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Ph.D. Students and Awards

FIU ECE Ph.D. First Author Publication Incentive Awards 2024

Dr. Deidra Hodges established this award to inspire, encourage, and reward ECE Ph.D. students for publishing in high-impact factor journals as first authors. The initiative aims to motivate ECE Ph.D. students to excel in their scholarly research endeavors.

Recipients of this award are recognized through presentations about their research, highlighting the significance of their contributions. The number of awardees for 2024 has grown substantially compared to the inaugural awards in 2022, reflecting the success of this program in fostering academic excellence.

We extend our gratitude to the sponsors of this year's awards, FIU Undergraduate School and the ECE Department, for their generous support.

2024 PhD award

2023 PhD award

FIU ECE Ph.D. First Author Publication Incentive Awards 2022

2022 PhD award

FIU ECE Ph.D. First Author Publication Incentive Awards 2022

# Last Name First Name Impact Factor Major Professor Journal Award Title of Publication
1 Koutenaei Maryam Mahmoudi 10.275 Dr. Sumit Paudyal IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid $1,000 Efficient Phasor-Based Dynamic Volt/Var and Volt/Watt Analysis of Large Distribution Grid With High Penetration of Smart Inverters
2 Inaolaji Adedoyin 4.079 Dr. Sumit Paudyal IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications $1,000 Distribution Grid Optimal Power Flow in Unbalanced Multi-phase Networks with Volt-VAr and Volt-Watt Droop Settings of Smart Inverters
3 Biswas Akash 4.996 Dr. Stavros Georgakopoulos Nature Scientfic Reports $1,000 An ultra-wideband origami microwave absorber
4 Oz Harun 14.32 Dr. Selcuk Uluagac ACM Computing Surveys $1,000 A Survey on Ransomware: Evolution, Taxonomy, and Defense Solutions
5 Shojaie Mehdi 4.472 Dr. Malek Adjouadi Journal of Alzheimers Disease $1,000 PET Imaging of Tau Pathology and Amyloid-β, and MRI for Alzheimer's Disease Feature Fusion and Multimodal Classification
6 Hamza Muhammad 1.34 Dr. Stavros Georgakopoulos IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation $500 A Low Profile Planar Dual-Polarized Tightly Couple Dipole Reflectarray with 5:1 Bandwidth
7 Rubio Antonio 1.34 Dr. Stavros Georgakopoulos IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation $500 A mechanically Rollable Reflectarray with Beam-Scanning Capabilities
8 Carrara Gian 4.824 Dr. Stavros Georgakopoulos IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation $1,000 A TM11 High-Order  Mode Leaky Wave Antenna
9 Lialios Dimitrios 4.824 Dr. Stavros Georgakopoulos IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation $1,000 A Novel RF to Millimeter Waves Frequency Translation Scheme for Ultra-Wideband Beamformers Supporting the sub-6 GHz Band
10 Matos Randy 4.996 Dr. Nezih Pala Nature Scientfic Reports $1,000 VO2-based ultra-reconfigurable intelligent reflective surface for 5G applications
11 Benhaddouch Tinsley 4.036 Dr. Shekhar Bhansali and  Dr. Dongmei Dong RSC Advances $1,000 Aqueous/non-aqueous electrolyte tradeoffs in charge transfer and electrochromics of pseudocapacitive oxide films
12 Ullah Kefayet   Dean John Volakis and           Dr. Satheesh Venkatakrishnan 2022 IEEE 2nd Annual Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON) $100 Millimeter-Wave Digital Beamforming Receiver Using RFSoC FPGA for MIMO Communications

FIU ECE Ph.D. Students

# First Name Last Name Supervisor
1 Mahir Abrar Hodges, Diedra
2 Micheal Adeyosoye Adjouadi, Malek
3 Ahmed Aghmadi Mohammed, Osama A
4 Md Nur Alam Alwan, Elias
5 Md Thesun Alamin Paudyal, Sumit
6 Ola Ali Mohammed, Osama A
7 Alejandro Almeida Rahman, Mohammad Ashiqur
8 Alvaro Alva Barreto, Armando - GPD
9 Adil Amaan Sarwat, Arif Islam
10 Michail Anastasiadis Volakis, John
11 Juan Armenteros Barreto, Armando - GPD
12 Muneeba Asif Rahman, Mohammad Ashiqur
13 Md Sadik Awal Rahman, Md Tauhidur
14 Tomas Baca Radu, Daniela Rodica
15 Sagor Chandro Bakchy Rahman, Md Tauhidur
16 Robert Beharie Barreto, Armando - GPD
17 Milad Behnamfar Sarwat, Arif Islam
18 Aditya Bhowmik Krasnok, Aleksandr
19 Ishrat Jahan Biswas Barreto, Armando - GPD
20 Marcos Bosques-Perez Adjouadi, Malek
21 Jorge Caripidis Troccola Volakis, John 
22 Daniel Coelho Quan, Gang
23 Xueting Cui Adjouadi, Malek
24 K M Daiyan Shawkat, Mst Shamim Ara
25 Saikat Das Sarwat, Arif Islam
26 Srabanti Datta Hodges, Diedra
27 Tinsley DeForest Upadhyay, Himanshu D
28 Gaurav Dwivedi Pons, Alexander
29 Malak Elaouinate Zekios, Konstantinos Leonidas
30 Aakarsh Etar Barreto, Armando - GPD
31 Christos Exadaktilos Georgakopoulos, Stavros
32 Mina Ezzati Asl Adjouadi, Malek
33 Mahabaduge Michael Fernando Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi
34 Christian Freytes Adjouadi, Malek
35 Jaime Gadea Barreto, Armando - GPD
36 Anthony Giordano Bojja Venkatakrishnana, Satheesh
37 Sharon Gomez Upadhyay, Himanshu D
38 Santiago Gonzalez Irigoyen Volakis, John 
39 Melany Gutierrez Hernandez Volakis, John 
40 Mohammad Zakaria Haider Rahman, Mohammad Ashiqur
41 Yacoub Hanna Akkaya,Kemal
42 Rafita Haque Barreto, Armando - GPD
43 Muhammad Mahmudul Hasan Shawkat, Mst Shamim Ara
44 Sajid Hasan Shawkat, Mst Shamim Ara
45 Buddhipriya Herath Mudiyanselage Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi
46 Richard Hernandez Garcia Akkaya,Kemal
47 Shante Hicks Shawkat, Mst Shamim Ara
48 Md Ebrahim Hossain Sarwat, Arif Islam
49 Md Rifat Hossain Paudyal, Sumit
50 Muhammad Mubasshir Hossain Volakis, John
51 Hossam Mohamed G Hussein Mohammed, Osama A
52 Ahmed Ibrahim Mohammed, Osama A
53 Hasan Iqbal Sarwat, Arif Islam
54 Nahin Irfan Shawkat, Mst Shamim Ara
55 Md Shakiul Jafor Alwan, Elias
56 Santosh Joshi Barreto, Armando - GPD
57 Kasun Karunanayake Mudiyanselage Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi
58 Alvi Ataur Khalil Rahman, Mohammad Ashiqur
59 Md Ibrahim Khalil Krasnok, Aleksandr
60 Mahfizur Rahman Khan Mohamed, Ahmed Ibrahim
61 Uzair Khan Sarwat, Arif Islam
62 Payam Khazaelpour Paudyal, Sumit 
63 Bopage Kumarasiri Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi
64 Claudia Larramendi Barreto, Armando - GPD
65 Valerie Lastra Barreto, Armando - GPD
66 Keththura Lawrance Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi
67 Chaohao Lin Bai, Ou
68 Jaime Luquis Barreto, Armando - GPD
69 Fardeen Mahbub Georgakopoulos, Stavros
70 Prabin Mali Paudyal, Sumit
71 Kazi Mamun Shawkat, Mst Shamim Ara
72 Nivea Masud Pozdin, Vladimir
73 Robin Mayrand Adjouadi, Malek
74 Michael McChesney Georgakopoulos, Stavros
75 Vasileios Megas Georgakopoulos, Stavros
76 Yassine Mekdad Uluagac, Selcuk
77 Viktoria Meskova Volakis, John
78 Zayed Mohammad Bojja Venkatakrishnana, Satheesh
79 Sara Moustafa Barreto, Armando - GPD
80 Aashutosh Neupane Paudyal, Sumit
81 Maurice Ngouen Rahman, Mohammad Ashiqur
82 Laraib Niaz Krasnok, Aleksandr
83 Aagya Niraula Paudyal, Sumit
84 Anthony Perez-Pinon Volakis, John
85 Mohammad Mohtasim Hamid Pial Pulugurtha, Markondeyaraj
86 Nimasha Pilippange Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi
87 Jorge Piloto Paudyal, Sumit
88 Diana Pineda Andrade Barreto, Armando - GPD
89 Bryan Portocarrero Barreto, Armando - GPD
90 Nusrat Zahan Priota Zekios, Konstantinos Leonidas
91 S M Sajjad Hossain Rafin Mohammed, Osama A
92 Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage Rathnasekara Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi
93 Sajith Rathnayaka Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi
94 Josue Rodriguez-Nieves Cabrerizo, Mercedes
95 Sukanta Roy Sarwat, Arif Islam
96 Joarder Sadique Mohamed, Ahmed Ibrahim
97 Arnaldo Sans Volakis, John
98 Ricardo Sendrea Georgakopoulos, Stavros
99 Swodesh Sharma Paudyal, Sumit
100 Anwer Shees Sarwat, Arif Islam
101 Frank Silva Barreto, Armando - GPD
102 Frank Silva Mohammed, Osama A
103 Sivakumar Sivasankar Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi
104 Alexander Stevenson Sarwat, Arif Islam
105 Rawan Taha Mohammed, Osama A
106 Md Abu Taher Sarwat, Arif Islam
107 Benn Roshnan Thevathansan Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi
108 Sarvapriya Tripathi Upadhyay, Himanshu D
109 Deepanshu Trivedi Krasnok, Aleksandr
110 Asif Uddin Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi
111 Md Nazim Uddin Alwan, Elias
112 Kefayet Ullah Volakis, John
113 Tatiana Valera Volakis, John
114 Carlos Velez Alwan, Elias
115 Mauro Victorio Pozdin, Vladimir
116 Md. Wasi Barreto, Armando - GPD
117 Hasitha Weerasooriya Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi
118 Cecil Williams Volakis, John
119 Kaida Wu Bai, Ou
120 Peihao Xiang Bai, Ou
121 Thony Yan Liang Adjouadi, Malek
122 Yinyi Zhao Bojja Venkatakrishnana, Satheesh