Waleed Akbar
Research Assistant
wakbar@media.mit.edu
Waleed is a graduate student at MIT Media Lab. He is working as a research assistant in Signal Kinetics group on developing Ocean IoT. Prior to joining MIT, Waleed earned his bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from LUMS, Pakistan.
Research Interests
Wireless Sensing, Ocean IoT, Wireless Networks, RFID
Ocean IoT
Robotics
RFID
M.S. 2022 MIT
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
B.S. 2013 LUMS
Electrical Engineering
NMF Gold Medal, BS Electrical Engineering (2020)
NMF Silver Medal, BS Electrical Engineering (2020)
LUMS Merit Scholarship Award (2017-2020)
Fast Cables Excellency Award – Highest CGPA in Electrical Engineering (2019)
Dean’s Honor List (2017-2020)
NMF Silver Medal, BS Electrical Engineering (2020)
LUMS Merit Scholarship Award (2017-2020)
Fast Cables Excellency Award – Highest CGPA in Electrical Engineering (2019)
Dean’s Honor List (2017-2020)
Publications
Ocean Iot
IEEE/MTS Oceans ’20
Sayed Saad Afzal, Reza Ghaffarivardavagh, Waleed Akbar, Osvy Rodriguez, and Fadel Adib
