{"id":248,"date":"2026-08-02T22:22:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/?page_id=248"},"modified":"2026-08-02T22:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:23:43","slug":"alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/impress\/our-team\/alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

IMPRESS Lab alumni have gone on to faculty positions, national laboratories and industry research roles. Dissertations and theses are linked below; see Thesis & Dissertations<\/a> for abstracts and citations, and Our Team<\/a> for current members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Postdoctoral Researchers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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2.<\/strong> Dr. Volkan Senyurek<\/strong>
Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2020\u20132022<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First position:<\/strong> Research Assistant Professor, Geosystems Research Institute, Mississippi State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1.<\/strong> Dr. Tingjun Lei<\/strong>
Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Alumni<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Students for whom Dr. Gurbuz served as major professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5.<\/strong> Dr. Mohammad Abdus Shahid Rafi<\/strong>
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2026<\/em>
Remote Sensing Techniques for Soil Moisture Retrieval and Crop Yield Estimation: Employing Multi-Sensor Receiver Systems from UAS and ML for Precision Agriculture<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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4.<\/strong> Dr. Sabyasachi Biswas<\/strong>
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2025<\/em>
Complex-Valued Structured Parameterized Learnable Filter Banks for Time-Frequency Domain Based Classification<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First position:<\/strong> Assistant Professor, Grand Valley State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3.<\/strong> Dr. Md Mehedi Farhad<\/strong>
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2024<\/em>
Estimating Surface Reflectivity with Smartphone and Semi-Custom GNSS Receivers on UAS-Based GNSS-R Technology and Surface Brightness Temperature Using UAS-Based L-Band Microwave Radiometer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First position:<\/strong> Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Alabama<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2.<\/strong> Dr. M M Nabi<\/strong>
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2024<\/em>
Deep Learning Based Soil Moisture Retrieval Using GNSS-R Observations from CYGNSS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First position:<\/strong> Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1.<\/strong> Dr. Robiulhossain Mdrafi<\/strong>
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2022<\/em>
Data-Driven Sparse Computational Imaging with Deep Learning<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First position:<\/strong> Senior Data Scientist, FedEx World Technology Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ph.D. Alumni (Co-Advised)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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1.<\/strong> Dr. John T. Rogers<\/strong>
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2023 \u2014 co-advised with Dr. J. E. Ball<\/em>
Neural Networks for Improved Signal Source Enumeration and Localization with Unsteered Antenna Arrays<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

M.S. Alumni<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Students for whom Dr. Gurbuz served as major professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6.<\/strong> Ajaya Dahal<\/strong>
M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fall 2023<\/em>
Software Defined Radio (SDR) Based Sensing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First position:<\/strong> AMD<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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5.<\/strong> Wm. Peyton Johnson<\/strong>
M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fall 2022<\/em>
Assessment of Simulated and Real-World Navigation Performance with Small-Scale Unmanned Ground Vehicles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First position:<\/strong> U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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4.<\/strong> Matt Duck<\/strong>
M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Spring 2022<\/em>
Analysis and Implementation of Low Fidelity Radar-Based Remote Sensing for Unmanned Aircraft Systems<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First position:<\/strong> U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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3.<\/strong> Benjamin Bartlett<\/strong>
M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Spring 2022<\/em>
Recognizing Traffic Signaling Gestures Through Automotive Sensors<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First position:<\/strong> U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2.<\/strong> Samantha Tidrick<\/strong>
M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fall 2021<\/em>
Evaluation of Hyperspectral Band Selection Techniques for Real-Time Applications<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First position:<\/strong> U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1.<\/strong> Jan Rainer Jamora<\/strong>
M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Summer 2021<\/em>
Angular-Dependent Three-Dimensional Imaging Techniques in Multi-Pass Synthetic Aperture Radar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First position:<\/strong> Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

M.S. Alumni (Co-Advised)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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1.<\/strong> Ben Woo<\/strong>
M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Spring 2022 \u2014 co-advised with Dr. J. E. Ball<\/em>
A Harmonic Radar System for Honey Bee Tracking to Better Understand Colony Collapse Disorder<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First position:<\/strong> U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

M.S. Alumni (Non-Thesis)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Bryan N. Lagrone<\/strong> (Spring 2020)  \u00b7  Sam McDevitt<\/strong> (Spring 2022)  \u00b7  Daegan Appel<\/strong> (Spring 2024)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Interested in joining the lab? See our open positions<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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