Kshirasagar (Sagar) Naik

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Sagar Naik’s research interests focus on: (i) monitoring of physical systems to ensure their safe operations using wireless sensor networks; (ii) monitoring of wireless devices in cyber-physical systems to detect their anomalous behavior; (iii) designing secure and efficient communication protocols for vehicular networks; (iv) designing energy harvesting sensor modules for sustainable communication in harsh communication environments; and (v) software testing and quality assurance. 

Dr. Naik supervises graduate students within masters and doctoral programs and post-doctoral fellows in Electrical and Computer Engineering. His students have conducted research: (i) to design new communication protocols for the vehicular networks and smart power grids; (ii) to detect malware in wireless devices and cyber-physical systems; (iii) to monitor the corrosion of underground steel pipes using batteryless wireless underground sensors; and (iv) to design energy-efficient security protocols for power-constrained systems.

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