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Christopher Kitras

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Research

I am a fourth year PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University (BYU), advised by Philip Lundrigan. I work in the NET Lab on topics related to Internet of Things (IoT) resilience (i.e. security, privacy, robustness, and reliability). Before starting my PhD, I completed my B.Sc. in Computer Engineering with a minor in Computer Science at BYU in 2021.

My research interests include sensor networks, IoT resilience, and systems engineering. I am particularly interested in how these fields can leveraged to monitor and improve the environment.

Publications

	Sustainable Radon Mitigation through Optimized HVAC Scheduling Christopher Kitras, John D. Beard, James D. Johnston, Philip Lundrigan IEEE/ACM Conference on Connected Health: Applications, Systems, and Engineering Technologies (CHASE), 2025 [ACM Library][Presentation]
	Hidden in Plain Sight: Communicating using Interference Ashton Palacios, Daniel Harman, Christopher Kitras, Elle Kelsey, Mitchell C. Burnett, Willie K. Harris, Philip Lundrigan IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (DySPAN), 2025 [Xplore][Code]
	Utilizing Low-Cost Sensors to Monitor Indoor Air Quality in Mongolian Gers Callum E. Flowerday, Philip Lundrigan, Christopher Kitras, Tu Nguyen, Jaron C. Hansen Sensors. Vol 23, 2023 [MDPI][Code]
	Location Verification of Crowd-Sourced Sensors Christopher Kitras, Carter Pollan, Kyle Meyers, Philip Lundrigan IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), 2023 [Xplore][Presentation][Code]

Posters

	TCAM: Traffic Camera Air quality Monitoring Christopher Kitras, Carter Pollan, Janie Linford, Philip Lundrigan Air Quality: Science for Solutions, 2025
	Radon Mitigation through Optimized HVAC Scheduling Christopher Kitras, Carter Pollan, John Beard, Jim Johnston, Philip Lundrigan Air Quality: Science for Solutions, 2024
	SSS: Building a Seven Segment Sign Christopher Kitras, Ashton Palacios, Philip Lundrigan PyCon, 2023 [Docs][Code][Press Coverage][Demo]
	Location Monitoring Framework for Citizen Science Sensors Christopher Kitras, Carter Pollan, John Beard, Jim Johnston, Philip Lundrigan Air Quality: Science for Solutions, 2023

Posters that won the "Best Poster" award are highlighted in yellow.

Projects

	Chess Sight: A Computer Vision System for Stockfish Bryson Schiel, Christopher Kitras, Matthew McKinney ECEN 631: Robotic Vision [Code][Demo]
	EpicEth: A HDL Circuit to Control a 3D Printer over Ethernet Christopher Kitras, Bryson Schiel ECEN 620: Advanced Digital Systems [Code][Demo]
	OpenGL Frontend for BELLHOP, a Real-Time Simulation Tool Christopher Kitras, Ashton Palacios ECEN 528: High Performance Parallel Computing [Presentation][Code][Demo]
	WiLiE: Wireless LiDAR Explorer, a Mobile Robot for Network Coverage Mapping Christopher Kitras, Ashton Palacios ECEN 526: Wireless Networking [Presentation][Code][Demo]

Teaching

ECEN 225: Introduction to Computer Systems Laboratory, Instructor (Winter 2023)
ECEN 426: Computer Networks, TA (Fall 2022)
ECEN 220: Fundamentals of Digital Systems, TA (Fall 2019, Winter 2020)

Entries highlighted in yellow indicate a course created by me.