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== <span style="color: brown"> Current Students & Postdocs </span> ==
== <span style="color: brown">Current and Former Students & Postdocs</span> ==
''Current members are identified below; all other entries are former students or postdoctoral researchers.''

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| width="320" align="center" |[[File:Gustafson-dillon-headshot.jpg|215x215px]]
'''Dillon Gustafson''' <br />Undergraduate Researcher<br /><em>[https://cse.umn.edu/cs Computer Science & Engineering], [https://cla.umn.edu/statistics Statistics],<br>[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].

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'''[[Yadu Kiran]]''' <br />Ph.D. Student <br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br>[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].

| width="320" align="center" |[[File:Kaslewicz-jake-headshot.jpg|215x215px]]
'''Jake Kaslewicz'''<br />M.S. Student (soon Ph.D. Student)<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br />[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota]</em>.


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| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Mustafa_Altun.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''Mustafa Altun'''<br />'''Former Ph.D. Student'''<br />Ph.D., 2012, Electrical and Computer Engineering<br />Current affiliation: [https://research.itu.edu.tr/tr/persons/altunmus/ Professor, Istanbul Technical University]

| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Thomas_Atkins.png|180x180px]]<br />'''[[Thomas Karl Atkins|Thomas Karl Atkins]]'''<br />'''Former Undergraduate Researcher'''<br />B.Sc., 2024, Computer Science<br />Current affiliation: [https://www.berkeley.edu/ Ph.D. Student, University of California, Berkeley]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-atkins-374a35196/ LinkedIn]</small>
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| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:John_Backes.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''[[John Backes|John Backes]]'''<br />'''Former Ph.D. Student'''<br />Ph.D., 2013, Electrical and Computer Engineering<br />Current affiliation: [https://aws.amazon.com/ Principal Applied Scientist, Amazon Web Services]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-backes-8163102a LinkedIn]</small>

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| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Thee_Chanyaswad.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''[[Thee Chanyaswad|Thee Chanyaswad]]'''<br />'''Former Undergraduate Researcher'''<br />B.S., 2012, Electrical Engineering<br />Current affiliation: [https://www.linkedin.com/company/kasikorn-line/ Chief Data Officer, KASIKORN LINE]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/tchanyaswad LinkedIn]</small>

| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Tonglin Chen.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''[[Tonglin Chen|Tonglin Chen]]'''<br />'''Former M.S. Student'''<br />M.S., 2021, Electrical and Computer Engineering<br />Current affiliation: [https://www.apple.com/ Design Verification Engineer, Apple]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonglin-931b2a13b LinkedIn]</small>
| width="320" align="center" |[[File:Razi-farzad.jpg|128x128px]]
| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Bin_Cheng.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''Bin Cheng'''<br />'''Former M.S. Student'''<br />M.S., 2008, Electrical and Computer Engineering<br />Current affiliation: [https://www.synopsys.com/ Senior Staff Software Engineer, Synopsys]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/bin-c-774429a/ LinkedIn]</small>
'''[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_rojLv0AAAAJ&hl=en Farzad Razi]'''<br />Postdoc<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br>[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].

| width="320" align="center" | [[Image:Arnav_Solanki_profile image.jpg|215px|link=http://www.mriedel.ece.umn.edu/wiki/index.php/Arnav_Solanki]]
'''[[Arnav Solanki]]''' <br />Postdoc<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br>[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].

| width="320" align="center" | [[Image:judell.png|215px|link=http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/wiki/index.php/Julia_Udell]]
'''[[Julia Udell]]''' <br />Ph.D. Student<br /><em>[https://r.umn.edu/academics-research/graduate-programs/bicb Bioinformatics and Computational Biology],<br>[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota]<br>[https://www.mayo.edu/research/centers-programs/center-individualized-medicine/research/translational-programs/biomarker-discovery Biomarker Discovery Program, Center for Individualized Medicine]<br>[https://www.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic].

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== <span style="color: brown"> Former Students & Postdocs</span> ==
''(Many students have participated in our research activities. Here we list those who have earned M.S. or Ph.D. degrees and/or published papers with us.)''

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| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |<div style="height:180px;line-height:180px;color:#777;"><em>Photo not available</em></div>'''Andrew Decker'''<br />'''Current M.S. Student'''<br />Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota<br />Current affiliation: [https://cse.umn.edu/ece University of Minnesota Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajdecker1022/ LinkedIn]</small>
| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:Mustafa_Altun.jpg|215px|link=https://web.itu.edu.tr/altunmus/]]
'''[https://web.itu.edu.tr/altunmus/ Mustafa Altun]''' <br />Ph.D., 2012<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br>[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].<br />Now an Associate Professor at the <br />[http://www.itu.edu.tr/en/ Istanbul Technical University].</em>
| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Vaibhav.png|180x180px]]<br />'''[[Vaibhav Desai|Vaibhav Desai]]'''<br />'''Former M.S. Student'''<br />M.S., 2016, Electrical and Computer Engineering<br />Current affiliation: [https://www.aigen.io/ Lead Robotics Engineer, Aigen]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/vaibhav-desai-9b4679b3/ LinkedIn]</small>
| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:ZoeDormuth.JPG|180x180px]]<br />'''Zoe Dormuth'''<br />'''Former M.S. Student'''<br />M.S., 2019, Electrical and Computer Engineering<br />Current affiliation: [https://www.nlr.gov/ Research Engineer, National Laboratory of the Rockies]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-dormuth/ LinkedIn]</small>

| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:Thomas_Atkins.png|215px|link=http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/wiki/index.php/Thomas_Karl_Atkins]]
'''[[Thomas Karl Atkins]]''' <br />B.Sc., 2024<br /><em>[https://cse.umn.edu/cs Computer Science & Engineering], [https://cla.umn.edu/statistics Statistics],<br>[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].

Now a [https://lsi.princeton.edu/people/thomas-karl-atkins Ph.D. Student at Princeton.]

| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:John_Backes.jpg|170px| link=http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/wiki/index.php/John_Backes]]
'''[[John Backes]]''' <br /> Ph.D., 2013<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br />[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].<br />Now at [https://aws.amazon.com Amazon Web Services].</em>

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| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:Thee_Chanyaswad.jpg|285px| link=http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/wiki/index.php/Thee_Chanyaswad]]
'''[[Thee Chanyaswad]]'''<br />B.S., 2012<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br>[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].<br />Ph.D., 2018<br></em> [https://www.princeton.edu Princeton University]<br>Last seen: Advanced Data Scientist<br>at [http://www.kbtg.tech/en KASIKORN Business-Technolog].

| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:Tonglin Chen.jpg|215px|link=http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/wiki/index.php/Tonglin_Chen]]
'''[[Tonglin Chen]]''' <br />M.S., 2021<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br>[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].

Last seen: Engineer at [http://www.apple.com Apple].

| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:Bin_Cheng.jpg|175px]]
'''[[Bin Cheng]]''' <br />M.S., 2008<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br>[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].<br />Last seen: [http://www.cadence.com/us/pages/default.aspx Cadence Design Systems].</em>

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| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:Vaibhav.png|170px| link=http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/wiki/index.php/Vaibhav_Desai]]
'''[[Vaibhav Desai]]'''<br> <em>M.S., 2016 <br />[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br />[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].</em><br>Last seen:<br>Entrepreneur in Seattle.

| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:ZoeDormuth.JPG|215px]]
'''Zoe Dormuth''' <br />M.S., 2019<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br>[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota]<br>Last seen: [https://www.cs.arizona.edu/person/zoe-dormuth Ph.D. Student]<br>at the [https://www.arizona.edu University of Arizona].

| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:Brian_Fett.jpg|200px| link=http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/wiki/index.php/Brian_Fett]]
'''[[Brian Fett]]'''<br />M.S., 2010<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br>[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].<br />Last seen: Senior Software Test Engineer<br> at [https://www.emerson.com/en-us/automation-solutions Emerson].</em>

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| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:Robby_Friedlander.jpg|210px| link=http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/wiki/index.php/Robby_Friedlander]]
'''[[Robby Friedlander]]'''<br />B.S., 2014<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br>[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].<br />Last seen: [https://www.ece.gatech.edu/calendar/day/2019/10/30/106087 Ph.D. Student]<br> at the [http://www.gatech.edu/ Georgia Institute of Technology].</em>

| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:Hua.jpg|285px| link=http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/wiki/index.php/Hua_Jiang]]
'''[[Hua Jiang]]'''<br />Ph.D., 2012<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br>[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].<br />Last seen: Senior Software Engineer<br> at [http://www.netflix.com Netflix].</em>

| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:Owen_Hoffend.jpg|215px|link=http://www.mriedel.ece.umn.edu/wiki/index.php/Owen_Hoffend]]
'''[[Owen Hoffend]]''' <br />B.S., 2020<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br>[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].<br />Last seen: Ph.D. Student<br> at the [https://web.eecs.umich.edu| University of Michigan].<br>.</em>

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| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Brian_Fett.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''[[Brian Fett|Brian Fett]]'''<br />'''Former M.S. Student'''<br />M.S., 2010, Electrical and Computer Engineering<br />Current affiliation: [https://www.inspiremedicalsystems.com/ Senior Software Test Engineer, Inspire Medical Systems]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-fett/ LinkedIn]</small>

| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Robby_Friedlander.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''[[Robby Friedlander|Robby Friedlander]]'''<br />'''Former Undergraduate Researcher'''<br />B.S., 2014, Electrical Engineering<br />Current affiliation: [https://www.ll.mit.edu/ Technical Staff, MIT Lincoln Laboratory]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-friedlander-4a82671a0/ LinkedIn]</small>
| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:IMG_0364_(640x640).jpg|230px| link=http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/wiki/index.php/Aleksandra_Kharam]]
'''[[Aleksandra Kharam]]'''<br />B.S., 2012<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br>[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].<br />Last seen: Senior Electrical Engineer<br> at [https://www.bostonscientific.com/content/gwc/en-US/Home.html Boston Scientific].</em>
| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Gustafson-dillon-headshot.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''Dillon Gustafson'''<br />'''Former Undergraduate Researcher'''<br />Computer Science & Engineering and Statistics, University of Minnesota<br />Current affiliation: [https://cse.umn.edu/ Student, University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/dillon-gustafson25/ LinkedIn]</small>

| width="320" align="center" |[[File:Kulkarni-vishwesh-headshot.jpg|170x170px]]
'''[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9NACq1MAAAAJ&hl=en Vishwesh Kulkarni]'''<br />Postdoc, 2011–2013<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br />[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota]<br />Last seen: Assistant Professor<br> at the [https://warwick.ac.uk/insite/news/intnews2/behind_the_scenes/vishwesh_kulkarni/ University of Warwick].</em>

| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:Ajay Profile.png|215px|link=http://www.mriedel.ece.umn.edu/wiki/index.php/]]
'''[[Ajay Manicka]]'''<br />Ph.D. Student<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br />[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota]</em>.

Now a [https://www.rle.mit.edu/people/general-staff-directory/ Ph.D. Student at MIT].
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| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Owen_Hoffend.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''[[Owen Hoffend|Owen Hoffend]]'''<br />'''Former Undergraduate Researcher'''<br />B.S., 2020, Electrical Engineering<br />Current affiliation: [https://eecs.engin.umich.edu/phd-students/hoffend-owen/ Ph.D. Student, University of Michigan]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/owen-hoffend LinkedIn]</small>

| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Hua.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''[[Hua Jiang|Hua Jiang]]'''<br />'''Former Ph.D. Student'''<br />Ph.D., 2012, Electrical and Computer Engineering<br />Current affiliation: [https://www.harvey.ai/ AI Platform, Harvey]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/hua-jiang/ LinkedIn]</small>
| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:MHassanNajafi.jpg|170px|link=https://sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/mhassannajafi/]]
'''[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vIc-83QAAAAJ&hl=en M. Hassan Najafi]'''<br />Ph.D., 2018<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br />[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota]<br />Now Associate Professor<br> at the [https://louisiana.edu/ University of Louisiana].</em>
| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Kaslewicz-jake-headshot.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''Jake Kaslewicz'''<br />'''Former M.S. Student'''<br />M.S., 2024, Electrical and Computer Engineering<br />Current affiliation: [https://www.rcuh.com/ HPC Applications Engineer II, Research Corporation of the University of Hawai‘i]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-kaslewicz LinkedIn]</small>

| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:Weikang_Qian.jpg|180px| link=http://umji.sjtu.edu.cn/~wkqian/people/weikang-qian.html]]
'''[http://umji.sjtu.edu.cn/~wkqian/people/weikang-qian.html Weikang Qian]'''<br />Ph.D. 2011<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br>[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].<br />Now Associate Professor<br />[http://www.umji.sjtu.edu.cn/en/?basic_type=93 University of Michigan &ndash; Shanghai Jia Tong University Joint Institute].</em>

| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:MeghaParhi.jpg|170px| link=http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/wiki/index.php/Megha_Parhi]]
'''[[Megha Parhi]]'''<br>B.S., 2015<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br />[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].<br />Last seen: Ph.D. Student at the<br /> [https://www.utexas.edu/ University of Texas at Austin].</em>

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| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:IMG_0364_(640x640).jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''[[Aleksandra Kharam|Aleksandra Kharam]]'''<br />'''Former Undergraduate Researcher'''<br />B.S., 2012, Electrical Engineering<br />Current affiliation: [https://iveacare.com/ Principal Electrical Engineer, iVEAcare]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleksandra-sasha-kharam-016448100/ LinkedIn]</small>

| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Yadu's picture.png|180x180px]]<br />'''[[Yadu Kiran|Yadu Kiran]]'''<br />'''Former Ph.D. Student'''<br />Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota<br />Current affiliation: not publicly confirmed<br /><small>[https://cse.umn.edu/ece UMN ECE]</small>
| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:Ahmad.jpg|170px| link=http://salehi.engr.uky.edu]]
| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Kulkarni-vishwesh-headshot.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''Vishwesh Kulkarni'''<br />'''Former Postdoctoral Researcher'''<br />Postdoctoral Researcher, 2011–2013<br />Current affiliation: [https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/vishwesh-kulkarni Senior Lecturer, King’s College London]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishwesh-k-6836a79/ LinkedIn]</small>
'''[http://salehi.engr.uky.edu Ahmad Salehi]'''<br>Ph.D., 2017<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering]<br />[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].</em><br>Now Assistant Professor<br> at the [http://engr.uky.edu University of Kentucky].
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| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Ajay Profile.png|180x180px]]<br />'''[[Ajay Manicka|Ajay Manicka]]'''<br />'''Former Ph.D. Student'''<br />Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota<br />Current affiliation: [https://edelmanlab.mit.edu/current-members/ajay-manicka/ Ph.D. Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajaymanicka/ LinkedIn]</small>
| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:Senum_pic.jpg|150px| link=http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/wiki/index.php/Phil_Senum]]
| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:MHassanNajafi.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''M. Hassan Najafi'''<br />'''Former Ph.D. Student'''<br />Ph.D., 2018, Electrical Engineering<br />Current affiliation: [https://case.edu/engineering/electrical-computer-and-systems-engineering/about/our-team/m-hassan-najafi Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/m-hassan-najafi-04242162/ LinkedIn]</small>
'''[[Phil Senum]]'''<br>B.S., 2013<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br />[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].</em>
| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:MeghaParhi.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''[[Megha Parhi|Megha Parhi]]'''<br />'''Former Undergraduate Researcher'''<br />B.S., 2015, Electrical Engineering<br />Current affiliation: not publicly confirmed<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/megha-parhi/ LinkedIn] &middot; [https://meghaparhi.com/about.html Professional page]</small>

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<em>Last seen: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Rochester IBM Rochester].</em>
| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Weikang_Qian.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''Weikang Qian'''<br />'''Former Ph.D. Student'''<br />Ph.D., 2011, Electrical and Computer Engineering<br />Current affiliation: [https://gc.sjtu.edu.cn/~wkqian/people/weikang-qian.html Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/weikang-qian-4a504b31 LinkedIn]</small>

| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Razi-farzad.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''Farzad Razi'''<br />'''Current Postdoctoral Associate'''<br />Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota<br />Current affiliation: [https://experts.umn.edu/en/persons/farzad-razi Postdoctoral Associate, University of Minnesota]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/farzad-razi LinkedIn] &middot; [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_rojLv0AAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar]</small>
| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:Adam_Shea.png|175px| link=http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/wiki/index.php/Adam_Shea]]
| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Ahmad.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''Ahmad Salehi'''<br />'''Former Ph.D. Student'''<br />Ph.D., 2017, Electrical Engineering<br />Current affiliation: [https://ece.engr.uky.edu/people/sayed-ahmad-salehi Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky]
'''[[Adam Shea]]'''<br />B.S., 2009<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br>[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].<br />Last seen: Ph.D. Student at the<br /> [http://www.wisc.edu/ University of Wisconsin &ndash; Madison].</em>
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| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Senum_pic.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''[[Phil Senum|Phil Senum]]'''<br />'''Former Undergraduate Researcher'''<br />B.S., 2013, Electrical Engineering<br />Current affiliation: [https://www.marvell.com/ DFT Engineer, Marvell Technology]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillip-senum-6a146378/ LinkedIn]</small>
| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Adam_Shea.png|180x180px]]<br />'''[[Adam Shea|Adam Shea]]'''<br />'''Former Undergraduate Researcher'''<br />B.S., 2009, Electrical Engineering<br />Current affiliation: not publicly confirmed<br /><small>[https://asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/IT3F6KLHBN6B58Q/R/file-e6eef.pdf Ph.D. dissertation]</small>
| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Arnav_Solanki_profile image.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''[[Arnav Solanki|Arnav Solanki]]'''<br />'''Former Postdoctoral Researcher'''<br />Ph.D., 2023, Electrical and Computer Engineering<br />Current affiliation: [https://www.uth.edu/ Postdoctoral Fellow, UTHealth Houston]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/solarnav LinkedIn]</small>
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| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:Stephan-andrew.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''Andrew Stephan'''<br />'''Former Postdoctoral Researcher'''<br />Postdoctoral Researcher, 2021–2022<br />Current affiliation: [https://www.3m.com/ Senior Data Scientist, 3M]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-stephan-9092887a LinkedIn]</small>
| width="320" align="center" |[[File:Stephan-andrew.jpg|175x175px]]
| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:judell.png|180x180px]]<br />'''[[Julia Udell|Julia Udell]]'''<br />'''Former Ph.D. Student'''<br />Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Minnesota<br />Current affiliation: [https://www.medtronic.com/ Data Compliance Automation Specialist & R Programmer, Medtronic]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliaudell LinkedIn]</small>
'''Andrew Stephan'''<br />Postodc, 2021–2022<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br>[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota].<br />Now an Engineer at [http://www.3m.com 3M] .</em>
| width="320" align="center" valign="top" |[[File:McKenzievdH.jpg|180x180px]]<br />'''[[McKenzie van der Hagen|McKenzie van der Hagen]]'''<br />'''Former Undergraduate Researcher'''<br />B.S., 2017, Electrical Engineering<br />Current affiliation: [https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~mckenziv/ Ph.D. Student, Carnegie Mellon University]<br /><small>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/mckenzie-vdh LinkedIn]</small>
| width="320" align="center" |[[Image:McKenzievdH.jpg|170px| link=http://mriedel.ece.umn.edu/wiki/index.php/McKenzie_van_der_Hagen]]
'''[[McKenzie van der Hagen]]'''<br />B.S., 2017<br /><em>[http://www.ece.umn.edu Electrical and Computer Engineering],<br />[http://www.umn.edu University of Minnesota]</em>.<br />Last seen: Ph.D. Student at<br /> <em>[https://www.ece.cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University].</em>
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Revision as of 14:19, 10 August 2026

Faculty

Marc Riedel.jpg
Marc Riedel, Ph.D.
Full Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering;

Graduate Faculty,
Biomedical Informatics & Computational Biology;

Oracle Research Fellow;

University of Minnesota

Current and Former Students & Postdocs

Current members are identified below; all other entries are former students or postdoctoral researchers.

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Mustafa Altun
Former Ph.D. Student
Ph.D., 2012, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current affiliation: Professor, Istanbul Technical University
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Thomas Karl Atkins
Former Undergraduate Researcher
B.Sc., 2024, Computer Science
Current affiliation: Ph.D. Student, University of California, Berkeley
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John Backes
Former Ph.D. Student
Ph.D., 2013, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current affiliation: Principal Applied Scientist, Amazon Web Services
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Thee Chanyaswad
Former Undergraduate Researcher
B.S., 2012, Electrical Engineering
Current affiliation: Chief Data Officer, KASIKORN LINE
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Tonglin Chen
Former M.S. Student
M.S., 2021, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current affiliation: Design Verification Engineer, Apple
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Bin Cheng
Former M.S. Student
M.S., 2008, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current affiliation: Senior Staff Software Engineer, Synopsys
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Andrew Decker
Current M.S. Student
Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota
Current affiliation: University of Minnesota Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Vaibhav Desai
Former M.S. Student
M.S., 2016, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current affiliation: Lead Robotics Engineer, Aigen
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Zoe Dormuth
Former M.S. Student
M.S., 2019, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current affiliation: Research Engineer, National Laboratory of the Rockies
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Brian Fett
Former M.S. Student
M.S., 2010, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current affiliation: Senior Software Test Engineer, Inspire Medical Systems
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Robby Friedlander
Former Undergraduate Researcher
B.S., 2014, Electrical Engineering
Current affiliation: Technical Staff, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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Dillon Gustafson
Former Undergraduate Researcher
Computer Science & Engineering and Statistics, University of Minnesota
Current affiliation: Student, University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering
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Owen Hoffend
Former Undergraduate Researcher
B.S., 2020, Electrical Engineering
Current affiliation: Ph.D. Student, University of Michigan
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Hua Jiang
Former Ph.D. Student
Ph.D., 2012, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current affiliation: AI Platform, Harvey
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Jake Kaslewicz
Former M.S. Student
M.S., 2024, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current affiliation: HPC Applications Engineer II, Research Corporation of the University of Hawai‘i
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Aleksandra Kharam
Former Undergraduate Researcher
B.S., 2012, Electrical Engineering
Current affiliation: Principal Electrical Engineer, iVEAcare
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Yadu Kiran
Former Ph.D. Student
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota
Current affiliation: not publicly confirmed
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Vishwesh Kulkarni
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2011–2013
Current affiliation: Senior Lecturer, King’s College London
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Ajay Manicka
Former Ph.D. Student
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota
Current affiliation: Ph.D. Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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M. Hassan Najafi
Former Ph.D. Student
Ph.D., 2018, Electrical Engineering
Current affiliation: Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University
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Megha Parhi
Former Undergraduate Researcher
B.S., 2015, Electrical Engineering
Current affiliation: not publicly confirmed
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Weikang Qian
Former Ph.D. Student
Ph.D., 2011, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current affiliation: Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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Farzad Razi
Current Postdoctoral Associate
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota
Current affiliation: Postdoctoral Associate, University of Minnesota
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Ahmad Salehi
Former Ph.D. Student
Ph.D., 2017, Electrical Engineering
Current affiliation: Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky
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Phil Senum
Former Undergraduate Researcher
B.S., 2013, Electrical Engineering
Current affiliation: DFT Engineer, Marvell Technology
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Adam Shea
Former Undergraduate Researcher
B.S., 2009, Electrical Engineering
Current affiliation: not publicly confirmed
Ph.D. dissertation
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Arnav Solanki
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D., 2023, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Current affiliation: Postdoctoral Fellow, UTHealth Houston
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Andrew Stephan
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2021–2022
Current affiliation: Senior Data Scientist, 3M
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Julia Udell
Former Ph.D. Student
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Minnesota
Current affiliation: Data Compliance Automation Specialist & R Programmer, Medtronic
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McKenzie van der Hagen
Former Undergraduate Researcher
B.S., 2017, Electrical Engineering
Current affiliation: Ph.D. Student, Carnegie Mellon University
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