Research Projects
Ongoing Projects
This project, in addition to establishing a Research Coordinated Network (RCN) explores the relationships between food, energy, and water systems at different scales in an urban environment. The project team is generating machine learning models to study the interaction of inter-connected systems, developing visualization tools to help stakeholders in decision-making process and using case studies to examine best practices for sustainable urban development. For more information, please visit the project’s website.
This project focuses on the development of a passive, low-cost, pervasive, maintenance-free sensor that can be interrogated wirelessly and provide measurements of soil water content, temperature, pH, and nutrient concentration for precision agriculture and environmental monitoring. This is a collaborative project with faculty from the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences and the College of Arts and Sciences. It is funded by the National Science Foundation.
Assistive Medical Devices
This project investigates innovative devices using sensors, autonomous walkers, and wireless networks to assist rehabilitation for patients with Parkinson’s disease. This is a collaborative project with faculty from the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, and School of Health Professions.
Student Projects
Ph.D. Dissertation Committee
1. Oladele Theophilus Sule, Dissertation title: “Load Balancing in Scalable Packet Switches and Networks,” New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2018
Master’s Theses Supervised
1. Maria-Victoria Vladucu, Thesis title: “A Blockchain Framework to Improve the Sustainability of Food Supply Chain in New York City,” Spring 2022.
2. William Joseph Howell, Thesis title: “An Agent-based Modelling Approach to Measure the Effects of Utilizing Electric Vehicle Batteries to Supplement Household Energy Demands,” Spring 2022.
3. Amit Hiremath, Thesis title: “Impact of COVID-19 on public transit and transportation trends,” Spring 2021.
4. Kun Shen, Thesis title: “Object-avoidance Path Planning for Networked Drones to Achieve Energy Optimization,” Fall 2020.
5. Minhua Zhang, Thesis title: “Gait Study of Parkinson’s Disease Patients using Haptic Cue with a motorized walker,” (co-advised with Dr. Huanying Gu), Spring 2017.
6. Yu Wan, Thesis title: “Detecting and Tracking Human Movement using Wearable Sensors,” Spring 2015.
7. Wenjie Zhuang, Thesis title: “Energy Efficient Data Center for Cloud Computing,” Spring 2015.
8. Saihou Gorreh, Thesis title: “Power Consumption Analysis of a Cardinality-only Private Set Intersection Protocol,” (co-advised with Dr. Paolo Gasti), Spring 2015.
Master’s Theses Committee
1. Murali Gunti, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Thesis title: “Hashing-based Distributed Name Server Lookup in Named Data Network,” Spring 2023.
2. Dailyn Despradel, Thesis title: “Using Electromyography and Virtual Reality for Robust Analysis of The Rehabilitation Techniques Used in Prosthetic Training,” Spring 2021.
3. Akul Patel, Thesis title: “Design of an Amplifier and a Level Crossing ADC for EMG Applications,” Spring 2020.
4. Shivramkrishen Komal Maharajh, Thesis title: “Evaluation of Non-specific Binding,” Spring 2019.
Master’s Project Supervised
1. Richa Desai, Project title: “CO2Boo: a Food Carbon Footprint Mobile Application,” Spring 2023
2. Meng Meng, Project title: “Design of an Interactive Food Carbon Footprint Tool,” Summer 2021
3. Priya Kishore, NJIT Master’s Project, Co-advisor, Project title: “Saliva Sensors,” Summer and Fall 2020.
4. Akshaya Manimaran, Project title: “Blockchain-Tendermint Consensus Algorithm,” Spring 2020.
5. Chao Feng Tang, Project title: “Propulsion Systems Producing Linear Momentum from Momentum Wheels,” Spring 2020.
6. Neeraj Tony, Project title: “Comparison between Idealem and Compressive Sensing to Reduce Data Samples in Sensor Networks,” Fall 2019.
7. Aaparna Balan, project title: “Online Money Management Simulation Tool to Study Financial Decisions of Older Adults on Credit Card Statements,” Spring 2019.
8. Deval Vinodkumar Jansari and Saurabh Hitendra Patel, project title: “IMSI Catcher Testbed,” Spring 2018
9. Ishan Mehta, project title: “Deploying and Monitoring Honeypot Networks to Study Current IoT Malwares and Vulnerabilities,” Spring 2018.
10. Gopi Prasad Marne, project title: “Framework for Activity Detection through Wearable Inertial Sensors,” Summer 2017.
11. Rajan Khullar, project title: “Indoor Localization Framework with WiFi Fingerprinting,” Fall 2016.
12. Emmanuel Attoh, project title: “Providing Direction to a Vision Impaired Individual through a Mobile phone,” Fall 2015.
13. Arjun Kanabar and Frizol Tuscano, project title: “Controlling a Quadcopter using EEG Neuro-headset and Arduino Microcontroller,” Fall 2015.
14. Randolph Espejo, project title: “Determining Man-in-the-Middle Attacks in Fixed Wireless Networks using WiFi Signal Strength and Delay Information,” Spring 2014.
15. Nanna Okorie, Project title: “Posture Detection Device for Parkinson’s Disease Patients,” Spring 2014.
16. Alex Batista, Project title: “Design and Implementation of Efficient Scheduling Schemes for High-speed Interconnection Networks such as Datacenters,” Spring 2014.
17. Saget Nixon, Project title: “Bottleneck Measurement in a Virtualized Environment,” Spring 2013.
18. Grigory Kozlovsky, Project title: “Effect of Block Sizes in Accessing Data in Hadoop,” Fall 2012.
Undergraduate Research Project Supervised
1. James Roy*, Siddhi Suresh*, Mohammed Elsayed*, Ronie Rocca*, “Investigating the Effect of Machine-Translation on Automated Classification of Toxic Comments” co-advised with Drs. N. Sertac Artan and Huanying Gu, REU Summer 2022.
2. Guang Wei Too*, Joshua Ladero*, and Jaqueline Clarke*, “Comparative Study of Mitigation Techniques for VR Cybersickness,” co-advised with Drs. N. Sertac Artan and Huanying Gu, UREP 2021.
3. Angily Ally*, Jack Tenesaca*, Marvin Rivera*, and Steven Vera*, “Study on Sustainability of Electric Vehicles Adoptions in Urban Environment,” UREP 2021.
4. Jack Tenesaca*, “Food Waste in New York City under COVID Pandemic,” Summer 2020.
5. Maria Vladucu*, “Blockchain Implementation for Supply Chain, Challenges and Opportunities,” Summer 2020.
6. Luisa Bryan*, Celina Zhou*, and Evan Wang*, “Cognitive Distraction to Improve Cybersickness in Virtual Reality Environment,” co-advised with Dr. N. Sertac Artan, Summer 2019.
7. Stephan Brown*, Edwin Jain*, Jeffrey Chen*, Mohammad Baidas*, and Erin Neaton*, Research project title: “Adversarial Text Generation for Google’s Perspective,” co-advised with Drs. N. Sertac Artan and Huanying Gu, Summer 2018.
8. Erin Neaton*, Mohammad Baidas*, Jeffrey Chen*, Edwin Jain* and Stephan Brown*, Research project title: “Minimizing Cybersickness through Increased-Intensity Habituation,” co-advised with Drs. N. Sertac Artan and Huanying Gu, Summer 2018.
9. Matthew Stafford*, Adriana Rogers*, Charles Carver*, Shela Wu*, Research project title: “Smartphone-to Smartphone Screen-based Visible Light Communication,” co-advised with Dr. N. Sertac Artan, Summer 2017.
10. Charles Carver*, Adriana Rogers*, Matthew Stafford*, Shela Wu*, Research project title: “Indoor Localization through Visible Light Characterization using Front-facing Smartphone,” co-advised with Dr. N. Sertac Artan, Summer 2017.
11. Tiffany Montoya*, Matthias Wilder*, Research project title: “Multi-floor Indoor Localization for Smartphones,” co-advised with Dr. Tao Zhang, Summer 2016.
12. Samantha Transfeld*, Research project title: “Detecting and Tracking Human Movement using Wearable Sensors,” Spring and Summer 2015.
13. Jhonnattan Keiti Nakano*, Research project title: “Miniature Kinematic Sensor and Mobile Application,” Summer 2015.
14. Lucas Domingues Silva* and Arthur Demunur*, “Sensor Fusion for Gait Analysis,” Summer 2015.
15. Tam Ngo*, Raffael Rabelo*, and Luis Shinin*, “Autonomous Walker,” collaborative project with NYITCOM, Summer 2015.
16. Rajan Khullar* and Akshay Navada, “Smartphone Indoor Localization through Power Consumption,” Summer 2015.
17. Xiaoyue (Moon) Che*, “Earthquake Detection Device,” Xiaoyue won the NYIT Presidential Global Fellowship for 2015.
18. Arban Nicoles* and Chistopher Piekarski*, “Indoor Localization Using WiFi and Sensor Fusion,” Summer 2014.
19. Nicole Gutierrez*, Carmine Belmonte*, and James Hanvey*, "Indoor Localization for Mobile Devices," Summer 2013.
20. Robert Pinkerton* and Wenjie Zhuang*, “Third Eye,” 2011 Motorola Golden Idea Competition Third Prize winner http://www.nyit.edu/conferences/motorola/golden_ideas/#third_eye
Research Grants
Federal Grants
1. PI, National Science Foundation, “INFEWS/T3 RCN: City-as-Lab: A Research Coordination Network for the Study of the Food, Energy, and Water Nexus for Sustainable and Resilient Urban Development,” 7/15/2019-6/30/2024, Award number: 1856032, Amount: $896,486.
2. Co-PI, National Science Foundation, “Implementation of a Comprehensive High-School-College Partnership and Equity-Based Curriculum in Engineering and Computer Science” PI: Huanying Gu, 3/1/2019-2/29/2024, Award number: 1834099, Amount: $779,027.
3. Co-PI, National Science Foundation, “REU Site: Research on Security of Mobile Devices and Wireless Networks at NYIT,” PI: N. Sertac Artan, 1/1/2019-12/31/2021, Award number: 1852316, Amount: $470,226.
4. PI, National Science Foundation, “EAGER SitS: Autonomous Soil Nutrient Sensing System,” 9/15/2018-8/31/2021, Award number: 1841558, Amount: $299,998.
5. PI, National Science Foundation, “Belmont Forum Collaborative Research: INtegrated analysis and modeling for the management of sustainable urban FWE ReSOURCEs,” 5/1/2018 – 4/30/2021, Award number: 1830718, Amount: $374,507.
6. PI, National Science Foundation Workshop Grant, “Urban Infrastructures Workshop: Analysis and Modeling for their Optimal Management and Operation,” 11/1/2017 – 10/31/2018, Award number: 1762212, Amount: $31,991.
7. PI, National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates “REU Site: Research on Security of Mobile Devices and Wireless Networks at NYIT,” 3/1/2016-2/28/2019, Award number: 1559652, Amount: $379,988.
8. PI, National Science Foundation “NSF REU Site: Research on Security of Mobile Devices and Wireless Networks at New York Institute of Technology," 4/1/2013-3/31/2016, Award number: 1263283, Amount: $359,513.
9. Team member, The NSF funded “Pathway to Innovation” co-sponsored by Stanford University and NCIIA/VentureWell, with Team Leaders Drs. Richard Simpson and Nada Assaf-Anid 1/15/2015-1/14/2017.
10. Co-PI, National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA): “Entrepreneurship Path for Undergraduate Students: Turning Ideas into Companies,” 8/1/2013-12/31/2014, PI Dr. Nada Assaf-Anid, Award #10723-13, Amount: $25,350.
11. NSF Engage Mini Grants, Spatial Visualization Skills and Everyday Examples for Engineering Lead, Amount: $4,500, 2012-2013.
Internal Grants
1. Co-PI, NYIT ISRC Grant, “Material Characterization Based on A Microwave Sensor Array: Application to Water Quality Sensing,” 9/1/2019-8/31/2020, amount: $14,984.
2. Co-PI, NYIT ISRC Grant, “Connectivity and Reliable Data Delivery in 5G-Wireless Networks Based Healthcare Monitoring System,” PI: Anand Santhanakrishnan, 9/1/2018-8/31/2019, Amount: $9,991.
3. Co-PI, NYIT TLT Grant “Promoting High-Impact Education Practices with Hands-on Projects on Visible Light Communication (VLC),” PI: N. Sertac Artan, 9/1/2017-8/31/2018, Amount: $9,997.
4. PI, NYIT ISRC Grant “Energy-Efficient Body Area Sensor Network for Non-Intrusive Freezing-of-gait Study of Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease,” 9/1/2016-8/31/2017, Amount: $14,895.
5. PI, NYIT TLT Grant “Integrating Research Activities into Undergraduate Studies across Global Campuses,” 9/1/2015-8/31/2016, Amount: $11,581.
6. PI, NYIT ISRC Grant “Body area sensor network for nonintrusive freezing-of-gait study of individuals with Parkinson’s Disease,” 9/1/2014-8/31/2015, Amount: $19,314.
7. Equipment grant from School of Engineering and Computing Sciences NYIT to establish Innovation Research Lab and summer REU research. (2 Galaxy Tab 7.0, 5 iPads, 2 Galaxy Tabs 10, 2 Nexus 10, 2 iPhone5s, Nokia Lumia 900, Monsoon Power monitor, and 10 iMacs)
8. PI, NYIT ISRC Grant "Body Area Sensor Network for Posture Detection – Assistive Rehabilitation System for Parkinson’s Disease Patients," 1/1/2012-12/31/2013, Amount: $21,542.
9. Co-PI, NYIT ISRC Grant "Motorized Walker to Deliver Haptic Speed Cues to Improve Gait of People with Parkinson’s Disease," 1/1/2012-12/31/2012, PI Ely Rabin, Amount: $21,250.
10. Co-PI, NYIT ISRC Grant "Integration of Active and Passive Approaches in Autonomous Navigation Systems for the Blind," 1/1/2012-12/31/2012, PI Wei Ding, Amount: $9,479.57.
Industry Grants
1. Co-PI, Northrop Grumman Corporation Grant, “Research and Education at NYIT's Cybersecurity Research Center (New York and Abu Dhabi Campuses),” Awarded August 2017, Amount: $100,000.
2. Stanford NetFPGA 10G equipment grant 2014 (Amount: $6,700).
3. Xilinx equipment grant 2014 (Xilinx FPGA boards and ISE software, $9,576 and $6,599, respectively)
4. PI, Motorola Goldeni Augmented Reality Project in collaboration with Texas A&M University and CCC, 2012, 9/1/2011-5/29/2012, Amount: $10,000.
5. Apple Cocoa Camp Pro 2011 Travel Grant (Invitation of one-week visit and faculty camp at Apple Inc. Cupertino CA campus).
6. Xilinx equipment grant 2010 (4 FPGA boards + software), Amount: $2,395.