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.
FIU ECE Ph.D. First Author Publication Incentive Awards 2022
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 |
PhD Students: Fall 2025
| # | Last Name | First Name | Supervisor |
| 1 | Abrar | Mahir | Hodges, Diedra |
| 2 | Adeyosoye | Micheal | Adjouadi, Malek |
| 3 | Aghmadi | Ahmed | Mohammed, Osama A |
| 4 | Alam | Md Nur | Alwan, Elias |
| 5 | Alamin | Md Thesun | Paudyal, Sumit |
| 6 | Ali | Ola | Mohammed, Osama A |
| 7 | Almeida | Alejandro | Rahman, Mohammad Ashiqur |
| 8 | Alva | Alvaro | Rahman, Mohammad Ashiqur |
| 9 | Amaan | Adil | Sarwat, Arif Islam |
| 10 | Armenteros | Juan | Barreto, Armando - GPD |
| 11 | Asif | Muneeba | Rahman, Mohammad Ashiqur |
| 12 | Awal | Md Sadik | Rahman, Md Tauhidur |
| 13 | Baca | Tomas | Radu, Daniela Rodica |
| 14 | Bakchy | Sagor Chandro | Rahman, Md Tauhidur |
| 15 | Beharie | Robert | Sarwat, Arif Islam |
| 16 | Behnamfar | Milad | Sarwat, Arif Islam |
| 17 | Bhowmik | Aditya | Krasnok, Aleksandr |
| 18 | Biswas | Ishrat Jahan | Hodges, Diedra |
| 19 | Cardero | Ana | Alwan, Elias |
| 20 | Caripidis Troccola | Jorge | Volakis, John |
| 21 | Cui | Xueting | Adjouadi, Malek |
| 22 | Daiyan | K M | Shawkat, Mst Shamim Ara |
| 23 | Das | Saikat | Sarwat, Arif Islam |
| 24 | Datta | Srabanti | Hodges, Diedra |
| 25 | DeForest | Tinsley | Andrian, Jean |
| 26 | Dwivedi | Gaurav | Perex-Pons, Alexander |
| 27 | Elaouinate | Malak | Zekios, Konstantinos Leonidas |
| 28 | Etar | Aakarsh | Upadhyay, Himanshu D |
| 29 | Exadaktilos | Christos | Georgakopoulos, Stavros |
| 30 | Ezzati Asl | Mina | Adjouadi, Malek |
| 31 | Falasinnu | Adeyeye | Paudyal, Sumit |
| 32 | Fernando | Mahabaduge Michael | Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi |
| 33 | Freytes | Christian | Adjouadi, Malek |
| 34 | Gadea | Jaime | Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi |
| 35 | Giordano | Anthony | Bojja Venkatakrishnana, Satheesh |
| 36 | Gomez | Sharon | Barreto, Armando - GPD |
| 37 | Gonzalez Irigoyen | Santiago | Barreto, Armando - GPD |
| 38 | Haider | Mohammad Zakaria | Rahman, Mohammad Ashiqur |
| 39 | Hanna | Yacoub | Akkaya,Kemal |
| 40 | Haque | Rafita | Barreto, Armando - GPD |
| 41 | Hasan | Sajid | Shawkat, Mst Shamim Ara |
| 42 | Herath Mudiyanselage | Buddhipriya | Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi |
| 43 | Hicks | Shante | Shawkat, Mst Shamim Ara |
| 44 | Hossain | Md Ebrahim | Sarwat, Arif Islam |
| 45 | Ibrahim | Ahmed | Mohammed, Osama A |
| 46 | Iqbal | Hasan | Sarwat, Arif Islam |
| 47 | Irfan | Nahin | Shawkat, Mst Shamim Ara |
| 48 | Jafor | Md Shakiul | Alwan, Elias |
| 49 | Joshi | Santosh | Perex-Pons, Alexander |
| 50 | Karunanayake Mudiyanselage | Kasun | Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi |
| 51 | Khalil | Md Ibrahim | Krasnok, Aleksandr |
| 52 | Khan | Mahfizur Rahman | Mohamed, Ahmed Ibrahim |
| 53 | Khan | Uzair | Sarwat, Arif Islam |
| 54 | Khazaelpour | Payam | Paudyal, Sumit |
| 55 | Kumarasiri | Bopage | Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi |
| 56 | Larramendi | Claudia | Barreto, Armando - GPD |
| 57 | Lastra | Valerie | Barreto, Armando - GPD |
| 58 | Lawrance | Keththura | Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi |
| 59 | Lin | Chaohao | Bai, Ou |
| 60 | Mahbub | Fardeen | Georgakopoulos, Stavros |
| 61 | Mali | Prabin | Paudyal, Sumit |
| 62 | Mamun | Kazi | Shawkat, Mst Shamim Ara |
| 63 | Masud | Nivea | Pozdin, Vladimir |
| 64 | Mawudzro | Fred | Barreto, Armando - GPD |
| 65 | Mayrand | Robin | Adjouadi, Malek |
| 66 | McChesney | Michael | Georgakopoulos, Stavros |
| 67 | Mekdad | Yassine | Uluagac, Selcuk |
| 68 | Meskova | Viktoria | Volakis, John |
| 69 | Mohammad | Zayed | Bojja Venkatakrishnana, Satheesh |
| 70 | Moustafa | Sara | Mohammed, Osama A |
| 71 | Neupane | Aashutosh | Paudyal, Sumit |
| 72 | Ngouen | Maurice | Rahman, Mohammad Ashiqur |
| 73 | Niaz | Laraib | Krasnok, Aleksandr |
| 74 | Niraula | Aagya | Paudyal, Sumit |
| 75 | Perez-Pinon | Anthony | Volakis, John |
| 76 | Pial | Mohammad Mohtasim Hamid | Pulugurtha, Markondeyaraj |
| 77 | Pilippange | Nimasha | Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi |
| 78 | Piloto | Jorge | Paudyal, Sumit |
| 79 | Pineda Andrade | Diana | Barreto, Armando - GPD |
| 80 | Portocarrero | Bryan | Barreto, Armando - GPD |
| 81 | Priota | Nusrat Zahan | Zekios, Konstantinos Leonidas |
| 82 | Rafin | S M Sajjad Hossain | Mohammed, Osama A |
| 83 | Rathnasekara | Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage | Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi |
| 84 | Rathnayaka | Sajith | Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi |
| 85 | Rodriguez-Nieves | Josue | Cabrerizo, Mercedes |
| 86 | Roman Guerra | Marisol | Alwan, Elias |
| 87 | Roy | Sukanta | Sarwat, Arif Islam |
| 88 | Sadique | Joarder | Mohamed, Ahmed Ibrahim |
| 89 | Sans | Arnaldo | Volakis, John |
| 90 | Sendrea | Ricardo | Zekios, Konstantinos Leonidas |
| 91 | Sharma | Swodesh | Paudyal, Sumit |
| 92 | Shees | Anwer | Sarwat, Arif Islam |
| 93 | Silva | Frank | Paudyal, Sumit |
| 94 | Sivasankar | Sivakumar | Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi |
| 95 | Stevenson | Alexander | Sarwat, Arif Islam |
| 96 | Taha | Rawan | Mohammed, Osama A |
| 97 | Taher | Md Abu | Sarwat, Arif Islam |
| 98 | Thevathasan | Benn Roshnan | Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi |
| 99 | Tripathi | Sarvapriya | Upadhyay, Himanshu D |
| 100 | Trivedi | Deepanshu | Krasnok, Aleksandr |
| 101 | Uddin | Asif | Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi |
| 102 | Valera | Tatiana | Volakis, John |
| 103 | Velez | Carlos | Alwan, Elias |
| 104 | Victorio | Mauro | Pozdin, Vladimir |
| 105 | Wasi | Md. | Barreto, Armando - GPD |
| 106 | Weerasooriya | Hasitha | Madanayake, Habarakada Liyanachchi |
| 107 | Wijayakoon | Senaka | Volakis, John |
| 108 | Williams | Cecil | Volakis, John |
| 109 | Wu | Kaida | Bai, Ou |
| 110 | Xiang | Peihao | Bai, Ou |
| 111 | Yan Liang | Thony | Adjouadi, Malek |
| 112 | Zhao | Yinyi | Bojja Venkatakrishnana, Satheesh |