Sabit Ekin

Charlotte and Walter Buchanan Faculty Fellow

Associate Professor, Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution (ETID), and Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) (by courtesy)
Founding Director, Generative AI Literacy Initiative, Texas A&M Institute of Data Science (TAMIDS)
Director, Texas Wireless
Research Coordination Fellow, Texas A&M Institute of Data Science (TAMIDS)
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

CV (PDF) Google Scholar LinkedIn Faculty page sabitekin@tamu.edu

At a glance

Wireless communications and sensing researcher and inventor with nearly 14 years of post-Ph.D. experience in industry and academia. My work turns AI-enabled wireless sensing into deployed products, startups, and patents, and I lead Texas A&M’s campus-wide effort in generative AI literacy.

Career path

2012Ph.D., Electrical and Computer EngineeringTexas A&M University
2013–2016Senior Modem Systems EngineerQualcomm
2016–2022Assistant/Associate Professor, ECEOklahoma State University
2023–presentAssociate Professor, ETIDTexas A&M University

By the numbers

103published articles, including 52 journals

$10.9Mresearch funding across 30 grants, 16 as PI

15Ph.D. students mentored (6 graduates)

2,130+citations · h-index 19

2023–2028DOE Early Career Research Award

29invited talks and panels (including 5 panels)

5editorial roles (2 current IEEE associate editor)

5patent applications (2 issued U.S. patents)

Citation figures from Google Scholar, October 2026.

Short bio

Sabit Ekin is an Associate Professor of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution and, by courtesy, of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Charlotte and Walter Buchanan Faculty Fellow at Texas A&M University. He directs Texas Wireless and is the founding director of the Generative AI Literacy Initiative at the Texas A&M Institute of Data Science. His research spans wireless communications and sensing (mmWave, terahertz, optical, and satellite systems), non-contact health sensing, and the Internet of Things, with AI and machine learning throughout.

Before academia, he was a Senior Modem Systems Engineer at Qualcomm (2013–2016), where his work shipped in cellular modems used in Apple, Samsung, Google, and other devices and earned eight Qualstar Hall of Fame Awards. He was on the Electrical and Computer Engineering faculty at Oklahoma State University from 2016 to 2022, where he founded OKSat, Oklahoma’s first CubeSat program. He received the DOE Early Career Research Program Award (2023–2028) and is an IEEE Senior Member. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Texas A&M University (2012), an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from New Mexico Tech (2008), and a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Eskisehir Osmangazi University (2006).

Research

My research focuses on wireless communications and sensing systems, leveraging AI/ML methods to develop intelligent and adaptive engineering solutions.

Wireless communications

RF, mmWave, terahertz, optical, hybrid RF/optical, and satellite communication systems.

Wireless sensing

Non-contact optical sensing for gesture recognition and human–computer interaction; vital-signs monitoring of respiration, heart rate, and glucose.

Internet of Things

Livestock monitoring, soil monitoring, and related applications.

AI / ML

Supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning; deep learning; large language models.

Selected current projects

FORMULA3: an AI controller predicts blockage and reconfigures a transmissive smart surface on a window and a metallic reflector array indoors so that an upper mid-band (FR3) link from an outdoor base station reaches a user while another person walks through the room

FORMULA3Self-adapting 6G networks in the 7–24 GHz FR3 band that combine AI, sensing, smart surfaces, and reflector arrays to predict blockage and keep links reliable indoors and outdoor-to-indoor.NSF & Research Council of Finland · 2026–2029

Spectrum reallocation: line-of-sight satellite links move from congested sub-10 GHz spectrum to Ku and Ka bands, with AI rain-fade prediction, freeing the lower bands for mobile and broadband coverage in cities

Prime Spectrum, Better UseMoving line-of-sight links, such as satellite earth stations and fixed microwave, from congested sub-10 GHz spectrum to Ku/Ka bands, with rain-fade-aware AI, to free prime spectrum for mobile and broadband.NSF · 2025–2027

Hybrid terahertz and visible-light network in a smart room: a ceiling luminaire lights a desk user while its terahertz beam is redirected by a smart surface to a second user

CommAwareNetEnergy-efficient, high-data-rate hybrid THz/visible-light architecture with intelligent surfaces for smart facilities.DOE Early Career Award · 2023–2028

Gunshot detection for energy substation protection: acoustic sensors on a pole detect a gunshot near a fenced substation and alert grid operators

Substation protectionGunshot detection with acoustic sensing and AI to protect energy substations from physical attacks.DOE NETL · 2025–2027

Offshore lifting safety: on an offshore platform, a millimeter-wave radar inspects the crane wire and hook, a small robot inspects the structure, and a digital twin predicts problems

Offshore lifting safetyPredictive monitoring of offshore lifting equipment with mmWave radar non-destructive testing, an inspection robot, and a digital twin.DOE OESI · 2025–2026

Non-invasive blood-pressure sensing: a millimeter-wave radar on a desk steers beams to a seated person’s wrist and neck at the same time and recovers the arterial pulse waveform

mmWave radar health sensingNon-invasive multi-target blood-pressure monitoring with passive-beamforming FMCW radar.2025 · PCT application WO 2025/221680

Selected completed projects

Intelligent rail track transitions: optical fiber sensors along the rail measure strain where a bridge meets the embankment as a train passes, and a monitor flags the weak spot

Intelligent track transitionsOptical fiber sensors that monitor rail track transitions, such as bridge-to-embankment zones, where track degrades fastest.U.S. DOT FRA · 2023–2025

Demand-driven elastic network over a city: base stations near users are switched on and linked in a web, while idle ones sleep to save energy

SpiderNETA spectrally and energy-efficient, demand-driven elastic architecture for future 5G-and-beyond networks.NSF · 2019–2025

Versatile 6G experimental platform: a rack of software-defined radios drives two antenna arrays that communicate with each other and sense a target at the same time, monitored from a laptop

6G experimental platformA versatile testbed for 6G-and-beyond communication and sensing research with software-defined radios and antenna arrays.NASA · 2022–2024

Millimeter-wave and terahertz channels: a drone sends a narrow beam to a ground phased array while rain attenuates the link and a building and the ground create reflected multipath

mmWave & THz channelsUAV channel emulation, THz dispersion analysis and compensation, and reflective surfaces for 6G.NSF · AFOSR · QNRF · 2020–2024

Non-contact light-wave sensing: a ceiling lamp lights a seated person, a photodetector on the desk captures light reflected from the chest, and the signal reveals breathing and heartbeat

Light-wave sensingNon-contact monitoring of heart rate, respiration, and glucose, and gesture recognition, using reflected light.NSF · 2020–2024 · U.S. Patent 11,796,466

Hybrid lunar communication: a ground station on Earth reaches a lunar gateway and a rover on the Moon through both a wide radio link and a narrow optical laser link

LunarComHybrid RF/optical communication between Earth stations and lunar explorers for NASA missions.NASA · 2020–2023

FAA instrument landing system measurements: a drone carrying a software-defined radio flies the approach path and measures the localizer signal from the antenna array at the end of the runway

Airborne NAVAID measurementsDrone-borne software-defined radios for instrument landing system (ILS) Zone 3 measurements and lightweight NAVAID inspection.U.S. DOT FAA · 2022–2023

Rural Internet of Things: tagged cattle and an underground soil sensor on a farm send data over long-range LoRa radio to a gateway tower on the hill

Rural IoTTV white space and LoRaWAN connectivity, LoRaWAN localization, livestock monitoring, and UAV-assisted underground soil sensing.USGS · NSF I-Corps · industry · 2017–2022

Cognitive radio for CubeSatsSpectrum- and power-efficient cognitive radio for small-satellite networks, linked to OKSat, Oklahoma’s first CubeSat program.NASA Oklahoma Space Grant · 2017–2022

Drone-to-wearable links: a drone exchanges ultra-wideband pulses with wearable sensors on people below, and the team measures and models these channels

UAV-to-wearable linksUltra-wideband channel measurements and models for links between drones and wearable sensors.OSU Research · 2019–2021

Hybrid visible-light and radio vehicle links: a following car talks to the car ahead through headlight and taillight light, while a roadside unit provides a radio backup link to both

Hybrid visible-light/RF V2XVehicle-to-vehicle links over headlights and taillights, backed up by radio (DSRC) for reliable connected driving.OSU Research · 2021

Visible-light detection and ranging: an approaching car’s headlights reach a roadside photodetector, and the rising received power over time gives the car’s speed

ViLDARVisible-light detection and ranging: vehicle speed estimation from headlamps.U.S. DOT · 2018–2019 · U.S. Patent 10,768,194

All funded projects30 awards · $10.9M total · 16 as PI

Texas A&M University

FORMULA3: Framework for Optimal Resource Management Using Generalizable AI in FR3 Dynamic Programmable Wireless EnvironmentsNSF & Research Council of Finland (VINES) · 2026–2029PI
CommAwareNet: Towards Communication-Aware Smart Facilities: An Energy-efficient, High-data-rate and Reliable Hybrid RF/Optical Communication ArchitectureDOE Early Career Research Program · 2023–2028PI
Pioneering the Next Spectrum Frontier: Transitioning Line-of-Sight Systems from Sub-10 GHz to Higher BandsNSF EAGER · 2025–2027PI
Gunshot Detection Based Energy Substation Protection SystemDOE NETL · 2025–2027Co-PI
Enhancing Safety of Offshore Lifting Equipment: Predictive Monitoring with mmWave Radar NDT, Robot and Digital Twin ModellingDOE / TEES Ocean Energy Safety Institute · 2025–2026Co-PI
AI for Industrial Distribution (AI4ID) Consortium membership projectAI4ID Consortium · 2025–2026Co-PI
Generative AI Literacy Center with NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute (GPU compute grant)NVIDIA · 2025PI
Generative AI Literacy Center (NextGenAI Consortium)OpenAI · 2024–2026Co-PI

Transferred to Texas A&M from Oklahoma State

SpiderNET: A Spectrally and Energy Efficient Data-Aided Demand-Driven Elastic Architecture for Future NetworksNSF ECCS (SpecEES) · 2019–2025PI
Non-contact Monitoring of Respiration and Heart Rates Through Light-wave SensingNSF CNS Core · 2020–2024PI
A Low-cost and Non-contact Respiration Monitoring Method for COVID-19 Screening and PrognosisNSF I-Corps · 2021–2025PI
LunarCom: Hybrid RF/optical lunar communication architectureNASA · 2020–2023PI
mmWave-based Future Dense Networks with UAV Backhauling: Channel Characterization, Performance Optimization, and AI-driven EnhancementQatar National Research Fund · 2021–2024PI
Revitalizing Rural: Equipping Rural Communities with Technology Literacy for Seizing ProductivityNSF Smart & Connected Communities · 2021–2023Co-PI
Acquisition of a Wideband Continuous-Wave Characterization PlatformNSF MRI · 2020–2023Co-PI
FAA COE ILS Zone 3 MeasurementsDOT FAA · 2022–2023Co-PI
Intelligent Track Transitions using Optical Fiber SensorsDOT FRA · 2023–2025Co-PI
Versatile Experimental Platform for 6G and Beyond Communications and Sensing InnovationsNASA · 2022–2024Co-PI

Oklahoma State University

TV white space and IoT connectivity for rural broadbandOSU VPR Tier 1 · 2019–2021PI
Soil monitoring through UAV-assisted IoT wireless underground sensorsDOI USGS · 2020–2022PI
ViLDAR: Visible-light detection and ranging for vehicle speed estimationDOT UTC Tran-SET · 2018–2019PI
Low-power wide-range IoT livestock monitoringAxeonis LLC (donation) · 2018–2019PI
Low-maintenance livestock monitoring via environment-powered IoTOSU President’s Cup · 2017PI
Livestock monitoring customer discoveryNSF I-Corps Site · 2017–2018PI
NASA EPSCoR projectNASA EPSCoR · 2017–2018PI
DARPA projectDOD DARPA · 2022–2023Co-PI
Defense University Research Instrumentation Program awardDOD AFOSR DURIP · 2020–2021Co-PI
Project for the Air Force Research LaboratoryJump Aero Inc. (AFRL) · 2020–2021Co-PI
Systems Engineering Research Center projectDOD SERC · 2019–2020Co-PI
U.S. Special Operations Command projectDOD USSOCOM · 2018–2019Co-PI

Publications

103 peer-reviewed articles, including 52 journal papers. A selection is below; the complete list is in my CV (PDF) and on Google Scholar.

Selected publications

Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Technology: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future OutlookS. Ekin, F. El Breidi, M. Saadat^*, and M. MetwalyJournal of Engineering Technology (JET), accepted, Fall 2026Invited paper · Featured article
Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT: A Quick Guide to Techniques, Tips, and Best PracticesS. EkinJournal of Engineering Technology (JET), vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 52–68, 2026122,052 views · 17,879 downloads · 675 Google Scholar citations (as of Oct. 2026)
Signal Whisperers: Enhancing Wireless Reception Using DRL-Guided Reflector ArraysH. Le^*, O. Bedir^*, M. Ibrahim, J. Tao, and S. EkinIEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking, vol. 4, pp. 265–281, 2026
Risk-Aware Reinforcement Learning Framework for User-Centric O-RANS. K. Kasi^*, F. A. Khan, S. Ekin, and A. ImranIEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking, vol. 3, pp. 195–214, 2025
Optimizing Non-Terrestrial Hybrid RF/FSO Links With Reinforcement Learning: Navigating Through CloudsA. Almohamad^*, M. Ibrahim^*, S. Ekin, M. Hasna, S. Althunibat, and K. QaraqeIEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 6, pp. 793–806, 2025Top 5 most popular papers in reinforcement learning, IEEE OJ-COMS
User-Centric Communication With Aerial Network for 6G: A Reinforcement Learning ApproachS. K. Kasi^*, F. A. Khan, S. Ekin, and A. ImranIEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 61, no. 2, pp. 3137–3151, April 2025
Theoretical foundations of waste factor and waste figure with applications to fixed wireless access and relay systemsN. Sevim^*, M. Ibrahim, S. Ekin, and T. S. Rappaportnpj Wireless Technology (Nature Portfolio), vol. 1, no. 1, art. 2, 2025
Anticipating Optical Availability in Hybrid RF/FSO Links Using RF Beacons and Deep LearningM. Ibrahim^*, A. Ahmad, S. Ekin, P. LoPresti, S. Altunc, O. Kegege, and J. F. O'HaraIEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking, vol. 2, pp. 1369–1388, 2024
Noncontact Respiratory Anomaly Detection Using Infrared Light-Wave SensingMd Z. Islam^*, B. Martin^***, C. Gotcher^***, T. Martinez^***, J. F. O'Hara, and S. EkinIEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 292–303, June 2024
Fundamental limits of light-wave sensing for non-contact respiration monitoringB. Martin^*, Md Z. Islam^*, C. Gotcher^***, T. Martinez^***, S. Ekin, and J. F. O'HaraBiomedical Optics Express, vol. 15, no. 11, pp. 6449–6468, 2024
Time-Frequency Warped Waveforms for Well-Contained Massive Machine Type CommunicationsM. Ibrahim^*, H. Arslan, H. A. Cirpan, and S. EkinIEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 41, no. 6, pp. 1900–1917, June 2023
D-RAN: A DRL-Based Demand-Driven Elastic User-Centric RAN Optimization for 6G & BeyondS. K. Kasi^*, U. S. Hashmi, S. Ekin, A. Abu-Dayya, and A. ImranIEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 130–145, Feb. 2023
Toward a Hybrid RF/Optical Lunar Communication System (LunarComm)W. Raza^*, E. Abele^*, J. F. O'Hara, A. Imran, W. Choi, I. Song, P. LoPresti, S. Altunc, O. Kegege, and S. EkinIEEE Network, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 76–83, 2022
Fundamental Performance Limits on Terahertz Wireless Links Imposed by Group Velocity DispersionK. Strecker^*, S. Ekin, and J. F. O'HaraIEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 87–97, Jan. 2022
Analysis of Area Spectral and Energy Efficiency in a CoMP-Enabled User-Centric Cloud RANS. K. Kasi^*, U. S. Hashmi, M. Nabeel, S. Ekin, and A. ImranIEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 1999–2015, Dec. 2021
Emulating UAV Motion by Utilizing Robotic Arm for mmWave Wireless Channel CharacterizationA. Kachroo^*, C. A. Thornton^***, Md A. R. Sarker, W. Choi, H. Bai, I. Song, J. F. O'Hara, and S. EkinIEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 69, no. 10, pp. 6691–6701, Oct. 2021
Gesture Recognition using Reflected Visible and Infrared Light Wave SignalsL. Yu^**, H. Abuella^*, J. F. O'Hara, C. Crick, and S. EkinIEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, vol. 51, no. 1, 2020
Compensating Atmospheric Channel Dispersion for Terahertz Wireless CommunicationK. Strecker^**, S. Ekin, and J. F. O'HaraScientific Reports (Nature Portfolio), vol. 10, art. 5816, 2020
ViLDAR: Visible Light Sensing-Based Speed Estimation Using Vehicle HeadlampsH. Abuella^*, F. Miramirkhani, S. Ekin, M. Uysal, and S. AhmedIEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 68, no. 11, pp. 10406–10417, Nov. 2019
Joint Spectrum Sensing and Resource Allocation in Multi-Band Multi-User Cognitive Radio NetworksX. Wang, S. Ekin, and E. SerpedinIEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 3281–3293, Aug. 2018
Random Subcarrier Allocation in OFDM-Based Cognitive Radio NetworksS. Ekin, M. Abdallah, K. A. Qaraqe, and E. SerpedinIEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 60, no. 9, pp. 4758–4774, Sept. 2012

Supervised student co-authors: Ph.D.^*, M.Sc./MSET^**, B.Sc.^***

Honors & recognition

Honors and awards

2023–2028U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Research Program Award: one of 56 university faculty selected nationwide in 2022 (under 1% acceptance), and the only DOE Early Career awardee in the Texas A&M College of Engineering
2026Charlotte and Walter Buchanan Faculty Fellow, ETID, Texas A&M University
2025ETID Faculty Teaching, Research and Service Award, Texas A&M University
2022PSO/Albrecht Naeter Endowed Professor of ECE, Oklahoma State University
2021–2022Jack H. Graham Endowed Fellow of Engineering, Oklahoma State University
2021Senior Member, IEEE
2019Best Paper Award, 25th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC)
2017Best Paper Award, International Telecommunications Conference (ITELCON)
2017President’s Cup, First Place Award, Oklahoma State University
2014–2016Qualstar Hall of Fame Award (eight times), Qualcomm
2006Graduated No. 1 in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Eskisehir Osmangazi University

In the news

2025CXOTech Magazine: “Generative AI Literacy: The Core Skill That Will Define Tech Leadership” (authored article)
2025Marketing Brew: “On campuses, GenAI companies brand themselves as academic friends, not foes” (quoted)
2025Texas A&M joins OpenAI’s NextGenAI consortium, covered by OpenAI, Forbes, Inside Higher Ed, HPCwire, Investing.com, IBL News, AI Magazine (UK), and ActuIA (France)
2025Generative AI Literacy Initiative, featured and quoted in EurekAlert! (AAAS), Semiconductor Digest, and The AI Insider

Texas Wireless team

Current: 9 Ph.D. · 4 M.Sc./MSET | Alumni: 6 Ph.D. · 9 M.Sc./MSET

Current Ph.D. students

Every student has a wireless or AI “spirit animal.” Hover over or tap an avatar to see why.

Abdullateef Almohamad Wireless above the cloudsPh.D., Fall 2022 – presentM.Sc., Qatar University, 2021B.Sc., Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology, Syria, 2015 (avatar: Homing pigeon: the original airborne network, carrying messages across the sky. Research: non-terrestrial networks.)
Oguz Bedir Radios that see while they talkPh.D., Fall 2023 – presentB.Sc. (two degrees), Istanbul Medipol University, 2021, 2022 (avatar: Bat: the same calls both sense the world (echolocation. Research: integrated sensing and communication (ISAC).) and talk to other bats)
Sumin Kim Seeing with echoes · co-chairPh.D., Fall 2025 – presentM.Sc., University of Seoul, 2020B.Sc., University of Seoul, 2018 (avatar: Dolphin: sends out pulses and reads the echoes, nature’s radar under water. Research: radar.)
Hieu Le Teaching walls to steer signalsPh.D., Spring 2023 – presentM.Sc., New Mexico Tech, 2021B.Sc., Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City, 2018 (avatar: Cat: a built-in reflector behind the eye redirects light right where it is needed. Research: smart reflecting surfaces.)
Rayan Mashat Human-AI Interaction · co-chairPh.D., Fall 2026 – presentM.Sc., University of Surrey, 2019B.Sc., University of Sunderland, 2015 (avatar: Dog: evolved to read human gestures and cues, the original human–machine partnership. Research: human-AI interaction.)
Milad Saadat Networks that learn on their ownPh.D., Spring 2026 – presentM.Sc., Texas A&M University, 2025B.Sc., Sharif University of Technology, 2022 (avatar: Octopus: the smartest invertebrate, with a brain in every arm. Research: AI-enabled wireless.)
Nurullah Sevim More bits, fewer joules · Hagler Graduate Student FellowPh.D., Fall 2023 – presentM.Sc., Bilkent University, 2023B.Sc., Bilkent University, 2021 (avatar: Bee: energy-efficient multi-hop routing, one flower at a time. Research: energy-efficient networking.)
Amir Tag Sculpting metal into ears for the airwavesPh.D., Fall 2023 – presentM.Sc., Sorbonne Université, 2023B.Sc., Sorbonne Université, 2021 (avatar: Ant: born with a pair of finely tuned antennae. Research: antenna design.)
Daniel Yu Mapping the world in reflections · co-chairPh.D., Fall 2026 – presentM.Sc., Texas A&M University, 2026B.Sc., Texas A&M University, 2024 (avatar: Whale: toothed whales map their surroundings with echolocation clicks, radar of the deep. Research: radar.)

Current M.Sc. / MSET students

Sean Coggins Radar NDTM.S., Fall 2026 – presentB.Sc., Texas A&M University, 2024 (avatar: Shark: senses prey hidden under the sand without touching it, nature’s non-destructive testing. Research: radar NDT.)
Muhammet Kulaber Connectivity from orbitM.S., Fall 2025 – presentB.Sc., Balıkesir University, 2020 (avatar: Eagle: sees the whole landscape from far above, like a satellite. Research: satellite communication.)
Mamta Zawar AI Knowledge HubM.S., Fall 2025 – presentB.E., MIT College of Engineering, Pune, 2012 (avatar: Elephant: never forgets; the herd’s matriarch keeps and shares decades of knowledge. Research: AI knowledge hub.)
Tiantian Zhu Radar SensingM.S., Fall 2025 – presentB.Sc., Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2025 (avatar: Snake: pit vipers “see” body heat in total darkness with built-in infrared sensors. Research: radar sensing.)

Ph.D. alumni

Khaled Nakhleh Applied Scientist, AmazonPh.D., Texas A&M University, 2026M.Sc., Texas A&M University, 2020B.Sc., Texas A&M University at Qatar, 2017
Mostafa Ibrahim Senior Wireless Communication Systems Engineer, PhasorLabPh.D., Oklahoma State University, 2023M.Sc., Istanbul Medipol University, 2017B.Sc., Ain Shams University, 2010
Zobaer Islam Research Instructor, UT SouthwesternPh.D., Oklahoma State University, 2023B.Sc., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2012
Karl Strecker Postdoctoral Fellow, Oklahoma State UniversityPh.D., Oklahoma State University, 2023M.Sc., Oklahoma State University, 2020B.Sc., Oklahoma State University, 2018
Hisham Abuella Senior Modem Systems Engineer, ApplePh.D., Oklahoma State University, 2021M.Sc., Istanbul Şehir University, 2016B.Sc., Ain Shams University, 2013
Amit Kachroo Applied Scientist, AmazonPh.D., Oklahoma State University, 2021M.Sc., Istanbul Şehir University, 2017B.Sc., National Institute of Technology Srinagar, 2009

M.Sc. / MSET alumni

Grant Gannon MSET, Texas A&M University, 2026B.Sc., Texas A&M University, 2023
Nazanin Golshanara MSET, Texas A&M University, 2026
Bryce C. Hinze MSET, Texas A&M University, 2025
Eden Schlink MSET, Texas A&M University, 2026
Li Yu M.Sc., Oklahoma State University, 2019M.Sc., Beijing Institute of Technology, 2016B.Sc., Harbin Engineering University, 2013
Hussein Kwasme M.Sc., Oklahoma State University, 2019B.Sc., University of Mosul, 2013
Mohammad Al Mestiraihi M.Sc., Oklahoma State University, 2019M.Sc., Jordan University of Science and Technology, 2011B.Sc., Yarmouk University, 2008
Surbhi Vishwakarma M.Sc., Oklahoma State University, 2018B.Sc., Vellore Institute of Technology, 2016
Adithya Popuri M.Sc., Oklahoma State University, 2018B.Sc., Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, 2016

Openings: prospective students and visiting scholars

Thank you for your interest in Texas Wireless. It is a privilege to work with such talented and dedicated people, and the team is diverse, dynamic, and collaborative.

If you are an enthusiastic student or visiting scholar who would like to work with us, please email me at sabitekin@tamu.edu. Because of the volume of email, I may not be able to reply to every inquiry. A lack of reply is not a reflection of the merit of your inquiry or application; team capacity and available funding also affect whether we can respond.

Courses

Course materials with interactive simulations, worked examples, and up-to-date content. Each course has its own site.

ENTC 689

From Machine Learning to Modern AI: Fundamentals, Tools, and Applications

Graduate course. Builds on ENTC 689: Generative AI, the first GenAI course at Texas A&M (Spring 2025, 2026).

Spring 2027 Course site coming soon

ESET 455

Wireless Transmission Systems

Undergraduate course with newly developed labs. Taught every fall and spring since 2023.

Course site coming soon

ESET 489

Artificial Intelligence: Introduction and Applications

New undergraduate course with a full curriculum design.

First offering Fall 2027

Course sites are password-protected. Enrolled students can find the password in Canvas.

Other courses taught

ENGR 689

AI/ML Fundamentals, Tools, and Applications

College of Engineering Sprint Course: a one-week, 15-hour course developed and launched new. Texas A&M.

Fall 2026

ENTC 689

Generative AI: Introduction and Applications

The first GenAI course at Texas A&M; developed and launched new, with a full curriculum design.

Spring 2025, 2026

Hullabaloo U

AI Course Modules

AI modules for Texas A&M’s university-wide first-year course, developed with the Center for Teaching Excellence.

2026

LANL

PE Exam Preparation: Communications Topics

Developed and taught the communications topics for Los Alamos National Laboratory staff and engineers.

2023

ECEN 5573

Wireless Communications

Graduate course with a full curriculum design. Oklahoma State.

2017–2022

ECEN 4533

Data Communications

Full curriculum design with newly developed labs. Oklahoma State.

2016–2021

ECEN/MAE 5513

Stochastic Systems

Graduate course with a full curriculum design. Oklahoma State.

2018–2019

ECEN 3513

Signals Analysis

Undergraduate course. Oklahoma State.

2020–2021

ECEN 4523

Communication Theory

Undergraduate course. Oklahoma State.

2020

Leadership & innovation

Building programs that put new technology into the hands of students, faculty, and industry.

Generative AI Literacy Initiative

Founding Director (2024–present). Texas A&M is part of OpenAI’s $50M NextGenAI consortium of 15 institutions. The initiative runs the Generative AI Consultancy Hub, the GAIRE research-for-education grants, and the GenAI Foundations Workshop series.

Texas Wireless

Director (2023–present). Research on wireless communications and sensing, in collaboration with partners including NYU (Prof. Theodore S. Rappaport).

Patents & startups

2 issued U.S. patents and 3 published applications. Co-founder of Waylolo (NSF I-Corps award) and Aura Prism; founder of GrantPanel.AI.

OKSat

Founding Director (2018–2022) of Oklahoma’s first CubeSat program, at Oklahoma State University.

Outreach

Hands-on wireless technology for K-12 students, rural communities, and undergraduates.

DIY light-wave communication kit: a phone plays music into an LED transmitter, the music travels as flickering light to a solar-cell receiver, and a speaker plays it back

DIY Light-Wave Communication KitSince 2017, I have designed and distributed 200+ do-it-yourself visible-light communication kits to K-12 students at schools and a children’s museum, and to undergraduates at Oklahoma State and Texas A&M.2017–present

PETE-Kits rural outreach: a connected technology kit with sensors and a tablet links to a rural schoolhouse next to farmland, bringing hands-on technology to K-12 students

PETE-Kits rural outreachProductivity Enhancing Technology Experience Kits brought hands-on technology to K-12 schools in rural Oklahoma counties to promote rural entrepreneurship.NSF Smart and Connected Communities · 2021–2023

Student research programs: two undergraduate researchers at a lab bench with an oscilloscope, a software-defined radio with an antenna, and a laptop plotting results

Student research programsResearch mentor for OK-LSAMP (Oklahoma Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation), NSF REU scholars, and undergraduate research scholars.OK-LSAMP · NSF REU

Schools and museums: a light-wave communication demo set up in front of a museum building, with young visitors watching a light beam carry a signal to a receiver

Schools and museumsNational Lab Day for high-school students (2017–2019), Summer Bridge and Discovery Days, elementary-school visits, and the Oklahoma WONDERtorium children’s museum.K-12 · families

From the field

DIY kit: visible-light transmitter and receiver boards — The DIY light-wave kit: transmitter and receiver

A phone streaming music through an LED transmitter to the DIY receiver — Music streamed over light

Students building light-wave communication circuits at a Summer Bridge workshop — Summer Bridge workshop

Group photo of Summer Bridge and Discovery Days participants in the lab — Summer Bridge & Discovery Days

High-school students trying wireless demos at National Lab Day 2019 — National Lab Day 2019

High-school students and lab members at National Lab Day 2018 — National Lab Day 2018

Recent highlights

2026Named Charlotte and Walter Buchanan Faculty Fellow, ETID, Texas A&M.
2026New NSF & Research Council of Finland award (2026–2029).
2026Launched ENGR 689, a one-week College of Engineering Sprint Course on AI/ML.
2026Invited featured article, Journal of Engineering Technology: “Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Technology: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Outlook.”
2025ETID Faculty Teaching, Research and Service Award.
2025Top 5 most popular papers in reinforcement learning, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society.
2025Texas A&M joins OpenAI’s NextGenAI consortium, featured in Forbes and Inside Higher Ed.
2023U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Research Program Award (2023–2028).

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