Wireless Innovation and Cybersecurity Lab (WICL)

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Aerial View of the George Mason Fairfax Campus
Postdocs

Massieh Kordi Boroujeny
Postdoc Researcher
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
George Mason University
Email: mkordibo@gmu.edu
Research area: 5G and FutureG Wireless Security, Covert and Resilient Communication, Machine Learning, Network Performance Measurement and Prediction

Graduate Students

Yaqi He
Ph.D. student
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
George Mason University
Email: yhe15@gmu.edu
Research area: Cryptography, IoT security, Edge Computing

Zunayeed Bin Zahir
Ph.D. student
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
George Mason University
Email: zzahir2@gmu.edu
Website: Google Scholar Profile
Research area: 5G and FutureG Wireless Security, Wireless-Powered Backscatter Communication Security, Machine Learning

Ya Jiang
Ph.D. student
Department of Computer Science
George Mason University
Email: yjiang25@gmu.edu
Website: https://yajiang4215.github.io
Research area: Federated Learning Security and Privacy, Large Language Model (LLM) Security and Privacy, Machine Learning Applications in Cybersecurity

Xuan Chen
Ph.D. student
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
George Mason University
Email: xchen38@gmu.edu
Website: https://xuanch81.github.io
Research area: NextG Wireless Communication Security, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Assisted Wireless Communication, Machine Learning Applications in Cybersecurity

Edward Kwao
Ph.D. student
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
George Mason University
Email: ekwao@gmu.edu
Website: https://ekwao9.github.io/
Research area: 5G and NextG Wireless Security, mmWave Massive MIMO, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces, Machine Learning


Alumni

Students
  • Long Jiao, PhD, ECE, 2023
    Initial Appointment: Assistant Professor at UMass Dartmouth
  • Hengrun Zhang, PhD, CS, 2022
    Initial Appointment: Assistant Professor at East China University of Science and Technology
  • Thomas B. Crowley, MS, ECE, 2022
  • Joshua D. Weitz, MS, ECE, 2022
  • Amir Alipour-Fanid, PhD, ECE, 2021
    Outstanding Academic Achievement Awardee
    Initial Appointment: Assistant Professor at West Virginia University
  • Monireh Dabaghchian, PhD, ECE, 2019
    Outstanding Academic Achievement Awardee
    Initial Appointment: Assistant Professor at Morgan State University
  • Xianru Du, PhD, ECE
  • Dan Shan, PhD, ECE, 2014
    Initial Appointment: Researcher at General Motors R&D
  • Liu Shi, MS
  • Zi Deng, MS
  • Xun Ouyang, MS
  • Yantao Qiao, MS
Postdoctoral scholars
  • Ning Wang (2017 - 2020)
    Initial Appointment: Professor, Chongqing University
  • Jie Tang (2017 - 2019)
    Initial Appointment: Assistant Professor, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  • Rong Jin (2012 - 2014)
    Initial Appointment: Assistant Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Visting scholars and students
  • Junqing Le (2019 - 2021), PhD student, Southwest University
  • Weiwei Li (2019 - 2020), Assistant Professor, Hebei University of Engineering
  • Pu Wang (2017 - 2019), PhD student, Xidian University
  • Jing Xu (2013 - 2014), Assistant Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  • Tao Wu (2014 - 2015), Associate Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  • Shuai Lin (2016 - 2017), PhD student, Beijing Jiaotong University
  • Man Li (2015 - 2016), PhD student, Beijing Jiaotong University
Lab Interns
  • Aspiring Scientists Summer Internship Program (ASSIP)
    • Jason Hao (Summer 2023), Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
    • Michael Zhou (Summer 2023), Oakton High School
    • David Rudo (Summer 2019), Centreville High School
    • Thomas Lu (Summer 2019), Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
    • Matthew Chang (Summer 2019), Oakton High School
    • Katelin Chan (Summer 2017)
    • Jonathan Wiley (Summer 2017)
    • Shreya Menon (Summer 2017)
    • Eric Wang (Summer 2015, 2016), Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
    • William Xu (Summer 2015, 2016), Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
    • Suhas Sastry (Summer 2015, 2016), Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
  • Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP)
    • Michael Zhou (Summer 2023), Oakton High School
    • Neema J. Zadeh (Summer 2023), Undergraduate, ECE at George Mason University
    • Trevor Waite (Summer 2023), Undergraduate, ECE at George Mason University
  • STEM Outreach
    • Linda Tong (Summer 2023), Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
    • Boyi Dai (Summer 2023), Fairfax High School
    • Sean McShane (Summer 2019)
    • Waleed Khan (Summer 2019)
    • Yash Mehra (Summer 2019)
    • Rithik Sarraff (Summer 2019)
    • Riya Jain (Summer 2019)
    • David Rudo (Summer 2018), Centreville High School
    • Brandon Fogg (Summer 2018, 2019), Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
    • Shrinath Iyer (Summer 2019)
    • Yaqi He (Summer 2019), Cybersecurity Engineering Program, GMU