WCSP Team

Information regarding the WCSP Group and its members can be found in and through this page. A brief list of details about any person on the page can be found on a pop-up window which can simply be activated by pointing the mouse cursor over the name of interest. If available, personal web pages can be visited by clicking the name of interest, as well.

Quick List: | Advisor | Ph.D. Students | Master's Students | Alumni |

Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Huseyin Arslan

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; 1998.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; 1994.
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey; 1992

Ph.D. Students:

Sadia Ahmed Research Area: Underwater Acoustic Communication (UAC), Ultra Wideband (UWB) Communications, Cognitive Radio Applications. [ahmed3@mail.usf.edu]	Ali Gorcin Research Area: Cognitive Radio, Spectrum Sensing, Signal Identification. [agorcin@mail.usf.edu]	Jamal Haque Research Area: Aeronautical communications, High speed data access for airborne passengers, Advanced techniques for cognitive radio spectral sniffing, Modulation techniques for multipath environment.	Sabih Guzelgoz Research Area: Cognitive Radio, Distributed Spectrum Sensing. [sguzelgo[at]mail.usf.edu]
Hasan B. Celebi Research Area: OFDM, WiMAX [hbcelebi[at]mail.usf.edu]	M. Cenk Erturk Research Area: WiMAX, Networking [mustafacenkerturk[at]yahoo.com]

Master's Students:

Hazar
Aki

Alumni:

Ph.D.:

Mustafa E. Sahin Research Area: OFDMA-based Co-channel Femtocells, Co-channel Interference Cancellation in OFDMA, MIMO Implementation in WiMAX Systems, Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radios. [msahin AT mail.usf.edu]	Serhan Yarkan Research Area: Cognitive and Software-Defined Radio. [syarkan@mail.usf.edu]	Hisham Mahmoud Spring 2009 Intern as a research engineer in NTT DoCoMo Labs Research Area: Channel Coding, Turbo codes, Interference Cancellation in OFDM Systems, Cognitive Radio, channel estimation. Advisor: Dr. Huseyin Arslan [hmahmoud@eng.usf.edu] www.eng.usf.edu/~hmahmoud	Hasari Celebi Summer 2008 Post-doctoral researcher at Texas A&M University at Qatar Research Area: Location Awareness in Cognitive Wireless Networks, High-Precision UWB Ranging and Positioning, Software Defined Radio Architectures, UWB Transceiver Structures Advisor: Dr. Huseyin Arslan [hcelebi AT mail.usf.edu]
Tevfik Yucek Summer 2007 Systems engineer in Atheros Wireless Research Area: Signal processing for multicarrier communications and Cognitive radio. Advisor: Dr. Huseyin Arslan [yucek@eng.usf.edu] Web: www.eng.usf.edu/~yucek	Ismail Guvenc Spring 2006 Research engineer in NTT DoCoMo Labs Research Area: UWB Ranging, Channel Estimation, Multiple Accessing and Multiuser Detection in UWB Systems, Adaptive Transceiver Design for UWB Networks Advisor: Dr. Huseyin Arslan	M. Kemal Ozdemir Spring 2005 The Director of Engineering in Logus Broadband Wireless Solutions Research Area: Channel Estimation for MIMO-OFDM Systems, Spatial correlation in MIMO systems, Mutual coupling effect, Channel modelling Advisor: Dr. Ercument Arvas and Dr. Huseyin Arslan	Jiang Liu Fall 2005 Dissertation Title: Practical Behavioral Modeling Technique of Power Amplifiers Based on Advanced Loadpull Measurements Advisor: Dr. Larry Dunleavy and Dr. Huseyin Arslan

Master's:

Evren Terzi Summer 2009 Thesis: M. Sc. Thesis Advisor: Dr. Huseyin Arslan	Omar Zakaria Summer 2009 Thesis: M. Sc. Thesis Advisor: Dr. Huseyin Arslan	Julio Costa Summer 2008 Sprint Nextel Thesis: M. Sc. Thesis Advisor: Dr. Huseyin Arslan	Geralynn Burke Spring 2006 Harris Corp. Thesis: M. Sc. Project Advisor: Dr. Huseyin Arslan	Quenton Bonds Spring 2006 Ph. D. student at USF Thesis: M. Sc. Project Advisor: Dr. Tom Weller and Dr. Huseyin Arslan
Mustafa E. Sahin Spring 2006 Ph. D. student at USF Thesis: M. Sc. Thesis Advisor: Dr. Huseyin Arslan	Nigel Brown Spring 2005 Motorola Inc. Thesis: M. Sc. Project Advisor: Dr. Huseyin Arslan	Sharath Reddy Spring 2004 Thesis: M. Sc. Thesis Advisor: Dr. Huseyin Arslan	Anthony Webster Spring 2004 Thesis: M. Sc. Thesis Advisor: Dr. Larry Dunleavy and Dr. Huseyin Arslan	Tevfik Yucek Fall 2003 Obtained Ph. D. degree from USF Systems engineer in Atheros Wireless Thesis: M. Sc. Thesis Advisor: Dr. Huseyin Arslan

Visiting Research Scholars:

Past:

Sultan Aldirmaz Yildiz Technical University, Turkey Feb. 2009- Aug. 2009 Research Area: Cognitive Radio, OFDM, time-frequency analysis. Advisor: Lutfiye Durak [sultanaldirmaz AT gmail DOT com]	Asli Birol Yildiz Technical University, Turkey Feb. 2009- Aug. 2009 Research Area: Cooperative communications, space time coding. [aslibir AT gmail DOT com]	Bahattin Karakaya Istanbul University, Turkey Nov. 2008- Mar. 2009 Research Area: MIMO-OFDM, channel estimation, WiMAX. Advisor: Hakan Ali Cirpan [bahattink AT gmail DOT com]	Ercument Zorlu Senior researcher at Tubitak-UEKAE, Turkey Feb. 2009-Mar. 2009 Research Area: Software defined radio, Public safety commun., MIMO, OFDM, DSP in telecommun. [ercument AT uekae DOT tubitak DOT gov DOT tr]	A. Cagatay Talay Research Assistant in Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Mar. 2008-Dec. 2008 Research Area: Wireless networks, cognitive radio, cross-layer design Advisor: Dr. Turgay D. Altilar [ctalay AT itu.edu.tr]
Dr. Celal Ceken Associate Professor in Kocaeli University, Turkey Mar. 2008-Aug. 2008 Research Area: Cognitive radio and vertical hand-off [cceken AT {kou.edu.tr, gmail.com}]	Sibel Tombaz Istanbul University, Turkey Mar. 2008-Oct. 2008 Research Area: MIMO-OFDM, LTE (Long Term Evolution). Advisor: Hakan Ali Cirpan [sibeltombaz AT gmail DOT com]	Azime Can Istanbul University, Turkey Mar. 2008-Aug. 2008 Research Area: Bayesian Statistics and Applications, Statistical Inference, Cognitive Radio. Advisor: Hakan Ali Cirpan [azime DOT can AT gmail DOT com]	Sener Dikmese Kocaeli University, Turkey Mar. 2007-Aug. 2007 Research Area: Signal Processing, Smart Antenna Systems, 3G, DSP, FPGA, Software Defined Radio Implementation, OFDM. Advisors: Hasan Dincer and Adnan Kavak [sener DOT dikmese AT kou DOT edu DOT tr]