ECE Showcased in Spring 2024 Graduate Research Symposium Winners
March 11, 2024
Graduate students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and advised by ECE faculty recently placed in the Mississippi State University’s Spring 2024 Graduate Student Research Symposium.
The Graduate School, in collaboration with the Graduate Student Association, hosted the Graduate Student Research Symposium, which allows students to showcase research. Categories included oral presentations and poster presentations, and the event allows for students to gain feedback on their presentations. More information on the symposium may be found on the event’s website.
Students from the department included the following:
Ph.D. Oral Winners in Engineering
First Place: Ahmed Manavi Alam
Title: Radio Frequency Interference Detection for Microwave Radiometer Using Convolutional Neural Networks
Advisor: Dr. Ali Gurbuz, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Co-Advisor: Dr. Vuk Marojevic, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Third Place: Mohammad Abdus Shahid Rafi
Title: Performance assessment of crop line detection in corn field from unmanned aerial vehicle video
Advisor: Dr. Ali Gurbuz, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Co-Advisor: Dr. Volkan Senyurek, Assistant Research Professor, Geosystems Research Institute
Master’s Poster Winner in Engineering
First Place: Iffat Ara Ebu
Title: Improved Distance Estimation in Dynamic Environments through Multi-Sensor Fusion with Extended Kalman Filter
Major Professor: Dr. Umar Iqbal, Associate Teaching Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Also winning in the symposium was a graduate student in engineering education and advised by an ECE department faculty member:
Ph.D. Oral Winner in Education, Arts and Sciences, and Business
Third Place: Marcus Brumfield
Title: The impact of a summer bridge program at a public land-grant university in the southeastern region on the retention of first-time Black students
Advisor: Dr. Jean Mohammadi-Aragh, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Co-Advisor: Dr. Lesley Strawderman, Associate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mississippi State University consists of 27 faculty members (including seven endowed professors), seven professional staff, and over 700 undergraduate and graduate students, with approximately 100 being at the Ph.D. level. With a research expenditure of over $14.24 million, the department houses the largest High Voltage Laboratory among North American universities.