Current PhD Students

  • Kofi Adu-Labi
    		• (BE: Vanderbilt U, USA)
  • Alex Cassidy
    		• (BS: Case Western Reserve University, USA)
  • Phani Chavali
    		• (BTech: IIIT Hyderabad, India)
  • Elad Gilboa
    		• (BS, ME: Technion, Israel)
  • Keyong Han
    		• (BS: USTC, China)
  • Zhao Tan
    		• (B.S: Fudan U, China)
  • Vanessa Tidwell
    		• (BS: Univ. of Tulsa, USA)
  • Xiaoxiao Xu
    		• (BS: Fudan U, China)
  • Peng Yang
    		• (BS: USTC, China)
  • Jichuan Li
    		•  (BS: Fudan U, China)

    Student News

  • To see news about our student achievements, click here

    • Graduated PhD Students

  • David Starer, "Algorithms for Polynomial-Based Signal Processing," Yale University, May 1990.
        Now Industry Professor in Financial Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ.
  • Bert Hochwald, "Aspects of Vector-Sensor Processing," Yale University, December 1995.
        Now Freimann Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, University of Notre Dame.
        Formerly member of the Technical Staff in the Mathematics of Communications Research Department at Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NJ    .
  • Malcolm Hawkes, "Issues in Acoustic Vector-Sensor Processing," Yale University, August 2000.
        Now Executive Director, UBS O'Connor, Chicago, IL.
  • Aleksandar Dogandzic, "Sensor Array Processing in Correlated Noise: Algorithms and Performance Measures," University of Illinois at Chicago, 2001.
        Now Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University.
  • Aleksandar Jeremic, "Estimating Electro-mechanical Properties of the Heart," University of Illinois at Chicago, 2003.
        Now Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University.
  • I. Samil Yetik, "Extended-source Estimation Using Magnetoencephalography and Performance Bounds on Image Registration," University of Illinois at Chicago, 2004.
        Now Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology.
  • D. Gutiérrez, "Ellipsoidal Head Model and Reduced-rank Interference for EEG/MEG Source Estimation," University of Illinois at Chicago, 2005.
        Now Assistant Professor, Center of Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV) at Monterrey, Mexico.
  • Gang Shi, "Performance Analysis of Multiple-input Multiple-output Systems for Macrocell Wireless Communications and Radar," Washington University in St. Louis, 2006.
        Now Research Assistant Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine.
  • Tong Zhao, "Detection and Estimation of Diffusive Sources Using Sensor Arays and Wireless Sensor Networks," Washington University in St. Louis, 2006.
        Now Research Engineer, GE Global Research Center, Shanghai, China.
  • Jian Wang, "Statistical Signal Processing for Radar in Compound-Gaussian Sea Clutter," Washington University in St. Louis, 2006.
        Now Senior Associate, Lehmann Brothers.
  • Zhi Liu, "Detection and Localization of Particle-Emitting Sources with Compound-Eye Inspired Detector Arrays," Washington University in St. Louis, 2007.
        Now Co-founder and Vice President, Hisgadget INC.
  • Martin Hurtado, "Optimal Polarized Waveforms for Detecting and Tracking Targets in Clutter," Washington University in St. Louis, 2007.
        Now Research Associate, National Council of Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina; Adjunct Professor, National University of La Plata.
  • Nannan Cao, "Estimating extended brain sources using EEG and diffuse optical tomography," Washington University in St. Louis, 2007.
        Now Scientific Analyst and Programmer, Frontier Wind.
  • Pinaki Sarder, "Statistical design and imaging of position-encoded 3D microarrays," Washington University in St. Louis, 2010.
        Now Postdoctoral Research Associate, Optical Imaging Lab, The Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine.
  • Patricio S. La Rosa, "Modeling and detection of uterine contractions using magnetomyography," Washington University in St. Louis, 2010.
        Now Postdoctoral Research Associate, General Medical Sciences Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine.
  • Satyabrata Sen, "Adaptive OFDM radar for target detection and tracking," Washington University in St. Louis, 2010.
        Now R&D Associate with the Complex Systems Group, Computer Science and Mathematics Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
  • Murat Akcakaya, "Biologically inspired sensing and MIMO radar array processing," Washington University in St. Louis, 2010.
        Now Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cognitive Systems Lab, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University.
  • Gongguo Tang, "Computable performance analysis of recovering signals with low-dimensional structures," Washington University in St. Louis, 2011.
        Now Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Marija Nikolic, "Through-the-wall imaging and multipath exploration," Washington University in St. Louis, 2011.
        Now Assistant Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade.
  • Tao Li, "Underwater direction-of-arrival finding: maximum likelihood estimation and performance analysis," Washington University in St. Louis, 2012.
        Now Seismic Imager, CGGVeritas, Houston, Texas.
  • Sandeep Gogineni, "Adaptive MIMO radar for target detection, estimation, and tracking," Washington University in St. Louis, 2012.
        Now Research Engineer, Wright State Research Institute, Dayton, Ohio.

    • Earlier Degrees of Graduated PhD Students

  • To see the schools where my graduated PhD students had obtained their earlier degrees, click here.

    • Recent Graduated Master's Students

  • Daniela Donno "Estimation of seismic wave velocity/polarization and interference suppression using beamforming," University of Illinois at Chicago, 2005.
        Now Research Fellow, Ecole des Mines, Paris.
  • Hero (Heeralal) Choudhary, "Tumor detection and estimation using Bayesian conjugate prior optical tomography," Washington University in St. Louis, 2006.
        Analyst, J Goldman & Co, New York City, NY.
  • Simone Ferrara, Washington University in St. Louis, 2008.

    • Recent Postdoctoral Researchers

  • I. Samil Yetik, (PhD: UIC, USA), 7/2004 to 6/2005.
        Now Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology.
  • Mathias Ortner, (PhD: Inria Sophia-Antipolis, France), 12/2004 to 3/2006.
  • Raoul Grasman, (PhD: Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2/2005 to 5/2005.
  • Nicolas Von Ellenrieder, (PhD: National University of La Plata, Argentina), 6/2006 to 8/2006.
        Now Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, National University of La Plata.
  • Tong Zhao, (DSc: Washington University in St. Louis), 6/2006 to 9/2006 and 6/2007 to 12/2007.
        Now Research Engineer, GE Global Research Center, Shanghai, China.
  • Jinjun Xiao, (PhD: University of Minnesota), 8/2006 to 2/2008.
  • Alexandre Renaux, (PhD: Ecole Normale Suprieure of Cachan, France), 10/2006 to 9/2007.
        Now Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University Paris-Sud 11 and member of the Laboratoire des Signaux et Systemes.
  • Martin Hurtado, (PhD: Washington University in St. Louis), 9/2007 to 12/2008.
  • Weifeng Zhang, (PhD: Sun Yat-Sen University, China), 3/2011 to 2/2012.

    • Recent Visiting Faculty

  • Carlos Muravchik, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina (1/2003 to 5/2003; 11/2006 to 1/2007; 1/2010 to 4/2010)
  • Jing Hu, Zhejiang University of Technology, China (6/2003 to 6/2004)
  • Josef Francos, Ben Gurion University, Israel (6/2004 to 10/2004)
  • Amir Leshem, Bar-Ilan University, Israel (8/2005 to 9/2005)

    • Recent Visiting Students

  • Lourens Waldorp, was PhD student, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 2002 to December 2002.
        Now Assitant Professor, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Nidhal Bouaynaya, was master's student, Ecole Nationale Superieure de l'Electronique et de ses Applications - ENSEA, France, April 2003 to September 2003.
        Now Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Engineering, University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
  • Fetsje Bijma, was PhD student, Vrije Universitiet Medical Center in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2003 to October 2003.
        Now Assitant Professor, Vrije Universitiet Medical Center in Amsterdam.
  • Alessio Balleri, was master's student, University di Pisa, Italy, June 2004 to December 2004.
  • Yamama Raza, was undergraduate student, Smith College, Massachusetts, USA, June 2004 to August 2004.
        Now Research Associate at Esty Environmental Partners, Expertise in Corporate Sustainability Strategy
  • Christina Salchow, senior student, Ilmenau Technical University, Germany, September 2011 to December 2011.

    • Lists of Classes, Tutorials, Theses, Books, and Articles

  • To see a list of possible classes at WU and UIC, click here.
  • To find links to classes on the internet, click here.
  • To find links to tutorials on the internet, click here.
  • To find MIT theses and research materials, click here.
  • PhD thesis online:
  • To see a list of possible books for my students, click here.
  • To see a list of useful links on technical writing for my students, click here.
  • Behavioral dynamics from Santa Fe Institute: http://www.santafe.edu/research/topic/behavioral-dynamics/
  • Richard Hamming "You and Your Research": http://magic.aladdin.cs.cmu.edu/wp-uploads/hamming.pdf
  • The Graduate Junction www.graduatejunction.com
  • Latex Resources: http://artsci.wustl.edu/~rapkin/latex/
  • Template for creating slides using Latex Beamer class: http://ese.wustl.edu/~nehorai/beamer_template.zip
  • Guidelines for commenting software codes:

    • WUSTL Seminars

  • BME Departmental Seminars: http://bme.wustl.edu/About/Events.asp?EventType=Departmental+Seminars
  • CSE Departmental Seminars: http://cse.seas.wustl.edu/About/Events.asp?EventType=Departmental+Seminars
  • ESE Departmental Seminars: http://ese.wustl.edu/aboutthedepartment/Pages/Seminars.aspx
  • Faculty Assembly Series: http://assemblyseries.wustl.edu/
  • Mathematics Department Talklist: http://www.math.wustl.edu/~talklist/TalkList.html
  • Center for Applied Statistics: http://stats.wustl.edu/index.php
  • Neuroscience Colloquium: http://neuroscienceresearch.wustl.edu/Pages/NeuroscienceColloquium.aspx

    • Useful Links

  • To see a list of useful links for the students, click here.

    • Pictures




    Group Picture in Prof. Nehorai's Lab (February 20, 2012)



    Upper row, from left to right: Peng Yang, Elad Gilboa, Xiaoxiao Xu, Sandeep Gogineni, Kofi Adu-Labi, Phani Chavali, Alex Cassidy, Christina, Zhao Tan, Keyong Han;
    Lower row, from left to right: Weifeng Zhang and Prof. Nehorai.


    Group Picture in the Lab for Prof. Arye Nehorai's Birthday (September 10, 2011)



    Upper row, from left to right: Kofi Adu-Labi, Christina, Tao Li, Zhao Tan, Sandeep Gogineni, Peng Yang, Elad Gilboa, Phani Chavali, Keyong Han, Matthias Chan,
    Weifeng Zhang. Lower row, from left to right: Alex Cassidy, Xiaoxiao Xu, Mrs. Shlomit Nehorai, Prof. Nehorai, Vanessa Tidwell.


    Group Picture in the Lab After Gongguo's Defense (July 28, 2011)



    From left to right: Keyong Han, Alex Cassidy, Tao Li, Peng Yang, Phani Chavali, Xiaomao, Gongguo Tang,
    Prof. Nehorai, Sandeep Gogineni, Kofi Adu-Labi, Vanessa Tidwell, Xiaoxiao Xu, Wei-Feng Zhang.


    Links to Other Pictures

  • Alumni and students album
  • Pictures from Phani's graduation event (May 17, 2013)
  • Pictures from Sandeep's graduation event (May 18, 2012)
  • Pictures from Marija's defense and party (Nov 22, 2011)
  • Pictures from the group (Semptember 13, 2011)
  • Pictures from Rick Grodsky's welcome party (Semptember 1, 2011)
  • Pictures from Gongguo's defense and party (July 28, 2011)
  • Pictures from the farewell party for Gongguo (July 16, 2011) (album)
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  • Pictures from the farewell party for Murat (December 3, 2010)
  • Pictures from the farewell party for Satya (November 5, 2010)
  • Pictures from the farewell party for Patricio (April 24, 2010)
  • Pictures from the farewell party for Pinaki (February 13, 2010)
  • Pictures of students playing Bocce Ball from the BBQ party at Prof. Nehorai's house (September 27, 2009)
  • Picture from the farewell party for Martin (December 20, 2008)
  • Pictures with Martin, Carla and Salvador (October 31, 2008)
  • Pictures from the party at Prof. Nehorai's house (December 1, 2007)
  • Pictures from the farewell party for Nannan at Prof. Nehorai's house (October 27, 2007)   [More pictures]
  • Pictures from the potluck party at Rita's house (September 9, 2007)
  • Pictures from the farewell party for Jian and Marija (August 10, 2007)
  • Pictures from the WU commencement ceremony (May 18, 2007)
  • Pictures from the farewell party for Zhi at Joy Luck Buffet (March 11, 2007)
  • Pictures from the potluck party at Prof. Nehorai's house (December 16, 2006)
  • Pictures from Tong's farewell dinner (October 25, 2006)
  • Pictures from the party at Prof. Nehorai's house (September 4, 2006)
  • Pictures from Nicola's farewell dinner (August 28, 2006)
  • Pictures from Nannan's wedding (June 11, 2006)
  • Pictures from the party at Prof. Nehorai's house (June 3, 2006)
  • Pictures of Prof. Nehorai and his students at his endowed chair installation ceremony (March 6, 2006)
  • Pictures from the party at Prof. Nehorai's house (February 25, 2006)
  • Pictures and movies from the BBQ party at Prof. Nehorai's house (June 25, 2004)
  • Pictures and movies from the picnic for David's birthday (June 20, 2004)
  • More pictures from the group party at Jorgina's house (end of 2003)
  • Picture of Prof. Nehorai with his students (1999)
  • Group pictures of Prof. Nehorai with his past students