People

The lab

Per aspera ad astra—through hardships to the stars.Iron sharpens iron—together, we cultivate talent and rise through every challenge.If you want to go far, go together—every achievement is made possible by our team.

Faculty

Principal Investigator

Hao Zheng

Director · Assistant Professor, ECE

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Students

Ph.D. Students

Amir Ghazizadeh

Ph.D. Student · Since Fall 2022

B.S., Shiraz University

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Fangzhou Ye

Ph.D. Student · Since Fall 2023

B.S., Zhejiang University

ECE Best Graduate Researcher Award · FFL Fellowship · ORC Fellowship

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Bowen Zheng

Ph.D. Student · Joining Fall 2026

B.S., University of Wisconsin–Madison

Muhammad Zaky

Ph.D. Student · Joining Fall 2026

B.S., Universitas Gadjah Mada

Students

Master's Students

No current master's students are listed on the lab roster.

Students

Undergraduate Researchers

Peyton Barnes

Undergraduate Researcher · Fall 2025–present

Eren Siegman

Undergraduate Researcher · Spring 2026–present

AMD Fellowship

Alumni

Lab Alumni

Shilin Tian Ph.D. alumnus · UCF

Dean's Dissertation Fellowship · ORC Fellowship

Lingxiang Yin Ph.D. 2024

Associate Professor (with tenure), NUAA

Jiaqi Yang Ph.D., co-advised

Associate Professor (with tenure), Shandong University

Andres Graterol M.S. · Fall 2023–Spring 2024

UCF

Chase Szafranski B.S. · Spring 2022–Spring 2024

AMD Fellowship · UCF

Grace Tuomala B.S. · Fall 2023–Spring 2024

AMD Fellowship · UCF

Mariam Rabadi B.S. · Spring 2022–Fall 2023

AMD Fellowship · UCF

John Gierlach B.S. · Spring 2023

AMD Fellowship · UCF

Luis Infante B.S. · Fall 2024–Spring 2025

UCF

Jessica Morris B.S. · Fall 2024–Spring 2025

UCF

Aneesha Nayak B.S. · Fall 2024–Spring 2025

2025 Order of Pegasus, UCF's highest student award

Jaden Jeudy B.S. · Fall 2024–Spring 2025

UCF

Briana Thakkar B.S. · Fall 2024–Spring 2025

UCF

Jhon Tabio B.S. · Fall 2024–Spring 2025

UCF

Sean Zarobsky B.S. · Fall 2024–Spring 2025

UCF