Alumni

Former Ph.D. Students [USC]

Samuel M. Prager (Dec. 2021)

• Ph.D. Dissertation: Ultra-wideband multistatic and mimo software defined radar sensor networks [pdf]
• Current Status: FPGA Engineer, NASA  Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA

 

Amir Azamati (August. 2021)

• • Ph.D. Dissertation: Physics-based bistatic radar scattering model for vegetated terrains in support of soil moisture retrieval from signals of opportunity [pdf]
  • Current Status: Radar System Engineer, Aptive, Agoura Hills, CA

Negar Golestani (May. 2021)

• • Ph.D. Dissertation: Magnetic induction-based wireless body area network and its application toward human motion tracking [pdf]
  • Current Status: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA

James D. Campbell (Dec. 2019)

• • Ph.D. Dissertation: Electromagnetic scattering models for satellite remote sensing of soil moisture using reflectometry from microwave signals of opportunity [pdf]
  • Current Status: System Engineer, Raytheon, El Segundo, CA
  •  MiXIL Affiliate Status: Research Staff

Aslan Etminan (Dec. 2019)

• • Ph.D. Dissertation: Solution of inverse scattering problems via hybrid global and local optimization  [pdf]
  • Current Status: Research Engineer, Wavetronix, Salt Lake City, UT

 

Richard H. Chen (Dec. 2019)

• • Ph.D. Dissertation: Radar remote sensing of permafrost landscapes and active layer soil properties [pdf]
  • Current Status: Radar System Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA

 

Majid Ali Albahkali (Dec. 2018)

• • Ph.D. Dissertation: Subsurface SAR image formation for discrete point targets [pdf]
    • Current Status: Co-director Center of Excellence for Earth and Space Science, KACSR, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

Pratik Shah (May. 2018)

• • Ph.D. Dissertation: Muli-constrained inversion algorithms for microwave imaging [pdf]
    • Current Status: Applied Scientist, Amazon, Seattle, WA

 

 

• Ganbo Chen (May. 2017)
  • • Ph.D. Dissertation: Microwave imaging and its application toward medical diagnostics and thermal treatment monitoring [pdf]
    • Current Status: Senior Research Engineer, Samsung, Austin, TX

 

Ruzbeh Akbar (May. 2016)

• • • Ph.D. Dissertation: Active and passive microwave remote sensing synergy for geophysical parameter estimation [pdf]
    • Current Status: Senior Radar Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA

 

Agnelo Rocha da Silva (Aug. 2015)

• • Ph.D. Dissertation: Theory and design of magnetic induction based wireless underground sensor networks [pdf]
  • Current Status: Environmental & Food Research & Scientific Support, METER, Pullman, WA

Former Ph.D. Students [UoM]

Mariok S. Burgin (Dec. 2014)

• • Ph.D. Dissertation: Physics-based modeling for high-fidelity radar retrievals [pdf]
  • Current Status: Mission Formulation, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA

 

Mark S. Haynes (Dec. 2011)

• • Ph.D. Dissertation: Full-wave nonlinear inverse scattering for acoustic and electromagnetic breast imaging [pdf]
  • Current Status: Radar System Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA

 

Xueyang Duan (Dec. 2011)

• • Ph.D. Dissertation: Three-Dimensional electromagnetic scattering from layered media with rough interfaces for subsurface radar remote sensing [pdf]
  • Current Status: Radar System Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA

Yuri M. Gorkhman (Nov. 2011)

• • Ph.D. Dissertation: Retrieval of parameters for layered non-smooth interface media: theory and experiment [pdf]
  • Current Status: Principal Electrical Engineer, HistoSonics, Ann Arbor, MI
    

 

Line van Nieuwstadt (Dec. 2010)

• • Ph.D. Dissertation: Microwave measurement system for breast cancer imaging: an experimental prototype toward time-domain inverse scattering [pdf]
  • Current Status: Senior Engineer, SRI International, Ann Arbor, MI

Alireza Tabatabaeenejad (Sept. 2008)

• • Ph.D. Dissertation: Forward and inverse models of electromagnetic scattering from layered media with rough interfaces [pdf]
  • Current Status: Microwave Remote Sensing Scientist, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA

Chih-hao Kuo (Dec. 2007)

• • Ph.D. Dissertation: Full wave 2D modeling of scattering and inverse scattering for layered rough surfaces with buried objects [pdf]
  • Current Status: Research Scientist, Schlumberger-Doll Research, Cambridge, MA

 

Liang Pan (Dec. 2004)

• • Ph.D. Dissertation: Microwave scattering model for nonuniform forest canopies [pdf]
  • Current Status: Scientist, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Lexington, MA

Former Postdoctoral Scholars, Research Associates, and Visiting Scholars [USC]

• Alireza Tabatabaeenajd (1/2012 – 05/2020)
• John Stang (1/2012 – 05/2020)
• Xueyang Duan (1/2012-5/2014)
• Daniel Clewley (6/2012-7/2014)
• Uday Khankhoje (8/2012-8/2013)
• Pratik Shah (2/2018-08/2018)
• Agnelo Silva (8/2015-2/2016)
• Le Yang (8/2015-7/2016)
• Guanbo Chen (3/2017-06/2019)

Former Postdoctoral Scholars, Research Associates, and Visiting Scholars [UoM]

• Maha Ali (11/2006-05/2011)
• John Stang (joint with Medical School) (09/2009-02/2012)
• Alireza Tabatabaeenejad (10/2008-02/2012)
• Yuriy Goykhman (9/2011-12/2011)

Former M.S. Students [USC]

 

Kubily Savci (Aug. 2013)

• • M.S. Dissertation: FPGA based L-band pulse doppler radar design and implementation [pdf]
  • Current Status: Electronic systems integration and test engineer, Turkish Navy Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey