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Amir Reza Aref __________________________________________________________________ 142 Materials Research Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802 Phone :+1 (814) 4416221 Email: [email protected] ______________________________________________________________________________ Education PhD. Engineering Science and Mechanics Aug 2015-Present The Pennsylvania State University M.S. Inorganic Chemistry Sep 2007 University of Tabriz, Iran Dissertation: Potentiometric and Spectrophotometric study of complex formation of some transition metal ions with oxygen-nitrogen donors Macrocyclic Ligands incorporating hydroxyl groups. B.S. Pure Chemistry Feb 2003 University of Tabriz, Iran Research Experience Synthesis and characterization of carbon nanomaterials for energy storage application including batteries and ultracapacitors Synthesis, structural characterization and application of Organo-Clays and Layered Materials for wastewater treatment Determination of Stability constants of some transition metal complexes Publications 1. Huang, W., S. Komarneni, A. R. Aref, Y. D. Noh, J. Ma, K. Chen, D. Xue and B. Jiang. "Nanolayered Tin Phosphate: A Remarkably Selective Cs Ion Sieve for Acidic Waste Solutions." Chem Commun (Camb) 51, no. 86 (2015): 15661-4. 2. Komarneni, Sridhar, Amir Reza Aref, Siqi Hong, Young Dong Noh, F. S. Cannon and Yujue Wang. "Organoclays of High-Charge Synthetic Clays and Alumina Pillared Natural Clays: Perchlorate Uptake." Applied Clay Science 80-81, (2013): 340-345. 3. Hosseini-Yazdi, Seyed Abolfazl, Ali Akbar Khandar, Hashem Azizi and Amir Reza Aref. "Synthesis, Characterization, X-Ray Structures, and Solution Studies of Nickel(Ii) Complexes of an Aza-Crown Macrocycle with a Hydroxyl Pendant-Armed." Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie 634, no. 11 (2008): 1943-1949.

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Amir Reza Aref __________________________________________________________________ 142 Materials Research Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802 Phone :+1 (814) 4416221 Email: [email protected] ______________________________________________________________________________ Education PhD. Engineering Science and Mechanics Aug 2015-Present The Pennsylvania State University M.S. Inorganic Chemistry Sep 2007 University of Tabriz, Iran

Dissertation: Potentiometric and Spectrophotometric study of complex formation of some transition metal ions with oxygen-nitrogen donors Macrocyclic Ligands incorporating hydroxyl groups.

B.S. Pure Chemistry Feb 2003 University of Tabriz, Iran Research Experience

• Synthesis and characterization of carbon nanomaterials for energy storage application including batteries and ultracapacitors

• Synthesis, structural characterization and application of Organo-Clays and Layered Materials for

wastewater treatment

• Determination of Stability constants of some transition metal complexes Publications

1. Huang, W., S. Komarneni, A. R. Aref, Y. D. Noh, J. Ma, K. Chen, D. Xue and B. Jiang. "Nanolayered Tin Phosphate: A Remarkably Selective Cs Ion Sieve for Acidic Waste Solutions." Chem Commun (Camb) 51, no. 86 (2015): 15661-4.

2. Komarneni, Sridhar, Amir Reza Aref, Siqi Hong, Young Dong Noh, F. S. Cannon and Yujue Wang. "Organoclays of High-Charge Synthetic Clays and Alumina Pillared Natural Clays: Perchlorate Uptake." Applied Clay Science 80-81, (2013): 340-345.

3. Hosseini-Yazdi, Seyed Abolfazl, Ali Akbar Khandar, Hashem Azizi and Amir Reza Aref. "Synthesis, Characterization, X-Ray Structures, and Solution Studies of Nickel(Ii) Complexes of an Aza-Crown Macrocycle with a Hydroxyl Pendant-Armed." Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie 634, no. 11 (2008): 1943-1949.

 

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SETH S. BERBANO

110 E. Cherry Ln. │ State College, PA 16803 │ [email protected] │ 515-989-1054

EXPERIENCE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOW│ PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY 2011 – Present

Interned at Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. Materials R&D Department, Summer 2015 Takasaki, JAPAN

Served as student leader in an interdisciplinary collaboration between industry, faculty and students

o Multi-university, $18.5 million National Science Foundation personalized healthcare research center (NSF ASSIST)

o Organized industry-student networking, science outreach, and semester kickoffs

Mentored four students on four energy storage undergraduate thesis projects

Functioned as laboratory manager tracking chemical safety records in wet chemistry, glovebox, and electrical measurement labs

Guest-lectured and graded papers for two semesters in an undergraduate electronic and magnetic properties course

Acted as affiliate member on Penn State’s Diversity Commission and on Materials Science & Engineering Community Committee

GLASS AND OPTICAL MATERIALS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT│ IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY 2008 – 2011

Gyeongsang National University, Prof. Hyo-Jun Ahn’s Energy Materials Lab, Summer 2010 Jinju, SOUTH KOREA

Osaka Prefecture University, Prof. Masahiro Tatsumisago’s Inorganic Chemistry Lab, Summer 2009 Sakai, JAPAN

GENERAL CHEMISTRY SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION LEADER│ IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY 2008 – 2010

Facilitated over 125 hours of study sessions

EDUCATION

PH.D. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING │ PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY │ 4.0 GPA Expected graduation May 2016

3M Fellow in Materials Science & Engineering 2011 – 2014

o S. S. Berbano, M. Y. Fofana, C. A. Randall, M. T. Lanagan, “Chalcogenide-based Lithium Solid Electrolytes

Processed by the Powder-in-a-tube Method” Materials Letters, 141 (2015) 70 - 72.

o S. S. Berbano, M. Mirsaneh, M. T. Lanagan, C. A. Randall, “Lithium Thiophosphate Glasses and Glass-Ceramics as

Solid Electrolytes: Processing, Microstructure, and Properties” International Journal of Applied Glass Science. 4 (2013) 414 - 425.

B.S. MATERIALS ENGINEERING, ECONOMICS MINOR, SUMMA CUM LAUDE │ IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY 2007 – 2011

o S. S. Berbano, I. Seo, C. M. Bischoff, K. E. Schuller and S. W. Martin, “Formation and Structure of Amorphous Na2S+P2S5

Prepared by Melt-quenching and Mechanical Milling” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 358 (2012) 93 - 98.

PRESENTATIONS (PARTIAL LIST) “Solid Electrolyte Research at Penn State”

o Osaka Prefecture University Inorganic Chemistry Lab Group Seminar, Nov 20, 2015 Sakai, JAPAN

“Solid Electrolyte Research at Penn State” o Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Seminar, Aug 24, 2015 Yasu, JAPAN

“Thinner Lithium Solid Electrolytes Processed by the Powder-In-a-Tube Method for Solid-State Batteries and Electrochemical Capacitors” o 3M Seminar, Jul 23, 2014 St. Paul, MN

“Glass and Glass-Ceramic Lithium Thiophosphate Solid Electrolytes for Energy Storage” o The Technion Electroceramics & Nanotechnology Laboratory Seminar, Mar 10, 2014 Haifa, ISRAEL

“Bulk Ionic Conductivity and Crystallization of Lithium Thiophosphate Solid Electrolytes” o 224th Electrochemical Society Meeting, Oct 31, 2013 San Francisco, CA

“Improved Ionic Conductivity in Dense Li2S + P2S5 Solid Electrolytes”

o Schott AG Seminar, Jul 8, 2013 Mainz, GERMANY

“Improved Ionic Conductivity in Dense Li2S + P2S5 Solid Electrolytes” o 23rd International Congress on Glass, Jul 4, 2013 Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC

“Formation and Structure of Amorphous Na2S+P2S5 Prepared by Melt-quenching and Mechanical Milling” o American Ceramic Society Glass & Optical Materials Alfred R. Cooper Scholars Award, Oct 17, 2011 Columbus, OH

Specializing in glass and ceramics - 8 years in materials for energy & electronics

9 months of industry & university research experience in East Asia

Looking to contribute within an innovative R&D group

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Raj Bhakta [email protected]

3805 Jackson St, Apt C Raleigh, NC, 27606 (713) 992-5558

EDUCATION The University of Texas at Austin Bachelor of Science in Physics (Nuclear Eng. Option) December 2014 North Carolina State University Graduate Student in Fiber & Polymer Science | Textile Engineering Scholarship Awards Skills

May 2014

● Physics Department Scholarship |2011-2014 ● Wal-Mart Scholarship | 2010-2011 ● Broad Prize Scholarship|2010-2014 ● United Airlines Scholarship|2010-2014 ● Longhorn Scholars Scholarship|2010-2014 ● Hutchinson Scholars Scholarship for study abroad

at Technical University of Delft, Netherlands for a Nuclear Engineering Maymester | 2013

● Texas Interdisciplinary Program Scholarship to study Philosophy of Physics |2013

● National Nuclear Forensics Undergraduate Fellowship for research at Y-12 National Security Complex|2014

● Statistical Data Analysis with MATLAB and Mathematica software ● ImageJ software for visual data analysis ● Screen-printing on textiles ● Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint ● Experience with DC voltage sources, resistors, microscopes, multi-meters, LEDs, handheld GM-Counters, handheld alpha detectors, handheld gamma-detectors, handheld radioactive sources, Bioassay wet-radiochemistry procedures , assembly of ion funnel, point-soldering, lab safety ● Experience with technical scientific writing

WORK EXPERIENCE

NFUSP Summer Research Intern| Y-12 National Security Complex| Dr. James Bradshaw| 6/01/2014 - 8/15/2014

As a NFUSP fellowship recipient, I was assigned to Y-12 under Dr. James Bradshaw to assemble and benchmark a Spark-Source Mass Spectrometer with his PhD student Jennifer Charlton

Radiochemistry procedure development implementing UTEVA™ and TRU™ resins with Dr. Bob Smithwick to optimize time and cost efficiencies for large volume Bioassay procedures

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Development of a Superconductor-Freshman Research Initiative| UT-Austin | Spring 2011 ● Developed and then studied the super-conducting phenomena of the Ytterbium composite super-conductor

by conducting magnetic field tests at low temperatures and X-Ray spectroscopy under Dr. John Markert at the UT-Austin Superconducting Lab

Neutron Interrogation of Nuclear materials | UT-Austin Pickle Research-NETL | Fall 2013-Spring 2014 ● Worked on a nuclear forensics project with 14MeV neutrons via neutron interrogation under

Dr. Sheldon Landsberger in collaboration with Dr. Oded Doron from Sandia National Laboratories at the Nuclear Engineering Teaching Lab at UT-Austin’s Pickle Research campus

What does the Wave-Function say about the nature of space? | UT-Austin| Summer 2013-December 2014 ● Worked on a Philosophy of Physics thesis on the Nature of Space in the Quantum Wave-Function under Dr.

Juhl at UT-Austin Integration of sensors via “e-textile lego” interconnects| NC-State| January 2016 - Present

● Integrating sensors onto textile platforms for health monitoring using screen-printed conductive ink “e-textile lego” like flexible interconnects

● Leading a team of 4 undergraduate students to scale up the fabrication processes of making “e-textile lego” flexible interconnects to develop 20 ECG shirts for academic and industry collaborators within ASSIST

PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS National Technical Nuclear Forensics Academic Program at Argonne National Lab| Summer 2014

● I presented a poster about my work done at Y-12 National Security Complex related to the assembly, benchmarking plans, and purpose of the modernized orthogonal time-of-flight spark-source mass spectrometer to members across the DHS and DOE complex

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE Bollyshake, Inc | Product Development/Marketing Consultant | June 2015 - Present

● I help develop marketing techniques in the realm of social media to drive user engagement and population Desi Dance Network, Inc (501c Non-Profit) | Board of Directors | May 2015 – Present

● I am establishing cross-promotional partnerships with businesses to increase our publicity reach

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[email protected]:[email protected]

1352 Mcintyre Street, MI 48105

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

RESEARCH INTEREST: Wireless Integrated Circuits and Systems

EDUCATION BACKGROUND:

BS, Beijing Institute of technology Beijing, China

Electronic Science and Technology in school of Information and Electronics (elite class) 09/2009-07/2013

MS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, USA

Circuits & VLSI in Electrical Engineering 09/2013-05/2015

Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, USA

Circuits & VLSI in Electrical Engineering 09/2015-04/2019

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

GSRA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 09/2014-present

Wireless Integrated Circuits and System group Supervisor: Prof. David Wentzloff

o Ultra-low-power BLE Transmitter in back-channel communication

o Aggregator (base-station) design for self-powered sensor system

Research Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University 06/2014-08/2014

Analog & RF IC design, RFIC group Supervisor: Prof. Jeyanandh Paramesh

o Programmable Gm-C filter design

Research Assistant, Beijing Institute of Technology 07/2012-07/2013

Antenna and Microwave Circuits design, CEMS center Supervisor: Prof. Bin Li

o Differential Integrated Microstrp Antenna Filter design

o Reconfigurable filter design and analysis in DSPSL

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Fall 2015

Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) – EECS413 Monolithic Amplifier Circuits

PUBLICATIONS:

Roy, A.; Klinefelter, A.; Yahya, F.B.; Chen, X.; Gonzalez-Guerrero, L.P.; Lukas, C.J.; Kamakshi, D.A.; Boley, J.;

Craig, K.; Faisal, M.; Oh, S.; Roberts, N.E.; Shakhsheer, Y.; Shrivastava, A.; Vasudevan, D.P.; Wentzloff, D.D.;

Calhoun, B.H., "A 6.45 \mu{\rm W} Self-Powered SoC With Integrated Energy-Harvesting Power Management

and ULP Asymmetric Radios for Portable Biomedical Systems," in Biomedical Circuits and Systems, IEEE

Transactions on , vol.PP, no.99, pp.1-1

Xing Chen, Bin Li, Guoqiang Guo, Xinqing Sheng, “A Novel Differentially Fed Integrated Microstrip

Antenna-Filter” 2013 IEEE International Conference on Microwave Technology & Computational Electromagnetic

INTERNSHIP:

Carnegie Mellon University Summer Research Intern 06/2014-08/2014

Beijing IC Design Park 09/2012

Hua Dan Electronic Device Factory 07/2012

SKILL:

Cadence virtuoso, ADS, HFSS, Peakview, Matlab, Simulink, Xilinx FPGA, Altium Designer

Analog/RF IC design & VLSI, Antenna design, Embedded System design, PCB, Verilog

Xing Chen

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Sohini RoyChoudhury

Graduate Student - Ph.D., Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Florida International University

Cell Phone: +1-929-249-8695

E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Research Interest: Micro/Nano-scale Fabrication

Education:

■ MS & Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (continuing)

University: Florida International University (FIU)

CGPA: 3.76/4.0

Supervisor: Dr. Shekhar Bhansali

■ B.S. in Electronics and Communication Engineering

University: Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, India

CGPA: 3.06/4.0 Passing Year: 2010

Research Outputs:

■ Enzyme Functionalized Nanostructures For Enhanced Electrochemical Detection of Lactate - S.

RoyChoudhury, P. Manickam, Y. Umasankar, and S. Bhansali; The Electrochemical Society (ECS)

Proceedings Series, Phoenix, AZ (October 2015)

■ Biosensor Device For Continuous Monitoring of Lactate - Pandiaraj Manickam, Sohini Roy

Choudhury, Yogeswaran Umasankar, Shekhar Bhansali; Defense Innovation Challenges, Austin, TX

(December 2015)

Research Experience:

■ Research at Bio-MEMS Lab, FIU: Growth and integration of nanowires in sensors and modelling of

structures (August 2014 to present)

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Pavel Chtcheprov [email protected] (919) 259-5702 601 W Rosemary St Unit 309 Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Qualifications:

16 publications in medical physics and theoretical and experimental fluid dynamics

10 years of software experience in computational scientific applications and web development/design

Proficient knowledge of microcontroller architecture, a variety of commination protocols, and integration with android smartphone devices.

5 provisional patents in novel x-ray imaging devices Tools:

Programming/Scripting Languages: Java, C, PHP, SQL, JavaScript and various libraries, CSS. Experience with Assembly, C++, Python, Perl

Applications: SolidWorks, LabVIEW, Matlab, MultiSim, Mathematica, Eclipse IDE, Android Studio

7 years of machining and prototyping experience on CNC mill, lathe, FDM, and laser cutter

Education: Ph.D Candidate in Biomedical Engineering at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University

Design and development of innovative x-ray imaging and therapy devices

Image processing/analysis and 3D registration of medical images

Experience with NIH grant proposal composition University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Class of 2011 (Highest Honors) Major: Applied Science – Biomedical Engineering, Minor: Physics

Specialization in electronics, medical robotics, and applied fluid dynamics

Honors Thesis: Medical Robot for Surgical Scene Reconstruction o Design and construction of a prototype mechanical and electronic robotic system o Using this robotic platform to evaluate motion algorithms o Creating and updating in real-time a 3D representation of the surgical scene.

Work Experience:

Co-founder of laser cutting/engraving business Kelly and Pavel Design LLC (2013-Present) Started successful and highly profitable custom laser cutting business Designed and programmed website (http://kellyandpaveldesign.com)

Freelance web developer. Custom website development for RTP clients. (2007-Present)

Xinray Systems - Simulation Engineering (Summer 2010) Software development job simulating electron emission models with different cathode-anode arrangements and initial currents/voltages. Development of a realistic emission models to match experimental data.

Applied Mathematics Fluids Lab (10/2007-5/2010), Orthopedics Lab (Summer 2009), Genetics Lab (iGEM competition Summer 2009), Tissue Engineering Lab (Summer 2009), Medical Robotics Lab (Honors Thesis 5/2010-4/2011), Development of a palmar collateral blood flow medical device with School of Medicine (5/2011-8/2011), and my graduate work in the Applied Nanotechnology Lab (8/2011-Present) which included x-ray imaging work with the Dept of Radiology, Radiation Oncology, and School of Dentistry.

Awards:

1st Place in NC RIoT Hackathon

Graduate Merit Award

Flexcell Award

Sarah Steele Danhoff Undergraduate Research Award

Integrated Biomedical Research Training Program, UNC School of Medicine and Dept of Biomedical Engineering; NIH Grant Number: 1R90-DA023417

Integrated Biomedical Research Training Program, UNC School of Medicine and Dept of Biomedical Engineering

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2700 Brigadoon Dr. APT 1 Raleigh, NC 27606

(919)280-6639

James Dieffenderfer [email protected]

Education Doctor of Philosophy, Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; December 2016 (expected)

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; December 2010

Awards, Distinctions and Fellowships • Best Paper Award at IEEE Body Sensor Network 2015 • Nominated for Best Paper at IEEE Biowireless 2013 • North Carolina State University Graduate Fellowship • 1st Place Winner in Medical Category of NASA’s Create the Future Contest • Top Ten Finalist in CIMIT’s Prize for Primary Health Care Contest (awaiting results) • Dissertation research awarded the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund • Research featured as cover article on NASA’s Medical Briefs Magazine

Research Interests / Research Profile Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Architected and built continuous wave functional near-infrared spectroscopy systems. Prosthetics Explored impedance matching between agonist and antagonist muscles by modelling

a mechanical system with an analogous electrical circuit. Cockroach Reproduction Created system to introduce physical stimulus to 20 insects in petri dishes at

adjustable rates. Electrocardiography Research on the acquisition of bio-potentials. Spirometry Extensive research with peak flow acquisition and spirometry systems.

Publications and Patents J. Dieffenderfer, M. C. Bair, A. Bozkurt, “Towards a smart bandage with functional

near infrared spectroscopy capability.” IEEE BioWireless, January 2013. Uzsak, J. Dieffenderfer, A. Bozkurt, C. Schal, “Social facilitation of insect

reproduction with motor-driven tactile stimuli,” Proceedings of the Royal Society B, March 2014.

J. Dieffenderfer, E. Beppler, T. Novak, E. Whitmire, R. Jayakumar, C. Randall, Q. Weiguo, R. Rajagopalan, A. Bozkurt, “Solar powered wrist worn acquisition system for continuous photoplethysmogram monitoring.” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, June 2014.

R. Brugarolas, J. Dieffenderfer, K. Walker, A. Wagner, B. Sherman, D. Roberts, A. Bozkurt, “Wearable wireless biophotonic and biopotential sensors for canine health monitoring.” IEEE Sensors, July 2014.

J. Dieffenderfer, M. Brown, S. Williams, L. Johnson, “Portable spirometer for imporved asthma management.” IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (Mini-symposium), June 2014.

J. Dieffenderfer, H. Goodell, B. Bent, E. Beppler, R. Jayakumar, M. Yokus, J. Jur, A. Bozkurt, D. Peden, “Wearable Wireless Sensors for Chronic Respiratory Disease Monitoring.” IEEE Body Sensor Network, June 2015.

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F. Lin, M. McKnight, J. Dieffenderfer, E. Whitmire, T. Gosh, A. Bozkurt, “Microfabricated impedance sensors for concurrent tactile, biopotential, and wetness detection.” IEEE Sensors, July 2014.

One PCT (international patent) and two full patents pending on medical related devices.

Presentations • Closing seminar at LipoScience’s Engineering Week • North Carolina State University’s 8th Annual Graduate Research Symposium • Lulu eGames 2013 • ASSIST Industry Workshop 2014 • ASSIST Industry Workshop 2013 • ASSIST Industry Workshop 2012 • IEEE Biowireless 2013 • ASSIST NSF Site Visit 2013 • ASSIST NSF Site Visit 2014 • ASSIST NSF Site Visit 2015 • NASA Tech Brief’s Award Ceremony • Organized the 2012 Biomedical Undergraduate Symposium • Presented at Poole College of Management Board of Advisors 2014 Annual

Meeting • IEEE Body Sensor Network 2015 • IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference 2014 • Presented at UNC Board of Governors 2014

Career Experience Research Assistant, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, August 2013 – Present

• Focus on continuous wave functional near infrared spectroscopy • Sub focus on pulse oximetry and electrocardiography

Teaching Assistant, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, August 2012 – August 2013

• Mentored students in the construction of medical devices. • Graded assignments for Biomedical Senior Design class. • Organized the Biomedical Undergraduate Symposium. • Produced the “Medtech Innovation Station” educational podcast.

Mask Layout Designer, Qualcomm, Raleigh, NC, February 2010 – May 2011 • Designed physical layouts for components for Snapdragon mobile processor. • Generated abstracts for top level cells. • Improved power grid using Totem.

Competitive Analysis Engineer, CSpeed LLC, Liverpool, NY, May 2009 - August 2009

• Development of oscilloscope interface for Lecroy LogicStudio16. • Reverse engineered circuitry in competing devices.

Course Experience Biomedical Engineering Related • Medical Imaging: X-ray, CT, and Nuclear Medicine Systems • Medical Instrumentation • Medical Device Design • Bioelectricity and the Nervous System • Organic Chemistry I • Organic Chemistry II • Biochemistry Electrical Engineering Related • Wireless Communication Systems

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• Intro to Embedded Systems • Engineering Statics • Electric Circuits • Fundamentals of Logic Design • Microelectronics • Linear Systems • Electromagnetic Fields • Mechatronics • Elements of Control • Linear Algebra • Microelectromechanical Systems

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[email protected] SABA EMRANI (919) 999-0464

EDUCATION North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, PhD in Electrical Engineering, anticipated June 2016 GPA 4.0/4.0 Dissertation Topic: A Topo-Geometric Framework for Data Mining University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, MS, Electrical Engineering, July 2012 GPA 3.94/4.0 Masters Topic: Attack Detection and Identification in Cyber-Physical Systems Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, MS in Electrical Engineering, November 2010 GPA: 3.94/4.0 Thesis Topic: Formation Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles with Limited Communication Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, BS, Electrical Engineering, Feb 2008 GPA: 3.5/4.0 Thesis Topic: Design and Implementation of a Scaling Force Feedback Telerobotic System

RESEARCH INTERESTS Machine Learning, Data Mining, Physiological Signal Processing, Algorithm Development for Wearable Health Sensing, Biomedical Data Analysis, Statistical Modeling, Time-series analysis, Pattern recognition, Classification and Clustering, Graph Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Applied Mathematics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Microsoft Research, Medical Devices Group Redmond, WA PhD Research Intern May 2014 - Aug 2014

Worked on data analysis and signal processing for cutting edge health sensors

Developed a novel framework for analysis of blood pressure wave data recorded noninvasively from the radial artery using a wearable tonometer

Analyzed radial pulse pressure data from 30 participants and accurately estimated various aspects of cardiovascular function

Performed motion artifact cancellation and extracted the pulse signals from pressure data corrupted by motion (walking, jogging and running)

Designed and completed a 15 subject data collection study using wearable tonometers and acceleration for the purposes of algorithm training and verification

Novartis Pharmaceutical, R&D Informatics Group East Hanover, NJ Data Scientist Intern Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

Developed machine learning techniques for modeling and prediction of chronic heart failure disease progression in Novartis clinical trial dataset of breakthrough treatments for heart failure (Paradigm) and Identified important pathological biomarkers for diagnosis

North Carolina State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, VISSTA group NSF ASSIST Nanosystems Center Research Assistant Aug 2012 - present

Developed a robust and accurate algorithm to detect wheezes in breathing sound signal in real time with very low computational complexity for a battery-free (power-constrained) wearable health monitoring platform

Created an efficient algorithm for spectral estimation of lung sound data for an app-connected wearable device to provide information about the size of obstructed airways in asthmatic patients

Analyzed and classified bio-acoustic signals using time-frequency techniques and wavelet packet decomposition

Developed a classification technique on large-scale datasets of MEG/EEG recordings on the brain for decoding natural and artificial visual stimuli with the goal of understanding how the brain perceives visual stimuli *

University of New Mexico, Electrical Engineering Department Summer 2012

Lecturer for Circuit Analysis II

Amirkabir University of Technology, Electrical Engineering Department, Computational Intelligence group Research Assistant May 2009 - Nov 2010

Designed and implemented individual particle optimized functional link neural network for real-time identification of nonlinear dynamic systems

Designed and simulated adaptive and decentralized formation controller for multiple AUVs in spatial motion with limited communication

Amirkabir University of Technology, Computer Engineering Department, Robotics Laboratory Undergraduate Research Assistant Jan 2006 - Sep 2007

Designed and implemented a scaling force feedback master-slave telerobotic system controller for nano-surgery applications

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

J1. "A Novel Framework for Pulse Pressure Wave Analysis Using Persistent Homology", Signal Processing Letters, IEEE, vol.22, no.11, pp.1879-1883, Nov. 2015,

with T. S. Saponas and D. Morris

J2. "Modeling Heart Failure Disease Progression Using Multi-task Learning", to be submitted to IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, with D. Saldana and G. Clark. J3. "Persistent Homology of Delay Embeddings and its Application to Wheeze Detection," Signal Processing Letters, IEEE, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 459-463, April 2014,

with T. Gentimis and H. Krim.

C1. "Spectral Estimation of Highly Transient Data", 2015 European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO’15), with H. Krim.

C2. "Robust Detection of Periodic Patterns in Gene Expression Microarray Data using Topological Signal Analysis", GlobalSIP14- Workshop on Genomic Signal

Processing and Statistics (GENSIPS’14), with H. Krim.

C3. "Real Time Detection of Harmonic Structure: a Case for Topological Signal Analysis", 2014 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal

Processing (ICASSP’14), with H. Chintakunta and H. Krim.

C4. "Wheeze Detection and Location using Spectro-temporal Analysis of Lung Sounds", The 29th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, SBEC 2013, with H.

Krim.

COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS MATLAB, C++, R, SQL, LabVIEW, ROS, PLC

HONORS AND AWARDS

Guaranteed research support for PhD studies from NSF as part of ASSIST Nanosystems Center Aug 2012 - present

NSF student travel award for Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics (GENSIPS’14) Dec 2014

Travel award for IEEE International Conference on Control Applications Sep 2011

Full scholarship from University of New Mexico for graduate studies 2011 - 2012

Full scholarship for MS and BS degree in Electrical engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology 2008 - 2010

Ranked 1st among MS Control Engineering students in Amirkabir University of Technology 2008 - 2010

Ranked 73rd among more than 20000 participants in Iranian National Entrance Exam for Graduate Studies in 2008 Electrical Engineering, Iran 2003-2008

Ranked 282nd (among top 0.1%) in Iranian National University Entrance Exam among 500,000 participants 2003

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RESUME, Dawei Fan, University of Virginia

DAWEI FAN 

[email protected][email protected], Phone: 434‐326‐8238 

Address: 265 Colonnade Drive, Charlottesville, VA, 22903 

EDUCATION 

Ph.D.: University of Virginia, Department of Computer Science, VA, United States        2013 ‐ now 

Research area: Body Sensor Network, Signal processing, Embedded systems   

Related courses: Machine Learning, Design of Algorithms, Advanced Signal Processing 

M.S.: Tsinghua University, Department of Engineering Physics, Beijing, China              2010 ‐ 2013 

Research Area: Embedded Systems (DSP, ARM), Control Theory and Applications 

B.S.: Tsinghua University, Department of Engineering Physics, Beijing, China                2006 ‐ 2010 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 

Aggregator design for ASSIST project                                                                      December 2013 ‐ now 

Designed a data aggregator to effectively manage data flow in a self powered body sensor 

network system, including both of hardware platform and software design 

Programmed applications on both of PC side and Android mobile phone side in JAVA 

Incontinence project                                                                                                   May 2014 ‐ April 2015 

Implemented  hardware  platforms  to monitor motion  of  patients  to  explore  correlation 

between patients’ night time agitation and urinary incontinence 

Designed algorithms to process motion data and evaluate patients’ agitation 

Ozone daughter board redesign and calibration                                          October 2013 ‐ April 2014 

Redesigned  PCB  with  Shimmer  platform  to  sample  environment  data:  temperature, 

humidity,  and  ozone  concentration  as  a  part  of  research  to  explore  correlation  between 

ozone concentration and asthma   

Control system design for Active Magnetic Bearing (AMB)                     May 2011‐ September 2013 

Designed  an  embedded  system,  an  8‐layer PCB using OMAP‐L137 dual  core  chip  (DSP, 

ARM) to control AMB with custom designed control algorithms 

Programmed DSP algorithms, Linux drivers, and LabVIEW GUI 

TECHNICAL SKILLS 

Software Development:   

Fluent  in  Java  programming;  familiar  in  Python,  C,  C++,  Matlab,  Verilog;  Android 

programming; Machine Learning; Digital signal processing 

Hardware Development:   

Rich experience in embedded hardware platforms; Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design 

PUBLICATIONS 

·J. Gong, K. M. Rose, I. A. Emi, J. P. Specht, E. Hoque, D. Fan, S. R. Dandu, and R. F. Dickerson, 

“Home Wireless Sensing System for Monitoring Nighttime Agitation and Incontinence in Patients 

with Alzheimer ’ s Disease.” (Presented at Wireless Health Conference 2015) 

·Fan Dawei, Zhang Kai, Dong  Jinping. “A Synchronous Data Acquisition System  for Dynamic 

Balancing Machines Based on CPLD”[C] 2011 International Conference on Computer Application and 

System Modeling (ICCASM 2011), Vol. 3, Pp: 1920‐1923. 

OTHER EXPERIENCE 

·Internship, Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF)                                                July 2009 

·Chief Editor, Magazine of Dept. of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University                          2009 

·Technical Olympic Games Volunteer, Olympic Green Hockey Field (OGH)                August 2008 

·Teaching Volunteer, Spring Buds Program of China                                                              July 2007 

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RESUME, Dawei Fan, University of Virginia

DAWEI FAN 

[email protected][email protected], Phone: 434‐326‐8238 

Address: 265 Colonnade Drive, Charlottesville, VA, 22903 

EDUCATION 

Ph.D.: University of Virginia, Department of Computer Science, VA, United States        2013 ‐ now 

Research area: Body Sensor Network, Signal processing, Embedded systems   

Related courses: Machine Learning, Design of Algorithms, Advanced Signal Processing 

M.S.: Tsinghua University, Department of Engineering Physics, Beijing, China              2010 ‐ 2013 

Research Area: Embedded Systems (DSP, ARM), Control Theory and Applications 

B.S.: Tsinghua University, Department of Engineering Physics, Beijing, China                2006 ‐ 2010 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 

Aggregator design for ASSIST project                                                                      December 2013 ‐ now 

Designed a data aggregator to effectively manage data flow in a self powered body sensor 

network system, including both of hardware platform and software design 

Programmed applications on both of PC side and Android mobile phone side in JAVA 

Incontinence project                                                                                                   May 2014 ‐ April 2015 

Implemented  hardware  platforms  to monitor motion  of  patients  to  explore  correlation 

between patients’ night time agitation and urinary incontinence 

Designed algorithms to process motion data and evaluate patients’ agitation 

Ozone daughter board redesign and calibration                                          October 2013 ‐ April 2014 

Redesigned  PCB  with  Shimmer  platform  to  sample  environment  data:  temperature, 

humidity,  and  ozone  concentration  as  a  part  of  research  to  explore  correlation  between 

ozone concentration and asthma   

Control system design for Active Magnetic Bearing (AMB)                     May 2011‐ September 2013 

Designed  an  embedded  system,  an  8‐layer PCB using OMAP‐L137 dual  core  chip  (DSP, 

ARM) to control AMB with custom designed control algorithms 

Programmed DSP algorithms, Linux drivers, and LabVIEW GUI 

TECHNICAL SKILLS 

Software Development:   

Fluent  in  Java  programming;  familiar  in  Python,  C,  C++,  Matlab,  Verilog;  Android 

programming; Machine Learning; Digital signal processing 

Hardware Development:   

Rich experience in embedded hardware platforms; Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design 

PUBLICATIONS 

·J. Gong, K. M. Rose, I. A. Emi, J. P. Specht, E. Hoque, D. Fan, S. R. Dandu, and R. F. Dickerson, 

“Home Wireless Sensing System for Monitoring Nighttime Agitation and Incontinence in Patients 

with Alzheimer ’ s Disease.” (Presented at Wireless Health Conference 2015) 

·Fan Dawei, Zhang Kai, Dong  Jinping. “A Synchronous Data Acquisition System  for Dynamic 

Balancing Machines Based on CPLD”[C] 2011 International Conference on Computer Application and 

System Modeling (ICCASM 2011), Vol. 3, Pp: 1920‐1923. 

OTHER EXPERIENCE 

·Internship, Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF)                                                July 2009 

·Chief Editor, Magazine of Dept. of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University                          2009 

·Technical Olympic Games Volunteer, Olympic Green Hockey Field (OGH)                August 2008 

·Teaching Volunteer, Spring Buds Program of China                                                              July 2007 

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Rachel Foote [email protected] 440-813-4508

Summary

A highly motivated student seeking a full time position in the textile and/or engineering industry following

graduation in May 2016. Experience with Solidworks, JMP and Microsoft Excel/Visual Basic for Applications

provide an excellent background. Also Lean Six Sigma Trained. Interested in full time employment where

leadership, organizational and effective communication skills will be utilized.

Education

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, Raleigh, NC May 2016

Bachelor of Science in Textile Engineering

Minor in Biological Sciences

G.P.A. - 4.00/4.00

Relevant Coursework

Textile Engineering Quality Improvement (Six Sigma)

Technology of Dyeing and Finishing

Advanced Human Anatomy and Physiology

Current Projects

Undergraduate Research Assistant August 2014-Present

College of Textiles, NCSU, Raleigh, NC

Co-inventor of provisional patent technology: Flexible Interconnects, Systems, and Uses Thereof

Research methods of integrating biological/environmental sensors into wearable textiles

Test conductive inks to interconnect embedded organic LEDs, sensors and circuits

Develop strong research, planning and communication skills

Professional Experience

Quality Assurance Lab Technician Summer Intern May 2015-August 2015

L Brands, Reynoldsburgh, OH

Provided daily quality assurance testing on various garments and fabrics

Developed a new internal test method for quality approving fabrics

NC Space Grant Summer Intern (Open Technology Innovation Group) May 2014-August 2014

LORD Corporation, Cary, NC

Performed research and development of new adhesive technology for rubber parts

Took part in marketing research of the new adhesive technology

Head Child Development Coach & Camp Counselor June 2011-August 2013

Dreamsports Center, Apex, NC

Bridal Gown Sales Associate May 2010-April 2011

The Bridal Gallery at MacGregor Village, Cary, NC

Honors & Activities

2015 E-Week Committee Member

Habitat for Humanity NCSU Chapter Member

University Scholars Program Member

NCTF Scholarship Recipient

NCSU Dean’s List for every semester

Textile Engineering Society

Human Physiology for Clothing and Wearables

Polymer Engineering

Engineering Textile Structures: Linear Assemblies

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Michael J. Hall Cell Phone: (850) 284-4810

5413 Chasscot Court, Raleigh, NC 27606 Email: [email protected]

Education

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, MSE PhD. Student, expected graduation 2018

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Master of Nanoengineering, May 9th 2015, GPA 3.73

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Bachelor of Science, MSE, Dec. 2011

Graduate Coursework:

Optical Properties of Semiconductors, Micro/Nanoscale Fabrication and Manufacturing, Micro and Nano

Electromechanical Systems, Materials Science and Processing of Semiconductor Devices, Physical Electronics,

Electronic Properties of Materials

Characterization/Processing Methods:

I have used and am familiar with several material characterization/processing techniques including: SEM, EDX,

FTIR, UV/Vis Spectroscopy, Optical Emission Spectroscopy, XRD, XPS, TEM, Tensile testing, Impact testing,

Etching, Optical Microscopy, Ellipsometry, AFM, Hall Effect Measurement, Sputtering, Sol-gel deposition,

Photolithography, Reactive Ion Etching, Acid Digestion of Composites

Experience

Research Projects:

ATI Allvac, Senior Design Project (2011)

Developed an electrolytic etch procedure to determine the amount of delta phase present in Inconel 718+

Nickel superalloy. Working as a team the procedure was optimized, an algorithm for image analysis was

created, and results were delivered via written report and an oral presentation.

Institute of Maintenance Science and Technology, Boeing Project (2008 & 2009)

Worked as part of a team that characterized recycled carbon fibers using optical and scanning electron

microscopy in addition to mechanical testing. Fabricated new non-woven materials from recycled fibers.

Mounted individual fibers (5-7 micron diameter) and performed tensile testing. Performed acid digestion

of composite panels to determine fiber content. Conducted mixing experiments to improve uniformity of

non-woven materials. Characterized fibers using Scanning Electron Microscopy to determine morphology

and diameter. Performed X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy to determine surface chemistry of the fibers

(amount of different functional groups present). Results were delivered to Boeing via written reports and

teleconference updates.

NanoScience and Engineering Research Group (NSERG) (July 2015-current)

Collaborated with Dr. Vashaee to design and build a thermal compression bonder for fabrication of

thermoelectric modules. I have constructed modules for use in a prototype armband which will power a

wearable device. Future research interests include fabricating oxide thermoelectric materials,

incorporating a controlled atmosphere in the thermal compression bonder, and other types of solid state

cooling and power generation in addition to thermoelectric effect.

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1

Ahmed Hasnain Jalal

Graduate Student - Ph.D., Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Florida International University

Cell Phone: +786-620-7151

E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Research Interest: Micro/Nano-scale Fabrication, Electrochemistry, Optics

Education:

■ Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (continued)

University : Florida International University (FIU)

CGPA : 3.92/4.0

Supervisor : Dr. Shekhar Bhansali

■ M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)

University : Purdue University Calumet (PUC), Hammond, IN

CGPA : 3.9/4.0 Passing Year: 2010

Patent:

1. Ahmed Hasnain Jalal and A. G. Agwu Nnanna, “Oxazine-Based Sensor for Contaminants Detection,

fabrication method therefor, and uses thereof”, Patent No. US 8,735,165 B2, May 27, 2014.

Journal:

1. Ahmed Hasnain Jalal, Jinsong Yu, and A. G. Agwu Nnanna, 2012, “Fabrication and Calibration

of Oxazine-Based Optic Fiber Sensor for Detection of Ammonia in Water,” Journal of Applied

Optics, Vol. 51, Issue 17, pp. 3768 – 3775.

Conference Proceedings:

1. Ahmed Hasnain Jalal, Sajib Roy, and Fahmida Alam, 2014, “Thermal cycling layer by layer dip

coating method for oxazine formation on clad modified optical fiber core”, International

Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering, 9-11 January, 2014, Vellore, India.

2. Ahmed Hasnain Jalal, Sajib Roy and Mohammad A. Ahad, 2013, “Comparative analysis of the

performance of polymer based opto-chemical sensor in detecting ammonia in diverse mediums”,

IEEE Southeast Conference, 4-7 April, 2013, Jacksonville, Florida.

3. Ahmed Hasnain Jalal, Sajib Roy and Mohammad A. Ahad, 2013, “Evanescent-based Clad-

modified Polymer Optical Fiber Sensor for Ammonia gas detection”, International Conference on

Engineering Research, Innovation and Education 2013, 11-13 January, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

Research Experience:

■ Research at Bio-MEMS Lab, FIU: Developing wearable transdermal alcohol sensor (August 2014 to

present)

■ Research at Purdue Water Institute: Developed evanescent clad-modified optical fiber sensor for

waterborne pH-based contaminants detection.

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LI, Xueqing Postdoctoral research associate

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University Address: 351 IST, University Park, PA 16802, USA

+1-814-777-8680, [email protected], http://www.cse.psu.edu/~xzl3/

Education • Ph.D. Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. 08/2007-07/2013 • B.S. Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. 08/2003-07/2007

Research Expertise and Interests • “Post-CMOS” circuit and system design using emerging devices, e.g. Tunnel FETs (TFET), Ferroelectric

negative capacitance FET (NCFET), Hyper-FET, SymFET, etc. o Circuit design of rectifier, DC-DC converter, current-mode logic (CML), ADC, DAC, memory, etc. o Energy harvester design and nonvolatile processor (NVP) optimizations; o Emerging device evaluation for analog and mixed-signal circuit and systems.

• Mixed-signal CMOS IC system design, e.g. amplifier, filter, data converters, I/O interface, etc.

Project Experience • 2013-2015, Penn State University, emerging device, circuit and system design & evaluation

o TFET: AC-DC/DC-DC converter, amplifier, current-mode logic, ADC, DAC, memory, RF circuits, etc. o Negative Capacitance FET: Nonvolatile DFF/logic, 1T and 2T memory, and nonvolatile processors (NVP); o SymFET VCO, FinFET SRAM, BDD logic based on Ferroelectric Single-Electron Transistors; o Metal-insulator device applications: SRAM, coupled oscillators, and Hyper-FET Boolean&neural circuits.

• 2014-2015, Penn State University & Tsinghua University, A 14-bit 1.0GS/s DAC with DEM o State-of-the-art SFDR for uncalibrated CMOS Nyquist DACs;

• 2013-2014, Tsinghua University, A 14-bit 1.0GS/s DAC with background calibration o Successful current source area reduction by 8 times with calibration;

• 2011-2013, Tsinghua University, A 14bit 1.0GS/s Nyquist DAC with CSCS and TRI-DRRZ o State-of-the-art power efficiency among >250MS/s CMOS DACs;

• 2012-2013, Tsinghua University, A 14bit 250MS/s Nyquist DAC with TRI-DRRZ o State-of-the-art SFDR among >250MS/s uncalibrated CMOS DACs with proposed interleaving techniques;

• 2007-2013, Tsinghua University, 1.0-Gbps LVDS I/O, A 12bit 250MS/s DAC, A 16bit 20kHz ΣΔ ADC;

Publications • 5 China and 1 US patents, plus 7 pending; • 30+ peer-reviewed journals and conference proceeding papers, including TCAS, TCAD, TMSCS, TVLSI, TED,

JETCAS, MICRO, DAC, IEDM, HPCA, ICCAD, NVMTS, ISVLSI, ISCAS, CSICS, ISLPED, etc.

Teaching • VLSI System Design, Spring 2016, Penn State University

Honors and Awards • HPCA Best Paper Award (2015), Beijing Excellent Student Award (2012), Comprehensive Scholarship of

Tsinghua University (2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012), Excellent Student Instructor Award of Tsinghua University (2010, 2011), Technical Internship Scholarship for Ph.D. Students of Tsinghua University (2010)

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207 Dark Oak Drive Michael Lim [email protected]

Cary, NC 27513 (903)944-9637

About Me I am a systems driven device engineer with a background in gas sensor design and material property analysis. I have experience in experimental design, clean room tooling, device design and analysis, as well as project management.

Education

North Carolina State University P.h.D Electrical Engineering – Ultra Low Power Gas Sensors, In Progress M.S. Electrical Engineering, December 2012

B.S. Electrical Engineering, December 2010 Cum Laude Current GPA: 3.615/4.0

Work Experience

ASSIST NERC (NCSU), Research Assistant Raleigh, NC May 2011 – Current

Researching semiconductor solar assisted water splitting and electrode stability by ALD

Maximizing surface area and controlled formation of nanoparticles using ALD/Plasma Enhanced Sputtering

Performing AFM imaging for surface analysis and particle characterization

Development of ultra-high capacity Li-ion anodes

Low power wearable heterojunction semiconductor gas sensors

Noise spectroscopy for gas sensor materials adsorption characterization

Mentor for multiple senior design teams covering healthcare focused wearables

Sensus Metering Systems Inc, Engineering Intern Raleigh, NC May 2010 – September 2010

Wrote program with self-building feature tree’s and Graphical User Interface

Program read an excel spreadsheet to dynamically build features upon each program execution

Accessed an excel spreadsheet to provide a comprehensive list of user selections and outputs data in several options

Freedm Center (NCSU),Research Assistant Raleigh, NC January 2010-December 2010

Researched novel ways to improve rapid charging for lithium-ion batteries

Investigated causes for lithium ion battery life cycle due to rapid charging

Investigated optical isolation circuits for solid state transformer feedback

MeadWestVaco (MWV), Technical Intern Raleigh, NC September 2008-December 2009

Wrote an interactive program triggered by RFID tags for use in smart packaging field.

Consulted in electronics use and theory for innovative consumer packaging technology.

Edited/wrote code used in voice activated microcontroller products with touch screen interface.

Technical Skills

Clean Room Fab Maintenance of vacuum deposition systems

AFM Imaging Scanning Electron Microscopy

AlGaN/GaN Processes

Physical Vapor Deposition

Plasma Etching

Atomic Layer Deposition

Relevant Courses

Product Innovation Laboratory

Solid State Electronics Experimental Analog Circuits

Physical Electronics

Linear Systems Electromagnetic Fields IC Tech and Fab Principles of MOS Devices

Power Electronics Electronics Engineering Adv Math for Engineers(PDE’s)

Analog Electronics

Publications M. Lim, S. Mills, B. Lee, and V. Misra. Application of AlGaN/GaN Heterostructures for Ultra-Low Power Nitrogen Dioxide Sensing. ECS J. Solid State Sci. Technol.2015 volume 4, issue 10, S3034-S3037. doi: 10.1149/2.0101510jss

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Namita Lokare

Active Sensing and Robotic (ARoS) Lab, Telephone: +1(213)-509-0312 3024 Engineering Building II B, [email protected] EDUCATION INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE Doctoral student, Data Scientist Intern May - Aug 2015 ECE Department Censio, Allston,MA NCSU - Digital Signal Processing Expected DEC 2016 - Supervised & Unsupervised Machine Learning - Deep Learning and various other data analysis Master of Science, algorithms Biomedical Engineering, - Developing models to represent physical USC, CA phenomenon associated with car movements May 2012 and human movements that can be measured with the smartphone Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering, Image Processing Intern Jan – May 2012 BVP, India Wildtrack, Portugal May 2010 - Data collection - Developed software to capture the images SKILLS using the Kinect SDK

- Analyzed the collected data using Computational: MATLAB, image processing methods Python, C, C++, R and exposure to JMP & SAS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research: Machine Research Assistant, NCSU Learning, Pattern - Prediction and Detection by Fusing Kinematic Recognition, Computer and Physiological Sensing Vision, Data Analysis, - Footprint Segmentation of animals Digital Signal from RGB-D data Processing, - Brain Image Registration Time series Analysis Directed Research Student, USC Clinical: Collaborative - Contour enhancement, medical images Institutional Training Initiative Certified PUBLICATIONS

- Lokare, Namita; Ge, Qian; Snyder, Wesley; ACADEMIC POSITIONS Jewell, Zoe; Allibhai, Sky; Lobaton, Edgar; “Manifold Learning Approach to Curve - Research Assistant, Identification with Applications to Footprint NCSU Segmentation”, 2014 IEEE Symposium Series on - Treasurer, Computational Intelligence Graduate Student - Ge, Qian; Lokare, Namita; Lobaton, Edgar;”Non- Association (GSA) Rigid Image Registration under Non- - Teaching Assistant, deterministic Deformation Bounds”, 2014

USC Symposium on Medical Image Processing& Analysis

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445 Waupelani Drive

Apt F-10 State College, PA 16801

Phone (787) 307-2826

E-mail [email protected]

Idellyse Martínez Quiles

Education Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

PhD in Electrical Engineering (In Progress)

G.P.A. 4.00

Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR

Master of Science in Manufacturing and Automation Engineering (M.S.M.E.)

G.P.A. 4.00

Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon, PR

Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering (B.S.E.E.)

Summa Cum Laude Honors

G.P.A. 4.00

Awards

received

James R. and Barbara R. Palmer Fellowship in Electrical Engineering

Recipient of University Graduate Fellowship

Paul F. Anderson Graduate Fellowship

PRIDCO Scholarship

Professional

Experience

Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA

Graduate Research Assistant

Inter American University Bayamon, PR

Professor of Engineering

Experience in teaching Reliability, Electromagnetism II and Communications Lab, Probability and

Statistics, Engineering Economy.

Mech-Tech College Vega Baja, PR

Professor of Electrical Engineering Technologies

Experience in teaching Physics, Mathematics, and Circuit Analysis and Theory, Electronics, Pneumatics,

and Mechanical Control.

Languages Spanish and fluent in English speaking and writing.

Skills

Skillful in Microsoft Applications.

MatLab, C++, VBA macro programming, PLC Ladder Programming, Assembly Programming.

Knowledge in Workbench, Logics Pro, CST, HFSS, and statistical and simulation software like Minitab

and Arena.

Publications

I. Martinez, A. H. Panaretos, and D. H. Werner, “Design Synthesis of Multi- and Broad-band Gap

Electromagnetic Metasurfaces,” Broadband Metamaterials in Electromagnetics: Technology and

Applications, (Ed. D. H. Werner), Pan Stanford Publishing, (Book Chapter to be released).

Martinez I. and Werner D. H., "Reconfigurable beam steering metasurface absorbers." Antennas and

Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE. IEEE, 2014.

Martin, S. H., Martinez, I., Turpin, J. P., Werner, D. H., Lier, E., & Bray, M. G. (2014). The Synthesis

of Wide-and Multi-Bandgap Electromagnetic Surfaces With Finite Size and Nonuniform Capacitive

Loading. Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on, 62(9), 1962-1972.

Martinez, I., Panaretos, A., Werner, D. H., Oliveri, G., & Massa, A. (2013, April). Ultra-thin

reconfigurable electromagnetic metasurface absorbers. In Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th

European Conference on (pp. 1843-1847). IEEE.

Panaretos, A., Martinez, I., & Werner, D. H. (2013, July). Ultra-thin wideband absorbers comprised of

frequency selective surfaces with concentric square loop elements. In Antennas and Propagation Society

International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE (pp. 478-479). IEEE.

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Michael David McKnight [email protected]

(919)-810-7680

Permanent Address:

2241 Trailwood Valley Cir, Raleigh, NC, 27603

EDUCATION Ph.D. Student, Electrical Engineering Expected 2017 B.S., Biomedical Engineering May 2012 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina o Valedictorian/Summa Cum Laude (4.0 GPA)

INTERESTS/EXPERIENCE o MEMS/NEMS Fabrication; MEMS Modeling (ANSYS); Biosensors; Bio-electrodes; Electronic Textiles;

Flexible Electronics; MEMS Packaging; Biological Internet of Things (BIoT); o Technology and Public Policy; System Design for the Developing World

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow Aug 2014-present o Design Optimization of Fiber-Based Biomedical Sensors for Smart Textile Devices

Dean’s Doctoral Fellow (NC State College of Engineering) Aug 2013-July 2014 o Cleanroom Fabrication (Flexible Electrodes, Microelectrode Arrays, Multi-modal Sensors)

PLAMAHS Program Manager (Honduras) Aug 2012-July 2013 o Performed needs assessment and analysis for implementation of Healthcare Tech./ Infrastructure

Mgmt. Software o Facilitated best-practice planning for implementation of software into national healthcare system.

Undergraduate Research Assistant February 2011-May 2012

PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles:

1.) McKnight, M., Verderber, A., Bozkurt, A. (2014) Early Metamorphic Insertion Technology for Insect Flight Behavior Monitoring. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 89. doi:10.3791/50901

Conference Publications:

1.) Lin F, Yao S, McKnight M, Zhu Y, Bozkurt A. (2016) Silver Nanowire Based Wearable Sensors for Multimodal Sensing. IEEE Conference on Biomedical Wireless Technologies, Networks, and Sensing Systems. Austin, Texas. (Presenting Author)

2.) McKnight M, Lin F, Ghosh T, Bozkurt A. (2015) Towards Paper Based Diaper Sensors. IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference. Atlanta, Georgia. (Presenting Author)

3.) Lin F, McKnight M, Dieffenderfer J, Ghosh T, Bozkurt A. (2014) Microfabricated Impedance Sensors for Concurrent Tactile, Biopotential and Wetness Detection. IEEE Sensors Conference 2014, Valencia, Spain, pp. 1312-1315.

4.) Verderber A, McKnight M, Bozkurt A. (2013) Electromagnetic Levitation Platform for Wireless Study of Insect Flight Neurophysiology. 35th International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC’13), Osaka, Japan.

Patent Applications: 1.) Bozkurt A, Ghosh T, McKnight M. Smart Sensing Systems and Related Methods. PCT International

Application No. PCT/US2015/059118. Filed Nov. 4, 2015.

HONORS Park Scholarship, Full Merit Scholarship 2008-2012

Gen. Hugh Shelton Leadership Award of Excellence (First student to be awarded twice) 2012, 2014

Grant Recipient: Biomedical Device Research at the University of Cordoba, Argentina 2011

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4944-101 Summit Arbor Dr. Raleigh, NC 27612

Steven C. Mills 540-840-1073 [email protected]

Objective My goal is to obtain a job or internship to utilize and expand my skills as an electrical engineer focusing in product development, embedded systems or device characterization

Education North Carolina State University B.S. Electrical Engineering May 2010, 4.0 GPA, Dean’s list every semester M.S. Electrical Engineering May 2012 3.94 GPA Ph.D. Electrical Engineering Expected graduation date Dec 2016, 3.974 GPA to date

Specialized Courses

Electric Circuits Fundamentals of Logic Design Linear Systems Electromagnetic Fields Microelectronics Intro to Solid State Devices Computer System Programming (C) Analog Electronics (3 semesters)

Design of Complex Digital Systems Intro to Probability and Statistics Advanced Mathematics for Engineers Physical Electronics IC Tech and Fabrication Frontiers of Nanotechnology Soft Electronics Optical Properties of Semiconductors

Technical skills

Clean room experience, semiconductor device characterization, AFM, SEM, XRD

Matlab, PSpice, Sentaurus, AutoCAD, Solid Works LabVIEW

Programming: Embedded systems, scripting, data processing

C, C++, Java, Verilog, Synopsys TCAD, TCL, Ruby

Work Experience

Research Assistant, NCSU Investigated gas sensing properties of metal oxide thin films System level design team member for integration of novel sensors on COTS platform Designed and maintained lab tools for sensor testing and deposition processes Evaluated reliability of Atomic Layer Deposited SiO2 as function of anneal conditions

Software Intern, Cisco, Summer 2010 Developed TCL scripts to automate testbed device verification

Summer 2009 Research Experience for Undergraduates Program Characterized devices to examine the effectiveness of nanoparticle floating gate FLASH

memory using a novel deposition process Detailer, Martin Architectural, July 2007 – August 2008

Prepared project drawings with AutoSketch based on customer specifications Draftsman, Tripp Engineering March 2005 – August 2006

Created civil drawings with AutoCAD for building sites and utilities Production Engineer and Sales Technician, HMF Express, June 2001 – November 2004

Programmed turret punches on a per job basis Created template program to increase throughput of common jobs

Activities and Honors

President/Vice President of NSF ASSIST Engineering Research Center Student Leadership Council 2012-2015

Active member of Eta Kappa Nu Engineering Honor Society, Treasurer 2009-2010 William D. Stevenson, Jr. Endowed Scholarship 2008-2009 Progress Energy Scholarship 2009-2010

Publications Mills, S., et al., "Atomic Layer Deposited TiO2 thin films for environmental gas sensing," in SENSORS, 2013 IEEE , pp.1-4, 3-6 Nov. 2013 Mills. S, et al., “Atomic Layer Deposition of SnO2 for Selective Room Temperature Low ppb Level O3 Sensing,” ECS J. of Solid State Science and Technology, 4 (10) S3059-S3061 (2015)

References Available upon request

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Goals

To gain experience, learn new skills and theories, and develop new technology in the field of

mechanical engineering and wearable technology that will utilize and enhance current technical,

scientific, and leadership abilities.

Education

Ph.D. North Carolina State University: Mechanical Engineering, 2014 – 2018 GPA 3.6/4.0

M.S. North Carolina State University: Mechanical Engineering, 2012 - 2014 GPA 3.5/4.0

Concentration in Nanotechnology and Thermal Management

B.S. Mississippi State University: Mechanical Engineering, 2008 - 2012 GPA 3.6/4.0

Graduated Magna Cum Laude

E.I.T. Mississippi, April 2012

Professional Experience

North Carolina State University August 2012 – Current, Graduate Researcher, ASSIST

Hold office hours to assist undergraduate students, grade homework, and lead

undergraduate laboratory class in fluids and thermodynamics

Develop innovative, nanotechnology enabled sensors that are flexible and stretchable for

use in continuous health monitoring with a focus on electrocardiograms,

electromyograms, and hydration sensing

Design flexible and stretchable antennas using silver nanowires

Create energy harvesting body map with respect to movement profiles

Integrate rigid TEGs into a flexible, wearable format for on-body energy harvesting

Develop novel graphene and textile-based polymers for integration with textiles as heat

sinks

Study fluid wicking capabilities of textiles and the effect of knit structure on direction of

flow

Industrial Assessment Center February 2010-May 2012, Undergraduate Assistant

Assess energy usage for manufacturing plants and discuss energy saving methods with

plant operators and managers

Create formal reports detailing recommendations for energy conservation in daily plant

operations

Argonne National Laboratory Summer 2011, Undergraduate Research Intern

Research pertaining to thermodynamic analysis of biomass to biofuel conversion

Detail exergy analysis of ethanol production

Prepare formal report on exergy and thermodynamic evaluation of ethanol production

Advanced Combustion Engine Lab Summer 2010, Research Assistant

Research pertaining to improving combustion efficiency in diesel engines

Create detailed procedure for running tests

Create electrical schematic of measurement equipment

Contacts available upon request.

Publications

A. Myers, H. Huang, and Y. Zhu, Wearable silver nanowire dry electrodes for

electrophysiological sensing, RSC Advances 5:15 (2015) pp. 11627-11632.

Amanda Myers

B.S., M.S., E.I.T.

[email protected]

Mechanical

Engineering:

Nanotechnology,

Biomechanics, Thermal

Management, Wearable

Technology Integration

Permanent Address:

4944 Summit Arbor Dr.

Apt. 101

Raleigh, NC 27612

(501) 951-0286

Professional Attributes

Strong attention to

detail

Goal oriented and

motivated

Excellent time

management and

communication skills

Determined to finish

assignments on time

Dedicated employee

Learns and

comprehends new

tasks quickly

Experience with

system level design

Multidisciplinary

engineering

background

Technical Skills

MathCAD, ANSYS,

Origin, Matlab,

SolidWorks, 3D printing

softwares, COMSOL

Affiliations

American Society

Mechanical

Engineers - ASME

(2010)

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L. Song, A. Myers, J. Adams, and Y. Zhu, Stretchable and reversibly deformable radio frequency antennas based

on silver nanowires, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 6:6 (2014) pp.4248-4253.

A. Myers, L. Du, H. Huang, and Y. Zhu, Novel wearable EMG sensors based on nanowire technology,

Proceedings from 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology (2014)

pp. 1674-1677.

A. Myers and Y. Zhu, Soft dry electrodes for electrocardiogram with conductive silver nanowires, MRS

Proceedings 1685 (2014).

IP available upon request.

Honors

President, Student Leadership Council ASSIST 2014-2015

President’s List, Mississippi State University 2008-2009, 2010-2011

Member Shackouls Honors College, Mississippi State University 2008-2010

Dean’s List, Mississippi State University 2009-2010, 2011-2012

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Timothy W. Shay 2300 Trailwood Hills Dr. [email protected] 911 Partners Way Raleigh, NC 27603 Engineering Building 1, Room 1008 920/619-3322 Raleigh, NC 27695

Education 2012 - Present North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC M.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering (2014) GPA 3.96/4.00 2007 - 2012 University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2012) GPA 3.75/4.00 B.S. Applied Mathematics (2012)

Research Experience

2012 - Present North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Advisors: Dr. Michael D. Dickey and Dr. Orlin D. Velev

Investigating hydrogels, microfluidics, and liquid metals for use with wearable health devices for monitoring biomarkers and EKG signals

2010 - 2012 University of Wisconsin Madison Madison, WI Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Characterized rheological properties of biomass materials for processing under Dr. Daniel Klingenberg

Analyzed flow patterns in simulations under Dr. Michael Graham

Work Experience 2011, 2012 Kimberly-Clark Neenah, WI Co-op Engineer – Front End Innovation

Tested and optimized diaper designs to improve performance

2010 Andersen Windows Stillwater, MN Intern Engineer – Research Development and Innovation

Tested and modeled performance of window units under heating and cooling

2008, 2009 City of Green Bay Green Bay, WI Intern Engineer – Department of Public Work Sewer Division

Created and implemented a plan for storm sewer outfall testing

Leadership 2013 - 2014 NCSU CBE Graduate Student Organization Webmaster

Organized departmental events and fundraisers

2013 – Present NSF ASSIST Student Leadership Council (SLC) President/Treasure/SWOT Analyst

Oversee and manage all activities performed by our SLC members Perform an annual SWOT analysis of the ASSIST center and present results to the

NSF

Publications

Samaniuk, J. R., Shay, T. W., Root, T. W., Klingenberg, D. J. and Scott, C. T. (2014), A novel rheometer design for yield stress fluids. AIChE J., 60: 1523–1528. doi: 10.1002/aic.14329

Awards

2013 NC ACS Local Conference – 3rd place poster

2014 NC ACS Local Conference – 2nd place poster

2014 NCSU Schoenborn Research Symposium – 1st place poster

2015 NCSU Schoenborn Research Symposium – 1st place poster

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TIANCHENG XUE

Department of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Utah1495 E 100 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Phone: 385 722 6385Email: [email protected]

A highly motivated and versatile PhD student with a strong background in system design and implementa-tion. I do research on wearable energy harvesting and my broader interests lie in technologies that directlyimpact human life.

EDUCATION

Doctorate student, Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT GPA 3.96 September 2013 - presentAdvisor: Prof. Shad Roundy

Bachelor of Engineering with Distinction, Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and AutomationHuazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China June 2013

EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant September 2013 - presentUniversity of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

• Developed a generalized rotational inertial harvester model to predict the upper limit for energy gen-eration from human motion input.

• Designed and built several wearable energy harvester prototypes demonstrating energy generation fromhuman motion.

Undergraduate Research Assistant May 2011 - June 2013State Key Lab of Digital Manufacturing Equipment & Technology, Wuhan, China

• Led a team of six to design and build a hot pressing apparatus for anisotropic conductive adhesive inflip-chip bonding.

• Tutored students in CAD softwares and technical drawings.

Undergraduate Research Assistant March 2010 - March 2011Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China

• Conducted experiments in testing an adaptive high-rise escape system based on friction disks.• Deigned a portable newspaper vending machine.

SKILLS

• Native Mandarin speaker; fluent in English.• Software and programming skills include NX Unigraphics, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Matlab, Mathemat-

ica, ANSYS, C++, Arduino, LTSpice and LATEX

PUBLICATIONS & PATENTS

• Xue T and Roundy S 2015 “Analysis of Magnetic Plucking Configurations for Frequency Up-ConvertingHarvesters” J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 660 012098

• Xue T, Ma X, Rahn C and Roundy S 2014 “Analysis of Upper Bound Power Output for a Wrist-WornRotational Energy Harvester from Real-World Measured Inputs” J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 557 012090

• Tao B, Zhu Q, Cheng X, Pan W, Xue T, Tang P, Luo C, Feng M, Hong Y, Hu Y, Zhou P andZhang Y. “Hot pressing device for anisotropic conductive adhesive in backing bonding equipment” CNApplication 201310095073, 2013

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SHANSHAN YAO, Ph.D. Candidate Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Minor in Material Science, NC State University

3315 Engineering Building III, 911 Oval Dr., Raleigh, NC 27695 Cell: (919) 455-8562; E-mail: [email protected]

Summary

- Professional, self-motivated, creative, problem-solving, collaborative team member with excellent abilities to quickly acquire multi-disciplinary knowledge and perform cross-disciplinary research

- 8 peer-reviewed journal publications, 4 issued patents, 2 conference proceedings (up to December, 2015)

- 4 years in nanomaterials based flexible/stretchable devices development and characterization (highly stretchable strain/pressure sensors, stretchable ECG/EMG electrodes and textile integration, skin hydration sensors, electrothermal actuators for soft robotics and origami, stretch-triggered novel drug delivery system)

- 4 years in ceramic/film fabrication (solid-state processing, sol-gel, pulsed laser deposition) and characterization (SEM/EDX, AFM, XRD, TGA-DSC, raman, photoluminescence, UV-vis spectroscopy, I-V, impedance measurement, ferroelectric/piezoelectric/pyroelectric properties testing, thermal conductivity, tensile testing)

- Cleanroom experience (E-beam evaporation, photolithography, RTA, vacuum annealing, etc.)

Research Experience

Silver Nanowires (AgNWs) based electrothermal actuators, North Carolina State University 2015-present - Developed stretchable silver nanowire based heaters. Demonstrated the applications of the silver nanowire based heaters for electrothermal actuators with applications in self-walker, grippers and self-folding origami AgNWs based wearable sensors for motion tracking and long-term health monitoring North Carolina State University, ASSIST ERC Center 2012-2015 - Successfully developed highly stretchable capacitive sensors for strain and pressure sensing - Developed stretchable bioelectrodes for long term ECG/EMG and skin hydration monitoring. Demonstrated the integration with textiles - Developed multifunctional chest patch for concurrent and continuous sensing of motion, ECG and skin impedance Stretch-triggered drug delivery system, North Carolina State University 2014-2015 - Developed a wearable, tensile strain-triggered drug delivery device consisting of an elastomer and microgel-depots containing drug loaded nanoparticles. Demonstrated a simple and easily accessible manner for spatiotemporally controlled drug delivery.

Lead-free Ba(Ti0.8Zr0.2)O3-50(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 ceramics & thin films, Master Research Electronic Materials Research Laboratory (EMRL), Xi’an Jiaotong University 2009 - 2012

- Thin film/ceramics fabrication and characterization. Systematically investigated the effects of oxygen pressure, substrate temperature, pulse density, pulse frequency, annealing conditions on thin films prepared by PLD process.

Lead-free K0.5Na0.5NbO3 thin films, Undergraduate Research EMRL, Xi’an Jiaotong University 2008 - 2009

- Thick thin film fabrication by a sol-gel process modified with polyvinylpyrrolidones (PVPs) and materials characterization. Systematically investigated the effects of annealing temperature, film thickness and pyrolysis temperature

EDUCATION

North Carolina State University, NC Aug. 2012-present - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering with Minor in Material Science, GPA: 4.0/4.0 - Work with NCSU ASSIST Center on developing nanotechnology enabled sensors for continuous health monitoring. Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China 2009 - 2012

- M.S. in Microelectronics & Solid State Electronics, Distinguished Graduate Student (Top 3%) - GPA: 89.32/100

Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China 2005 - 2009 - B.S. in Microelectronics, Distinguished Student (Top 3%), Outstanding Project (Thesis)” (Top 1%) - GPA: 89.58/100

I-shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2008 - Exchange Student, Department of Electronic Science and Technology

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YYeeoo,, HHoonngg GGoooo Materials Research Institute, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University,

University Park, PA 16802 Phone: +1-814-876-2731, E-Mail: [email protected]

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Education

Ph.D., Material Science & Engineering January 2011 ~ present

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

Adviser : Susan Trolier-McKinstry

Thesis title: Mechanical Energy Harvesters Utilizing (001) Textured PZT Films on Flexible

Meta Foils

Researcher March 2006 ~ March 2007

Changwon National University, Changwon, 641-773, South Korea

M.S., Material Science & Engineering March 2002 ~ August 2005

Changwon National University, Changwon, 641-773, South Korea

Adviser : Myong Ho Kim

Thesis title: A Study on the Defect Types and Electrical Conductivity of BaTiO3 under Ba/Ti Ratio

B.S., Ceramic Engineering March 1997 ~ February 2002

Changwon National University, Changwon, 641-773, South Korea

Research Experience

Visiting Scholarship December 2008 ~ July 2009

Material Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA16802, USA

Synthesis of PbInO3-PbTiO3 thin film by chemical solution deposition

Investigation of dielectric, ferroelectric, and piezoelectric properties of BiInO3-PbTiO3 thin films

Internship Research September 2004 ~ August 2005

Center for Dielectric studies, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA16802, USA

Synthesis of nonstoichiometry BaTiO3 by Pechini method

Analysis of XRD, DSC and high temperature conductivity to figure out relation between phase

equilibrium and solid-solution behavior

Technical Skills

Setting measurement facility of electrical conductivity(4 probe method), Impedance analyzer, d33 meter,

Furnace

Instrumental analysis, such as XRD, SEM, FESEM, Laser vibrometer.

Lithography process (contact aligner, photo resist coating) and wet/dry chemical etching process

Oxide/metal thin film coating by chemical solution deposition, rf-sputtering, atomic layer deposition

(ALD)

Research Interest

Oxide/metal thin film deposition (e.g PZT, LaNiO3, HfO2, Pt, Au and Ni)

MEMS fabrication by wet/dry etching or laser cutting

Mechanical sensor/energy harvest for wearable device

Publication

H. G. Yeo, and S. Trolier-McKinstry (2014) “{001} Oriented piezoelectric films prepared by chemical

solution deposition on Ni foils” Journal of Applied Physics 116, 014105

H. G. Yeo, C. Yeager, X. Ma, J. I. Ramirez, K. G. Sun, C. Rahn, T. N. Jackson, and S. Trolier-McKinstry

(2014) “Piezoelectric mems energy harvesters” ASME 2014 Con- ference on Smart Materials, Adaptive

Structures and Intelligent Systems, 2, September

S.W. Ko, H.G. Yeo, and S. Trolier-McKinstry “Growth and properties of chemical solution deposited

BiInO3-PbTiO3 films” Applied Physics Letters 95 [16] 162901 (2009)

Y.S. Sung, H.M. Lee, W. Du, H.G. Yeo, S.C. Lee, J.H. Cho, T.K. Song, and M.H. Kim “Enhanced

piezoelectric properties of (BiO.5K0.5+xLiy)TiO3 ceramics by K nonstoichiometry and Li addition” Applied

Physics Letters 94 [6] 062901 (2009)