- Associate Professor, Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution
- Charlotte and Walter Buchanan Faculty Fellow
- Electronic Systems Engineering Technology
- Director, Generative AI Literacy Initiative, Texas A&M Institute of Data Science (TAMIDS)
- Research Coordination Fellow, TAMIDS
- Affiliated Faculty, Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Phone: 979-458-6205
- Email: sabitekin@tamu.edu
- Office: FERM 008A
- Website: Texas Wireless
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University – 2012
Research Interests
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- Wireless Communication Theory and Applications
- mmWave and Terahertz Communication
- Hybrid RF/Optical Wireless Communication System Design
- Satellite Communication
- Wireless Sensing and its Health Monitoring Applications
- Internet of Things Applications
Awards & Honors
- Research Coordination Fellow and Director of Generative AI Literacy Initiative, Texas A&M Institute of Data Science (TAMIDS)
- Early Career Award, Department of Energy – 2022
- PSO/Albrecht Naeter Endowed Professor of Electrical Engineering, Oklahoma State University – 2022
- Jack H. Graham Endowed Fellow of Engineering, Oklahoma State University – 2021
- President's Cup for Interdisciplinary Research, Oklahoma State University – 2017
Selected Publications
- W. Raza, E. Abele, J. O’Hara, A. Imran, W. Choi, I. Song, P. LoPresti, S. Altunc, O. Kegege, and S. Ekin, “Towards a Hybrid RF/Optical Cislunar Communication Architecture (LunarCom),” accepted to IEEE Network, 2022
- K. Strecker, S. Ekin, and J. F. O’Hara, “Fundamental Limit on Terahertz Wireless Link Distance Imposed by Group Velocity Dispersion,” IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2021.3127151, 2021
- M. Abdelhadi, U. S. Hashmi, M. Nabeel, A. Imran, and S. Ekin, “Embracing Complexity: Agent-based Modeling for HetNets Design and Optimization via Concurrent Reinforcement Learning Algorithms,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, DOI: 10.1109/TNSM.2021.3121282, 2021
- D. Piao, J. F. O’Hara, S. Bukkapatnam, and S. Ekin, “Towards Non-Contact Glucose Sensing in Aqueous Turbid Medium at ∼1.1 Meters Distance,” IEEE Photonics Journal, vol. 12, no. 4, 3700523, DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2020.3013202, 2020
- L. Yu, H. Abuella, J. F. O’Hara, C. Crick, and S. Ekin, “Gesture Recognition using Reflected Visible and Infrared Light Wave Signals,” IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, vol. 51 , no. 1, DOI: 10.1109/THMS.2020.3043302, 2020
- S. Ekin, M. Abdallah, K. A. Qaraqe, and E. Serpedin, “A Study on Inter-Cell Subcarrier Collisions due to Random Access in OFDM-Based Cognitive Radio Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 61, no. 5, pp. 1695–1707, May 2013