Dr. Mihaela cardei

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Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies 
Director,  Tecore Networks - Wireless and Sensor Networking Lab
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Florida Atlantic University

 

Education

Honors and Awards

  • NSF CAREER Award, 2006.
  • 2019 FAU Woman Leader in STEM.
  • Excellent Paper Award Tsinghua Science and Technology 2019. 
  • Best Paper Award IEEE IPCCC'2016, IEEE MSN'2014, and IEEE MASS'2005.
  • Researcher of the Year Award, Florida Atlantic University, 2006-2007.
  • Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate School, University of Minnesota, 2002-2003.

Grants and Awards

  • Equipment Grant: MSC-Mobile Switching Center, GSN-GPRS Support Node, GSM Base Station (1900 MHz) and OMCR, CDMA Base Station (850 MHz) and BSM Server, FAU NSF/IUCRC, co-PI, Jan. 2012 - Dec. 2014.
  • Efficient Protocols and Algorithms for Wireless Networks, FAU NSF/IUCRC, co-PI, Feb. 2012 - May 2014.
  • Design and Evaluation of Wireless Networks Protocols, FAU Foundation/Tecore Networks, co-PI, Jan. 2012 - May 2014.
  • Data Link and Communication Protocols for Underwater Laser Sensor Networks, FAU Division of Research (Seed Grant), co-PI, 2012-2013.
  • Campus-2020 project: Campus Driving and Directions Assistant. FAU NSF/IUCRC, investigator, 2012 - 2013.
  • NSF CAREER Optimization Problems in Wireless Sensor Network Design and Applications, National Science Foundation (NSF), PI, 06/01/06-01/31/12.
  • CISE Instrumentation: Wireless and Sensor Networking Laboratory, National Science Foundation (NSF), PI, 08/15/04-07/31/07.
  • Secure Telecommunication Networks, Secure Routing Protocols for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, DoD Defense-wide RTDE grant, investigator, 09/01/04-08/31/06.
  • New Project Development Program, Wireless Sensor Networks Design and Experimentation, Division of Research at FAU, PI, 01/01/06-12/31/06.
  • NSF MRI: Acquisition of a NUMA-based Supercluster for High Performance Computing, National Science Foundation, National Science Foundation (NSF), co-PI, 08/01/05-07/31/09.
  • Global Information Grid Simulation, DoD Defense-wide RTDE grant, investigator, 01/09/08-01/09/09. Secure Telecommunication Networks, Secure Routing Protocols for Ad Hoc Wireless Networks, DoD Defense-wide RTDE grant, investigator, 09/01/04-08/31/06.