Faculty, Students, & Staff
MPRG's core faculty is recognized globally as a wireless communications expert. The group includes over a dozen associated faculty members with a wide- range of interests and experience to broaden the group's breadth of knowledge. Special research faculty and visiting professors from around the world bring new insights and ideas to the group.
In addition to the faculty, MPRG boasts a talented support staff and outstanding student research engineers.
Faculty
- R.Michael Buehrer, Assistant Professor
- Steve Ellingson, Assistant Professor
- Tom Hou, Assistant Professor
- Jeffrey H. Reed, Deputy Director
- William H. Tranter, Director
Special Faculty
- Kyung Bae, Post-doc Researcher
- Carl Dietrich, Research Asst. Professor
- Max Robert, Post-doc Researcher
MPRG Associated Faculty
- A. Lynn Abbott, Associate Professor
- Peter M. Athanas, Assistant Professor
- Claudio da Silva, Assistant Professor
- Luiz A. DaSilva, Assistant Professor
- Dong S. Ha, Professor
- Michael S. Hsiao, Associate Professor
- Ira Jacobs, Professor
- Pushkin Kachroo, Assistant Professor
- Scott F. Midkiff, Professor
- Amitabh Mishra, Associate Professor
- Sanjay Raman, Assistant Professor
- Amir I. Zaghloul, Professor
- Lamine Mili, Professor
Visiting Faculty & Researchers
MPRG regularly draws faculty and industry researchers from around the world to Virginia Tech for sabbaticals and collaboration on educational and research efforts. These partnerships stimulate the open exchange of ideas and broaden the reach of the MPRG curriculum as visiting professors return to their home universities and implement courses similar to those developed by MPRG.
Staff
- Jenny Frank, Director of Public Relations & Conference Coordinator
- Cyndy Graham, Assistant to Dr. Tranter
- Ben Pfountz, Network Administrator
- Hilda Reynolds, Accountant
- Shelby Smith, Assistant to Dr. Reed
Ph.D. Students
- Carlos Aguaya
Adviser: Dr. Reed
caguayog@vt.edu
- Ihsan Akbar
Advisor: Dr. Tranter
Thesis Topic: Hidden Markov Models
iakbar@vt.edu
- Samir Al-Ghadbhan
Advisor: Dr. Buehrer
salghadh@vt.edu
- Chris Anderson
Advisor: Dr. Reed
chanders@vt.edu
- Ramesh Chembil Palat
Adviser: Dr. Reed
rchembil@ee.vtedu
- Sho Sho Chen
Adviser: Dr. Buehrer
Qichen1@vt.edu
- Joseph Gaeddert
Advisor: Dr. Reed
jgaedder@vt.edu
- S.M. Shajedul Hasan
Advisor: Dr. Ellingson
Thesis Topic: Software Defined Radio
hasan@vt.edu
- Jihad Ibrahim
Advisor: Dr. Buehrer
jibrahim@vt.edu
- Haesoo Kim
Advisor: Dr. Buehrer
Dissertation Topic: Multiple Access with Space-Time Coding
hakim@vt.edu
- Kyou Woong Kim
Advisor: Dr. Reed
kyouwook@vt.edu
- Jong Han Kim
Advisor: Drs. Reed & Annamalai
jonghank@vt.edu
- Sastry Kompella
Advisor: Dr. Hou
sastryk@vt.edu
- Donna Krizman
Advisor: Dr. Tranter
krizman@vt.edu
- Kye Hun Lee
Advisor: Dr. Ellingson
Kylee1@vt.edu
- Jae Sang Lee
Advisor: Dr. Reed
jaesang@vt.edu
- Jeongheon Lee
Advisor: Dr. Buehrer
jeonghel@vt.edu
- Jia (Kevin) Liu
Advisor: Dr. Hou
kevinlau@vt.edu
- Rekha Menon
Advisor: Drs. Buehrer & Reed
rmenon@vt.edu
- Maruf H. Mohammad
Advisor: Dr. Tranter
Thesis Topic: Wireless Communications
mamoham1@vt.edu
- Lizdabel Morales
Advisor: Dr. Reed
lizdabel@vt.edu
- Jody Neel
Advisor: Dr. Reed
Website
janeel@vt.edu
- Natalia Rivera
Advisor: Dr. Buehrer
nvrivera@vt.edu
- Yi Shi
Advisor: Dr. Hou
yshi@vt.edu
- Yash Vasavada
Advisor: Dr. Reed
yvasavada@vt.edu
- Swaroop Venkatesh
Adv isor: Dr. Buehrer
Website
vswaroop@vt.edu
- Youping Zhao
Advisor: Dr. Reed
yozhao@vt.edu
M.S. Students
- Philip Balister
Advisor: Dr. Reed
balister@vt.edu
- Jacob DePriest
Advisor: Dr. Reed
depriest@vt.edu
- Matthew (Matt) Roney
Advisor: Dr. Buehrer
mroney@vt.edu
- Chowdhury Shahriar
Advisor: Dr. Ellingson
roney@vt.edu
- Wyatt Taylor
Advisor: Dr. Ellingson
Dataylo1@vt.edu
- Tom Tsou
Advisor: Dr. Reed
ttsou@vt.edu
- Haris Volos
Advisor: Dr. Buehrer
hvolosATvtDOTedu
B.S. Students
- Jonathan Rimon
Advisor: Dr. Buehrer
srimonpn@yahoo.com
