Gustavo Vejarano, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Loyola Marymount University Gustavo Vejarano, Professor, ECE Department, Loyola Marymount University
        Gustavo Vejarano

        Professor
        Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
        Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering
        Loyola Marymount University
 


Contact Info    Education    Experience    Teaching    Awards    Thesis Advisees    Publications    Projects/Simulators    Professional Service    Curriculum Vitae

Gustavo Vejarano is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Loyola Marymount University. He earned his B.S. in electrical engineering at Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia in 2005 and his M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL in 2009 and 2011 respectively. In 2006, he worked for ZTE Corporation as engineer for the deployment of a city-wide cellular network. During his Ph.D., he conducted research on wireless communication networks at the Wireless and Mobile Systems Laboratory under Dr. Janise McNair's direction. Dr. Vejarano's research group at Loyola Marymount University is the Intelligent and Embedded Networked Systems Laboratory (Intemnets Lab). Dr. Vejarano is faculty advisor of the IEEE, CubeSat, and SHPE Student Organizations at LMU, and Councilor of the Engineering Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research.

Gustavo's research interests are:
Contact Information
Mailing Address: 1 LMU Drive, MS 8145, Los Angeles, CA 90045
Phone: +1 310 338-5761
Fax: +1 310 338-2782
E-mail: gvejaran at lmu dot edu
URL: https://gvejaran.intemnets.lmu.build
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=E4vlHpoAAAAJ
ResearchGate: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gustavo_Vejarano/
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gvejaran
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GitHub: https://github.com/Intemnets-Lab/


Education
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida (Gainesville, FL, USA), 2009-2011

M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida (Gainesville, FL, USA), 2006-2009

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Universidad del Valle (Cali, Colombia), 2005.


Experience
Professor, Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Aug 2025 - present.

Associate Professor, Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Aug 2017 - Aug 2025.

Graduate Program Director, Master of Science Electrical Engineering, Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Aug 2016 - Aug 2023.

Graduate Program Director, Master of Science Systems Engineering, Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Aug 2021 - Aug 2023.

Graduate Program Director, Master of Science Computer Science, Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Aug 2019 - Aug 2021.

Assistant Professor. Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Aug 2011 - Aug 2017.

Research Assistant. University of Florida (Gainesville, FL, USA). Jan 2008 - May 2011.

Teaching Assistant. University of Florida (Gainesville, FL, USA). Aug 2006 - Dec 2007.

Post-sales Engineer. ZTE Corporation (Cali, Colombia). March - July 2006.

Teaching Assistant. Universidad del Valle (Cali, Colombia). Jan - June 2003.

Teaching Assistant. Universidad del Valle (Cali, Colombia). Jan - June 2002.


Teaching
EECE-6999 Wireless Network Applications (Independent Studies): Fall 2023

EECE-5140 Computer Architecture with VHDL: Spring 2023, Summer 2022, Fall 2021

EECE-5270 Wireless Networks: Spring 2024, Fall 2022

EECE-5210 Random Processes: Fall 2023, 2022

EECE-4110 Analog and Digital Communication Systems: Fall 2023, 2022

EECE-3210 Signals and Linear Systems: Spring 2024

EECE-3200 Junior Lab II: Spring 2024, 2023

ELEC-699 Wireless Network Applications (Independent Studies): Summer 2017, Fall 2015, Summer 2014, Spring 2013

ELEC-698 Radio Propagation (Independent Studies): Summer 2018

ELEC-680 Wireless Sensor Networks: Fall 2019, 2016, Spring 2016, 2015, 2013

ELEC-673 Wireless Networks: Fall 2020, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012

ELEC-621 Information Theory and Coding: Spring 2018, 2017, 2014

ELEC-584 Introduction to Microprocessors II: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

ELEC-424 Communications II: Spring 2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012

ELEC-423 Communications I: Fall 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014

ELEC-402 Senior Project: Spring 2013 (co-taught with Jerry Lockenour)

ELEC-371 Linear Systems: Spring 2012

ELEC-361 Electromagnetics: Fall 2019

ELEC-302 Junior Lab II: Spring 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013

ELEC-213 Electric Circuits Analysis Lab: Fall 2011

ELEC-210 Electric Circuit Analysis: Fall 2018, 2013

HNRS-2200 On the Nature of Science, Mathematics, and Technology: Fall 2019, 2018

SYEG-695 Preparation for Capstone Project: Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2021, Summer 2021


Awards
[4] Summer Opportunities for Advanced Research Award, Seaver College of Science and Engineering, Loyola Marymount University, Project Title: Hotspot Detection and Localization with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Point Set Registration (PSR), Award Amount: $2,000, Year: 2024

[3] Foundational Research in Robotics, National Science Foundation, Project Title: ERI: Fault-Tolerant Monitoring of Moving Clusters of Targets using Collaborative Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Award Amount: $196,993, Year: 2023, URL: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2301707

[2] Summer Opportunities for Advanced Research Award, Seaver College of Science and Engineering, Loyola Marymount University, Project Title: Configuration of the CubeSat I2C Bus, Award Amount: $2,000, Year: 2022

[1] Continuing Faculty Grant, Seaver College of Science and Engineering, Loyola Marymount University, Project Title: Wireless Networking for Collaborative Drones, Award Amount: $9,320, Year: 2021


Thesis Advisees

[11] Philip Anand, in progress

[10] Peng Guo, Path Optimization for UAV Waypoint Navigation using Potential Game Theory, 2025

[9] Anders Frankenberger, Solar Sail Attitude Determination and Control System for a CubeSat in Low Earth Orbit, 2023

[8] Mohammed Alrabeeah, Implementation of the Downlink Communication System of the LMU CubeSat, 2023

[7] William Bjorndahl, VANET Broadcast Protocol: A Multi-Hop Routing Framework for Vehicular Networks in ns-3, 2022

[6] Catherine Hu, Assessing Mission Attainment of the LMU Solar Sail CubeSat, 2022

[5] Roberto Ventura, Targeted Broadcasting in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks, 2022

[4] Yuanji Huang, Distributed Estimation Maximization of Gaussian Mixture Model with UAVs, 2021

[3] Dhruvil Darji, Locating, Tracking and Counting Targets Captured by Drones, 2018

[2] Garrett Newell, Human-Motion Transmission Power Control for Wireless Body Area Networks, 2016

[1] Dai Meng, Improvement of the Measurement of Human Joint Angles using Quaternion Theory and Inertial Magnetic Units, 2014


Publications
Journal Papers:

[10] Yuanji Huang, Pavithra Murali, and Gustavo Vejarano, "Distributed Monitoring of Moving Thermal Targets Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Gaussian Mixture Models," MDPI Robotics, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 85-109, Jun. 2025. URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics14070085

[9] Dhruvil Darji and Gustavo Vejarano, "Point Set Registration for Target Localization using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles," ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 1-29 Sep. 2023. URL: https://doi.org/10.1145/3586575

[8] Garrett Newell and Gustavo Vejarano, "Motion Based Routing and Transmission Power Control in Wireless Body Area Networks," IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 1, pp. 444-461, Apr. 2020. URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/OJCOMS.2020.2986396

[7] Todd Shoepe, Gustavo Vejarano, Nathan Reyes, Nicole Gobreial, and Jeanette Ricci, "Volume Estimations for Combined Free-Weight and Rubber-Band Resistance Exercise," Kinesiology, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 169-177, Oct. 2017. URL: https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/276511

[6] Dai Meng, Todd Shoepe, and Gustavo Vejarano, "Accuracy Improvement on the Measurement of Human Joint Angles," IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 498-507, Mar. 2016. URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2015.2394467

[5] Gustavo Vejarano, Dexiang Wang, Ritwik Dubey, and Janise McNair, "Distributed Throughput Maximization in Wireless Networks using the Stability Region," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 1713-1723, Jul. 2014. URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/TPDS.2013.202

 [4] Gustavo Vejarano and Janise McNair, "Stability Analysis of Reservation-Based Distributed Scheduling Policies in Wireless Networks," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 760-767, Apr. 2012. URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/TPDS.2011.201

[3] Gustavo Vejarano, Dexiang Wang, and Janise McNair, "Stability Region Adaptation using Transmission Power Control for Transport Capacity Optimization in IEEE 802.16 Wireless Mesh Networks," Elsevier Computer Networks Journal, vol. 55, no. 16, pp. 3694-3703, Nov. 2011. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2011.03.021

[2] Gustavo Vejarano and Fabio Guerrero, "A Constructivist Simulation-Based Methodology for Teaching Mobile Communications," IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 468-475, Nov. 2008. URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/TE.2007.914941

[1] Fabio Guerrero, Javier Parra, and Gustavo Vejarano, "Introduccion a los Sistemas de Comunicaciones Moviles Modernos," Energia y Computacion, vol. 12, no. 22, pp. 9-14, Jan. 2005. URL: http://bibliotecadigital.univalle.edu.co/handle/10893/1423

Conference Papers:

[15] Roberta Dal Lago Garcia, Nihar Nanjappa, Alex Alvarez, Philip Anand, and Gustavo Vejarano, "Registration and Geolocation of Aerial Thermal Images for Wildfire Monitoring," in 44th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC'25), Austin, TX, USA, Nov. 2025. URL: [pending]

[14] Justin Hynes, Alejandro Marcovich, and Gustavo Vejarano, "Open-Source Quadcopter for Autonomous UAV Networks for Surveillance using Zigbee Radios and Thermal Imaging," in IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM'24), Washington, DC, USA, Oct. 2024. URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/MILCOM61039.2024.10773795

[13] Roberto Ventura, William Bjorndahl, and Gustavo Vejarano, "Targeted Broadcast in Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks," in 2023 IEEE Latin-American Conference on Communications (LATINCOM'23), Panama City, Panama, Nov. 2023. URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/LATINCOM59467.2023.10361856

[12] Rashit Patel, Lei Huang, and Gustavo Vejarano, "Pothole Detection from Dash Camera Images using YOLOv5," in 26th International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision, & Pattern Recognition (IPCV'22), Las Vegas, NV, USA, Jul. 2022

[11] Rommel Fernandes, Lei Huang, and Gustavo Vejarano, "Non-Audible Speech Classification Using Deep Learning Approaches," in 6th Annual Conference on Computational Science & Computational Intelligence (CSCI'19), Las Vegas, NV, USA, Dec. 2019. URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCI49370.2019.00118

[10] Dhruvil Darji and Gustavo Vejarano, "Counting Static Targets using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle On-The-Fly and Autonomously," in 2018 Computer and Robot Vision (CRV 2018), Toronto, ON, Canada, May 2018. URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/CRV.2018.00037

[9] Garrett Newell and Gustavo Vejarano, "'Human-Motion Based Transmission Power Control in Wireless Body Area Networks," in 2016 IEEE 3rd World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT 2016), Reston, VA, USA, Dec. 2016. URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/WF-IoT.2016.7845404

[8] Thang Tran and Gustavo Vejarano, "Prediction of Received Signal Strength from Human Joint Angles in Body Area Networks," in 2016 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC'16), Kauai, HI, USA, Feb. 2016. URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCNC.2016.7440700

[7] Dai Meng and Gustavo Vejarano, "Development of a Wireless Sensor Network for the Measurement of Human Joint Angles," in IEEE International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo (ICCVE'13), Las Vegas, NV, USA, Dec. 2013. URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCVE.2013.6799820

[6] Gustavo Vejarano and Janise McNair, "Queue-Stability-Based Transmission Power Control in Wireless Multihop Networks," in IEEE Global Communications Conference, Exhibition and Industry Forum 2010 (GLOBECOM'10), Miami, FL, USA, Dec. 2010. URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOM.2010.5683854

[5] Gustavo Vejarano and Janise McNair, "Reservation-Based Distributed Scheduling in Wireless Networks," in Proc. 11th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM'10), Montreal, QC, Canada, Jun. 2010. URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/WOWMOM.2010.5534904

[4] Gustavo Vejarano and Janise McNair, "WiMAX-RBDS-Sim: An OPNET Simulation Framework for Reservation-Based Distributed Scheduling Policies in IEEE 802.16 Mesh Networks," in Proc. 3rd International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (SIMUTools'10), Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain, Mar. 2010. URL: https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1808178

[3] Gustavo Vejarano and Janise McNair, "An Intelligent Wireless Mesh Network Backbone," in Proc. 3rd International Conference on Wireless Internet (WICON'07), Austin, TX, USA, Oct. 2007. URL: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1460047.1460052

[2] Mario Vera, Gustavo Vejarano, and Jaime Velasco, "Diseno de Funciones DSP usando VHDL, CPLDs y FPGAs," in Memorias Taller IBERCHIP (IWS'03), La Habana, Cuba, Mar. 2003. URL: http://www.iberchip.net/IX/Articles/POST-082.pdf

[1] Mario Vera, Gustavo Vejarano, and Jaime Velasco, "Diseno de un Filtro FIR Programable con VHDL y PLDs," in Memorias Simposio de Tratamiento de Senales, Imagenes y Vision Artificial (STSIVA'02), Bucaramanga, Colombia, Nov. 2002. URL: http://stsiva.org/

Book Chapters:

[1] Gustavo Vejarano, "Stability-Based Topology Control in Wireless Mesh Networks," Wireless Mesh Networks - Efficient Link Scheduling, Channel Assignment and Network Planning Strategies, ISBN 978-953-51-0672-2, InTech, Aug. 2012. URL: https://doi.org/10.5772/48576

Posters:

[9] Roberto Ventura and Gustavo Vejarano, "Target-Search Algorithm for Collaborative Drones," in 11th Undergraduate Research Symposium, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Mar. 2019.

[8] Sylvana Santos, Pedro Iago Carvalho Martin, Jean Carlo Johansen de Alburqueque, Francisco Lemuel Ferreira Lima, and Gustavo Vejarano, "Diagnosing Pronation and Supination using Wireless Body Networks for Electromyography and Motion Capture," in 2016 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS'16), Tampa, FL, USA, Nov. 2016.

[7] Lucia Ramirez and Gustavo Vejarano, "Diminishing Patient Noncompliance in Physical Therapy using Motion Capture Technologies," in SHPE 2014 Undergraduate Student Technical Poster Competition, Detroit, MI, USA, Nov. 2014.

[6] Nicole Gobreial, Jeanette Ricci, Nathan Reyes, Gustavo Vejarano, and Todd Shoepe, "Movement and Work Quantification in Elastic Variable Resistance Exercise," in Southwest Chapter Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, Costa Mesa, CA, USA, Oct. 2014.

[5] Lizbeth Rojas and Gustavo Vejarano, "Development of a Wireless Motion-Capture System (Mocap) System for the Human Leg," in 25th Anniversary HENAAC Conference Great Minds in STEM, New Orleans, LA, USA, Oct. 2013.

[4] Owen Dominguez and Gustavo Vejarano, "Packet Loss Prediction for a Motion-Capture (MoCap) System," in SACNAS National Conference 2013 (SACNAS'13), San Antonio, TX, USA, Oct. 2013.

[3] Dai Meng and Gustavo Vejarano, "Motion Capture of the Human Elbow using the Earth's Magnetic Field and Gravity," in Graduate Research Symposium, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Apr. 2013.

[2] Leonard Turcios, Andrew Petersen, and Gustavo Vejarano, "Upper-Limb Motion-Capture (MoCap) Testbed," in Undergraduate Research Symposium, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Mar. 2013.

[1] Jay Lee and Gustavo Vejarano, "Motion-Capture (MoCap) Musical System," in Graduate Research Symposium, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Apr. 2012.

Technical Reports:

[5] Gustavo Vejarano, Joseph Makar, Ritwik Dubey, and Janise McNair, "Tactical Bandwidth Booster for Seamless Communication in Hybrid Networks: PSNR Guarantees for Video Communication," technical report for US Army, Nov. 2010.

[4] Gustavo Vejarano and Janise McNair, "OPNET Modeling and Evaluation of IEEE 802.16 Wireless Mesh Networks with Distributed Scheduling," technical report for OPNET University Program, March 2010.

[3] Gustavo Vejarano, Dexiang Wang, Xiaoyuan Li, and Janise McNair, "PESQ and MED Guarantees for Voice Communications over Hybrid Wireless Networks," technical report for US Army, May 2009.

[2] Gustavo Vejarano, Dexiang Wang, Xiaoyuan Li, and Janise McNair, "Tactical Bandwidth Booster for VoIP in Hybrid Wireless Networks," technical report for US Army, May 2009.

[1] Dexiang Wang, Gustavo Vejarano, Xiaoyuan Li, and Janise McNair, "Design, Implementation, and Performance Evaluation of an Adaptive Delay-Jitter-Smoothing Algorithm for Real-Time Traffic over Heterogeneous Networks," technical report for US Army, May 2009.

Doctoral Dissertation:

[1] Gustavo Vejarano, "Stability-Based Topology Control in Wireless Multihop Networks with Reservation-Based Distributed-Scheduling Policies," Doctoral Dissertation, Advisor: Dr. Janise McNair, University of Florida, May 2011. URL: https://ufl-flvc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01FALSC_UFL/6ad6fc/alma990299908200306597


Projects/Simulators
Open-Source Quadcopter for Autonomous UAV Networks (Justin Hynes, Alejandro Marcovich, and Gustavo Vejarano, 2024)
This is an open-source quadcopter prototype for UAV-to-UAV communication via a Zigbee network. The prototype integrates a thermal imaging system for surveillance and autonomy to fly to destinations determined onboard without ground control. The prototype is assembled on a Parrot Anafi AI quadcopter utilizing a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, an XBee transciever, and a TOPDON TC001 thermal camera.

VANET Broadcast Protocol (William Bjorndahl, Roberto Ventura, and Gustavo Vejarano, 2022)
This is a multi-hop broadcast algorithm implemented in Network Simulator 3 that enables vehicles to estimate the traffic level within their two-hop neighborhood and use routing metrics selectively depending on the measured traffic level with the goal of increasing the speed that the broadcast message propagates along the road.

WIMU Motion Capture (Dai Meng and Gustavo Vejarano, 2013)
WIMU Motion Capture is a system that measures joint angles of the human body using a wireless sensor network of Shimmer IMU nodes. The principle of operation is based on measurements of the alignments of the different limb segments with the earth's gravity and magnetic fields.

WiMAX-RBDS-Sim (Gustavo Vejarano and Janise McNair, 2010)
WiMAX-RBDS-Sim is a simulation model for IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX) wireless mesh networks with distributed scheduling for the OPNET Modeler. It provides a framework for the evaluation of reservation-based distributed scheduling (RBDS) policies at the medium access control (MAC) layer. It provides interfaces for the integration of RBDS policies and link-establishment algorithms.

cdma2000-UV Simulator (Gustavo Vejarano and Fabio Guerrero, 2005)
The cdma2000-UV simulator is a MATLAB implementation of the physical layer of the mobile commuciation technology cdma2000 1X. The simulator estimates the performance of transmissions between the user's mobile device and a cdma2000 1X base station under several test environments such as outdoor to indoor data transmissions and outdoor transmissions from users in a moving vehicle.


Professional Service
Member of the following:
 Reviewer of the following:
 Technical Program Committee Member:

IEEE Coastal Los Angeles Section (CLAS):

CUR Councilor:

Faculty Advisor:
 Mentor for students of the following:



Last Update: 9/2/2025