Associate Professor
Engineering Technology

Otilia Popescu

757-683-6718

211B KAUFMAN HALL
NORFOLK, 23529

Dr. Otilia Popescu received the Engineering Diploma and M.S. degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania, and the PhD degree from Rutgers University, all in Electrical and Computer Engineering. While at Rutgers her research was conducted at WINLAB in the area of wireless communications. Her research interests are in the general areas of communication systems, control theory, signal processing and engineering education. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, 51Ç鱨վ in Norfolk, Virginia, where her teaching covers electrical circuits, systems and signals, and communications courses. She has worked in the past for the University of Texas at Dallas, University of Texas at San Antonio, Rutgers University, and Politehnica University of Bucharest. She is a senior member of the IEEE and participates often in the technical program committee for IEEE conferences. She serves as associate editor for IEEE Communication Letters. In the community, Dr. Popescu is interested in stimulating K-12 students’ interest for excellence in mathematics and problem solving. She serves as local manager for Math Kangaroo International Competition and organizes the competition locally each year in March.

Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rutgers University, (2004)

M.S. in Control Engineering and Computers, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, (1991)

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Popescu, O. "Software Defined Radios for Small Satellite Communications" $20,000. State. June 2015 - May 2016
Popescu, O. "Project-Based Learning in Engineering Technology Communications Courses Using Soft- ware Defined Radio Platforms." $9,500. -
Popescu, O. "Collaborative Research: Students in Advanced Manufacturing Mechatronics (SAMMech)." $45,740. -
Popescu, O. "NSF IUSE/PFE:RED - Revolutionizing the Engineering Technology Department at Old Do- minion University MonarchTech." $157,937. -
Popescu, O. "Dynamic Spectrum Access for Advanced Wideband Heterogeneous Wireless Networks." $283,000. -
Popescu, O. "Collaborative Research: Girls in Engineering Education roBOTics Initiative (GEEBOT)." $49,472. -
"Revolutionizing the Engineering Technology Department at Old Do- minion University MonarchTech." $154,773. -
Popescu, O. "Software Defined Radio Platform for Cognitive Networking Research." $502,000. -
Popescu, O. "ROSETA: Robust and Secure Transmitter Adaptation for Cognitive Radio Networks." $360,000. -
Popescu, O. "Spectral Shaping for OFDM- Based Cognitive Radio Systems with Adaptive Quality of Service" $7,000. 51Ç鱨վ. May 2014 - June 2014
"Research Initiation Grant: Promoting Critical-Thinking Through Universal Design for Learn- ing in Wireless Engineering and Technology." $44,979. -
Popescu, O. "Collaborative Project: Girls in Engineering Education roBOTics Initiative (GEEBOT)." $53,920. -
Popescu, O. "Software Defined Radio Platform for Cognitive Networking Research." $120,419. -
Popescu, O. "Pilot Program: Girls in Engineering Education roBOTics Initiative (GEEBOT). Summer Exploratory Research Program." $12,500. -

Research Interests

Wireless systems, interference mitigation and spectrum sharing, transmission optimization, software defined radios, embedded systems for communications, engineering education.

Articles

MacDonald, S., Popescu, D. C. and Popescu, O. (2017). Analyzing the performance of spectrum sensing in cognitive radio systems with dynamic PU activity. IEEE Communications Letters 21 (9) , pp. 2037-2040.
Michaeli, J., Jovanovic, V., Popescu, O., Yaprak, E. and Djuric, A. (2014). An Initial Look at Robotics based Initiatives to Engage Girls in Engineering. Technology Interface International Journal 14 (2) , pp. 12-18.
Popescu, D. C., Rawat, D. B.., Popescu, O. and Saquib, M. (2010). Game Theoretic Approach To Joint Transmitter Adaptation and Power Control in Wireless Systems. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part B 40 (3) , pp. 675-682.
Popescu, D. C., Popescu, O. and Dobre, O. A.. (2010). User Admissibility in Uplink Wireless Systems with Multipath and Target SIR Requirements. IEEE Communications Letters 14 (2) , pp. 106-108.
Jitvanichphaibool, K., Saquib, M. and Popescu, O. (2009). Optimum Pilot-to-Data Power Ratiofor Partial Rake Receiver in Nakagami-m Fading Channels . IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 8 (1) , pp. 136-147.
Popescu, O., Saquib, M., Popescu, D. C. and Rice, M. D.. (2007). Interference Mitigation in Aeronautical Telemetry Systems Using Kalman Filter. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems 43 (4) , pp. 1624-1630.
Popescu, D. C., Popescu, O. and Rose, C. (2007). Interference Avoidance and Multiaccess Vector Channels. IEEE Transactions on Communications 55 (8) , pp. 1466-1471.
Popescu, O., Popescu, D. C. and Rose, C. (2007). Simultaneous Water Filling in Mutually Interfering Systems. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications 6 (3) , pp. 1102-1113.
Popescu, O. and Rose, C. (2004). Greedy SINR Maximization in Collaborative Multi-Base Wireless Systems. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking 2004 (2) , pp. 201-209.
Popescu, O. and Rose, C. (2004). Sum Capacity and TSC Bounds in Collaborative Multibase Wireless Systems. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 50 (10) , pp. 2433-2438.
Popescu, O., Rose, C. and Popescu, D. C. (2004). Maximizing the Determinant for a Special Class of Block-Partitioned Matrices. Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2004 (1) , pp. 49-62.
Popescu, O., Popescu, D. C., Wilder, J. and Karwe, M. V.. (2001). A New Approach to Modeling and Control of a Food Extrusion Process Using Artificial Neural Network and an Expert System. Journal of Food Process Engineering 24 (1) , pp. 17-36.
Popescu, D. C., Soare, C. and Popescu, O. (1996). The Use of a Root-Locus Type Plot in the Linear Quadratic Regulator Design. The Scientific Bulletin of POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest (series C) 58 (1-2) , pp. 85-88.
Popescu, D. C., Soare, C. and Popescu, O. (1995). Algorithms for Evaluating the Dominant Components of the Feedback Gain Matrix. The Scientific Bulletin of POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest (series C) 57 (1-4) , pp. 75-79.

Conference Proceeding

Popescu, O., Abraham, S. and El-Tawab, S. (2017). A mobile platform using software defined radios for wireless communication systems experimentation ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.
Ayala, O., Popescu, O. and Jovanovic, V. (2017). Flipped classroom as blended learning in a fluid mechanics course in engineering technology ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition.
Popescu, O., Popescu, D. and Harris, J. Designing the communication Sub-System for Nanosatellite CubeSat Missions: Operational and Implementation Perspectives.
Popescu, O., Chezan, L., Ayala, O. and Jovanovic, V. (2015). The Use of Polleverywhere in Engineering Technology Classes to Stimulate Student Critical Thinking and Motivation Seattle, WA: Proceedings 122nd ASEE Annual Conference.
Esmer, G. Bora., Popescu, O. and Popescu, D. C. (2015). Reconstruction of Diffraction Field from its Samples Distributed Over Space Shanghai: Proceedings 2015 OSA Digital Holography and 3-D Imaging Conference.
Popescu, O. and Popescu, D. C. (2015). Sub-Band Precoded OFDM for Enhanced Physical Layer Resiliency in Wireless Communication Systems (pp. 1-4) Constanta: Proceedings 3rd IEEE International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking - BlackSeaCom 2015.
Popescu, O. and Popescu, D. C. (2015). On the Performance of Precoded OFDM Systems in the Presence of Jamming (pp. 358-361) New Orleans, LA: Proceedings 2015 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference - WCNC.
Jovanovic, V., Michaeli, J., Popescu, O., Moustafa, M. R., Tomovic, M. M., Verma, A. K. and Lin, C. (2014). Implementing Mechatronics Design Methodology in Mechanical Engineering Technology Senior Design Projects at the 51Ç鱨վ Indianapolis, IN: Proceedings 121st ASEE Annual Conference.
Popescu, O. and Popescu, D. C. (2014). On The Performance of 4G Mobile Wireless Systems with Multiple Antennas (pp. 445-448) Bucharest, Romania: 10th International Communications Conference - COMM 2014.
Temtam, A., Popescu, D. C. and Popescu, O. (2014). Using OFDM Pilot Tone Information to Detect Active 4G LTE Transmissions (pp. 417-420) Bucharest, Romania: 10th International Communications Conference - COMM 2014.
Popescu, D. C., Abraham, S., Popescu, O. and Dobre, O. A.. (2010). On the Uplink-Downlink Duality for Gaussian Vector Channels with Colored Noise and Applications to CDMA Transmitter Adaptation (pp. 96-99) Kingston, Ontario: 25th IEEE Biennial Symposium on Communications.
Popescu, D. C., Shiny, A. and Popescu, O. (2009). Downlink Transmitter Adaptation Based On Greedy SINR Maximization (pp. 94-98) St. Johns, New Foundland: 22nd IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering - CCECE 2009.
Popescu, D. C., Popescu, O. and Rawat, D. B.. (2008). Gradient Descent Interference Avoidance with Target SIR Matching (pp. 200-204) Las Vegas, NV: IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference 2008– CCNC’08.
Popescu, D. C., Rawat, D. and Popescu, O. (2007). Gradient Descent Interference Avoidance for Uplink CDMA Systems with Multipath (pp. 1060-1064) Pacific Grove, CA: Proceedings 41st Annual Asilomar Conference on Signals,Systems, and Computers.
Popescu, O., Saquib, M., Popescu, D. C. and Rice, M. D.. (2006). Interference Mitigation and Channel Equalization for ARTM Tier-1Waveforms Using Kalman Filter San Diego, California: 2006 International Telemetry Conference – ITC 2006.
Popescu, O., Saquib, M., Popescu, D. C. and Rice, M. D. . (2006). Kalman Filter For Interference Mitigation and Channel Equalization in Aeronautical Telemetry Washington, DC: Proceedings 2006 IEEE Military Communications Conference – MILCOM’06.
Jitvanichphaibool, K., Saquib, M. and Popescu, O. (2006). Optimum Pilot-to-Data Power Ratio for Partial RAKE Receiver in Nakagami Fading Channels (pp. 5505-5510) Istanbut: Proceedings 2006 IEEE International Conference on Communications – ICC’06.
Popescu, O., Popescu, D. C. and Rose, C. (2005). Interference Avoidance for Capacity Optimization in Mutually Interfering Wireless Systems (pp. 593-597) Dallas, Texas: Proceedings 62nd IEEE Vehicular Technologies Conference – VTC 2005 Fall.
Popescu, O., Popescu, D. C. and Rose, C. (2005). Greedy Interference Avoidance in Noncollaborative Multi-BaseWireless Systems The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland: Proceedings 39th Conference on Information Sciences and Systems – CISS’05.
Popescu, O., Rose, C. and Popescu, D. C. (2004). Signal Space Partitioning Versus Simultaneous Water Filling for Mutually Interfering Systems (pp. 3128-3132) Dallas, Texas: Proceedings 2004 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference – GLOBECOM’04.
Popescu, D. C., Popescu, O. and Rose, C. (2004). Interference Avoidance Versus Iterative Water Filling in Multiaccess Vector Channels (pp. 2058-2062) Los Angeles, California: Proceedings 60th IEEE Vehicular Technologies Conference – VTC 2004 Fall .
Popescu, O., Rose, C. and Popescu, D. C. (2004). Strong Interference and Spectrum Warfare (pp. 83-88) Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey: Proceedings 38th Conference on Information Sciences and Systems – CISS’04.
Popescu, O. and Rose, C. (2003). Water Filling May Not Good Neighbors Make (pp. 1766-1770) San Francisco, CA: Proceedings 2003 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference – GLOBECOM’03.
Popescu, D. C., Popescu, O. and Rose, C. (2002). Interference Avoidance and Multiaccess Vector Channels (pp. 499) Proceedings 2002 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory – ISIT 2002.
Popescu, D. C. and Popescu, O. (1995). The Use of Neural Networks in Process Control (pp. 37-40) Proceedings 3rd International Scientific Conference on Modern Technologies.
Popescu, D. C. and Popescu, O. (1995). Hardware Implementation for Neural Networks (pp. 206-210) Proceedings 10th International Conference on Control Systems and Computer Science – CSCS 10.
  • 2018: Faculty Excellence Award in Service, Batten College of Engineering and Technology
  • 2017: Excellence in Promoting Undergraduate Research, 2017, 2016, 51Ç鱨վ
  • 2014: Exemplary reviewer award, IEEE Communications Letters Editorial Board
  • 2011: Exemplary reviewer award, IEEE Communications Letters Editorial Board

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