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Information and Telecommunication Technology Center (ITTC)

ITTC Contacts: Communications and Networking Systems Laboratory


Dan Deavours (bio & awards)
Faculty, Research Associate Professor, ITTC
deavours@ittc.ku.edu
135 Nichols Hall
785-864-7764
http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~deavours

Tyrone Duncan (bio & awards)
Faculty, Professor, Mathematics
duncan@math.ku.edu
512 Snow or
152 Nichols
(785)864-3032 or
(785)864-7349

Gunes Ercal-Ozkaya (bio)
Faculty, Assistant Professor
gunes@ittc.ku.edu
239 Nichols or
2032Eaton
(785)864-7707 or
(785)864-4489
http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~gunes/

Joseph Evans (bio & awards)
Faculty, Director of ITTC(on Leave of Absence), Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor, EECS, & Director of Research Information Technology
evans@eecs.ku.edu
208 Nichols or
2048 Eaton
(785)864-4830 or
(785)864-8808
http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~evans/

Victor Frost (bio & awards)
Faculty, Dan F. Servey Distinguished Professor, EECS
frost@eecs.ku.edu
224 Nichols Hall or
3016 Eaton Hall
(785)864-4833 or
(785)864-8816
http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~frost

Andy Gill
Faculty, Assistant Professor
andygill@ittc.ku.edu
252 Nichols Hall
(785)864-4712 or
(785)864-8817
http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~andygill/

Ronqing Hui (bio & awards)
Faculty, Professor, EECS
hui@eecs.ku.edu
3026 Eaton Hall or
222 Nichols Hall
(785)864-8814 or
(785)864-7740
http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~hui/

Gary Minden (bio & awards)
Faculty, Professor, EECS
gminden@ittc.ku.edu
226 Nichols Hall or
2046 Eaton Hall
(785)864-4834 or
(785)864-8813
http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~gminden

Bozenna Pasik-Duncan (bio & awards)
Faculty, Professor, Mathematics
bozenna@ku.edu
507 Snow or
152 Nichols
(785)864-5162 or
(785)864-7349
http://www.math.ku.edu/ksacg/Bozenna.html

Erik Perrins (bio & awards)
Faculty, Assistant Professor, EECS
esp@eecs.ku.edu
204 Nichols or
2020 Eaton Hall
(785)864-7770 or
(785)864-7370
http://people.eecs.ku.edu/~esp

Dave Petr (bio & awards)
Faculty, Professor, EECS
petr@eecs.ku.edu
251 Nichols or
2001C Eaton (2050)
(785)864-7762 or
(785)864-8823

Glenn Prescott (bio & awards)
Faculty, Professor, Sharp Professor of Engineering and Chair--EECS
prescott@eecs.ku.edu
2001G Eaton Hall or
205 Nichols Hall
(785)864-8804 or
(785)864-7760
http://people.eecs.ku.edu/~prescott/

Sam Shanmugan (bio & awards)
Faculty, AT&T Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
shanmuga@ittc.ku.edu
3018 Eaton Hall or
238 Nichols Hall
(785)864-8815 or
(785)864-7254

James P.G. Sterbenz (bio & awards)
Faculty, Associate Professor, EECS
jpgs@ittc.ku.edu
154 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7890 or
(785)864-8846
http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~jpgs

Victor Wallace (bio & awards)
Faculty, Professor, EECS
wallace@eecs.ku.edu
107 Nichols Hall
(785) 864-7768

Dan DePardo (bio)
Staff, RF Electronics Engineer
ddepardo@ittc.ku.edu
223 Nichols Hall
(785)864-3082

Peter Adany
PhD. Student
peter@ittc.ku.edu
138 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7841

Thesis Advisor: Ronqing Hui

Daniel Alam
M.S. Student
alam@ittc.ku.edu
214 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7756

Thesis Advisor: Erik Perrins

Aleksandra Banasik
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
aleksandra@ittc.ku.edu

Thesis Advisor: Bozenna Pasik-Duncan
Project Supervisor: Bozenna Pasik-Duncan
Project: Stochastic Analysis and Applications

Sayak Bose
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
sayakbose@ittc.ku.edu
214 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7756

Thesis Advisor: Erik Perrins
Project Supervisor: Erik Perrins
Project: High-Rate High-Speed Forward Error Correction Architectures for Aeronautical Telemetry (HFEC)

Tristan Bull
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
tbull@ittc.ku.edu
214 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7756

Thesis Advisor: Erik Perrins
Project Supervisor: Erik Perrins
Project: High-Rate High-Speed Forward Error Correction Architectures for Aeronautical Telemetry (HFEC)

Egemen Çetinkaya
PhD. Student
ekc@ittc.ku.edu
235 Nichols
(785)864-7122
http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~ekc

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Ryan Chan
B.S. Student, Undergraduate Research Assistant
ryan876@ittc.ku.edu

Deepak Chellamani
M.S. Student
dchellam@ittc.ku.edu
217 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7290

Thesis Advisor: Joseph Evans

Yufei Cheng
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
yfcheng@ittc.ku.edu
215 Nichols Hall
(785)864-1754

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: GpENI: Great Plains Environment for Network Innovation
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Adam Crifasi
B.S. Student, Undergraduate Research Assistant
acrifasi@ittc.ku.edu
245W Nichols
(785)864-7702

Project Supervisor: Ronqing Hui
Project: Collaborative Research: High-Speed Self-Configuring Networks Based on Cost-Effective Plug-and-Play Optical(PPO) Nodes

Ben Ewy
PhD. Student
bewy@ittc.ku.edu
138 Nichols
(785)864-7841

Thesis Advisor: Joseph Evans

Andrew Farmer
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
afarmer@ittc.ku.edu
145B Nichols
(785)864-7704

Thesis Advisor: Andy Gill

Daniel Fokum
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
fokumdt@ittc.ku.edu
118 Nichols
(785)864-4635
http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~fokumdt/

Thesis Advisor: Victor Frost
Project Supervisor: Victor Frost
Project: Advanced SensorNet Technologies to Monitor Trusted Corridors

Jacob Hamilton
B.S. Student, UG Research Assistant
jakeh@ittc.ku.edu

Ehsan Hosseini
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
ehsan@ittc.ku.edu
214 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7756

Thesis Advisor: Erik Perrins
Project Supervisor: Erik Perrins
Project: Lunar and Martian Surface Communication Systems with Efficient Miniature Antennas
Project: High-Rate High-Speed Forward Error Correction Architectures for Aeronautical Telemetry (HFEC)

Suyang Ju
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
jusuyang@ittc.ku.edu
217 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7290

Thesis Advisor: Joseph Evans
Project Supervisor: Joseph Evans
Project: Graduate Scholarship in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Martin Kuehnhausen
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
mkuehnha@ittc.ku.edu
245W Nichols Hall
(785)864-7702

Thesis Advisor: Victor Frost
Project Supervisor: Victor Frost
Project: Advanced SensorNet Technologies to Monitor Trusted Corridors

Arvind Madhavan
M.S. Student
amadhav@ittc.ku.edu
(785)864-7922

Thesis Advisor: Dan Deavours

Abdul Jabbar
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
jabbar@ittc.ku.edu
235 Nichols
(785)864-7122
http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~jabbar/

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking
Project: AeroNP and AeroTP: Aeronautical Network and Transport Protocols for iNET (ANTP)

Asifuddin Mohammad
M.S. Student
asifm@ittc.ku.edu
215 Nichols Hall
(785)864-1754

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Naaser Mohammed
M.S. Student
naaser06@ittc.ku.edu
144 Nichols
(785)864-7922

Thesis Advisor: Dan Deavours
Project Supervisor: Dan Deavours

Ramya Naidu Muthyala
M.S. Student
ramyanm@ittc.ku.edu

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Hemanth Narra
M.S. Student
hemanth@ittc.ku.edu
215 Nichols
(785)864-1743 or
(785)864-1754

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Angela Oguna
B.S. Student, Undergraduate Research Assistant
oguna@ittc.ku.edu
216 Nichols
(785)864-7773

Project Supervisor: Gary Minden
Project: Advanced SensorNet Technologies to Monitor Trusted Corridors

Janaki Manohar Padathula
M.S. Student
manoharp@ittc.ku.edu
247N Nichols
(785)864-4781

Thesis Advisor: Bo Luo

Kamakshi Sirisha Pathapati
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
kamipks@ittc.ku.edu
215 Nichols
(785)864-1754

Thesis Advisor: Dave Petr

Kevin Peters
M.S. Student
kevjay@ittc.ku.edu
215 Nichols Hall
(785)864-1754

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Muthu Pitchaimani
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
muthu@ittc.ku.edu
217 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7290

Thesis Advisor: Joseph Evans
Project Supervisor: Joseph Evans
Project: NeTS-FIND: CogNet--An Experimental Protocol Stack for Cognitive Radio Networks and Its Integration with the Future Internet

Jorge Pizarro Zapata
Student
georgepz@ittc.ku.edu
215 Nichols
(785)864-1754

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Rakesh Reddy Purumandla
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
rakeshp@ittc.ku.edu
344EA Nichols
(785)864-7843

Thesis Advisor: Dave Petr
Project Supervisor: Dave Petr

Mrudula Putcha
M.S. Student
mrudula@ittc.ku.edu
215 Nichols
(785)864-1754

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Raina Rahman
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
raina226@ittc.ku.edu
214 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7756

Thesis Advisor: Erik Perrins
Project Supervisor: Erik Perrins
Project: Lunar and Martian Surface Communication Systems with Efficient Miniature Antennas
Project: High-Rate High-Speed Forward Error Correction Architectures for Aeronautical Telemetry (HFEC)

Prashanth Ramani
M.S. Student
pramani@ittc.ku.edu
247N Nichols
(785)864-4781

Thesis Advisor: Gunes Ercal-Ozkaya

Gino Rea
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
ginorea@ittc.ku.edu
214 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7756

Thesis Advisor: Erik Perrins
Project Supervisor: Erik Perrins
Project: High-Rate High-Speed Forward Error Correction Architectures for Aeronautical Telemetry (HFEC)

Justin Rohrer
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
rohrej@ittc.ku.edu
235 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7122
http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~rohrej

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: AeroNP and AeroTP: Aeronautical Network and Transport Protocols for iNET (ANTP)
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Paul Runanu
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
runanu@ittc.ku.edu
247N Nichols
(785)864-4781

Thesis Advisor: Ronqing Hui
Project Supervisor: Ronqing Hui

Cenk Sahin
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
cenksahin@ittc.ku.edu
149 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7708

Thesis Advisor: Erik Perrins
Project Supervisor: Erik Perrins
Project: Lunar and Martian Surface Communication Systems with Efficient Miniature Antennas

Mukund Sarangapani
M.S. Student
msaranga@ittc.ku.edu
217 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7290

Thesis Advisor: Joseph Evans

Qian Shi
M.S. Student
shiqian@ittc.ku.edu
215 Nichols
(785)864-1754

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Ashwini Shikaripur Nadig
M.S. Student
ashvini@ittc.ku.edu
247N Nichols
(785)864-7702 or
(785)854-4781

Thesis Advisor: Brian Potetz

Michael Steve
M.S. Student
msteve@ittc.ku.edu
247N Nichols Hall
(785)864-4781

Thesis Advisor: Gunes Ercal-Ozkaya

Tyson Thedinger
M.S. Student
tyson@ittc.ku.edu

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Sudha Tiruchengodu Yegyanarayanan
M.S. Student
tysudha@ittc.ku.edu
245W Nichols Hall
(785)864-7702

Thesis Advisor: Ronqing Hui

Muharrem Tunc
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
tunc@ittc.ku.edu
214 Nichols
(785)864-7756

Thesis Advisor: Erik Perrins
Project Supervisor: Erik Perrins
Project: AeroNP and AeroTP: Aeronautical Network and Transport Protocols for iNET (ANTP)

Sarvesh Varatharajan
PhD. Student
sarvesh@ittc.ku.edu
245W Nichols Hall
(785)864-7702

Rui Wang
M.S. Student
wangrui@ittc.ku.edu
215 Nichols Hall
(785)864-1754

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Brett Werling
M.S. Student
bwerling@ittc.ku.edu
214 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7756

Thesis Advisor: Erik Perrins
Project Supervisor: Erik Perrins
Project: High-Rate High-Speed Forward Error Correction Architectures for Aeronautical Telemetry (HFEC)

Zihaduz Zaman
B.S. Student, Undergraduate Research Assistant
zzaman@ittc.ku.edu
144 Nichols
(785)864-7922

Project Supervisor: Dan Deavours

Matt Zeets
M.S. Student
mzeets@ittc.ku.edu
216 Nichols Hall
785-864-7773

Thesis Advisor: Victor Frost

Yuanyuan Zhang
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
yyzhang@ittc.ku.edu
118 Nichols
(785)864-4635

Thesis Advisor: Ronqing Hui
Project Supervisor: Ronqing Hui
Project: Collaborative Research: High-Speed Self-Configuring Networks Based on Cost-Effective Plug-and-Play Optical(PPO) Nodes