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Wireless Communications Systems (WiCS) at Department of EECS, Howard University

Current Advisees

Majumder Fazle Haider (Fall 2021 - Present)

Graduate Student (PhD Program, Dept. of EECS, Howard University)

Just-Julian Scholar 

Research Topic: AI-Based Transceiver Design for Next Generation of Wireless Communication Systems

Abigail Oluwabunmi Oyekola (Fall 2022 - Present)

Graduate Student (PhD Program, Dept. of EECS, Howard University)

Jointly supervised by Dr. Danda B. Rawat

Research Topic: Baseband Transceiver Design for THz-Based Next Generation Cellular Communication Systems

Pulok Tarafder (Spring 2023 - Present)

Graduate Student (PhD Program, Dept. of EECS, Howard University)

Jointly supervised by Dr. Danda B. Rawat

Research Topic: Data Driven Communications for THz-band Communication Network

Jasni Mannil (Fall 2023 - Present)

Graduate Student (PhD Program, Dept. of EECS, Howard University)

Jointly supervised by Dr. Ahmed Rubaai

Research Topic: Data-driven Design of Cell Free Massive MIMO

Bella F. Kuete (Fall 2023 - Present)

Graduate Student (PhD Program, Dept. of EECS, Howard University)

Jointly supervised by Dr. Danda B. Rawat

Research Topic: Data-driven Design of Swarm of Drones



Hridweek Karki (ARLIS project: CpE, Junior Undergraduate Student)

Ujjwal Adhikari (CapitalOne project: CS, Sophomore Undergraduate Student)

Sanjaya Subedi (CapitalOne project: CS, Undergraduate Student)

Rista Subedi (CapitalOne project: CS, Undergraduate Student)

Vikash Rivers (CapitalOne project: CS, Undergraduate Student)

Naresh Rawal (NREL Fellow: CpE, Undergraduate Student)


Previous Advisees

Wenjie Xu

Graduated in 2021 (Masters Program, Dept. of CSEE, Marshall University)

Research Topic: Artificial Intelligence Aided Receiver Design for Wireless Communication Systems

Current Position: Data Scientist at InstaHub Inc.

Evan J. Allen

Graduated in 2021 (Undergraduate Program, Dept. of CSEE, Marshall University)

Research Topic 1: Artificial Intelligence Aided MIMO System Detection

Research Topic 2: Testbed Development for UAV-Assisted Communication Systems

Current Position: Graduate Research Assistant at Virginia Tech.


De'Johnna Wright (CpE, Senior Undergraduate Student, Howard University)

Caelia Thomas (EE, Senior Undergraduate Student, Howard University)

Joshua Whitaker (EE, Senior Undergraduate Student, Howard University)


Shah Lamaan Rana

Graduated in 2020 (Masters Program, Dept. of CSEE, Marshall University)

Research Topic: Beam Management for 5G NR

Current Position: 


Andrew Meredith

Graduated in 2020 (Undergraduate Program, Dept. of CSEE, Marshall University)

Research Topic: Air-to-Air Channel Modeling for UAV Assisted Communication Systems

Current Position: