Ana Goulart

Ana Goulart (Member, IEEE) received the bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Federal School of Engineering of Itajuba (EFEI), Brazil, in 1991; the M.Sc. degree in information systems management from the Pontificial Catholic University of Campinas, Brazil, in 1997; the M.Sc. in computer engineering from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, in 1998; the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA, in 2005. She is currently an Associate Professor with the Electronics Systems Engineering Technology program, Texas A&M University, in College Station, TX, USA. Her research interests include protocols for real-time voice and video communications and their performance, IP-based emergency communications, last-mile communication links and cybersecurity for the SmartGrid, wireless network systems, and rural telecommunications.