design

Bogdan Iepure
Fall 2023 - present
M.Sc. The Pennsylvania State University
Research: Integrated Sensing and Communications

Madan Dahal
Fall 2021 - present
M.Sc. Arkansas Tech
Research: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Interference Management

Xinliang Zhang
Fall 2018 - Fall 2022
M.Sc. Xidian University
Thesis Title: Supervised and Unsupervised Learning-Based MIMO Communications [pdf]
Next Position: Senior Engineer, Samsung Research America

Yue Qi
Fall 2018 - Summer 2022
M.Sc. Xidian University
Thesis Title: Physical Layer Security in Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access [pdf]
The 2023 College of Engineering Outstanding Doctoral Student Award
Next Position: Senior Engineer, Samsung Research America

Master's Students and Alumni

Stepan Gorelenkov
Fall 2024 - Summer 2025

B.Sc. Villanova University, 2024
Research: Constellation Design for Uplink NOMA
Next Position: Ph.D. Student, New York University

Shane O'Connor
Spring 2023 - Fall 2024

(Co-advised with Dr. Izzetoglu)
B.Sc. University of Vermont, 2020
Research: Alzheimer’s Disease Detection Utilizing Transfer Learning
Next Position: Sr. System Engineer, Lockheed Martin

Ryan Szlosek
Fall 2021 - May 2023

B.Sc. University of Cincinnati
Thesis Title: Carrier Synchronization for SDR Applications
The 2023 ECE Department Outstanding Master Student Award (Dean's Award)
Next Position: DSP Communications Design Engineer, L3Harris Technologies

Undergraduate Research Students

Michael Gutowski (Fall 2024-Spring 2025)
Research: Autoencoder-based coded communication
Next: Engineer at Engineer at Peraton

Liam Coster (Fall 2024-Spring 2025)
Research: Companding in quantized BCH-DFT codes
The 2025 ECE Department Medallion
Next: Master's Student, University of Pennsylvania

Jillian Zeiger (Spring 2025)
Research: Radar interference cancellation
Next: Engineer at MPR Associates

Stepan Gorelenkov (Fall 2023)
Research: Constellation design and testing
The 2024 ECE Department Medallion
Next: Radar System Engineer, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Michaela Feehery (Fall 2022)
Research: Secure finite alphabet communications
Next: Master's Student, University of Pennsylvania

Kevin Heist (Fall 2022)
Research: Deep learning for finite alphabet MIMO
Next: AI Software Engineer, Northrop Grumman

John W. Kuchler (Spring-Fall 2021)
Research: Deep learning for communications
The Villanova Undergraduate Research Fellowship (VURF) Program
Next: Sysetem Engineer, Lockheed Martin

Anthony E. Etim (2020-2021)
Research: Deep learning for MIMO-NOMA
Next: Ph.D. Student, Yale University

Kaixuan Ji (2020)
Research: Low-delay BCH codes
Next: Ph.D. Student, University of Colorado, Boulder

Jordan A. Pauls (2019-2021)
Research: Deep learning for MIMO
Current: Software Engineer, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab