The following is a list of design project reports, theses and technical reports prepared by the MS-CES/ECE students who have graduated. The place of employment for these graduates is the last known to the department and may have changed.
Scott Parmley, "Autonomous Yield Estimator (AYE)", May 2022
Advisor: Dr. Sudhir Shrestha
Priya Patel, "System Design and Verification of a STM32 Microcontroller Based Breath Volatile Organic Compound Sensors", May 2022
Advisor: Dr. Sudhir Shrestha
Roel Hernandez, "Hardware Implementation of Four Degree of Freedom Deep Reinforcement Learning Arm Control Model Trained Through Human Demonstrations", May 2022
Advisor: Dr. Sudhir Shrestha
Brandon Michael Fong, "FPGA-Based Automatic Music Transcription as a Web Service", Winter 2021
Advisor: Nansong Wu
Mohammed Ibrahim, "Data-Driven Optimization of Frequency Converter Applications", May 2021
Advisor: Dr. Farid Farahmand
Kirk Duran, "Deep Reinforcement Learning for a Four Degree of Freedom Robot Arm Control Simulation Accelerated by Human Demonstrations", May 2021
Advisor: Dr. Sudhir Shrestha
Olivia Piazza, "Natural Language Processing for Robotic Navigation Through Unknown Environments", December 2020.
Advisor: Dr. Sudhir Shrestha.
Khuram Shehzad, "Detecting Small Movements through Concrete using FMCW Radar for Search and Rescue Applications", December 2020.
Advisor: Dr. Sudhir Shrestha.
Matthew Rosi, "A Novel Automated Approach to Support the Technique of X-ray Footprinting", May 2020
Advisor: Dr. Farid Farahmand
Saumya Saxena, "Pose Detection using OpenPose on Jetson Nano", May 2020
Advisor: Dr. Farid Farahmand
Lorin Nimri, "Monitoring Traffic in Retail Business", May 2020
Advisor: Dr. Ali Kujoory
Parshava Vora, "Detecting Diabetic Retinopathy using Embedded Computer Vision", December 2019
Advisor: Dr. Sudhir Shrestha
Geoff Thomas, "Sensor Lab: Sensor Library for Samsung Smartwatch", Fall 2019
Advisor: Dr. Farid Farahmand
Grace Montenegro, "Develop a Scalable Solution to Control and Monitor IoT Devices Remotely Using Low-Cost Embedded Systems", May 2019
Advisor: Dr. Ali Kujoory
Manthan K Gajjar, "Real-Time Object Detection Using General Purpose Low Cost Embedded Devices for IoT Systems", 2019
Advisor: Dr. Farid Farahmand
Jimmy Lehman, "A Binary Neural Accelerator for FPGA with Training and Inference", 2018
Advisor: Dr. Brendan Hamel-Bissell
Seyed "Mak" Ahmad, "NOAA Fisheries NWFSC FRAM Coral Image Processing Analysis", 2017
Advisor: Dr. Chris Halle
Jiajun Zhong, "Data Collection & Visualization System Base on Remotely Configurable Microcontroller", 2017
Advisor: Dr. Farid Farahmand
Hanan Sedaghat Pisheh, "Finding Efficient Algorithms to Automate Classrooms Using Kinect", 2017
Advisor: Dr. Farid Farahmand
Feng Wang, "Design and Implementation of Sensor-to-Screen Platform using IBM Bluemix", 2017
Advisor: Dr. Farid Farahmand
Jason McGuire, "A DistributedWireless Sensor Network for Environmental Monitoring", Spring 2016
Advisor: Dr. Farid Farahmand
Jorge Cabrera, "Early Classification of Application Power Traces", Spring 2016
Advisor: Dr. Suzanne Rivoire
Daniel Giudici, Convolutional Neural Network Classification of Hyperspectral Imagery in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, Spring 2016
Advisor: Matthew Clark
Cesar A. Medrano, "Interpreting Electroencephalographic Signals using the Emotive EPOC Headset System", Spring 2016
Advisor: Dr. Farid Farahmand
Syed Faiza, "Signal Processing/Visualization Software Incorporating Advanced Statistical Tools for Effective Monitoring of Parkinson's Disease (PD) using PD Analytic", Fall 2014
Advisor: Dr. Farid Farahmand
Gourilekshmi Jayasree Thankam, "Design and build an in-house cloud framework for Internet of Things", Fall 2014
Advisor: Dr. Farid Farahmand
Maruthi Goli, "Recommender Systems Using Collaborative Filtering," Spring 2010.
Advisor: Dr. Bala Ravikumar
Employed by: Tellabs
Steven Olson, "Machine Learning Characterization and Optimized Search in Peg Solitaire Game Play," Spring 2010.
Advisor: Dr. Bala Ravikumar
Employed by: Unknown
Swati Kaushik, "The Road to 4G: Exploring LTE and WiMAX," Fall 2009.
Employed by: Unknown
David Bozarth, "A Record/Playback Method for Simulating a Device-Under-Test," Spring 2009.
Advisor: Dr. Bala Ravikumar
Employed by: Unknown
Bruce Beauchamp, "Data Mining of Extremism on the World Wide Web," Spring 2009.
Advisor: Dr. Bala Ravikumar
Employed by: Unknown
Arundhati Bondse, "WiMAX Report," Spring 2009.
Employed by: Unknown
Mohammad Lutfi, "Implementation of MBone Router in modern multimedia network," Spring 2009.
Employed by: Unknown
Steven Bottarini, "Graphrecognizer For Tablet PC," Fall 2008.
Advisor: Dr. Bala Ravikumar
Employed by: Unknown
Antonio Martinez Navarro, "Pen Based Whiteboard Sharing Application," Fall 2008.
Advisor: Dr. Bala Ravikumar
Employed by: Alcatel-Lucent
Hyun-Ji Chung, "Cooperative Mapping Diversity in Wireless Relay Networks," Spring 2008.
Advisor: Dr. Jingxian Wu
Employed by: Teknovus
Raksha Gundaralahalli, "Resource Optimization Using Network Flow and Greedy Algorithms," Spring 2008.
Advisor: Dr. B. Ravikumar
Employed by: Unknown
Rama Muthukumaraswamy, "Design and Development of Tablet-PC Based Mathematical Expression Recognition Software," Fall 2007.
Advisor: Dr. B. Ravikumar
Employed by: Model N Inc., Redwood City, CA
Saloni Gupta, "Cache Simulation and Modeling," Summer 2007.
Advisor: Dr. B. Ravikumar
Employed by: Unknown
Xiaochun Lu, "IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX) Security Mechanism and Implementation," Spring 2007.
Advisor: Dr. Jingxian Wu
Employed by: Unknown
Annalaksh Mi Pasupathy, "Implementation and Evaluation of Routing Protocols in MANET," Spring 2007.
Advisor: Dr. Jingxian Wu
Employed by: Unknown
Jie Sha, "Development of Vector Signal Generator and Analyzer as Virtual Instruments," Spring 2007.
Advisor: Dr. Jingxian Wu
Employed by: Unknown
Srilatha Tangirala, "Finding Discrepancies on Citation of Author Names in Digital Bibliography,” Spring 2007.
Advisor: Dr. B. Ravikumar
Employed by: Nortel Networks, Santa Clara, CA.
Megan Arnold, "Multicore Design," Fall 2007
Employed by: Unknown
Daniel Lane, "Fractals and Chaos Theory in Assessing Risk in Financial Markets," Spring 2007.
Employed by: Cisco Systems, Petaluma, CA.
Brendan Illingworth, "A Study in Non-Contact Voltage Measurement," Fall 2006.
Advisor: Dr. Jingxian Wu
Employed by: Unknown
Kevin Nishinaga, "Handwritten Japanese Character Recognition Using Tablet PC," Fall 2006.
Advisor: Dr. B. Ravikumar
Employed by: CyberTran International, Oakland, CA
Krithika Krishnarajan, "Test Runner Test Case Management and Execution Tool," Spring 2006.
Advisor: Dr. B. Ravikumar
Employed by: Unknown
Renato Vasquez-Campos, "Stack of Communication Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks," Spring 2006.
Advisor: Dr. B. Ravikumar
Employed by: Tellabs Inc.,Petaluma, CA.
Kevin Halpin, "Characterization and System Performance Analysis of a Fiber Optic Rotary Joint,” Spring 2006.
Advisor: Dr. Reza Khosravani
Employed by: L-3 Communications, Sonoma, CA.
Thanh-Hieu Nong, "A Broadband Packet Switch Architecture Based on the Starlite Switch,” Fall 2005.
Advisor: Dr. Saeid Rahimi
Employed by: Unknown
Wei Zhang, "Active Mode-Locked Fiber Ring Lasers,” Fall 2005.
Advisor: Dr. Reza Khosravani
Employed by: Calix, Petaluma, CA.
Sandhya Manthena, "Design and Development of an OMCI Protocol Analyzer in a PON Network,” Spring 2005.
Advisors: Dr. Jagan Agrawal and Mr. Jim Brede
Employed by: Unknown
Mari Rajakumari, "Design and Development of a Pen-Interfaced Table Developer,” Spring 2005.
Advisor: Dr. B. Ravikumar
Employed by: Calix, Petaluma, CA.
Adolfo Duarte, "Efficient Algorithm to Dynamically Control the State of Polarization in a Fiber Communication System", Spring 2005.
Advisor: Dr. Reza Khosravani
Employed by: Cisco Systems, Petaluma, CA.
Wanlun Wang, "DWDM Systems,” Spring 2005.
Employed by: Unknown
Zarrin Mohammadi, "Analysis Methods of Chromatic Dispersion and Effects of Environment on It,” Spring 2005.
Employed by: Bio-Rad, Benicia, CA.
Jeffrey Stein-Larson, "Optical Connectivity and the Search for Silicon Lasers,” Spring 2005.
Employed by: Unknown
Ravi Sivalingam, "Fiber to the Premise (FTTP),” Spring 2005.
Employed by: Tellabs, Atlanta, Georgia.
Deepika Valluripalli, "Asynchronous Transfer Mode Protocol,” Spring 2005.
Employed by: Unknown
Aric (AJ) Shipley, "Resilient Packet Ring Protocol and Its Use in Metro Ethernet,” Summer 2005.
Employed by: Cisco Systems, Research Triangle Park, N.C.
School: Currently pursuing his MBA at the University of North Carolina.
Betty Zhang, "Implementation and Analysis of Optimized Periodic Balanced Sort Algorithm,” Fall 2004.
Advisor: Dr. B. Ravikumar
Employed by: PNI Corporation, Santa Rosa, CA.
Phuong Nguyen, "Design of a Micro-Processor Based Power Meter for a Switched Distributed Antenna Based on Radio Over Fiber Networks for Mobile Communications,” Fall 2004.
Advisor: Dr. Jagan Agrawal
Employed by: Sigmatel, Austin, Texas.
Narasimha Bettini, "Analysis of Optical Jitter in High Capacity Optical Transmission,” Fall 2004.
Advisor: Dr. Reza Khosravani
Employed by: Raza Microelectronics, San Jose, CA.
Bala Bhuvanagiri, "Monitoring Fiber Nonlinearity in High Capacity Optical Communication Systems,” Fall 2004.
Advisor: Dr. Reza Khosravani
Emjployed by: QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA.
Madhavi Denduluri, "Clustering of Web Documents,” Fall 2004.
Advisor: Dr. B. Ravikumar
Employed by: Unknown
Ray Ubelhart, "Integrated Mode Field Transformer Optimized for Coupling InP Based Planer Devices to Single Mode Optical Fibers," Fall 2004.
Advisor: Dr. Bryant Hichwa
Employed by: Quickset, Chicago, Illinois
Roopinder Grewal, "Performance Evaluation of a Global Mobility Management Scheme Under Single and Multiple Foreign Region Scenarios,” Fall 2004.
Advisors: Dr. Jagan Agrawal and Dr. B. Ravikumar.
Employed by: Nortel Networks, Irvine, CA.
Sridevi Battula, "Output Buffering with Limited Shared Buffers in Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Switches,” Fall 2004.
Advisor: Dr. Jagan Agrawal
Employed by: Sprint-Nextel in Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Jie Liu, "Relations Between System Performance Parameters In Ultra Long Distance Fiber Optic Communication Systems,” Summer 2004.
Advisor: Dr. Reza Khosravani
Employed by: Calix, Petaluma, CA.
Robert Maciukiewicz, "Optimization of the Fiber Length in a Bi-directional Pumping Type Erbium-Doped Fiber Ampolifier (EDFA),” Spring 2004.
Advisor: Dr. Bryant Hichwa
Employed by: CalDive International
Misty Sabina, "Design and Construction of an Optical Amplifier Using Erbium Doped Fiber,” Spring 2004.
Advisor: Dr. Bryant Hichwa
Employed by: Unknown
Seetha Pillai, "Hardware Implementation of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES),” Spring 2004.
Advisors: Dr. Atul Garg and Dr. Jagan Agrawal
Employed by: Caymus Corporation, Petaluma, CA.
Mahta Haghi, "Bit-pattern dependency of Optical Noise and Error Rate Estimation for Low Probabilities,” Spring 2004.
Advisor: Dr. Reza Khosravani
School: Currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Xiaoming Lu, "Adapting Finite Automata to Solve Combinatorial Problems,” Spring 2003.
Advisor: Dr. B. Ravikumar
School: Received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Davis in May 2008.
Thasen Mylvaganam, "Adapting Finite Automata to Solve Combinatorial Problems,” Spring 2003.
Advisor: Dr. B. Ravikumar
Employed by: Cisco Systems, Petaluma, CA.
Ethan Stone, "Optimized Parallel Balanced Sorting Algorithm in a Coarse Grained Model,” Spring 2003.
Advisor: Dr. B. Ravikumar
Employed by: Corman Technologies, Santa Rosa, CA.