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Electrical engineering PhD candidate at Stanford interested in using ambiet radio frequency for low power sensing and communication
PhD Advisor: Zerina Kapetanovic
Current Research: Communication and Sensing using thermal noise, Backscatter communciation with Synethetic Aperture Radar Satellites
Publications
Geneva Ecola*, Jida Zhang *, Joesph Kahn and Zerina Kapetanovic, "Unleashing the Capcity of Thermal Noise Backscatter Channels," Manuscript in Preparation (* co-first authors)
Geneva Ecola*, Jida Zhang *, Joesph Kahn and Zerina Kapetanovic, "Unleashing the Capcity of Thermal Noise Backscatter Channels," Manuscript in Preparation (* co-first authors)
Jasmin Falconer*, Geneva Ecola* and Zerina Kapetanovic, "Wireless Johnson Noise Thermometry for Passive Temperature Sensing," in IEEE Journal of Microwaves, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 829-840, July 2025, doi: 10.1109/JMW.2025.3569638. (* co-first authors)
Jasmin Falconer*, Geneva Ecola* and Zerina Kapetanovic, "Wireless Johnson Noise Thermometry for Passive Temperature Sensing," in IEEE Journal of Microwaves, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 829-840, July 2025, doi: 10.1109/JMW.2025.3569638. (* co-first authors)
Geneva Ecola, Bill Yen, Ana Banzer Morgado, Bodhi Priyantha, Ranveer Chandra, and Zerina Kapetanovic. 2025. SARLink: Satellite Backscatter Connectivity using Synthetic Aperture Radar. In The 23rd ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys ’25), May 6–9, 2025, Irvine, CA, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 13 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3715014.3722061
Geneva Ecola, Bill Yen, Ana Banzer Morgado, Bodhi Priyantha, Ranveer Chandra, and Zerina Kapetanovic. 2025. SARLink: Satellite Backscatter Connectivity using Synthetic Aperture Radar. In The 23rd ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys ’25), May 6–9, 2025, Irvine, CA, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 13 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3715014.3722061
Education
Stanford University, Electrical Engineering
Stanford University, Electrical Engineering
PhD Candidate, September 2021 - Present
Master of Science, GPA 4.04, September 2021 - December 2023
Harvey Mudd College, Engineering
Harvey Mudd College, Engineering
Bachelor of Science, August 2015 - May 2019
Experience
Radio Frequency Integrity Intern
Radio Frequency Integrity Intern
Apple, June 2024 - September 2024
Cupertino, CA
Developed new test flow to analyze the impact of chip packaging variants on radio receiver performance
Automated the alignment of optical fibers with linear motion stages to verify photonics integrated circuits performance
Wireless Systems Intern
Wireless Systems Intern
Tesla, June 2023 - September 2023
Palo Alto, CA
Evaluated localization technologies for passive entry system of vehicle including BLE and UWB
Designed and evaluated RF balun circuit for matching between differential chip and single ended antenna
Senior RF Design Engineer
Senior RF Design Engineer
Trellisware, July 2019 - July 2021
San Diego, CA
Led hardware sustainment of software defined radio, responsibilities included updating design to incorporate new requirements, creating test plan and leading team of ~10 engineers to complete design verification
Redesigned high frequency analog front-end of radios using simulations in AWR Microwave Office software and testing hardware in lab using signal generators, spectrum analyzers, networks analyzers, power meters, and oscilloscopes
Antenna Team Intern
Antenna Team Intern
Echodyne, May 2018-August 2018
Kirkland, WA
Measured near field of electronically scanning array antenna at multiple scan angles and frequencies
Developed MATLAB scripts to determine metrics such as directivity, side lobe level, etc. from measured data
Teaching
Course Assistant
Course Assistant
Introduction to Circuits, June 2025-August 2025
Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Led office hours and labs for first course on circuits.
Taught students how to use power supplies, oscilloscope, multimeters and debugging skills
Course Assistant and Development
Course Assistant and Development
3D+ Imaging Sensors, March 2023-June 2023
Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Led office hours and labs for course on imaging systems.
Developed final course project where students applied course material to design imaging systems for specific applications like people counting with mmwave radar
Teaching Assistant
Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Engineering Systems and Experimental Engineering, August 2017-May 2018
Department of Engineering, Harvey Mudd College
Taught concepts to complete lab experiments and provided debugging help.
Awards and Honors
Stanford Woods Institute Emerging Environmental Scholar, 2025
Stanford Graduate Fellowship, 2024
Apple EE Fellowship in Integrated Systems, Stanford, 2024
Best Analog to Digital Converter Design, Stanford EE315: Analog Digital Interface Circuits Design Competition, 2022
Stanford Graduate Fellowship, Rambus Corporation, 2021
Departmental Honors, Harvey Mudd Engineering Department, 2019
T. Larry Norin Memorial Scholarship, Student who best deomonstrates mastery of radio freqeuncy systems, Harvey Mudd Engineering Department, 2018
Best Engineering Clinic Team Presentation, Harvey Mudd Engineering Department, 2018
Community and Outreach
Teaching class for high school students on how speakers work at Stanford SPLASH Event
Stanford Women in Electrical Engineering 2021-Present
Stanford Women in Electrical Engineering 2021-Present
Vice President 24' 25, Outreach and Advocacy Chair 23'
Lead and organize club events to provide community and professional opportunities for women in EE
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