{"id":127,"date":"2025-08-02T13:07:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T18:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/?page_id=127"},"modified":"2026-08-11T13:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T18:34:35","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:8px\">The IMPRESS Lab brings together researchers working across signal processing, machine learning, radar, remote sensing and communications. See our <a href=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/our-team\/alumni\/\">Alumni<\/a> for former members, and <a href=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/join-us\/\">Join Us<\/a> if you would like to work with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#CC0000;margin-top:34px;margin-bottom:12px;font-weight:800\">Director<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"border-left-color:#CC0000;border-left-width:4px;background-color:#f7f8f9;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;padding-top:18px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:20px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e6d138f6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fccf5edf wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-gurbuz.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Ali Cafer Gurbuz\" class=\"wp-image-259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-gurbuz.jpg 420w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-gurbuz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-gurbuz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-gurbuz-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:4px\"><strong>Dr. Ali Cafer Gurbuz<\/strong><br><em>Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering \u00b7 Director, IMPRESS Lab<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:15px\"><a href=\"mailto:aligurbuz@ncsu.edu\">aligurbuz@ncsu.edu<\/a> \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=SU8Ucf4AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar<\/a> \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ali-cafer-gurbuz-5406641b\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/dr-ali-cafer-gurbuz\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:15px\"><strong>Research:<\/strong> Signal processing and machine learning for radar, remote sensing and communications, including learning-based sensing, computational imaging, integrated sensing and communication, and passive radar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:15px\"><strong>Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:15px\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NSF CAREER Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EURASIP Best Paper Award, <em>Signal Processing<\/em> journal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TUBA-GEBIP Turkish Academy of Sciences Best Young Scholar Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>European Union Marie Curie Fellowship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#CC0000;margin-top:34px;margin-bottom:12px;font-weight:800\">Research Scientists and Postdoctoral Researchers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"border-left-color:#CC0000;border-left-width:4px;background-color:#f7f8f9;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;padding-top:18px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:20px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e6d138f6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fccf5edf wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-khawaja.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Wahab Ali Gulzar Khawaja\" class=\"wp-image-253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-khawaja.jpg 420w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-khawaja-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-khawaja-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-khawaja-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:4px\"><strong>Dr. Wahab Ali Gulzar Khawaja<\/strong><br><em>Research Scientist<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:15px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=XYajC2oAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/wahab-khawaja-0741b8148\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/Resume_Wahab_short_version.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:15px\"><strong>Research:<\/strong> Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), UAV detection and tracking with cellular and passive RF signals, and wireless propagation for aerial networks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#CC0000;margin-top:34px;margin-bottom:12px;font-weight:800\">Ph.D. Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"border-left-color:#CC0000;border-left-width:4px;background-color:#f7f8f9;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;padding-top:18px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:20px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e6d138f6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fccf5edf wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-alam.jpg\" alt=\"Ahmed Manavi Alam\" class=\"wp-image-258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-alam.jpg 420w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-alam-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-alam-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-alam-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:4px\"><strong>Ahmed Manavi Alam<\/strong><br><em>Ph.D. Student, ECE, Aug 2020 \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:15px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=YsHH6asAAAAJ\">Google Scholar<\/a> \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ahmed-manavi-alam-833a611b7\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:15px\"><strong>Research:<\/strong> Deep learning for radio frequency interference detection and mitigation in passive microwave sensing, radiometer calibration, and spectrum coexistence between active communication and passive sensing systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:15px\"><strong>Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:15px\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>IEEE IGARSS 2022 Best Student Paper Finalist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"border-left-color:#CC0000;border-left-width:4px;background-color:#f7f8f9;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;padding-top:18px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:20px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e6d138f6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fccf5edf wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-manjur.jpg\" alt=\"Sultan M. Manjur\" class=\"wp-image-254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-manjur.jpg 420w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-manjur-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-manjur-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-manjur-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:4px\"><strong>Sultan M. Manjur<\/strong><br><em>Ph.D. Student, ECE, Aug 2023 \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:15px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=xCyeSfEAAAAJ\">Google Scholar<\/a> \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sultanmanjur\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:15px\"><strong>Research:<\/strong> Machine learning for underwater acoustic sensing, including automated detection of seafloor gas seeps in multibeam echosounder imagery, and multimodal radar\u2013video fusion for sign language recognition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"border-left-color:#CC0000;border-left-width:4px;background-color:#f7f8f9;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;padding-top:18px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:20px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e6d138f6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fccf5edf wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-ayna.jpg\" alt=\"Cemre Omer Ayna\" class=\"wp-image-255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-ayna.jpg 420w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-ayna-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-ayna-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-ayna-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:4px\"><strong>Cemre Omer Ayna<\/strong><br><em>Ph.D. Student, ECE, Aug 2023 \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:15px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=Ixl4MAoAAAAJ\">Google Scholar<\/a> \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/co-ayna\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:15px\"><strong>Research:<\/strong> Learning-based computational imaging and task-driven sensing: jointly optimizing measurement and reconstruction, learnable color filter arrays for demosaicing, hyperspectral band selection, and antenna selection for direction-of-arrival estimation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"border-left-color:#CC0000;border-left-width:4px;background-color:#f7f8f9;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;padding-top:18px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:20px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e6d138f6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fccf5edf wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-krishna.jpg\" alt=\"Krishna K. Rokkam\" class=\"wp-image-256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-krishna.jpg 420w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-krishna-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-krishna-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/team-krishna-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:4px\"><strong>Krishna K. Rokkam<\/strong><br><em>Ph.D. Student, ECE, Fall 2025 \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:15px\"><a href=\"mailto:krokkam@ncsu.edu\">krokkam@ncsu.edu<\/a> \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"color:#8b98ab\">Google Scholar<\/span> \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"color:#8b98ab\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:15px\"><strong>Research:<\/strong> Machine learning for radar signal processing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"border-left-color:#CC0000;border-left-width:4px;background-color:#f7f8f9;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;padding-top:18px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:20px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e6d138f6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fccf5edf wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/alum-placeholder.jpg\" alt=\"Longwei Yang\" class=\"wp-image-247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/alum-placeholder.jpg 420w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/alum-placeholder-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/alum-placeholder-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/alum-placeholder-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:4px\"><strong>Longwei Yang<\/strong><br><em>Ph.D. Student, ECE, Spring 2026 \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:15px\"><span style=\"color:#8b98ab\">Google Scholar<\/span> \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"color:#8b98ab\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:15px\"><strong>Research:<\/strong> Signal processing and machine learning for sensing systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"border-left-color:#CC0000;border-left-width:4px;background-color:#f7f8f9;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;padding-top:18px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:20px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e6d138f6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fccf5edf wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/alum-placeholder.jpg\" alt=\"Alaa Zahra\" class=\"wp-image-247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/alum-placeholder.jpg 420w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/alum-placeholder-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/alum-placeholder-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2026\/08\/alum-placeholder-350x350.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:4px\"><strong>Alaa Zahra<\/strong><br><em>Ph.D. Student, ECE, Fall 2026 \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:15px\"><span style=\"color:#8b98ab\">Google Scholar<\/span> \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 <span style=\"color:#8b98ab\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:15px\"><strong>Research:<\/strong> Signal processing and machine learning for sensing systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#CC0000;margin-top:34px;margin-bottom:12px;font-weight:800\">Undergraduate Researchers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"border-left-color:#CC0000;border-left-width:4px;background-color:#f7f8f9;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px;padding-top:18px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:18px;padding-left:20px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e6d138f6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fccf5edf wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" 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