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Alumni – What Are They Doing Now?

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PI: Pamela Abshire

Post Docs: Industry

Urdaneta, Mario (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Graduated 2008. Founder and CEO, Micro Recycling Systems

PhD Graduates: Faculty

Datta-Chaudhuri, Timir
Graduated 2015. Assistant Professor, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY. Co-advised with Prof. Elisabeth Smela (Mechanical Engineering)

Dandin, Marc Peralte
Graduated 2012. Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Co-advised with Prof. Elisabeth Smela (Mechanical Engineering)

Nelson, Nicole M.
Graduated 2010. Associate Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. Dr. McFarlane (nee Nelson) was awarded tenure in 2018.

PhD Graduates: National Labs

Sander, David
Graduated 2011. Senior RF Engineer, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Columbia, MD.

PhD Graduates: Industry

Senevirathna, Bathiya
Graduated 2019. Senior Reliability Engineer, Intel, Inc., Portland, OR.

Berkovich, Andrew
Graduated 2017. Research Scientist, Facebook Reality Labs, Redmond, WA.

Lee, Tsung-Hsueh
Graduated 2016. Analog Design Engineer, Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., Santa Clara, CA.

Nouri, Babak
Graduated 2013. Kiskeya Microsystems, Rockville, MD.

Prakash, Somashekar Bangalore
Graduated 2008. Senior Design Engineer, Digital Circuits Technology Integration Group, Intel, Inc., Portland, OR.

Xu, Peng
Graduated 2008. Lead Analog Designer, Health and Fitness, Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, TX.

Wong, Yanyi L. (formerly Eric Tan)
Graduated 2007. Senior Device Engineer, Engineering and Technology Center, Virage Logic, Seattle, WA.

Ji, Honghao
Graduated 2006. Senior Staff Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineer, Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA.

MS Graduates: Faculty

Dandin, Marc Peralte
Graduated 2007. Completed PhD in Bioengineering, UMD.
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. Co-advised with Prof. Elisabeth Smela (Mechanical Engineering)

Datta-Chaudhuri, Timir
Graduated 2013. Completed PhD in ECE, UMD. Assistant Professor, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY.

MS Graduates: National Labs

Xiao, Bo
Graduated 2013. Electrical Engineer, Center for Information Technology, National Institutes of Health.

Kusel, Julian Kenneth
Graduated 2012. Electronics Engineer, Naval Research Laboratory.

Chen, Eric Ying-Che
Graduated 2011. Engineer, Hillcrest Labs.

Sander, David Morris
Graduated 2008. Completed PhD in ECE, UMD. Senior RF Engineer, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Columbia, MD.

MS Graduates: Industry

Campos, Jaime
Graduated 2020. Silicon Design Engineer, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Fort Collins, CO.

Lee, Tsung-Hsueh
Graduated 2013. Completed PhD in ECE, UMD. Analog Design Engineer, Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., Santa Clara, CA.

Kuhlman, Michael J.
Graduated 2012. PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering, UMD

Sarje, Anshu
Graduated 2010. Completed PhD in ECE, UMD with Marty Peckerar as an advisor.

Goodloe, Colby Spottswood
Graduated 2008. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.

Prakash, Somashekar Bangalore
Graduated 2004. Completed PhD in ECE, UMD.
Senior Design Engineer, Digital Circuits Technology Integration Group, Intel, Inc., Portland, OR.

Zhai, Yiming
Graduated 2004. Completed PhD in Electrical Engineering at UMD with Neil Goldsman as an advisor..
Senior Analytics Engineer, Praxair, Inc.

Malhotra, Suvarcha
Graduated 2003. Program Manager, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

Loganathan, Makesh
Graduated 2003. Manager of Credit, EduCap.

PI: Reza Ghodssi

Postdocs: Faculty

Ben-Yoav, Hadar
Website | Graduated 2019. Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Be’er Sheva, Israel.

Pomerantseva, Ekaterina
Website | Graduated 2013. Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

McCarthy, Matt
Website | Graduated 2009. Associate Professor and Associate Department Head for Graduate Affairs in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Badilita, Vlad
Website | Graduated 2007. Group Leader for the µMR (microscale magnetic resonance) group at the University of Freiburg IMTEK in Freiburg, Germany.

Yi, Hyunmin
Website | Graduated 2006. Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts.

Tan, Xiaobo
Website | Graduated 2004. Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.

Postdocs: Industry

Liu, Sanwei
Website | Graduated 2020. Research Engineer at Boston Scientific in San Jose, California.

Rajasekaran, Pradeep Ramiah
Website | Graduated 2019. Works at Dexcom in San Diego, California.

Chu, Sangwook
Website | Graduated 2018. Process Engineer at Applied Materials in Santa Clara, California.

Gnerlich, Markus
Website | Graduated 2015. Research Scientist at Honeywell Aerospace in Plymouth, Minnesota.

Wu, Li-Qun (Cynthia)
Website | Graduated 2006. Director/ Patent Agent at Anova Law Group in Sterling, Virginia.

Datta, Madhumita
Website | Graduated 2005. Madhumita completed her work with MSAL in 2005 and is an Associate at Lowenstein Sandler in Palo Alto, California.

Gadre, Anand
Website | Graduated 2002. Executive Director for the Core Research Facilities at the University of California, Merced in Merced, California.

Former Graduate Students: Industry

Huiszoon, Ryan
Website | Graduated 2020. Senior Process Engineer at Facebook Reality Labs in Seattle, Washington.

Banis, George
Website | Graduated 2019. Patent Agent at Bayramoglu LLC in Las Vegas, Nevada

Stine, Justin
Website | Graduated 2019. He is continuing his work with MSAL and is attaining his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

Chu, Sangwook
Website | Graduated 2018. Process Engineer at Applied Materials in Santa Clara, California.

Jung, Hyun
Website | Graduated 2016. Bioinformatics Analyst IV at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research in Frederick, Maryland.

Subramanian, Sowmya
Website | Graduated 2016. Patent Agent at Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP in Boston, Massachusetts.

Chocron, Sheryl
Website | Graduated 2014. Business Strategy & Insights Planning Consultant at ZS Associates in Princeton, New Jersey.

Kim, Young Wook
Website | Graduated 2014. Founder and CEO of ProxiHealthcare in South Korea.

Meyer, Mariana
Website | Graduated 2014. Manager of Systems Engineering at Northrop Grumman in Linthicum, Maryland.

Fan, Xiao Zhu (Mike)
Graduated 2013. MEMS Scientist in MEMS Sensor Design and Development at Honeywell in Plymouth, Minnesota.

Siwak, Nathan
Website | Graduated 2013. Semiconductor Engineer (ZH) in the Electronic System sector at Northrop Grumman in Linthicum, Maryland.

Baron, Sergio
Website | Graduated 2012. CEO at Dynami – Engineering Solutions in Ultra-Thin Lithium Batteries in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Mosteller, Matthew
Website | Graduated 2012. Associate at Fish & Richardson in Washington, DC.

Dykstra, Peter
Website | Graduated 2011. Registered Patent Agent at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox in Washington, DC.

Khbeis, Michael
Website | Graduated 2010 . Director of Lab Operations at the Facebook Reality Labs in Redmon, Washington.

Koev, Stefan
Website | Graduated 2009. Software Engineer at LAB49 in Herndon, Virginia.

McGee, Jonathan
Website | Graduated 2008. Founder of Ethereal Systems LLC in Mountain View, California.

Mosher, Lance
Graduated 2008. Electronics Engineer at the Lockheed Martin Company in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

Modafe, Alireza
Website | Graduated 2007. Working as a Principal Development Engineer at Nevro in Redwood City, California.

Li, Sheng
Website | Graduated 2006. Technology Development Engineering Manager and Technologist at Intel Corporation in Chandler, Arizona.

Powers, Michael
Website | Graduated 2006. VP/ Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer at the First Financial Federal Credit Union of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland.

Chuang, Wen-hsien
Website | Graduated 2005. Engineering TD Manager at Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Lin, Ta-Wei (David)
Website | Graduated 2001. Technical Manager at OPUS Microsystems in Taipei, Taiwan.

Former Graduate Students: National Labs

Hanrahan, Brendan
Website | Graduated 2013. Materials Engineer in the Sensors and Electron Devices Division at the US Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland.

Gerasopoulos, Konstantinos
Website | Graduated 2012. Senior Research Scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.

Waits, Christopher Michael
Website | Graduated 2008. Team Leader of the Compact Power Team at the US Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland.

Morgan, Brian
Website | Graduated 2006. Director for the Sensors and Electron Devices Division at the US Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland.

Kelly, Daniel
Website | Graduated 2005. Engineer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Pruessner, Marcel Werner
Website | Graduated 2005. Research Engineer in the Optical Sciences Division at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, DC.

Former Graduate Students: Faculty

Zang, Faheng
Website | Graduated 2016. Works as an Associate Professor in the Department of Micro-Nano Electronics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Winkler, Thomas
Website | Graduated 2017. Assistant Professor, Technical University of Braunschweig.

Beyaz, Mustafa
Website | Graduated 2011. Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Antalya International University in Antalya, Turkey.

Ghalichechian, Nima
Website | Graduated 2007. Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech University in Atlanta, Georgia.

PI: Neil Goldsman

Former PhD Students: Faculty

Lin, Honghin
Professor, National Chung-Hsing University.

Pennington, Gary
Lecturer, Dept. of Physics, Towson University.

Former PhD Students: National Labs

Dhar, Nibir
Chief Scientist, U.S. Army Night Vision Laboratory.

Lelis, Aivars
Team Leader, Army Research Laboratory.

Former PhD Students: Industry

Akturk, Akin
CTO/Co-Founder, CoolCAD Electronics, LLC.

Dilli, Zeynep
Director of Engineering, CoolCAD Electronics, LLC.

Ettisserry, Devan
Principal Engineer, Micron Technology, Inc.

Huebschman, Benjamin
Senior Electrical Engineer, Applied Research Associates.

Liang, Wenchao
Entrepreneur

Lin, Hong-Chin
Modeling Director, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation.

Potbhare, Siddharth
CEO and Co-Founder, Unterthered Labs Inc.

Darmody, Christopher
Applied Scientist, CoolCAD Electronics, LLC.

Han, Zhiyi
Senior Scientist, Maxim Integrated Products.

Li, Bo
Principle Engineer, Broadcom, Inc.

Lin, Qi
Senior Staff Engineering, Xilinx, Inc.

Powell, Stephen
Director, Program Management, Pluto TV.

Xiao, Ziyang
On Semiconductor, Inc.

PI: Alireza Khaligh

Former Graduate Students: Faculty

Mallik, Ayan
Graduated 2018. Tenure Track Assistant Professor at Arizona State University.

Wang, Haoyu
Graduated 2014. Tenure Track Assistant Professor at Shanghai Tech University.

Former Graduate Students: Industry

Beyers, Casey
M.Sc. Student. Graduated 2021. Northrop Grumman.

Zou, Shenli
Graduated 2020. Rivian.

Zhang, Zeyu
Graduated 2019. AmpX Technologies, Inc.

Sankar, Arun Uma
Graduated 2019. Daimler AG Automotive Company.

Lu, Jiangheng
Graduated 2019. Monolithic Power Systems.

Shi, Chuan
Graduated 2018. Seres, former SF Motors.

He, Peiwen
Graduated 2018. Joby Aviation.

Ding, Weisheng
Graduated 2017. Electronic Design Engineer at Tesla, Inc.

Shen, Junyi
Graduated 2016. Apple.

Tang, Yichao
Graduated 2015. Systems Engineer at Texas Instruments Kilby Labs.

Post-Docs & Visiting Scholars: Faculty

Yada, Dr. Apurv Kumar
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Jan. 2019 – May 2021. Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.

Chakraborty, Dr. Shiladri
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Oct. 2018 – May 2021. Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Patra, Prof. Amit
Visiting Scholar from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, June 2016 – July 2016.
Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

Post-Docs & Visiting Scholars: Industry

Wu, Dr. Bin
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Apr. 2016 – June 2017. Analog Devices, Inc., CA.

Yavasoglu, Dr. Huseyin A
Visiting Scholar from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, Jun. 2014 – Jun. 2015. Chief Senior Researcher, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Turkey).


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