Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering George Mason University Volgenau School of Engineering

Scholarly Papers

If you are interested in any of the Scholarly Paper Topics I propose below, please contact me. Other topic suggestions by other faculty can be found on the ECE Department's Scholarly Paper Topic page. Please keep in mind the deadlines and procedures for scholarly papers detailed on the ECE web page: Procedure for MS Scholarly Paper.

Scholarly Paper Topics

I'm interested in advising scholarly papers on the following topics.
  • Analysis of security requirements for wireless sensor networks depending on the application, mobility and technology.
  • Key management protocols for wireless sensor networks
  • Comparison of networking protocols for wireless sensor networks
  • Present and future applications of ad-hoc networks and their security implications.
  • RFID security and key management protocols
  • Low-power digital circuit design

Previous Scholarly Papers

  • A.F. Porcelli, An evaluation of the human response to ubiquitous kitchen technologies, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Spring, 2011, Scholarly Paper [Bibtex]
  • X. Nham, Power gating for lower power designs, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Spring, 2010, Scholarly Paper [pdf] [Bibtex]
  • D. Tadepalli, ATHENa Interface, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Spring, 2010, Scholarly Paper
  • B.M. Sobczyk, AES implementations optimized for mid-range FPGAs, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Fall, 2009, Scholarly Paper [pdf] [Bibtex]
  • M.E. Adam, Low power characteristics of single-core and multi-core systems, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Fall, 2009, Scholarly Paper [pdf] [Bibtex]
  • A. Ghori, Introduction to Public Key Infrastructure and OpenCA PKI, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Spring, 2009, Scholarly Paper
  • C.-H. Huang, An overview of RFID technology, application, and security/privacy threats and solutions, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Spring, 2009, Scholarly Paper [pdf] [Bibtex]
  • S. Shanmugham, Secure routing in wireless sensor networks, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Spring, 2009, Scholarly Paper [pdf] [Bibtex]
  • C. Ananth, ASIC Design: Basic Design FLow using Synopsys, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Fall, 2008, Scholarly Paper
  • A. Jagannatam, Mersenne Twister – a pseudo random number generator and its variants, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Fall, 2008, Scholarly Paper [pdf] [Bibtex]
  • M. Koontz, Comparison of high performance northbrigde architectures in multiprocessor servers, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Spring, 2008, Scholarly Paper [pdf] [Bibtex]
  • N. Srivastava, RFID introduction, present and future applications and security implications, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Fall, 2006, Scholarly Paper [pdf] [Bibtex]