Graduate Students

Professors & Collaborators

	Dr. Cynthia Furse Electromagnetics		Dr. Behrouz Farhang-Boroujeny Communication and Signal Processing
	Dr. Chet Lo Instructor & Research Assistant Profesor, Utah State University Signal Processing and Communication applied to wire fault location		Bryan Stenquist Laboratory Design Engineer ME 2007
	Dr. Bruce Gale Microfluidics		Dr. Rong Rong Chen Communication and Signal Processing
	Dr. Steve Blair Optics		Dr. Reyhan Baktur Electromagnetics
	Dr. Neal Patwari Signal Processing		Dr. Ken Golden Mathematical modeling
	Dr. Dennis Parker Radiology		Dr. Elena Cherkaev Mathematics

Current Graduate Students

	Brandon Baker PhD Student Automated Registration of Image Data to 3D Spatial Data by Numerical Inversion		Jeff Spiegel PhD Student
	Sivakanth Telasula PhD student Optimized Signals for Fault location on wiring		Tiffany Iskander PhD Student
	Miguel Rodriguez Phd Student		Jason Carter MS student
			David Lubbers MS student

Dr. Furse Alumni

Thesis / Dissertation Titles are listed below.

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			Dr. Bryan Willis PhD 2011 Compact Form Fitting Small Antennas Using 3D Rapid Prototyping
	Dr. James Nagel PhD 2011 Famous Rock Musician (student of Mike Scarpulla) Advanced Methods for Light Trapping in Optically Thin Silicon Solar Cells		Dr. Brian Jones PhD 2011 Modeling and Detection of External Signals from Small Apertures in Wire Shields
	Dr. Eric Lundquist PhD 2011 Soft Fault Diagnosis in Aircraft Wiring Systems		Dr. Shang Wu PhD 2011 An Iterative Inversion Method for Transmission Line Fault Location
	Quinn Tate MS 2011 Improving Carotid Imaging Through Coil Design		Dr. Steve Smith PhD 2011 Stochastic FDTD
	Dr. Peruvemba Ranganathan Sai Ananthanarayanan PhD 2010 Enabling Multi-Antenna Wireless Communication in Aircraft – Channel Modeling, Interference and Noise Analysis, and Antenna and Detector Optimization		Dr. Alyssa Magleby Richards PhD 2010 Measurement and Modeling of Intra-Vehicle Channels for Multi-Antenna Communication
	Dr. James Stephenson PhD 2010 Portable Micro-scale NMR		Dr. Sungman Moon PhD 2010 Methods for Design, Optimization, and Image Correction of Local Insert Gradient Systems for MRI (co-chair with Dr. Dennis Parker)
	Jason Saberin MS 2010 Optically Transparent Antennas for Small Satellites		Robb Merrill MS 2009 An 28 Channel Coil Array for Improved Optic Nerve Imaging
	Eric Lundquist MS 2009 Modular Wire Network Simulation Using Inter-Collaborative Finite-Difference and Reflectometry Methods		Hemang Dhamija MS 2009 Optical Sequence Time Domain Reflectometry for Aircraft Wire Fault Location
	Carl Brewer MS 2008 Handheld probe for fault location		Michael Carroll BS 2008 Applications for wire fault detection using acousto-optical methods
	Dr. David Landon PhD 2007 Polarization Misalignment and the Design and Analysis of Handheld Multi-Input Multi-Output Antenna Arrays		Dr. Chirag Sharma PhD 2007 Low Power CMOS Sensor for Locating Faults in Aging Aircraft Wiring
	Don Dowdle MS 2007 Polarization Agile Antenna for MIMO		Steve Smith MS 2007 Iterative Inversion for Topology Mapping of Branched Networks using Time Domain Reflectometry
	Dr. Pichitpong Soontornpipit PhD 2005 Information Gathering and Use in Constrained Genetic Algorithm for Antenna Design		Jeff Johnson MS 2007 Statistical Analysis of Detuning Effects for Implantable Microstrip Antennas
	Dr. You Chung Chung Post Doc / Research Assistant Professor 1999-2003 Genetic Algorithms Website: antenna.daegu.ac.kr		Bryan Lin MS 2005 Comparison of Low-Mid-High Frequency Sensors for Soil Moisture Measurement
	Peijung Tsai MS 2005 Mixed Signal Reflectometry for Locating Aging Aircraft Wiring Faults		Suketu Naik MS 2005 Fault Location in Wires using Multicarrier Spread Spectrum
	Shang Wu MS 2005 Wire Fault Location with NonContact Probes and Reflectometry		Rohit Parakh MS 2005 The Invisible Fray: A Formal Assessment of the Ability of Reflectometry to Locate Frays on Aircraft Wiring
	Dr. Rock Hadley PhD 2005 Design of Radio Frequency Coil Arrays for Optimal Signal to Noise Ratio for Magnetic Resonance Angiography		Dr.Lance Griffiths PhD 2005 Creating and Optimizing Microstrip Antennas using the Genetic Algorithm and the Finite Difference Time Domain Method
	Kedarnath Nagoti MS 2004 Mapping of the Network Topology from Reflectometry Data		Nilay Jani MS 2004 System Design for Fault Location in Live Wire Networks
	Vasudev Srinivasan MS 2004 Multiplexing Aircraft Wiring for Non-Destructive Testing		Praveen Pendayala MS 2004 Development of Algorithms for Accurate Wire Fault Location Using Spread Spectrum Reflectometry We will not forget you, our friend. 2010
	Nirmal Nath Amarnath MS 2004 Capacitance and Inductance Sensors for the Location of Faults in Wires		Anitha Jayasingh MS 2004 Fault Detection in Aging Aircraft Systems Using Digital Matched Filters
	Alyssa Magleby MS 2004 -- USU Parametric Study of Spread Spectrum for Live Wire Fault Location		Ravi Gopal MS 2004 -- USU Analysis of Signals on Wires Using Current Sensors
	Ryan Hanks MS 2003 Analysis of Algorithms for Detecting Short Lengths of Aircraft Wiring		Anit Kuruvilla MS 2003 Design and Analysis of a Microstrip Patch Antenna for Smart Connectors
	Alok Jani MS 2003 USU Location of Small Frays using TDR		Ramadevi Devi Bylapudi MS 2003 USU Analysis of helical antennas imbedded in lossy dielectric material
	Kamal Vasagiri MS 2003 USU Antennas Imbedded in Soil for Sensing and Communication		Dr. Paul Smith PhD USU 2003 Spread Spectrum Time Domain Reflectometry
	John Schwartz MS 2003 – USU Comparison of Low-Cost Wireless Communication Systems for Low Data Rate Applications		Deekshit Dosibhatla MS 2003 – USU DIGITAL SPREAD SPECTRUM TECHNIQUES FOR TESTING AGING AIRCRAFT WIRING
	Santi Bhushana Reddy Basava MS 2003 USU Detection and location of cable faults using Reflectometry methods		Jeremy Pruitt MS 2003 -- USU Simulation and Analysis of Four Navy Aircraft Wiring Harnesses Using Frequency Domain Reflectometry
	Rod Draney MS 2003 USU Two-Dimensional Inversion of Conductors in the Time Domain		Sumeeth Nagaraj MS 2003 -- USU Medium Access Control for Symmetric link structure Code Domain Multiple Access-based Wireless sensor networks
	Grandhi Nagendra Prasad MS 2003 USU Inductive Coupling for Reflectometry Devices		Krishna Konda MS 2003 -- USU Hardware Connectivity Methods For Live Wires
	Jeff Ward MS 2002 -- USU MSEE A Model of Plasma Frequency Probes using Plasma Fluid Equations and FDTD Theory		Pichitpong Soontornpipit MS 2002 -- USU Design of Implantable antennas for Communication with Medical Implants
	Lance Griffiths Ms 2002 -- Analysis of Wire Antennas for Implantation in the Body		Chad Pendley MS 2002 -- USU Far Field Effects of a Buried Transmitter in Anisotropic Materials
	Mark Schmidt MS 2002 -- USU Use of TDR for Cable Testing		Derek Bates MS 2002 -- USU Wireless Communication and Signal Processing for Aging Aircraft Wiring
	Sriram Kharidehal MS 2002 USU Design and Measurement of Implantable Antennas		Brent Waddoups MS 2001 USU Analysis of reflectometry for detection of chafed aircraft wiring insulation
	Arvind Jakayar MS 2001 -- USU Use of Frequency Domain Reflectometry forAnalysis of Cable Trees		Raymond Woodward MS 2001 USU Using Frequency Domain Reflectometry for Water Level Measurement
	Ruby Shamila Mohan MS 2001 USU Design of Wireless Communication System for Medical Implants		Nitin Madan MS 2001-- USU Imbedded Antennas for the Measurement of Electrical Properties of Materials
	Rakesh Dangol MS 2000 USU FDR for Aircraft Cables		Joseph Francis Olakangil MS 2000 -- USU FDTD Model of Plasma
	Nitin Rajmohan MS 1999 -- USU		Nilesh Kamdar MS 1999 -- USU Application of a Distance Measuring System for Location of Robotic Vehicles

Undergraduate Projects

1998-99

Greg Cantwell Feasibility Study for Medical Imaging

Osama Alborno Design of Electromagnetic Pain Control Devices for the Knee

Raymond Woodward Wireless Local Area Network

Hock Kwong Lai Design of an Implantable Patch Antenna for Cardiac Pacemaker L

Candace Deffendol Design of Patch Antennas for Measuring Moisture Content of Corn

Russell Dummer Design of a System for Geophysical Prospecting

1999-00

Rick Fairbourn Doppler Radar

Lance Griffiths PC Board for Hard-drive Testing

Celene Harbaugh PC Board for Hard-drive Testing

Jeremy Larsen Wireless Digital Camera

Michael Linder Wireless Digital Camera

Sam Eichelberger Development of Tissue-Simulant Materials

2000-01

Chad Pendley Geophysical Crossborehole Tomography

Bill Hansen, Randall Reeves, Karl Lundell Bluetooth Communication System

Cherilyn Cunningham Implantable Antennas for Cardiac Pacemakers L

Dallas Cox Measurement of soil and snow moisture

Brad McCleod Implantable Antennas for Cardiac Pacemakers L

Shawn Going Implantable Antennas for Cardiac Pacemakers L

Daniel Flamm Implantable Antennas for Cardiac Pacemakers L

Scott Adamson Helmet-mounted antenna

2001-02

Mark Hullinger Implantable Antennas for Cardiac Pacemakers L

Eric Cannon Handheld for querying wireless sensors

Clark Landeen Aircraft wiring signatures L

Jeremy Pruitt Aircraft wiring system L

Suketu Naik Wireless Communication system

Jeff Smith CDMA Communication System

John Bridge CDMA Communication System

Chris Griffin Aircraft Wiring

Rory Buchanan Live Connectivity for FDR

2002-3

John Mahoney Timer Circuits for Testing Aging Aircraft Wiring (he has)

Jill Anderson COTS for Testing Aging Aircraft Wiring

Irwan Hadi Implantable Antennas for Cardiac Pacemakers

High School

Brittany Baker Fault Location on Electrical Wiring

Sydney Chamberlain Fault Location on Electrical Wiring

Danny Repko Fault Location on Electrical Wiring

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2003-4

GE Clinic -- Wireless Systems for Medical Devices

Jared Cherry

Junyi Hu

Andy Laraway

Sheng Mei

John Minuth

Agilent Clinic Effects of CDMA2000 on Talk Time for Wireless Cellular Systems

Dylan Higganbotham

Debra Lines

Shelbie Merrill

Seung Hoon Yoo

USAF Clinic -- Electrical Fault Location

Brittany Baker (high school)

Korey Curtis

Greg Hill

Pei Jung Tsai

Michael Lawrence

Zach McKean

Micron Science Center Project -- Electrical Demonstrations for the Leonardo Science Center

Aaron Jorgensen

Chris Condrat

Junyi Hu

Mimi Huang

High School Fault Location on Electrical Wiring

Brittany Baker (Brighton)

Richard Morrill (Park City)

Arthur Mahoney (Logan)

2004-5

Agilent Technologies

Ryan Anthon

Tarina Freimann

Karl Royston

Jacob Wilde

Ryan Yoshida

GE Medical Systems

Kyle Moore

Mustafa Sameric

Mohammad Usman

Timothy Wachob

Shea Whitaker

Aircraft Wiring

Anthony Archibald

Tom Evans

David

Ali Jabini

Jared Poffenberger

High School

Stephanie Baker

2005-6

Aircraft Wiring

Brian Herrscher

Mike Diamond

Afshin Edrissi

Tom Evans

High School

Pedro Ferreira

2006-2007

Antenna Design (Moog)

Dan Pitts

James Quebbeman

Merrill Scott

Andrew Thomas

Zeb Fisk

Software Evaluation and Design

Brian Randall

Seme Anoka

Chung Him Yuen

Dan Chilinski

2007-8

Wiring Design

Michael Carroll (Acousto Optic Reflectometry) -- 2^nd Place IEEE Student Paper Contest

Camron Call

Richard Morrill

2008-9

Wiring Design for Automobiles (Short Solutions)

Chad Mann

Chase Thompson

Jordan Nichols

Justin Fergusen

2009-2010

NASA Clinic: Fabric Antenna Design and Optimization for Post-Surgery Patient Monitoring

Jason Carter

Joseph Walter

Tejal Shah

Graduate student assistant: Jason Saberin

Electrical Properties of Sea Ice

Bryan Scharman

HS: Ryan Baker

2010-2011

Electrical Properties of Sea Ice (read more)

Erik Gamez

Jake Hansen

David Lubbers

L3 Clinic: Body Worn Antennas (see page 4)

Ben Buckley

Cameron Parker

Keith Burrell

Nick Jensen

Susan Smith

Graduate student assistant: Jason Carter

Post doc assistant: Sai Ananathanarayanan

2011-2012

Electrical Properties of Sea Ice

Sam Preston

Graduate Student Assistant: David Lubbers

L3 Clinic: Body Worn Antennas

Dadre Mitchell

Jim Dixon

Andrew Wasden

Chris Miller

Brandon Christensen

Group Pictures for Fun

	Skiing Park City 2004
	Diwali 2001
	Diwali 2002
	Innovation Showcase 2003, Best of Show
	Research Group 2002
	National Science Fair Winner – Tom Stock 2001
	National Science Fair Winner – Brittany Baker and Sydney Chamberlain, 2003
	Tom Evans Taking it All Very Seriously
	Group Photo at Charlie Chow’s 2004

Last revised: August 2011