Dr. Rahul Bhadani

Assistant Professor, ECE

Contact

301 Sparkman Drive
Engineering Building
Room 217H
Huntsville, AL 35899
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256.824.6302
rkb0022@uah.edu

Biography

Rahul Bhadani is an assistant professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He was formerly a post-doctoral appointee at Vanderbilt University in the Institute for Software Integrated Systems. He obtained his MS (2022) in Statistics, MS (2021) in Optical Sciences and MS (2017) and PhD (2022) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The University of Arizona, and a B.E. (2012) in Information Technology from Bengal Engineering & Science University in India. His research primarily focuses on Cyber-physical Systems for intelligent transportation, robotics, and energy systems. His research techniques are grounded in model-based design, statistical methods, and control systems. He is a recipient of the best paper award at the IEEE Vehicular Network Conference 2018. He is also a part of the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society award-winning CIRCLES Consortium. His teaching interests include signal processing, model-based design, statistical machine learning, and quantum information processing.

Courses Taught: 

  • CPE 381: Signals and Systems for Computer Engineers
  • CPE 221: Computer Organization
  • CPE 490/590: Machine Learning for Engineering Applications
  • CPE 486/586: Machine Learning for Engineering Applications
  • CPE 487/587: Deep Learning for Engineering Applications

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Education

  • PhD (2022) Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Arizona
  • MS (2022) Statistics, The University of Arizona
  • MS (2021) Optical Sciences, The University of Arizona
  • MS (2017) Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Arizona
  • BE (2012) Information Technology, Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur

Honors & Awards

  • Best paper award, IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference, Taipei City, December 2018

Recent Publications

  • M. N. Shakib, M. A. H. Ifty, M. S. Uddin, and R. Bhadani, "Efficient CPU Burst Forecasting with Low-Latency Machine Learning Models," SoutheastCon 2026, Huntsville, AL, USA, 2026, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SoutheastCon63549.2026.11476227.

  • F. Molaverdi, A. Y. Rasa, L. Shehu, R. Bhadani, and Y. Song, "Neural Network Surrogate Model for Predicting Dielectric Properties and Optimizing V2O5 Doping in Mg0.85Co0.15Fe2O4 Ferrites," SoutheastCon 2026, Huntsville, AL, USA, 2026, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SoutheastCon63549.2026.11476163.

  • Saiful Islam, Rahul Bhadani, "Saturated Power-Law Modulated Load Frequency Control of MultiArea Interconnected Microgrids", at The 19th IEEE Dallas Circuits and Systems conference (2026)

  • Zhehao Yi, Rahul Bhadani, "Q-LINK: Quantum Layerwise Information Residual Network via a Messenger Qubit for Barren Plateaus Mitigation", at The 19th IEEE Dallas Circuits and Systems conference (2026)

  • Saiful Islam, Rahul Bhadani, "Resilient Composite Control for Stability Enhancement in EV Integrated DC Microgrids", at American Control Conference (ACC), May 2026

  • Zhehao Yi, Rahul Bhadani, "The PID Controller Strikes Back: Classical Controller Helps Mitigate Barren Plateaus in Noisy Variational Quantum Circuits",  at 8th Annual Learning for Dynamics & Control Conference 2026 https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2511.14820
     

  • Trevor McClain, Rahul Bhadani, "Car-following Models and Congestion Control with Followerstopper on a Ring-Road under Known Delay - Examining Limit Cycle",  at The IEEE Intelligent Vehicle Symposium (IV), 2026

  • Md. Nazmus Shakib, Shihab Uddin, Rahul Bhadani, "String Stability Analysis of Followerstopper for Mixed-Autonomy Vehicle Platoons", at The IEEE Intelligent Vehicle Symposium (IV), 2026

  • M. S. Uddin, M. N. Shakib and R. Bhadani, "Modeling Electric Vehicle Car-Following Behavior: Classical vs Machine Learning Approach," 2025 IEEE 28th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), Gold Coast, Australia, 2025, pp. 4150-4155, doi: 10.1109/ITSC60802.2025.11423605.

  •  A full list of publications can be viewed on Dr. Bhadani's Google Scholar page https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=wykFPlYAAAAJ