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Shekhar Bhansali, Ph.D. |
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Dr. Shekhar Bhansali is Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering
(1997) from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,
Melbourne, Australia. His interests are in the areas of Bio-MEMS, sensors, nanostructures and microsystems. He is the recipient of NSF CAREER Award, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Ourstanding Mentor Award, FGLSAMP Outstanding Mentor Award, FEF Outstanding Mentor Award and USF Outstanding Researcher Award. He holds 11 patents in the area of biosensors, nanostructures and microsystem technologies, has co-authored over 170 journal and conference publications and is editor of the book "MEMS for biomedical Applications", to be released in Fall 2011.
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Bernard Batson |
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Mr. Bernard Batson is the co-ordinator for NSF-IGERT Graduate Program, Bridges to the Doctorate Program and Sloan Minority Fellowship
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email:
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Subramaniam Krishnan, Ph.D. |
Research Assistant Professor
Subramanian Krishnan received his B.E.
degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from
the University of Madras, India (2000), M.S. degree in
Electrical Engineering/Microelectronics from the University of South Florida, Tampa in
2004 and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Florida, Tampa (2008). He is currently a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Clean Energy Research Center at the University of South Florida. His primary interests are in the development of thin film tunnel junctions and Rectenna for thermal energy conversion, Nanowire synthesis and nanoparticles based gas sensors. His research focus is in the areas of micro/nanofabrication, materials science and thin film sensors.
email: skrishn4@mail.usf.edu |
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Sunil Kumar Arya, Ph.D. |
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Post Doctoral Fellow
Sunil Kumar Arya received his B.Sc. (Chemistry; 2002), M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry; 2004) and PhD (Chemistry-Biosensor; 2008) from University of Delhi. He has published about 28 papers in international journals. He has Post Doc research experience on Bacteriophage based bacterial detection at National Institute of Nanotechnology and university of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. At present, he is working as a Post Doc fellow on micro fabrication and MEMS based electrochemical biosensor for biomarker (Cortisol, PSA etc) detection at University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
email: sunilarya@usf.edu |
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Al-Aakhir Rogers |
Ph.D. Candidate
Al-Aakhir A. Rogers is a doctoral student in electrical engineering at the University of South Florida (USF). He received both his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, NC. At USF, Al-Aakhir’s research is focusing upon the invention, design, fabrication, and optimization of Optical MEMS sensors or MOEMS, and Optoelectronics. As a doctoral student, Mr. Rogers has been recognized with several honors, including an Alfred P. Sloan Minority Ph.D. Fellow, Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship, a NSF East Asia Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) Fellowship. As an NSF EAPSI fellow, he completed an internship at the Instrument Technology Research Center (ITRC), National Applied Research Laboratories in Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.
email: aaroger4@mail.usf.edu |
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Dorielle Tucker-Price |
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Ph.D. Candidate
Dorielle Tucker Price is a PhD candidate
in Electrical Engineering. She graduated summa cum laude with her B.S. from Clark Atlanta University (2005) and earned her M.S. from USF(2007) in Electrical Engineering. She is a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and Ford Foundation Predoctoral Diversity Fellowship programs. Her research focuses on detecting and characterizing cancer cells using impedance-based techniques and understanding the behavior and response of cells to internal/environmental changes. The outcome of this work will provide a foundation for enhanced 3-dimensional tumor analysis and characterization; thus creating an avenue for earlier cancer detection and reduced healthcare costs. She has several peer-reviewed journal and conference publications, including one obtained from her 2009 internship with the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, under the advisement of Dr. Frances Ligler.
email:
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Frank Alexander |
Ph.D. Student
Frank Alexander is a PhD student in Electrical Engineering at USF. He earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering (Cum Laude) from Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, LA in May 2009. As an undergraduate, he participated in undergraduate research programs at Southern University, the University of Kentucky, and the Georgia Institute of Technology as well as a summer internship with Delphi Electronics and safety in Kokomo, IN. Frank has also completed an internship at Time-Medical in Shanghai, CN while being sponsored by the NSF International Research and Education in Engineering Program. Frank is a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, NSF Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship, GEM Fellowship, and NSF IREE Award. His research interests are applying MEMS technology to produce novel advancements in medical treatment and diagnostics.
email: faalexan@mail.usf.edu |
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Michael Celestin |
Ph.D. Student
Michael Celestin is a PhD student in Chemical Engineering at the University of South Florida. Michael received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a B.A. in Chemistry from the University of South Florida in 2006. He continued to complete a Masters in Chemical Engineering also from the University of South Florida in 2008. Currently, Michael is researching application and characterization of organic, self-assembled monolayers for use in tunnel junctions in a rectenna application. Michael is the recipient of an NSF Technical Internship Award in collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories.
email: mcelesti@mail.usf.edu |
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Justin Boone |
Ph.D. Student
Justin Boone earned his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Southern University A&M College of Engineering (May 2005). He is currently pursuing his Ph.D degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida.As a graduate student at the University of South Florida, Mr. Boone was awarded a NSF Bridge to Doctorate Fellowship. This past summer, he participated in a research internship at Shanghai Jiatong University in Shanghai, China. His project focused on the Evaluation and performance of film PV cell and the possibility to improve the efficiency of film PV by a MEMS rectenna
email: jboone4@mail.usf.edu |
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Abhishek Dey |
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Ph.D. Student
Abhishek Dey is currently pursuing his doctoral studies at the University of South Florida. He received his B.E. degree in Electronics and Telecommunication from Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, India. His research focus is in the development of miniaturised ion trap mass spectrometers.
email: abhishek@mail.usf.edu |
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Eric Huey |
Ph.D. Student
Eric Huey received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is currently pursuing his doctoral studies at the University of South Florida, Tampa where his research focus is in the field of micro/nanosensors and materials science. Eric is a recipient of a NSF Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship, and The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science Fellowship (GEM).
email: ehuey@mail.usf.edu |
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Kevin Luongo |
Ph.D. Student
emurphy2@mail.usf.edu>,
Kevin Luongo is a PhD student in Electrical Engineering in the Bio-MEMS and Microsystems laboratory research group at USF. Kevin earned an MSEE in microelectronics from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida (USF),Tampa (2008) based on his research on Pd enhanced nanoporous silicon for hydrogen sensing. He became a Draper Lab Fellow in 2009 where he is investigating impedance spectroscopy for cancer drug discovery. His interests are in the areas of MEMS, nanosciences and Biointerface.
email: k.luongo@gmail.com |
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Eduardo Murphy Pérez |
Ph.D. Student
Eduardo Murphy Pérez is a PhD student in electrical engineering in the BioMEMS area. Eduardo received his B.E. degree in Mechatronics at the Lasalle University in Morelos México, he has a Masters in Electronics from the CIICAp also in Morelos, his current research at the University of South Florida, deals with the development of biosensors using SiOx Nanowires.
. email: emurphy2@mail.usf.edu |
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Rudran Ratnadurai |
Ph.D. Student
Rudran is currently pursuing a Ph.D in Solar Thermal Energy at USF. He has a Masters in Material Science from Anna University in India. His research pertains to the harnesing of IR radiation for energy using MIM tunneling devices.
. email: rratnadu@mail.usf.edu |
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Abhay Vasudev |
Ph.D. Student
Abhay Vasudev is a Ph.D student in Biomedical Engineering at the Bio-MEMS & Microsystems Laboratory Research Group at USF. Abhay received his M.S degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Akron, OH in 2009. His research interests are in the area of micro-nano fluidics for medical applications and point of care diagnostics.
email: vasudev@mail.usf.edu |
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Undergraduate Students |
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Hayde Silva |
Hayde is a senior pursuing a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida. She is expected to graduate in Summer 2011. Her research interests
include microfluidics (lab-on-a-chip) and microneedle
fabrication.
email: hsilva@mail.usf.edu |
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Past Members |
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Sheila Jean |
Sheila Jean received her B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Florida in Spring 2011. She has recently joined the Progress Energy in North Carolina.
email: sjean5@mail.usf.edu |
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Howard Bailey |
Ph.D. Student
email: habailey@mail.usf.edu |
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Puneet Khanna, Ph.D. |
Puneet Khanna received his MS in
Electrical Engineering from the University of South Florida in 2004 and his Ph.D in Electrical Engineering in 2008. His research interests
included microfluidics (lab-on-a-chip), microneedle
fabrication and Bio-MEMS application of nanocrystalline
diamond. Dr. Khanna is currently working for Globalfoundries based near N.Y.C.
email: pkhanna@mail.usf.edu |
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Supriya Ketkar |
Supriya Ketkar has a Masters degree (M.Sc.) in
Electronic Science from the University of Pune, Pune, India.
She worked at Centre for Materials for Electronics
Technology (CMET), India for 3 years on the development of
Photoimageable Thick Films in
Electronic Packaging. She is currently working
with Dr. Shekhar Bhansali towards her Ph.D. in MEMS. Her
current research interests include MEMS, Pressure
transducers, Packaging challenges in Harsh Environment and
Microfluidics.
email: sketkar@mail.usf.edu |
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Ke Sun |
Ke Sun is currently pursuing his Ph.D in BioMEMS and Microsystem lab in Electrical Engineering at University of South Florida. His research interests include gold interactions with Si, gold affect on Si nanostructures, gold nanoparticles and their applications in physical, chemical, as well as biosensors.
email: ksun@mail.usf.edu |
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Anne Shearrow |
Anne Shearrow received her B.S. degree
in Chemistry in 2003 at the University of Central Florida
(Magna Cum Laude). And her Ph.D degree in Chemistry at the University of South Florida in 2007. Her
research focus is on an integrated microchip- based
electrochromatography (µ-EC) system utilizing the attributes
of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and sol-gel
technology.
email: ashearro@mail.usf.edu |
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Sangchae Kim, Ph.D. |
Sangchae Kim received the Ph.D. Degree
in Mechanical Engineering from KAIST, S. Korea, in 2000.
From 2000 to 2004, he researched MEMS devices as a research
staff member at Samsung Electronics. In 2004, he joined in
MEMS group, University of South Florida. His interested research areas include MEMS
design and modeling, fabrication technologies, optical
switches, piezo inkjet print heads, RF resonators and
filters, MEMS coolers, and biochips. He is currently an engineer of RF Micro Devices.
email: sckim@eng.usf.edu |
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Sheetal Patil, Ph.D. |
Dr Sheetal Patil received her Ph.D.
(2004) in Electronics Science from University of Pune, Pune,
India. She worked as Senior Research Fellow in Indian
Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-Bombay), Mumbai, India.
She is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow of Department of
Mechanicall Engineering at University of Maryland, Washington D.C.
email: sheetal@eng.usf.edu |
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Niranjan Ramgir, Ph.D. |
Niranjan completed his PhD (Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology) in 2006, from the Physical and Materials
Chemistry Division, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
411008, India. He has a vast experience in synthesis (both
chemical and physical methods) and characterization of
semiconducting oxide and metallic nanostructures for
specific applications towards gas sensing and field
emission. Presently, he is working in the field of
electrochemical bio-sensors. More specifically, on the
detection of ovarian and lung cancer cells (biomarkers)
using Nano/Bio-MEMS, microfluidics and Electrochemistry. He received the Humboldt fellowship for post doctoral researchers in 2008.
email: nramgir@eng.usf.edu |
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Rakesh K. Joshi, Ph.D. |
Rakesh K. Joshi received his Ph.D. degree in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, in 2004, on semiconductor nanoparticles and p-n junctions. Soon after the PhD he moved to the University of Duisburg, Germany for Postdoctoral Research on Gas Sensors at the institute for nanostructure and technology. He studied various aspects of surface science and nanotechnology at Nano High Tech Research Center of Toyota Technological Institute Nagoya, Japan. Currently, he is working at BioMems Laboratory of the University of South Florida for studying chemical and biological sensors in Nanodimensions. His main research interests are on Band Gap Engineering, Nanoparticle Films, Carbon Nanotubes, and Sensor technology.
email: joshi@eng.usf.edu |
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Senthil Sambandam, Ph.D. |
Dr. Senthil Sambandam is currently a process engineer of SuperPower Inc. in Schenectady, NY.
email: ssambandam@superpower-inc.com |
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Vedvyas Mangasuli, Ph.D. |
Dr. V. Mangasuli is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow of Dept of Electrical Engineering at Universita' di Pisa, Italy.
email: N/A |
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Praveen Kumar Sekhar |
Ph.D. Student
Praveen Kumar Sekhar received BE in
electrical and electronics engineering with distinction from
Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India
(2001), MSEE in microelectronics from the Department of
Electrical Engineering at the University of South Florida (USF),Tampa
(2005) and currently pursuing his doctoral studies
specializing in micro/nanosensors at USF, Tampa, FL. His
interests are in the areas of smart materials and their
processing with emphasis on MEMS related applications.
email: psekhar@mail.usf.edu |
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Shyam Aravamudhan, Ph.D. |
Shyam Aravamudhan received his BE degree in electrical and
electronics engineering from University of Madras, India and
MS in electrical engineering from University of South
Florida (USF), Tampa, FL in 2003. He finished his
PhD in 2007, and is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology.
email: saravamu@mail.usf.edu |
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Abdur Rub Abdur Rehman, Ph.D. |
Abdur R.A. Rehman is currently a Post-Doctroal Fellow of Department of Electrical Engineering at Clemson University.
email: aabdurra@eng.usf.edu
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Rahul Agarwal, Ph.D. |
Rahul Agarwal received his M.S. degree
in Electrical Engineering in Dec. 2003 at USF and finished his PhD in 2007. His areas of interests are in
designing and fabrication and packaging of MEMS devices.
He is currently working for IMEC at Belgium.
email: agarwalr@imec.be |
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Marcus Marley, M.S. |
email: mmarley@mail.usf.edu |
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Altagrace Sine, M.S. |
Altagrace Sine received her B.S. degree
in Electrical Engineering in December 2005 at the University
of South Florida. She is currently enrolled as a graduate
student at USF where her current focus of studies is in
porous Silicon-based gas sensors. She hopes to complete her
M.S.E.E. in 2007. Her current research interests include
Porous-silicon and nanowires based gas sensors.
emai: asine@mail.usf.edu |
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Karthik Sriram Lakshmi Narasimhan, M.S. |
email: klakshmi@mail.usf.edu
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Geetha Vuppala, M.S. |
Geetha received her B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Osmania University, India in June 2006. Presently she is pursuing her doctoral studies specializing in BioMEMS at USF. Her research interests reside in the areas of Bioimpedance characterization of cell cultures using Microelectrodes. Geetha has been a recipient of the MEMS fellowship award since January 2007.
email: gvuppala@mail.usf.edu
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Carl Adams |
Master Student
Carl Adams received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in August 2007 at the University of South Florida. His current research intrests are growth of Silicon nanowires, thin films, bio-sensors, and microfluidics. Worked for three years as Lab Manager for the Bio-MEMS and Microsystems Lab for Dr. Bhansali while studying for his Undergraduate. Designed and built a custom vacuum tube furnace and worked with other students building a sputtering system. Spent six years in the US Navy as a missle and gun fire controls technition.
email: carlxa@yahoo.com |
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Pengzhi Cheng |
M.S. Student
Pengzhi Cheng received his BS degree in Materials Science and Engineering at East China University of Science and Technology in 2007. He has studied in Microfludics and Biosensor fields. Now his research is focused on Electrochemical biosensors for DNA detection.
email: pcheng3@mail.usf.edu |
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Joe Register |
Undergraduate Student
email: jjr@tampabay.rr.com
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Joe Johns |
Undergraduate Student
email: borderline128@gmail.com |
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Angela Aker (REU) |
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Ryan Alkire (REU) |
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Clarice Richardson (REU) |
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Juan Jackson (REU) |
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Mark Oliver (RET) |
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Jessica Weiss (RET) |
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