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Information and Telecommunication Technology Center (ITTC)

ITTC Contacts: Students


Peter Adany
PhD. Student
peter@ittc.ku.edu
138 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7841

Thesis Advisor: Ronqing Hui

Zeeshan Ahmed
M.S. Student, Research Assistant
zeeshan@ittc.ku.edu
247N Nichols
(785)864-4781

Thesis Advisor: Bo Luo

Daniel Alam
M.S. Student
alam@ittc.ku.edu
214 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7756

Thesis Advisor: Erik Perrins

Paul Anglin
PhD. Student, Self Fellow
jpanglin@ittc.ku.edu
149 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7708

Thesis Advisor: James Stiles

Austin Arnett
B.S. Student, Undergrad Research Assistant
aarnett@ittc.ku.edu
148 Nichols
(785)864-7708

Project Supervisor: Shannon Blunt

Evan Austin
M.S. Student
ecaustin@ittc.ku.edu
145 Nichols
(785)864-7704

Thesis Advisor: Perry Alexander

Aleksandra Banasik
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
aleksandra@ittc.ku.edu

Thesis Advisor: Bozenna Pasik-Duncan
Project Supervisor: Bozenna Pasik-Duncan
Project: Stochastic Analysis and Applications

Sayak Bose
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
sayakbose@ittc.ku.edu
214 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7756

Thesis Advisor: Erik Perrins
Project Supervisor: Erik Perrins
Project: High-Rate High-Speed Forward Error Correction Architectures for Aeronautical Telemetry (HFEC)

Tristan Bull
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
tbull@ittc.ku.edu
214 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7756

Thesis Advisor: Erik Perrins
Project Supervisor: Erik Perrins
Project: High-Rate High-Speed Forward Error Correction Architectures for Aeronautical Telemetry (HFEC)

Matt Casper
M.S. Student
mtcspr@ittc.ku.edu
148 Nichols
(785)864-7708

Thesis Advisor: Christopher Allen

Egemen Çetinkaya
PhD. Student
ekc@ittc.ku.edu
235 Nichols
(785)864-7122
http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~ekc

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Ryan Chan
B.S. Student, Undergraduate Research Assistant
ryan876@ittc.ku.edu

Deepak Chellamani
M.S. Student
dchellam@ittc.ku.edu
217 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7290

Thesis Advisor: Joseph Evans

Yuxin Chen
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
yxchen@itttc.ku.edu
247N Nichols
(785)864-4781

Thesis Advisor: Bo Luo

Yufei Cheng
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
yfcheng@ittc.ku.edu
215 Nichols Hall
(785)864-1754

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: GpENI: Great Plains Environment for Network Innovation
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Matt Cook
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
randy78@ittc.ku.edu
149 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7708

Thesis Advisor: Shannon Blunt

Charles Crawford
Student, Director of Information Security, The University of Kansas
ccrawf@ku.edu
Computer Services Facility
(785)864-0491

Adam Crifasi
B.S. Student, Undergraduate Research Assistant
acrifasi@ittc.ku.edu
245W Nichols
(785)864-7702

Project Supervisor: Ronqing Hui
Project: Collaborative Research: High-Speed Self-Configuring Networks Based on Cost-Effective Plug-and-Play Optical(PPO) Nodes

Mark Davenport
B.S. Student, Undergraduate Systems Administrator
mark579@ittc.ku.edu
240 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7715

Project Supervisor: Mike Hulet

Patrick Dermyer
B.S. Student, Undergradaute Research Assistant
pdermyer@ittc.ku.edu
345 Nichols
(785)864-3989

Project Supervisor: Xue-wen Chen
Project: CAREER: Machine Learning Approaches for Genome-wide Biological Network Interference

Will Dinkel
M.S. Student
dinkel@ittc.ku.edu
245E Nichols Hall
(785)864-7774

Thesis Advisor: Doug Niehaus

Michael Dreiling
B.S. Student
miked@ittc.ku.edu
245E Nichols
(785)864-7774

Justin Ehrlich
PhD. Student
jaehrlic@ittc.ku.edu
217 Nichols
(785)864-7290

Thesis Advisor: Jim Miller

Scott Emery
B.S. Student
semery@ittc.ku.edu
245E Nichols
(785)864-7774

Ben Ewy
PhD. Student
bewy@ittc.ku.edu
138 Nichols
(785)864-7841

Thesis Advisor: Joseph Evans

Andrew Farmer
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
afarmer@ittc.ku.edu
145B Nichols
(785)864-7704

Thesis Advisor: Andy Gill

Hongliang Fei
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
hfei@ittc.ku.edu
344EA Nichols Hall
(785)864-7843

Thesis Advisor: Luke Huan
Project Supervisor: Luke Huan
Project: Rail Sensor Testbed Program: Active Agents in Containers for Transport Chain Security

Daniel Fokum
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
fokumdt@ittc.ku.edu
118 Nichols
(785)864-4635
http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~fokumdt/

Thesis Advisor: Victor Frost
Project Supervisor: Victor Frost
Project: Advanced SensorNet Technologies to Monitor Trusted Corridors

Nicolas Frisby
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
nfrisby@ittc.ku.edu
145A Nichols
(785)864-4116

Thesis Advisor: Perry Alexander
Project Supervisor: Perry Alexander
Project: Simulation of Rosetta Representations and Evaluations

Jay Fuller
B.S. Student, Undergraduate Research Assistant
jfuller@ittc.ku.edu
145 Nichols
(785)864-7704

Project Supervisor: Prasad Kulkarni

Byron Gerlach
M.S. Student
gerlach@ittc.ku.edu
240 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7715

Thesis Advisor: Xue-wen Chen

Ben Goering
B.S. Student, Undergraduate Systems Administrator
bengo@ittc.ku.edu
240 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7715

Project Supervisor: Mike Hulet

Jacob Hamilton
B.S. Student, UG Research Assistant
jakeh@ittc.ku.edu

Bing Han
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
hanbing@ittc.ku.edu
345 Nichols Hall
(785)864-3989

Thesis Advisor: Xue-wen Chen
Project Supervisor: Xue-wen Chen
Project: CAREER: Machine Learning Approaches for Genome-wide Biological Network Interference

Dillon Hicks
B.S. Student, Undergraduate Research Assistant
hhicks@ittc.ku.edu
(785)864-7774

Project Supervisor: Doug Niehaus
Project: Collaborative Research: CSR-EHS: Semantic Domain Integration for Embedded & Hybrid Systems

Ehsan Hosseini
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
ehsan@ittc.ku.edu
214 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7756

Thesis Advisor: Erik Perrins
Project Supervisor: Erik Perrins
Project: Lunar and Martian Surface Communication Systems with Efficient Miniature Antennas
Project: High-Rate High-Speed Forward Error Correction Architectures for Aeronautical Telemetry (HFEC)

Divya Iyer
M.S. Student
divya1987@ittc.ku.edu
145 Nichols
(785)864-7704

Thesis Advisor: Prasad Kulkarni

Michael Jantz
M.S. Student
mjantz@ittc.ku.edu
145 Nichols
(785)864-7704

Thesis Advisor: Prasad Kulkarni

Jong Jeong
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
jcjeong@ittc.ku.edu
345 Nichols
(785)864-3989

Thesis Advisor: Xue-wen Chen
Project Supervisor: Xue-wen Chen

Yi Jia
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
jiayi@ittc.ku.edu
344EA Nichols
(785)864-7843

Thesis Advisor: Luke Huan

Ruoyi Jiang
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
jiangruoyi@ittc.ku.edu
344E Nichols
(785)864-7843

Thesis Advisor: Luke Huan
Project Supervisor: Luke Huan
Project: Rail Sensor Testbed Program: Active Agents in Containers for Transport Chain Security

Suyang Ju
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
jusuyang@ittc.ku.edu
217 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7290

Thesis Advisor: Joseph Evans
Project Supervisor: Joseph Evans
Project: Graduate Scholarship in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Ryan Kanoknukulchai
B.S. Student, Undergraduate Research Assistant
rkanoknu@ittc.ku.edu
145 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7704

Project Supervisor: Perry Alexander

Martin Kuehnhausen
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
mkuehnha@ittc.ku.edu
245W Nichols Hall
(785)864-7702

Thesis Advisor: Victor Frost
Project Supervisor: Victor Frost
Project: Advanced SensorNet Technologies to Monitor Trusted Corridors

Abijith Kumar
M.S. Student
akumar@ittc.ku.edu
145 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7704

Thesis Advisor: Prasad Kulkarni

Daniel Leung
PhD. Student
dleung@ittc.ku.edu
217 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7290

Thesis Advisor: Arvin Agah

Cindy Lin
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
xlin@ittc.ku.edu
345 Nichols
(785)864-3989

Thesis Advisor: Luke Huan
Project Supervisor: Luke Huan

Jonathan Lutes
B.S. Student, UG Research Assistant
jlutes@ittc.ku.edu
247N Nichols
(785)864-4781

Arvind Madhavan
M.S. Student
amadhav@ittc.ku.edu
(785)864-7922

Thesis Advisor: Dan Deavours

Matt Mandelbaum
B.S. Student, Undergraduate Research Assistant
mattm21@ittc.ku.edu
(785)864-3989

Project Supervisor: Xue-wen Chen
Project: CAREER: Machine Learning Approaches for Genome-wide Biological Network Interference

Shantan Marepally
M.S. Student
mshantan@ittc.ku.edu
245E Nicholws Hall
(785)864-7774

Thesis Advisor: Arvin Agah

Kevin Matlage
M.S. Student
kmatlage@ittc.ku.edu
145 Nichols
(785)864-7704

Thesis Advisor: Andy Gill
Project Supervisor: Andy Gill

Justin Metcalf
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
jmetcalf@ittc.ku.edu
149 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7708

Thesis Advisor: Shannon Blunt
Project Supervisor: Shannon Blunt
Project: Intra-Pulse Radar-Embedded Communications

Abdul Jabbar
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
jabbar@ittc.ku.edu
235 Nichols
(785)864-7122
http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~jabbar/

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking
Project: AeroNP and AeroTP: Aeronautical Network and Transport Protocols for iNET (ANTP)

Asifuddin Mohammad
M.S. Student
asifm@ittc.ku.edu
215 Nichols Hall
(785)864-1754

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Naaser Mohammed
M.S. Student
naaser06@ittc.ku.edu
144 Nichols
(785)864-7922

Thesis Advisor: Dan Deavours
Project Supervisor: Dan Deavours

Kristin Moody
B.S. Student, Undergraduate Research Assistant
kmoody@ittc.ku.edu

Ramya Naidu Muthyala
M.S. Student
ramyanm@ittc.ku.edu

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Manjiri Namjoshi
M.S. Student, Cerner Intern
manjiri@ittc.ku.edu
145 Nichols
(785)864-7704

Thesis Advisor: Prasad Kulkarni

Hemanth Narra
M.S. Student
hemanth@ittc.ku.edu
215 Nichols
(785)864-1743 or
(785)864-1754

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Thomas Northup
B.S. Student, SURE Research Assistant
tnorthup@ittc.ku.edu
148B Nichols
(785)864-7708

Angela Oguna
B.S. Student, Undergraduate Research Assistant
oguna@ittc.ku.edu
216 Nichols
(785)864-7773

Project Supervisor: Gary Minden
Project: Advanced SensorNet Technologies to Monitor Trusted Corridors

Jorge Ortiz
PhD. Student
ortizj@ittc.ku.edu
145 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7704

Thesis Advisor: Perry Alexander

Janaki Manohar Padathula
M.S. Student
manoharp@ittc.ku.edu
247N Nichols
(785)864-4781

Thesis Advisor: Bo Luo

Kamakshi Sirisha Pathapati
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
kamipks@ittc.ku.edu
215 Nichols
(785)864-1754

Thesis Advisor: Dave Petr

Megan Peck
PhD. Student
mpeck@ittc.ku.edu
145B Nichols Hall
(785)864-7704

Thesis Advisor: Perry Alexander

Wesley Peck
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
peckw@ittc.ku.edu
145B Nichols Hall
(785)864-7704

Thesis Advisor: David Andrews

Kevin Peters
M.S. Student
kevjay@ittc.ku.edu
215 Nichols Hall
(785)864-1754

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Ty Phagan
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
tphagan@ittc.ku.edu
245E Nichols
(785)864-7774

Thesis Advisor: Doug Niehaus
Project Supervisor: Doug Niehaus
Project: CT-ISG: Collaborative Research: Non-bypassable Kernel Services for Execution Security

Muthu Pitchaimani
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
muthu@ittc.ku.edu
217 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7290

Thesis Advisor: Joseph Evans
Project Supervisor: Joseph Evans
Project: NeTS-FIND: CogNet--An Experimental Protocol Stack for Cognitive Radio Networks and Its Integration with the Future Internet

Jorge Pizarro Zapata
Student
georgepz@ittc.ku.edu
215 Nichols
(785)864-1754

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Rakesh Reddy Purumandla
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
rakeshp@ittc.ku.edu
344EA Nichols
(785)864-7843

Thesis Advisor: Dave Petr
Project Supervisor: Dave Petr

Mrudula Putcha
M.S. Student
mrudula@ittc.ku.edu
215 Nichols
(785)864-1754

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Brian Quanz (awards)
PhD. Student, NSF Graduate Research Fellow and Graduate Research Assistant
bquanz@ittc.ku.edu
344E Nichols Hall
(785)864-7843

Thesis Advisor: Luke Huan
Project Supervisor: Luke Huan
Project: CAREER: Mining Genome-wide Chemical-Structure Activity Relationships in Emergent Chemical Genomics Databases

Kevin Quillen
B.S. Student
kquillen@ittc.ku.edu
344E Nichols
(785)864-7843

Raina Rahman
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
raina226@ittc.ku.edu
214 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7756

Thesis Advisor: Erik Perrins
Project Supervisor: Erik Perrins
Project: Lunar and Martian Surface Communication Systems with Efficient Miniature Antennas
Project: High-Rate High-Speed Forward Error Correction Architectures for Aeronautical Telemetry (HFEC)

Prashanth Ramani
M.S. Student
pramani@ittc.ku.edu
247N Nichols
(785)864-4781

Thesis Advisor: Gunes Ercal-Ozkaya

Gino Rea
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
ginorea@ittc.ku.edu
214 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7756

Thesis Advisor: Erik Perrins
Project Supervisor: Erik Perrins
Project: High-Rate High-Speed Forward Error Correction Architectures for Aeronautical Telemetry (HFEC)

Bhavana Reshaboina
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
rbhavana@ittc.ku.edu
344E Nichols
(785)864-7843

Thesis Advisor: Luke Huan

Justin Rohrer
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
rohrej@ittc.ku.edu
235 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7122
http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~rohrej

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: AeroNP and AeroTP: Aeronautical Network and Transport Protocols for iNET (ANTP)
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Paul Runanu
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
runanu@ittc.ku.edu
247N Nichols
(785)864-4781

Thesis Advisor: Ronqing Hui
Project Supervisor: Ronqing Hui

Kelly Ryan
B.S. Student, RGS-Nichols Student Assistant
kellyr24@ku.edu
147 Nichols Hall
(785)864-4775

Cenk Sahin
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
cenksahin@ittc.ku.edu
149 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7708

Thesis Advisor: Erik Perrins
Project Supervisor: Erik Perrins
Project: Lunar and Martian Surface Communication Systems with Efficient Miniature Antennas

Mukund Sarangapani
M.S. Student
msaranga@ittc.ku.edu
217 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7290

Thesis Advisor: Joseph Evans

Alexander Senf
PhD. Student
ajsenf@ittc.ku.edu
345 Nichols Hall
(785)864-3989

Thesis Advisor: Xue-wen Chen

Qian Shi
M.S. Student
shiqian@ittc.ku.edu
215 Nichols
(785)864-1754

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Ashwini Shikaripur Nadig
M.S. Student
ashvini@ittc.ku.edu
247N Nichols
(785)864-7702 or
(785)854-4781

Thesis Advisor: Brian Potetz

Aaron Smalter
PhD. Student, Ph.D. student
asmalter@ittc.ku.edu

Thesis Advisor: Luke Huan

Mark Snyder
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
marks@ittc.ku.edu
145 Nichols
(785)864-7704

Thesis Advisor: Perry Alexander
Project Supervisor: Perry Alexander
Project: Simulation of Rosetta Representations and Evaluations

Bala Sridhar
M.S. Student
bsridhar@ittc.ku.edu
245E Nichols Hall
(785)864-7774

Thesis Advisor: Doug Niehaus

Sripriya Srinivasan
PhD. Student
sripriya@ittc.ku.edu
215 Nichols
(785)864-1754

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Michael Steve
M.S. Student
msteve@ittc.ku.edu
247N Nichols Hall
(785)864-4781

Thesis Advisor: Gunes Ercal-Ozkaya

Jason Stewart
PhD. Student
jstewart@ittc.ku.edu
217 Nichols
(785)864-7290

Thesis Advisor: Arvin Agah

Jared Straub
M.S. Student
iqrally@ittc.ku.edu
(785)864-7774

Thesis Advisor: Doug Niehaus

Tyson Thedinger
M.S. Student
tyson@ittc.ku.edu

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Sudha Tiruchengodu Yegyanarayanan
M.S. Student
tysudha@ittc.ku.edu
245W Nichols Hall
(785)864-7702

Thesis Advisor: Ronqing Hui

German Torres Forero
M.S. Student
germantf@ku.edu

Thesis Advisor: Swapan Chakrabarti

Tsam Kai Tsui
M.S. Student
mrtsui@ittc.ku.edu
247N Nichols Hall
(785)864-4781

Thesis Advisor: Bo Luo

Muharrem Tunc
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
tunc@ittc.ku.edu
214 Nichols
(785)864-7756

Thesis Advisor: Erik Perrins
Project Supervisor: Erik Perrins
Project: AeroNP and AeroTP: Aeronautical Network and Transport Protocols for iNET (ANTP)

Brian Tung
B.S. Student, UG Research Assistant
pikatung@ittc.ku.edu
145 Nichols
(785)864-7704

Sarvesh Varatharajan
PhD. Student
sarvesh@ittc.ku.edu
245W Nichols Hall
(785)864-7702

Kannan Vetrivillalan
M.S. Student
kannanv@ittc.ku.edu
(785)864-4781

Thesis Advisor: Bo Luo

Rui Wang
M.S. Student
wangrui@ittc.ku.edu
215 Nichols Hall
(785)864-1754

Thesis Advisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project Supervisor: James P.G. Sterbenz
Project: ResiliNets: Multilevel Resilient and Survivable Networking

Xiaohong Wang
M.S. Student
xwang85@ittc.ku.edu
344E Nichols
(785)864-7843

Thesis Advisor: Luke Huan

Russell Webb
PhD. Student, Self Fellow
webb@ittc.ku.edu
217 Nichols Hall
785-864-7290

Thesis Advisor: Swapan Chakrabarti

Brett Werling
M.S. Student
bwerling@ittc.ku.edu
214 Nichols Hall
(785)864-7756

Thesis Advisor: Erik Perrins
Project Supervisor: Erik Perrins
Project: High-Rate High-Speed Forward Error Correction Architectures for Aeronautical Telemetry (HFEC)

Michael Wu
B.S. Student, Undergraduate Research Assistant
mikewu@ittc.ku.edu
344E Nichols
(785)864-7843

Yuhao Yang
M.S. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
yyang@ittc.ku.edu
247N Nichols Hall
(785)864-4781

Thesis Advisor: Bo Luo

Zihaduz Zaman
B.S. Student, Undergraduate Research Assistant
zzaman@ittc.ku.edu
144 Nichols
(785)864-7922

Project Supervisor: Dan Deavours

Matt Zeets
M.S. Student
mzeets@ittc.ku.edu
216 Nichols Hall
785-864-7773

Thesis Advisor: Victor Frost

Wenrong Zeng
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
wrzeng@ittc.ku.edu
345 Nichols Hall
(785)864-3989

Thesis Advisor: Xue-wen Chen

Leo Zhang
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
jtzhang@ittc.ku.edu
344EA Nichols Hall
(785)864-7843

Thesis Advisor: Luke Huan
Project Supervisor: Luke Huan

Yuanyuan Zhang
PhD. Student, Graduate Research Assistant
yyzhang@ittc.ku.edu
118 Nichols
(785)864-4635

Thesis Advisor: Ronqing Hui
Project Supervisor: Ronqing Hui
Project: Collaborative Research: High-Speed Self-Configuring Networks Based on Cost-Effective Plug-and-Play Optical(PPO) Nodes