Prof. Xavier Fernando, PhD, P.Eng.

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(Updated Jan 2020)

Past Post-Doctoral Research Associates
Nima Nikvand, SOSCIP TalentEdge PDF, Fusion of Multi-sensor Miner Data using Smart Computing Platforms, 2017-19
Sikder M. Kamruzzaman, OCE VIP-II and NSERC CRD, Indoor Localization and Industrial IoT, 2016-2019
Anton Sotnikov, NSERC CRD, Underground Communications, 2012-2013
Melquiades Castillo, NSERC CRD, Underground Communications, 2014
Sasan Nicknesan, NSERC CRD, Underground Communications, - 2009-10
Babak Pourbahri, Radio over Fiber Systems- 2005-06
Balasundaram Elamaran, Microwave Photonics, 2005
Dr. Ahasanun Nessa, LoRa based Underground Communications, 2018 - 21
Mohammad Aazam, Fog and Cloud Computing, 2016 - 20
Fatima Hussain, Machine Learning for Wireless Communication Systems, 2018 - 19
Noha Hassan, Optimizing Traffic Allocation in Vehicular Networks, 2020
Illanko Kandasamy, Deep learning, 2020-21


Past Doctoral Students
Alston Lloyed Emanuel, LoRa based Undergound Communication Networks, 2017 - 2022, (Systems Engineering Manager at PBE Group, Toronto, Canada)
Arif Obaid Energy Harvesting Cognitive Sensor Networks, 2017 - 2021 (Founder and CEO @Sust-Net Inc.
Hasan Farahneh, Signal Processing for Visible Light Vehicular Communications, 2013-18 (Professor, Jordan University, Jordan)
Ajmery Sultana, Resource Allocation Strategies in Cognitive Radio D2D Communication Networks, 2014-18 (Tenure tracl Assistant Professor at Algoma University)
Salam Al-Juboori, Multichannel Spectrum Sensing over Correlated Fading Channels with Diversity Reception, 2012-17 (Professor at Centennial College, Toronto)
Jason Ernst, Connection Point Selection in HWN to Improve Qos/Qoe, Reduce Cost and Increase Profits, 2010 - 15 (Senior Software Engineer at Osaro, Inc.)
Amir Sepasi, Cognitive Radio Wireless Sensor Networks, 2009-2013
Sattar Hussain, Cooperative Sensing in Cognitive Radio Systems, 2008-2013 (Professor-Centennial College and Part-Time-Instructor at Ryerson University)
Wisam Faraj Farjow, Mine and Tunnel Communications, 2009-2013 (Vice President, Advanced Technologies, PBE Group and Adjunct Professor, Ryerson University)
Noha Hassan, Optimizing Macro and Micro Base Stations Locations and User Associations in 5G Heterogeneous Wireless Networks, 2014-19
Thambu Kuganswaran, Distributed Video Coding, 2008-2012

Past M. A. Sc. Students
Bhagawat Adhikari,, Machine Learning for Indoor Positioning, 2017 - 2019 (Currently PhD Student at TMU)
Christopher Mekhiel, Beam Steering Optical Wireless Communications 2016 - 2018 (Design Engineer at Finisar, USA)
Xiao-Feng Li, A Mac Layer Protocol for Indoor Inventory System with Wireless Positioning, 2017 - 2019 (PhD Student at the U of Waterloo)
Ryan Murari, Synthetic Data Usage for Robust Indoor Positioning Using Neural Networks with UWB, 2017 - 19
Christopher Mekhiel, Free-Space Optical Beam Steering for Wireless Communications, 2016 - 2018 (Design Engineer at Finisar Corporation)
Hooman Samani, Battery Current Fluctuation Management in Hybrid Energy Storage Systems, 2015 - 2017 (CEO at Solarinet Inc. Self employed)
Hesam Akbari, Futuristic Model of Electric Vehicle Charging Queues, 2015 - 2017 Educational Consultant, College Professor, Amico Group of Companies
Sajjadul (Pavel) Latif, QPP Protocol for Smart Home Wireless Sensor Networks, 2013 - 2015 (R&D Project Manager at Ericsson, Ottawa)
Sagar (Chandra) Kar, Wavelet OFDM for Power Line Communications 2013 - 2015 (Network Specialist at GigSky)
Abir Hossain (Co-Supervision), Reconfigurable Systems, 2013 - 16 (Sr. Firmware Engineer at AMD)
Mohamed Daoud, Advanced Mine Monitoring System with Ventilation on Demand, 2009 - 2011
Udari Basnayake, Dual Mode Fiber Laser for Micro and Radio Frequency Generation, 2010 - 2012, (Vendor Management Specialist at Rogers Communications)
Nima Nikvand, Data Denoising by Noise Invalidation, 2006 - 08
Bharath Umashankar, OFDM Impairment Mitigation Techniques, 2005 - 2007
Nominated for Gold Medal
Alston Lloyed Emanuel, Wavelet Signal Processing for Coexistence of UWB and WLAN Systems, 2004 - 06
Wisam Faraj Farjow, Underground Leaky Feeder Communication Systems, 2006-2008 (Vice President, Advanced Technologies, PBE Group and Adjunct Professor, Ryerson University)
Shirley Arnold, New Security Protocol for RFID Systems, 2004 - 2006, (GFX Hardware Engineering Manager at Intel Corporation)
Hatice Kosek, Sub-Pico meter Filter using Fiber Bragg Grating, 2004 - 2006 (Senior Manager Business Analysis at Bell Canada)
Roland Yuen, Subcarrier Multiplexed WLAN and Cellular CDMA Radio Signals over Fiber, 2003 - 2005 (Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Professional, Hong Kong)
Stephen Pinter, Signal Processing for Multiuser CDMA Fiber-Wireless System, 2003 - 2005
Balakanthan Balendran, Adaptive Signal Processing for Optical Wireless System, 2002 - 2003 Currently Head of Telecommunications at Sierra Telecommunications, Sri Lanka


Past M. Eng. Students


Walter Andrei Freire, AI base Vehicular Tracking, 2019 - 2021

Manpreet Singh, UWB Hardware Optimization for Indoor Localization Systems, 2017 - 19 (QA Test Analyst at CIBC)
Sameer Qttlan, Optimization of Clustering and Coverage of Two-Tier Wireless Mesh Networks, 2011 - 13 (Communication Engineer at General authority of civil aviation, Saudi Arabia)
Yonas Endailalu, Wireless Communication for Aerospace Industry, 2009 - 2010 (Avionics Engineering Specialist at Bombardier Inc.) (Joint Masters with University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe, Germany)
Souheil Kneifati, Passive Optical Access Networks, 2008 - 2010 (Infrastructure Architect at Rogers Communications)
Kanchan Bala, Overview of PON Network and Components, 2005 - 2007, (currently communication systems engineer here at IBI Group)
Deepak Isaac Chacko, OFDM Radio over Fiber Systems, 2005 - 2007 (Data Intelligence and Analytics Technology Strategist, Telus Inc.)
Golnaz Jahesh, FPGA Pre-distortion for Radio over Fiber Systems, 2007 - 2009 (Product Electrical Engineer at MedX Health)
Mohamad Nazrul Islam, Adaptive Noise Cancellation for Optical Wireless Systems, 2002 - 2005 (Principal Electrical Engineer at McDermott International Inc.)
Jinhui Wang(Co-Supervision), Cellular CDMA Systems, 2003 - 2005


Past Undergraduate Students
Energy Harvesting Wireless Process Combustion Sensor - Vibhor Dua, Jonathan persaud, Shael Shah (2014/15)
Self Navigating Robot for Search and Rescue Operation - Sushrut Bhalla, Mohammad Usman Shafik, Nihal Motha (2015/16)
Cellphone App based Personal Security Device - Pawan Virdi, Victor Chou, Calvin D'Mello (2015/16)
RF transmission through frequency hopping spread spectrum - Edward Jupe, Marek Jaworski, Calvin Chen (2015/16)

IntelliChair - Atienza, Raymon; Iossifidis, Stephanie; Porthiyas, Danny - Second Prize at International Humanitarian Initiatives Conference, Montreal - 2014
Underwater Drowning Prevention System - Bhatti, Jaspreet; Noest, Tyler; Vujaklija, Igor (2013/14)
Through the Earth Wireless Communication - Lam Tze Ting, Yin; Morelli, Matthew; Wu Pan, Alex (2013/14)
Thermal Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensors De La Cruz, Lemoel Khan, Muhammad Reyes, Joshua (2013/14)

Collaborative Robots for Rescuing Underground Miners - Hooman Samani and Reza Razani (Won the second price at IEEE Canada Design Competition) (2012/13)
Power Harvesting Shoe Pads - Kavekkumaran Maheswaran, Farid Daher, Ganesh Mahalingam (Won President's Award) (2012/13)
Wireless Manager for Electric Vehicles - Daniel Balilti, Ariel Fertman, Yudistir Narine (2012/13)
Self Contained Carnival Ride Show Enhancement - Adrian Wong, Rajneel Shankar, Vishal Ramawad (2012/13)

Jovan Filipovic, Shahram Aryanpour and Filip Topalovski - Wireless Plug-in Electric Vehicle Manager (2011/12)
Calvin Lee, Askhat Gabdullin, Tsz Kin Mui - Optical Wireless LAN (2011/12)
Baldev Grewal, Ravneet Simak, Roman Nizamuddin - Solar Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Design (2011/12)
Kathiravetpillai Ragavan, Assalaarachchi Thavisha, Karunananthan Theepan - Interference Free Wiereless Transciever for Hospitals (2011/12)

Wireless Diaper - samira kazemi, siavash karimi, siavash shirvani-ghomi (2010/11)
Wireless Power Converter for Aircrafts - Gaurav Rao, Ashab Ali, Abir Hossain (2010/11)
Remote Sensing Diaper - Ramtin Rezania, Mani Golafra, Hedyeh Yaseri (2010/11)
Aerial Search Unit - Aril Halkampi, Slavisa Gruborovic, Kevin Tang (2010/11)
Intelligent Monitor/Predictor for Micro Power Generators - Sinharib Khoda, Tung Bui, Phuoc Loc Pham (2010/11)
Smart Wireless Electric Meter - Zarna Shah, Ivo Simjanovski, Dany Hanna (2010/11)
Wireless Power Transmission - Rongqiang Liu, Afreeda Zaman, Manni Su (2010/11)
Search and Rescue Unit for Trapped miners - Fan Zhang, Min Bei, Lukito Adiputra (2010/11)
Underground Wireless Sensor Networks - Mahmoud Bin Shikhan, Sanjay Motwani, Sanju Samuel (2010/11)

Everest Zhuka, Jeoryhun Huang, Sikyeol Kim - RGB Color Mixing Controllers of Solid State Lighting (2009/10)
Shane Ravindranath, Gulshan Dhillon, John Glenn Kilayko - Wireless Device Detection System for Hospital Environments (2009/10)
Evgeny Sheinfeld, Dwain Lobo-Pires, Mark Makary - Wireless Treadmill Control using Heart Rate Monitoring (2009/10)
Seyed Mohsen Jahanmehr, Leila Feyz, Kamran Masteri Farahani - Wireless Controller for Solid State Lights (2009/10)
Redwan Syed, Noel Huynh, Mohammed Hossain - Automatic Parking Meter with Wireless Control (2009/10)
Jonguk Koh, Jermaine Ramdass, Mehak Khosala - Wireless Snow Blower (2009/10)
Indrajit Duggal, Shahzeb Zaidi, Gourab Gupta - Design of Underground Wireless Sensor Network (2009/10)

Zuhair Karim, Vinhoji Vijayanathan, Mozhdeh Khodaei - Automatic Parking Control (2008/09)
Paul Luong, Michael Lee, Chi In Chao - Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor (2008/09)
David Diaz, Varun Malhotra, Laliteshwar Dayal - Smart Home Environment Controller (2008/09)
Yakov Sobolev, Dzmitry Yuryevich, Milos Grujic - Wireless Pulse Rate Monitor for Treadmills (2008/09)
Sindhura Kare, Charanthej Tula, Navpreet Chahal - Talking Photo Album (2008/09)
Alan Wong, Travis Edwards, Laleh Mohebbi Nooraldin - Smart Lighting and Heating Control (2008/09)
Babak Jahanbakhsh, Mirsoheil Salimi Mosavi and Ali Farsani - Intelligent Wireless Headphones (2008/09)

Alexander Maslej, Vincent LeeSiva Kumarasami - Wireless Handheld Smart Info-Pad (SIP) for Museums and Art Galleries (2006/07)
Yaseen Khan, Vaikunthan Krishnapillai, Krishna Jeyakumar - Smart Wireless Electric Meter (2006/07)
Lefa Molokwe, Leatile Dintwe, Pradeep Talwar - Design of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) System (2006/07)
Aekta Joshi, Nikhil Mathew, Preethi Srinivasan - Smart Home Environment Controller with Multiple Input Outputs (2006/07)
Rui Victal, Isabel Victal, Ryan Hua - An Inexpensive Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor (2006/07)
Kola Olorunniwo, Jan Mendoza, Ming Fai Tsang - RFID based Wireless Tracking (2006/07)

Wali Shahsamand, Yu Chang - Interference Free Wireless Communication Within Air Crafts (2005/06)
Austin Roach, Matthew Langille - High Fidelity Wireless Head Phone for Television Viewers (2005/06)
Nassim Nodouzi, Steven Joong - RFID based smart wireless metropass (2005/06)
Anatol Harasym, Oleksander Tupikin - Web based Multimedia Information Management Service (WEBMIMS) (2005/06)
Karolina Koubar, Uzma Siraj - Smart Heating using Infrared Radiation (2005/06)
Stella Lu, Sumiyya Ahmed - Optical Fiber based Wireless Hot Spot (2005/06)
Umair Dossani, Syed Rizvi - Smart Electric Meter (2005/06)
Ganeshalingam Thushanthy, Saseethar Ponnampalam - RFID based Wetness Detector (2005/06)
Keven Cassimire, Christina Mansour - RFID based Exam Hall Supervision (2005/06)
Maged Bekhit - Infrared data kiosk (2005/06)
Mohammad-Ali Madani, Jelena Zindovic - Fiber Optical Tunable Video Link (2005/06)

Sevim Kilinc - OWSP - Fall-Winter 2002/03
Hatice Kosek - OWSP - Summer 2003 Currenty with Bell Canada
Alex Knezwich - Private RA - Summer 2005
Ali Alinagian - OWSP - Summer 2005
Shamim Ziaee - USRA 2006 and 2005
Hamidreza Ghaffaryhagh - OTRA (May - Aug)
Senthuran Kandia OTRA (Jan - April)
Leonid Hrapunsky - OWSP Summer RRA 2006
Ryan Cadwell - RA 2005 Summer - Working for Bell Canada
Faizal Karim - RA 2004 Summer - Graduate studies at UBC
Alexander maslej - Award Winning Project - 'Smart Infopad for Museums' - Currently in Bombardier Aerospace as an Engineering Analyst on the Global business jet product line

Other Research Assistants
Sathees Nadarajah - Fall winter 2002-03
Kamyar Kazemi Moud - 3 months in 2004
Hongbo Sun (Co) - (Masters) - 2002

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