Advanced WirelEss Systems and Multimedia Networking Lab (AWESM Lab)

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AWESM Lab Team [back to top]

• Doctoral Students:

  • Wesley O'Quinn: BS (Double Major) from Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, since Summer 2020 (Electrical/IC Design Engineer at Southern Nuclear, Baxley, GA)

  • Junwei Ma: MS from University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, since Fall 2020

  • Aaron Smith: MS from Auburn University, Auburn, AL, since Summer 2022 (Software Excellence Manager at Northrop Grumman Corp., San Diego, CA)

  • Anthony Jye-Ru Chen: MS from Clemson University, Clemson, SC, since Fall 2022

  • Ziqi Wang: BS from Auburn University, Auburn, AL, since Spring 2023

  • Bernard Amoah: BSc. from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, since Fall 2023

  • Qifan Wang: BSc. Wireless Engineering from Auburn University, Auburn, AL, since Summer 2024

  • Yujie Sun: MS in Applied Machine Learning from Northeastern University, Boston, MA, since Fall 2024

• MS Students:

  • Chris Turner, MSEE, since Fall 2024

  • Joseph D. Estrada III, MSEE, since Fall 2024

  Made in Auburn [Mathematics Genealogy][back to top]

  • Alfred Mcleod, non-thesis MSEE with wireless concentration

  • Zhitao Yu:

    • MS from Auburn University, Auburn, AL

    • PhD in ECE, Auburn University, May 2023

    • Dissertation:  Reinforcement Learning with Reasoning for Long-horizon Robotic Tasks

    • Employment: Assistant Professor, Changzhou University, Changzhou, China

  • Xiangyu Wang:

    • MS from Auburn University, Auburn, AL

    • PhD in ECE, Auburn University, Dec. 2022

    • Dissertation: Fingerprinting-based Indoor Localization with Deep Neural Networks

    • Employment: Embedded Software Engineer, SML (USA) Inc., Raleigh, NC

  • Ticao Zhang:

    • MS from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

    • PhD in ECE, Auburn University, Aug. 2022

    • Dissertation: Resource Allocation for Next-generation Wireless Networks

    • Employment: Research Scientist, Ericsson Inc., Santa Clara, CA

  • Chao Yang:

    • MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Auburn University, Auburn, AL

    • PhD in ECE, Auburn University, May 2022

    • Dissertation: Radio Frequency Sensing Systems for Artificial Intelligence of Things

    • Employment: Associate Professor, Hangzhou Institute of Technology, Xidian University, Hangzhou, China

  • Lingxiao Wang:

    • MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Auburn University, Auburn, AL

    • PhD in ECE, Auburn University, Dec. 2021

    • Dissertation: Deep Learning-based Load Forecasting and Monitoring in the Smart Grid

    • Employment: Machine Learning Engineer, Turing AI, San Jose, CA

  • Ningkai Tang:

    • MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Auburn University, Auburn, AL

    • MS in Probability and Statistics, Auburn University, Aug. 2021

    • PhD in ECE, Auburn University, May 2021

    • Dissertation: LASSO Based Schemes for Solar Energy Forecasting

    • Employment: R&D Engineer, State Grid NARI Group Corporation State Grid Electric Power Research Institute, Nanjing, China

  • Yu Wang:

    • BS from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    • PhD in ECE, Auburn University, Aug. 2020

    • Dissertation: Power control, Neighbor Discovery, and Backup Scheme for Emerging Wireless Networks

    • Employment: Protocol Stack Software Engineer, Google, Inc., Mountain View, CA

  • Kefan Xiao:

    • MS from Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

    • PhD in ECE, Auburn University, Dec. 2018 (co-advised with Prof. Jitendra Tugnait)

    • Dissertation: Congestion Control and Resource Allocation in Emerging Wireless Networks

    • Employment: Software Engineer, Google, Inc., Mountain View, CA

  • Xuyu Wang:

    • MS from Xidian University, Xi'an, China

    • PhD in ECE, Auburn University, Aug. 2018

    • Dissertation: RF Sensing for Internet of Things: When Machine Learning Meets Channel State Information

    • Employment: Assistant Professor, Florida International University, Miami, FL

  • Mingjie Feng:

    • MS from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

    • PhD in ECE, Auburn University, Aug. 2018

    • Dissertation: Towards Efficient 5G Wireless Networks: Cross-Layer Design and Wireless Networking

    • Employment: Postdocotral Fellow, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (2018-2019) (currently, Associate Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

  • Zhifeng He:

    • MS from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China

    • MS in Probability and Statistics, Auburn University, Dec. 2016

    • PhD in ECE, Auburn University, Dec. 2016

    • Dissertation: QoS/QoE Provisioning in Emerging 5G Wireless Networks

    • Employment: Data Scientist, Travelport, Atlanta, GA

  • Zhefeng Jiang:

    • MS from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    • MS in Probability and Statistics, Auburn University, Aug. 2016

    • PhD in ECE, Auburn University, Aug. 2016

    • Dissertation: Stability and Performance of Emerging Wireless Networks

    • Employment: Software Engineer, Google, Inc., Mountain View, CA

  • Yu Wang:

    • MS from Southeast University, Nanjing, China

    • MS in Probability and Statistics, Auburn University, Aug. 2015

    • PhD in ECE, Auburn University, Aug. 2015

    • Dissertation: Algorithms for optimal Energy Management in the Smart Grid

    • Employment: Lecturer, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China (currently, Associate Professor, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing, China)

  • Yi Xu:

    • MS from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    • MS in Probability and Statistics, Auburn University, May 2015

    • PhD in ECE, Auburn University, May 2015

    • Dissertation: Interference Management and Exploitation in Emerging Wireless Networks

    • Employment: Research Scientist/Machine Learning Scientist (currently, Applied Science Manager at Amazon Search Science and AI), Amazon.com, Inc., Seattle, WA

  • Hui Zhou:

    • MS from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

    • MS in Probability and Statistics, Auburn University, May 2014

    • PhD in ECE, Auburn Univeristy, May 2014 (co-advisor, with Dr. Prathima Agrawal)

    • Dissertation: Resource Allocation and Performance Optimization in Wireless Networks

    • Employment: Software Development Engineer, Amazon.com, Inc., Seattle, WA (now with Microsoft, Inc.)

  • Yingsong Huang:

    • MS from Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

    • PhD in ECE, Auburn University, Mar. 2013

    • Dissertation: Energy-Efficient Design in Cyber-Physical Systems with a Control and Optimization Approach

    • Employment: Member of Technical Staff, NetApp, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA

  • Donglin Hu:

    • MS from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    • MS in Probability and Statistics, Auburn University, May 2012

    • PhD in ECE, Auburn University, May 2012

    • Dissertation: Video over Cognitive Radio Networks: A Cross-Layer Optimization Approach

    • Employment: Senior Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Labs, San Ramon, CA

  • In Keun Son

    • MS from KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Daejeon, Republic of Korea

    • PhD in ECE, Auburn University, Dec. 2010

    • Dissertation: Design and Optimization of Free Space Optical Networks

    • Employment: Lieutenant Colonel, Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), Republic of Korea

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  • Tino Monroe

    • M.S. in ECE, graduated Dec. 2019

    • Thesis: Soft Video Delivery by Metadata Reduction over LTE

    • Employment: Software Development Engineer, General Motors, Austin, TX

  • Zhitao Yu

    • M.S. in ECE, graduated Dec. 2018

    • Thesis: Smartphone Sensor Fusion for Indoor Localization: A Deep LSTM Approach

    • Employment: PhD student at Auburn University

  • Runze Huang

    • M.S. in ECE, graduated Aug. 2018

    • Thesis: Contact-free Breathing Rate Monitoring with Smartphones: A Sonar Phase Approach

    • Employment: Algorithm Engineer, Tongxin Microelectronics Co., Ltd., Tsinghua Unigroup, Beijing, China

  • Chao Yang

    • M.S. in ECE, graduated Dec. 2017

    • Thesis: Contact-free Vital Sign Monitoring Using Channel State Information

    • Employment: PhD student at Auburn University

  • Xiangyu Wang

    • M.S. in ECE, graduated Dec. 2017

    • Thesis: WiFi Fingerprinting based Indoor Localization: When CSI Tensor meets Deep Residual Sharing Learning

    • Employment: PhD student at Auburn University

  • Amogh Kashyap

    • M.S. in ECE, graduated June 2017 (co-advised with Dr. Alvin Lim)

    • Thesis: Statistical Time-of-Arrival Ranging by Measuring Round-Trip-Time at Driver Layer in IEEE 802.11g Networks

    • Employment: Software Applications Engineer, Qualcomm Inc.

  • Abhishek Arunkumar Kulkarni

    • M.S. in ECE, graduated May 2016 (co-advised with Dr. Alvin Lim)

    • Thesis: Self-Localization of Target Nodes Using Opportunistic Communications with Reference Nodes, Statistical Time-of-Arrival, Grid Method, Linear Matrix Inequality and Center-of-Gravity

    • Employment: Developer, Focus Engineering, LLC

  • Lingjun Gao

    • M.S. in ECE, graduated Aug. 2015

    • Thesis: Channel State Information Fingerprinting Based Indoor Localization: A Deep Learning Approach

    • Employment: Data Engineer, DataYes, Inc., Shanghai, China

  • Sushma Reddy Kondapally

    • MEE, graduated Dec. 2014

    • Project: A Case Study on Sprint's Dallas Texas Market

    • Employment: System DVT Engineer, ADTRAN, Inc.

  • Ningkai Tang

    • M.S. in ECE, graduated May 2014

    • Thesis: Power Control for Underlay Cognitive Radio Networks with Full-duplex Transmissions

    • Employment: Ph.D. candidate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University

  • Matthew Rhodes

    • MEE, graduated Dec. 2013

    • Project: Inter-symbol Interference in Domed Environments

    • Employment: Firmware Engineer, CoachComm LLC

  • Sunjai Kim

    • MEE, graduated Dec. 2011

    • Project: Building Robust Spanning Trees for Free Space Optical Networks and Performance Comparison of Ad Hoc Routing Protocols under Group Mobility Environments

    • Employment: Army Captain, Defense Communication Command, Republic of Korea

  • Phillip A. Walsh

    • MEE, graduated May 2010

    • Project: Software Defined Radio Testbed for Distributed Polling Service-based Medium Access Control

    • Employment: System Engineer, Qualcomm Inc.

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  • Jiale Yu, Computer Science and Software Engineering student, Auburn University, Auburn AL, Jan. 2024 ~ present

  • Qifan Wang, Wireless Engineering student, Auburn University, Auburn AL, Jan. 2024 ~ May 2024 (now PhD student at Auburn University)

  • Ziqi Wang, Electrical and Comptuer Engineering student, Auburn University, Auburn AL, Aug. 2021 ~ Dec. 2022 (now PhD student at Auburn University)

  • Wesley O'Quinn, Electrical Engineering Senior, Georgia Southern University, Register, GA, Summer 2019 (now PhD student at Auburn University)

  • Tino Monroe, Electrical Engineering Senior, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Greensboro, NC, Summer 2017 (then MS student in Auburn Graduate School)

  • Wilson Parker, Junior Wireless Engineering student, Auburn University, co-mentored with Prof. Lloyd Riggs, Fall 2016

  • Joseph Patrick (Tennessee State University): supported by the NSF REU program, co-mentored with Prof. Liang Hong, Summer 2015

  • Victoria Fang (Johns Hopkins University): supported by the NSF REU program, Summer 2015

  • Bertrand Isidore (Tuskegee University): supported by the NSF REU program, co-mentored with Dr. Shiny Abraham with the Department of EE, Tuskegee University, Spring 2015

  • Andrew Grant: supported by the NSF REU program, Spring 2015

  • William Gray Blass: supported by the NSF REU program, Fall 2014

  • Terrial Collins (Tuskegee University): supported by the NSF REU program, co-mentored with Dr. Shiny Abraham with the Department of EE, Tuskegee University, Summer 2014

  • Patrick Berry, supported by the NSF REU program, Fall 2013

  • Kayla Frost, supported by the NSF REU program, Summer 2013

  • Quinton Kennedy  (Tuskegee University): supported by the NSF REU program, co-mentored with Dr. Fan Jiang with the Department of EE, Tuskegee University, Fall 2012

  • Gabriela A. Garcia: supported by the NSF REU program, Fall 2011 and Fall 2012

  • Reza Ashtari: supported by the NSF REU program, Fall 2012 (then MS student in Auburn Graduate School)

  • Bobby Black: supported by the NSF REU program, Summer/Fall 2011 (then MS student in Auburn Graduate School)

  • Jonathan Baker: supported by the NSF REU program, Fall 2011

  • Alexander Vanderheyden: supported by the NSF REU program, Spring/Summer/Fall 2011 (then MS student in Auburn Graduate School)

  • Elizabeth Hammonds: supported by the NSF REU program, Summer  2010

  • Evan Price: supported by the NSF REU program, Fall 2009

  • Clyde E. Hunt, III (Tuskegee University): supported by the NSF REU program, co-mentored with Dr. Fan Jiang, Tuskegee University, Fall 2009

  • Emile Ewing: supported by the NSF REU program, Fall 2008 (then MS student in Auburn Graduate School)

  Student Awards and Honors [back to top]

  • Ziqi Wang, Best Demo Award, The 43rd Annual IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM 2024), May 20 – 23, Vancouver, Canada

  • Ziqi Wang, Student Travel Grant from IEEE ICC 2024, Denver, CO, June 2024

  • Wenqian Zhang, ACM China Doctoral Dissertation Award, Chapter Winner of 2022

  • Chao Yang and Xuyu Wang, Best Journal Paper Award, IEEE Communications Society eHealth Technical Committee, Dec. 2022

  • Ziqi Wang, Runner up of the Best Project Award, for his Capstone Project titled "Gesture Controlled Home Assistant," Dec. 2022 (Technical Mentor: Shiwen Mao)

  • Anthony Chen, Woltosz Fellowship, Aug. 2022 ~ Aug. 2026

  • Chao Yang and Xuyu Wang, Best Paper Award, The 2022 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC'22), Seoul, South Korea, May 2022

  • Chao Yang and Xuyu Wang, Best Demo Award, IEEE INFOCOM 2022, Virtual Conference, May 2022

  • Zhitao Yu: Runner-up of the Best Paper Award, IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC'22), Virtual Conference, Jan. 2022

  • Mingjie Feng: The 2021 Best Paper Award, Elsevier/KeAi Digital Communications and Networks Journal

  • Chao Yang: Outstanding Doctoral Student for 2020-2021, Auburn University, Apr. 2021

  • Xuyu Wang and Lingjun Gao: IEEE Vehicular Technology Society 2020 Jack Neubauer Memorial Award, recognizing the best systems paper published in the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Oct. 2020

  • Ticao Zhang: IEEE Access Journal's “Article of the Week,” May 2020

  • Chao Yang: Best Paper Award, IEEE Globecom 2019

  • Chao Yang: NSF student travel grant for IEEE Globecom 2019

  • Chao Yang: Honorable Mention, the 2019 IEEE ComSoc Student Competition on “Communications Technology Changing the World,” for a project titled “Driving Fatigue Detection System based on RFID,” Nov. 2019

  • Tino Monroe:  The 2019 URMD Grad Cohort Award, Computing Research Association (CRA) (https://cra.org/)

  • Tino Monroe: GEM Associate Fellow Award, The National GEM Consortium, 2019 (http://www.gemfellowship.org/)

  • Tino Monroe: Intel, Pre-Silicon Validation Intern, Hillsboro, OR, Summer 2018

  • Yu Wang: summer intern at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, Summer 2018 and Spring 2019

  • Kefan Xiao: summer intern at Google, Inc., Mountain View, CA, Summer 2018

  • Kefan Xiao: The IEEE ComSoc MMTC 2017 Best Conference Paper Award

  • Mingjie Feng: 2017 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, Apr. 2018

  • Mingjie Feng, ECE outstanding international graduate student, Auburn University, 2018

  • Mingjie Feng, Best Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 2017

  • Xuyu Wang, Runze Huang, and Chao Yang, Honorable Mention, the 2017 IEEE ComSoc Student Competition on “Communications Technology Changing the World,” for a project titled “On contact-free vital sign measurement in healthcare Internet of Things,” Nov. 2017

  • Xuyu Wang and Xiangyu Wang: IEEE PIMRC 2017 Best Student Paper Award, Oct. 2017

  • Yu Wang: Top 500/Round 3 (among 64,000 participants), Google Code Jam 2017, June 2017

  • Xuyu Wang and Runze Huang: IEEE SECON 2017 Best Demo Award, June 2017

  • Mingjie Feng: IEEE SECON 2017 Student Travel Grant Award, June 2017

  • Xuyu Wang: summer intern at Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute North America (GEIRI North America), Summer 2017

  • Kefan Xiao: summer intern at Google, Inc., Mountain View, CA, Summer 2017

  • Kaiwei Wang: IEEE GLOBECOM 2016 Best Paper Award, Dec. 2016

  • Mingjie Feng: Graduate Travel Grant, Auburn University Graduate School, Dec. 2016

  • Kefan Xiao: Graduate Travel Grant, Auburn University Graduate School, Dec. 2016

  • Kefan Xiao: IEEE GLOBECOM 2016 Student Travel Grant Award, Dec. 2016

  • Xuyu Wang: Graduate Travel Grant, Auburn University Graduate School, Apr. 2016

  • Zhifeng He: Graduate Travel Grant, Auburn University Graduate School, Apr. 2016

  • Mingjie Feng: Top International Graduate Student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, International Student Organization, Auburn University, Apr. 2016

  • Zhifeng He: Outstanding Doctoral Student for 2015-2016, The Graduate School and The Graduate Student Council, Auburn University, Apr. 2016

  • Zhifeng He: IEEE GLOBECOM 2015 Best Paper Award, Dec. 2015

  • Kefan Xiao: Woltosz Fellowship, Aug. 2015 ~ Aug. 2019

  • Ningkai Tang: Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship, Aug. 2015 ~ Aug. 2019

  • Yu Wang: The 2015 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC) Best Paper Award, New Orleans, LA, Mar. 2015

  • Xuyu Wang, Lingjun Gao, Yi Xu, Kefan Xiao, and Zhifeng He: Honorable Mention, for their project “Smart Traffic Grid” in the Global Urban Datafest multi-city hackathon, Auburn competition, Mar. 2014

  • Yi Xu: ECE Department’s nominee to Meriwether Fellowship, Auburn University Graduate School, Feb. 2014

  • Ningkai Tang: ECE Department’s nominee to the Auburn Uninversity Graduate School Master's Thesis Awards, June 2014

  • Yingsong Huang: Auburn University’s nominee to the national competition for distinguished dissertations sponsored by the Council of Graduate Schools and ProQuest, June 2014

  • Yingsong Huang: The 2014 Auburn University Graduate School Distinguished Dissertation Awards (one of four awardees), May 2014

  • Yi Xu: Outstanding International Graduate Student Award for Academic Excellence in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, 2013 ~ 2014

  • Xuyu Wang: co-recipient of the Second Prize of Natural Scientific Award of Ministry of Education, China in 2013, based on his MS work with former advisor Dr. Xinbo Gao at Xidian University, Xi’an, China

  • In Keun Son: Runner-up for the 2013 Fabio Neri Best Paper Award

  • Zhifeng He: ACM CRAB'13 paper was selected as one of the best papers from ACM Mobicom 2013 workshops for fast-track journal publication in ACM Mobile Computing and Communications Review (MC2R)

  • Yu Wang: Graduate Travel Grant, Auburn University Graduate School, Dec. 2013

  • Reza Ashtari: Graduate Travel Grant, Auburn University Graduate School, Dec. 2013

  • Reza Ashtari: published a paper in the Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Connected Vehicles & Expo (ICCVE'13) and presented a poster at the conference based on his REU work

  • Xuyu Wang: Woltosz Fellowship, Aug. 2013 ~ Aug. 2017

  • Mingjie Feng: Woltosz Fellowship, Aug. 2013 ~ Aug. 2017

  • Hui Zhou: The IEEE ICC 2013 Best Paper Award

  • Yi Xu: summer intern at NEC Laboratories American, Princeton, NJ, Summer 2013

  • Zhefeng Jiang: summer intern at Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, Murray Hill NJ, Summer 2013

  • Yingsong Huang: Outstanding International Graduate Student Award for Academic Excellence in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, 2012 ~ 2013

  • Yingsong Huang: Outstanding International Graduate Student Award for Academic Excellence in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, 2012 ~ 2013

  • Yu Wang: Third Best Poster Award, The NSF Broadband Wireless Access and Applications Center (BWAC) Kickoff Meeting, Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ, Apr. 2013

  • Yingsong Huang: Graduate Travel Grant, Auburn University Graduate School, Dec. 2012

  • Donglin Hu: Outstanding Doctoral Student for 2011-2012, The Graduate School and The Graduate Student Council, Auburn University, Apr. 2012

  • Donglin Hu: inducted to honor society Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), Apr. 2012

  • Yingsong Huang: inducted to honor society Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), Apr. 2012

  • Yi Xu: inducted to honor society Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), Apr. 2012

  • Donglin Hu: IEEE MILCOM 2011 Student Travel Grant Award, Nov. 2011

  • Yingsong Huang: IEEE MILCOM 2011 Student Travel Grant Award, Nov. 2011

  • Yu Wang: Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship, Aug. 2011 ~ Aug. 2015

  • Donglin Hu: Outstanding International Graduate Student for Academic Excellence in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, 2010 ~ 2011

  • Donglin Hu: Second Place in the ECE Department Graduate Student Poster Competition, Feb. 2011

  • In Keun Son: IEEE MILCOM 2010 Student Travel Grant Award, Oct./Nov. 2010

  • Jing Ning: Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship, Aug. 2010 ~ Aug. 2014

  • Donglin Hu: Vodafone Fellowship, Dept. ECE, Auburn University, 2008

  • Yingsong Huang: Vodafone Fellowship, Dept. ECE, Auburn University, 2008