Davi V. Q. Rodrigues

Dr. Davi V. Q. Rodrigues is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). His research focuses on microwave/millimeter-wave circuits and signal processing for radar, communication systems, and smart living applications. He holds a B.S. in Communications Engineering from the Military Institute of Engineering (Brazil) and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University. Prior to academia, he served in the Brazilian Navy and Army, and worked at Uhnder, Inc., Abbott Laboratories, and Dell Technologies. His work emphasizes radar-based smart home, healthcare, and autonomous systems, with contributions in structural health monitoring, human activity recognition, and joint communication-sensing technologies.

Dr. Rodrigues has received prestigious awards including the 2022 IEEE MTT-S Tom Brazil Fellowship and the 2023 Texas Tech Horn Distinguished Professors Award. His research group, the Microwave Circuits & Sensing Systems Group, develops algorithms and hardware for biomedical sensing, non-contact health monitoring, and 6G-enabled applications. He actively seeks motivated graduate students interested in radar systems, signal processing, and wireless technologies.

• Education:
  • B.S., Communications Engineering, Military Institute of Engineering (2017)
  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University (2023)
• Research Interests:
  • Microwave/mm-wave radar systems
  • Human activity monitoring and gesture recognition
  • Structural health monitoring
  • 6G/ B5G communication-sensing fusion
  • Passive and opportunistic RF sensing

His publications span radar-based smart living solutions, biomedical sensors, and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (IRS). He is an IEEE MTT-S member and has contributed to industry partnerships through collaborations with Uhnder and Dell Technologies. Current projects integrate AI-driven radar signal analysis and low-cost sensor networks for healthcare and infrastructure monitoring.