Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Shea Lab
Led by John Shea · Electrical and Computer Engineering
What we study
The Shea Lab studies wireless communication and networking, focusing on secure military and autonomous vehicle systems. They use cross-layer design and collaborate with defense agencies and industry partners.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding required
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 2
Current projects
Using Software-Defined Radios to Emulate Communication Path Loss in a Network of Autonomous Vehicles
The lab builds a lab‑scale network of autonomous vehicles that use software‑defined radios to mimic real radio signal loss. By moving simulated vehicles in a 2‑D plane and adjusting signal attenuation, they study how radio interference affects vehicle communication and movement.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 501
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Recent papers, explained
- Event-Triggered Formation Control and Leader Tracking With Resilience to Byzantine Adversaries: A Reputation-Based Approach
2021 · IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems
Creates robust formation control for groups of robots.
- Event/Self-Triggered Approximate Leader-Follower Consensus With Resilience to Byzantine Adversaries
2021 · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
Designs resilient controllers for groups of robots to work together.
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