MASc student
Contact
- Programme: January 2026 – December 2027
- Email: elgu@uwaterloo.ca
- Also: emma.li.gu@ieee.org
- LinkedIn: LinkedIn profile
About
Emma Gu received her BEng in electrical and computer engineering from Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 2025. She is currently an MASc student at the University of Waterloo under the supervision of Dr. Patrick Mitran and Dr. Slim Boumaiza. Her research interests include digital predistortion for modelling power amplifier nonlinearity and beamforming antenna arrays.
Research
Research interests
- Digital predistortion for power amplifier nonlinearity modelling
- Beamforming antenna arrays
Publications and awards
Awards and honours
- QEII-GSST, 2027
- NSERC CGS-M, 2026
- Dalhousie University Chancellor’s Scholarship, 2021–2025
Publications
Journal articles
- M. A. Chalaki, E. Gu, A. B. Ayed, P. Mitran, S. Boumaiza, “Robust Digital Predistortion of Load-Modulated Power Amplifiers Under Varying Signal Conditions,” IEEE Microwave Magazine, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 113–121, June 2026.
Conference papers
- A. B. Ayed, E. Gu, H. Jin, P. Mitran, S. Boumaiza, “Spatial Over-the-Air Post-Distortion Cancellation with an Embedded Distortion-Correcting Transmitter Antenna for Linearizing Phased-Array Transmitters,” 2026 IEEE MTT-S Radio Frequency Systems and Applications Symposium (IMS RFSA), pp. 43–46, June 2026.
- M. H. Bagheri, J. Li, E. Gu, K. Habashy, M. M. Rana, A. Abdullah Khan, Y. Zhang, G. Xiao, P. Xi, D. Ban, “A Data-Driven Environmental Sound Classification System with Acoustic Triboelectric Nanogenerators,” 2024 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), pp. 881–886, Aug. 2024.