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Shekhar Bhansali, Ph.D. |
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Dr. Shekhar Bhansali is currently an Associate Professor in the
Department of Electrical Engineering and Nanomaterials and
Nanomanufacturing Research Center, University of South
Florida. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering
(1997) from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,
Melbourne, Australia. His current research interests are bio-MEMS, nanostructures, micro-acturators and integrated systems.
email:
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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
Program.
email:
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Post - Doctoral Fellows |
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Niranjan Ramgir, Ph.D. |
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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.
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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Graduate Students |
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Puneet Khanna |
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Ph.D. Student
Puneet Khanna received his MS in
Electrical Engineering from University of
South Florida in 2004. He is current pursuing a PhD in
Electrical Engineering at USF. His research interests
include microfluidics (lab-on-a-chip), microneedle
fabrication and Bio-MEMS application of nanocrystalline
diamond.
email:
pkhanna@mail.usf.edu |
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Praveen Kumar Sekhar |
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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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Subramaniam Krishnan |
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Ph.D. Student
Subramanian Krishnan received his B.E.
degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from
the University of Madras, India and M.S. degree in
Microelectronics from the Department of Electrical
Engineering at the University of South Florida, Tampa in
2004. He is currently pursuing his doctoral studies in the
University of South Florida, Tampa where his research focus
is in the field of thin films and materials science. He is
presently working in the areas of micro/nanofabrication and
characterization of antenna coupled detectors for terahertz
imaging.
email:
skrishn4@mail.usf.edu |
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Dorielle Tucker-Price |
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Ph.D. Student
Dorielle Tucker Price is a PhD student
in Electrical Engineering in the Bio-MEMS and Microsystems
laboratory research group at USF. She earned her B.S. in
Electrical Engineering (summa cum laude) from Clark Atlanta
University in Atlanta, GA in May 2005, where she
participated in research and internship programs at General
Electric, Inc., the University of Maryland, College Park,
and Duke University. Dorielle is a recipient of the NSF
Graduate Research Fellowship, NSF Graduate Research
Supplement Fellowship, Ford Foundation Diversity
Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, Richard B. Pride Fellowship, and
McKnight Doctoral Fellowship. Her research interests are
the novel application and development of micro-scale and
nano-scale technologies focused in bioengineering.
email:
dorielle@mail.usf.edu
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Anne Shearrow |
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Ph.D. Student
Anne Shearrow received her B.S. degree
in Chemistry in 2003 at the University of Central Florida
(Magna Cum Laude). Her undergraduate research was focused on
surface plasmon resonance of nanophotonic materials. Her
current research Interests include persuing a doctorate in
chemistry under the guidance of Dr. Abdul Malik and Dr.
Shekhar Bhansali at the University of South Florida. 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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LaTasha H. Lee, MPH |
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PhD Student (Moffitt)
Interests: Pathobiology of human cancers, especially those that pertain to women’s health. My goal is to understand the carcinogenic/tumorigenic mechanisms that lead to gender disparities in cancer. My dissertation research involves the detection and quantitation of high-risk or oncogenic Human Papillomavirus (HPV) nucleic acid species. I utilize epidemiologic and biomolecular techniques to identify susceptible subgroups, early disease identification, and targeted therapy for women. In addition, I have a special interest in public health & cancer control.
email:
LaTasha.Lee@moffitt.org |
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Fedena Fanord |
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Ph.D. Student
Fedena Fanord received her B.S. degree
in Chemical Engineering in 2005 at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute (RPI). For her research, she analyzed the
transport phenomena associated with a cantilever-based mass
sensor, to be used for Tuberculosis detection. She is
a participant of NSF-IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education
and Research Training), in the pursuit of a PhD in Chemical
Engineering. Her current Research Interests cover Drug
delivery, Biomedical systems and Bio-MEMS.
email:
ffanord@mail.usf.edu |
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Al-Aakhir Rogers |
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Ph.D. Student
Al-Aakhir Grimes Rogers is a Ph.D.
student in Electrical Engineering. Al-Aakhir earned his
B.S. and M.S. degrees from North Carolina A&T State
University in Greensboro, North Carolina. His research
interests are focused on the invention, design, fabrication,
and optimization of Optical MEMS sensors
(Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) or MOEMS, and
Optoelectronics. Al-Aakhir is a recipient of an NSF Bridge
to the Doctorate Fellowship and Alfred P. Sloan Minority
Ph.D. Fellowship.
email:
aaroger4@mail.usf.edu |
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Ke Sun |
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Ph.D. Student
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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Geetha Vuppala |
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Ph.D. Student
Geetha Vuppala 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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Supriya Ketkar |
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Ph.D. Student
Supriya 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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Chengyuan Zhang |
Ph.D. Student
Chengyuan received his B.S. degree in
Electrical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, in 2006. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in University of South Florida, Tampa, with the focus on bio-impedance based flow-through biosensor for cell detection, identification and classification.
email: czhang2@mail.usf.edu |
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Pengzhi Cheng |
Ph.D. 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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Abongwa Zony |
I am Abongwa Zony, a master's IGERT fellow, department of Electrical Engineering. Undergraduate institution-Delaware State University.
email: azmaxplanet@yahoo.com |
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Kenny Zony |
Master Student
Kenne received his B.S at Delaware State University in May 2007. He is currently enrolled as a graduate student at USF, in the Department of Electrical Engineering.
email: czony@mail.usf.edu |
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Carl Adams |
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Master Student
Carl Adams is currently working with Dr. Shekhar Bhansali towards his Masters in Electrical Engineering focusing in Bio-MEMS and microfluidics. He 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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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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Brandon Henry |
Ph.D. Student
Brandon Henry is a Ph.D. student in
Biomedical Engineering. He earned his B.S. degree in
Biology (summa cum laude) from Albany State University, in
Albany, GA, in May 2004. His research interests include
tissue engineering, biomaterials, and the engineering
cell-surface interactions to inhibit immune responses from
implantable medical devices. In the BioMEMS and
Microsystems Group, he is working with to develop a “smart
interface between non-living and living tissue for in vivo biosensing. Brandon is a recipient of a NSF Bridge to the
Doctorate Fellowship, McKnight Doctoral Fellowship, and
Alfred P. Sloan Minority Ph.D. Fellowship. Prior to his
enrollment at USF, he completed an NIH supported internship
at the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin,-Buch,
Germany and has presented national conference papers at the
2005 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority
students (Atlanta, GA) and the2002 Minority Trainee Research
Forum (San Diego, CA).
email: bhenry@mail.usf.edu |
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Past Members |
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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.
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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Senthil Sambandam, Ph.D. |
Dr. Senthil Sambandam is currently a process engineer in Albany, New York.
email: N/A |
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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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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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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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