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ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies, Volume 2 (2021), Issue 7

AUTHORS

Karl L. Strecker received his At Qualcomm Inc., he has received numerous
B.S. in 2018 and M.S. in 2020, Qualstar awards for his achievements/contributions on
both in electrical engineering cellular modem receiver design. His research interests
from Oklahoma State University. include the design and performance analysis of wireless
He is currently pursuing his communications systems in both theoretical and
Ph.D. degree in electrical engi‑ practical point of views, interference modeling,
neering at the same institution. management and optimization in 5G, mmWave,
From 2018 to the present, he HetNets, cognitive radio systems and applications,
has worked as a research assis‑ satellite communications, visible light sensing,
tant in the Ultrafast Terahertz communications and applications, RF channel modeling,
and Optoelectronics Laboratory non‑contact health monitoring, and Internet of Things
at Oklahoma State University. His research interests in‑ applications.
clude wireless communications, group velocity disper‑
sion management, and terahertz material characteriza‑
tion. Mr. Strecker was a recipient of the 2020 National
Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. O’Hara SM’19)
from
Sabit Ekin received a B.Sc. degree in
in electrical and electronics (electrical
engineering from Eskişehir Os‑ Oklahoma
mangazi University, Turkey, in 2003.
2006, an M.Sc. degree in electrical Central
engineering from New Mexico Postdoctoral
Tech, Socorro, NM, USA, in 2008, National
and a Ph.D. degree in electrical and 2006.
computer engineering from Texas From 2006-2011 he was with the Center for Integrated
A&M University, College Station, Nanotechnologies (LANL) and worked on numerous
TX, USA, in 2012. metamaterial projects involving dynamic control
He was a visiting research assistant with the Electrical over chirality, resonance frequency,
and Computer Engineering Program, Texas A&M polarization, and modulation of terahertz waves. In
University at Qatar from 2008 to 2009. In summer 2011, he founded a consulting/research company,
2012, he was with the Femtocell Interference Wavetech, LLC specializing in automation and IoT
Management Team in the Corporate Research and devices. In 2017 he joined OSU as an assistant
Development, New Jersey Research Center, Qualcomm professor in the School of Electrical & Computer
Inc. He joined the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. His current research involves terahertz
Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, wireless communications, terahertz sensing and
OK, USA, as an assistant professor, in 2016. He has imaging with metamaterials, IoT, and light‑based sensing
four years of industrial experience from Qualcomm Inc., and communications. He has 3 patents and around 100
as a Senior Modem Systems Engineer with the publications in journals and conference proceedings. Dr.
Department of Qualcomm Mobile Computing. O’Hara is a Senior Member of IEEE.

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