{"id":311,"date":"2024-04-27T08:05:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T12:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/?page_id=311"},"modified":"2026-01-14T18:22:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T23:22:38","slug":"mars-alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/mars-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Previous Comrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>MARS Alumni<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-193\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/wp-content\/uploads\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/wp-content\/uploads\/1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<table dir=\"auto\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 672px;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<th style=\"height: 48px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\">Name<\/th>\n<th style=\"height: 48px;\" data-col-size=\"sm\">Position\/Role at MARS (or Completion Year)<\/th>\n<th style=\"height: 48px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\">Current Position \/ Affiliation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\"><strong>Dr. Leandro Rufail<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"sm\">PDF, 2022<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\">Not specified<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\"><strong>Dr. Debidas Kundu<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 48px;\" data-col-size=\"sm\">PDF, 2022<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 48px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\">Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Information Technology, India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\"><strong>Dr. Ahmed Ashoor<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"sm\">PDF, 2021<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\">RF Engineering, Huawei, Ottawa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\"><strong>Mohamed Emara<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"sm\">Ph.D. 2023<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\">Antenna Engineer, Tallysman Wireless (now Calian)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\"><strong>Joao Guilherme Nizer Rahmeier<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 48px;\" data-col-size=\"sm\">Ph.D. 2023<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 48px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\">Engineer, Ansys Systems Inc., Brazil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\"><strong>Scott A. Stewart<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 48px;\" data-col-size=\"sm\">Ph.D. 2021<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 48px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\">Research Scientist, Communications Research Center (CRC), Ottawa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\"><strong>Papa Sakyi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">M.A.Sc. 2025<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Engineer, Skyworks Inc., Ottawa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\"><strong>David F. 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style=\"height: 24px;\"><strong>Jordan Dugan<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">M.A.Sc. 2022<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\">Ph.D. Candidate, MARS, Carleton University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\"><strong>Joel Demetre<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"sm\">M.A.Sc. 2021<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\">RF Engineering, Skyworks, Ottawa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\"><strong>Ville Tiukuvaara<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"sm\">M.A.Sc. 2019<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\">Hardware Engineer, Landis+Gyr, Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\"><strong>Sonya Stuhec-Leonard<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"sm\">M.Eng. 2021<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\">Not specified<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\"><strong>Daniel King<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"sm\">M.A.Sc. 2020<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\">RF Engineer, DT-A Systems Inc., Ottawa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\"><strong>Joseph Botros<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"sm\">M.A.Sc. 2020<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\">Engineer, Tallysman Wireless (now Calian), Ottawa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\"><strong>Kimi Maheshwari<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"sm\">M.A.Sc. 2018<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" data-col-size=\"lg\">Course Instructor, Algonquin College, Ottawa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 24px;\" 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