Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty

Shiva Abbaszadeh

Assistant Professor

Sara Abrahamsson

Assistant Professor

Yihsu Chen

Professor

Keith Corzine

Professor

Gabriel Hugh Elkaim

Professor

Benjamin Friedlander

Professor

Colleen Josephson

Assistant Professor

Sung-Mo "Steve" Kang

Professor

Nobuhiko Kobayashi

Professor

Steve McGuire

Assistant Professor

Dejan Milutinovic

Professor

Ken Pedrotti

Professor

Zouheir Rezki

Assistant Professor

Marco Rolandi

Associate Professor

Hamid Sadjadpour

Professor

Ricardo Sanfelice

Professor

Holger Schmidt

Professor

Mircea Teodorescu

Associate Professor

Michael Wehner

Associate Professor

A. Ali Yanik

Assistant Professor

Yu Zhang

Assistant Professor

 

 

 

 

 

Adjunct Faculty

Farid Dowla

Adjunct Professor

Michael M. Oye

Assistant Adjunct Professor

Toshishige Yamada

Adjunct Professor

 

Emeritus Faculty

Claire Gu

Professor Emeritus

Michael S. Isaacson

Professor Emeritus

Patrick Mantey

Professor Emeritus

John Vesecky

Professor Emeritus

Donald Wiberg

Professor Emeritus

      

Current Students

Name Program Email Advisor
Akbarifard, Abdolmaji PhD aakbarif@ucsc.edu  
Alsaade, Haitham PhD halsaade@ucsc.edu Elkaim
Amin, Md Nafiz PhD mdamin@ucsc.edu Schmidt
Ashraf Gandomi, Amin PhD aashrafg@ucsc.edu Parsa
Chen, Kejun PhD kchen158@ucsc.edu Zhang
Chen, Ning MS nchen50@ucsc.edu  
Cheng, Chun-An MS ccheng41@ucsc.edu  
Choi, Dong Uk PhD dchoi16@ucsc.edu Kang
Choi, Michael MS mchoi16@ucsc.edu  
Chowdhury, Sifat-E-Tanzim PhD schowdh6@ucsc.edu Zhang
Dahagam, Sanjana MS sdahagam@ucsc.edu  
Dechiraju, Harika PhD hdechira@ucsc.edu Rolandi
Eckert, Torsten MS tzeckert@ucsc.edu  
Fang, Yusheng PhD yfang27@ucsc.edu Sanfelice
Fuentes Grajales, Jose MS jodfuent@ucsc.edu Yanik
Ganjalizadeh, Vahid PhD vganjali@ucsc.edu Schmidt
Gao, Xiangjian PhD xgao41@ucsc.edu Sadjadpour
Ghanbarpour, Masoumeh PhD maghanba@ucsc.edu Sanfelice
Gopalakrishnan Meena, Gopikrishnan PhD ggopikri@ucsc.edu Schmidt
Habib, Md Ahsan PhD mdhabib@ucsc.edu Yanik
Hardy, Neil PhD nehardy@ucsc.edu Yanik
Hartnett, Ryan MS rhartnet@ucsc.edu Kobayashi
Hernandez Dealmonte, Juliana PhD jherna66@ucsc.edu Abrahamsson
Hirata Miyasaki, Eduardo PhD edhirata@ucsc.edu Abrahamsson
Hossain, Golam Md. Imran PhD ghossain@ucsc.edu Rolandi
Hovanessian, Veronica MS vhovanes@ucsc.edu  
Intriago, Gabriel PhD gintriag@ucsc.edu Zhang
Inum, Reefat PhD rinum@ucsc.edu Yanik
Ishaq Basha Zakir Ahmed, Fnu PhD fishaqba@ucsc.edu Sadjadpour
Jaris, Mike PhD mjaris@soe.ucsc.edu Schmidt
Jia, Manping PhD majia@ucsc.edu Rolandi
Jia, Xiaoyang MS xjia47@ucsc.edu Kang
Jin, Lin PhD ljin7@ucsc.edu Pedrotti
Joardar, Sushmita PhD sjoardar@ucsc.edu Lodha (CSE)
Kahaei, Aref MS akahaei@ucsc.edu  
Kim, Su Jung PhD skim259@ucsc.edu Schmidt
Koushan, Foroozan PhD fkoushan@ucsc.edu Kang
Li, Yixiang PhD yli263@ucsc.edu Yanik
Li, Ziyi MS zli285@ucsc.edu  
Lin, Szu-Han MS slin107@ucsc.edu  
Liu, Changbai MS cliu175@ucsc.edu  
Liu, Rui MS rliu71@ucsc.edu  
Liu, Zhengqi MS zliu194@ucsc.edu  
Luo, Jiahao MS jluo53@ucsc.edu  
Luo, Le MS lluo10@ucsc.edu Rolandi
Luo, Yifan MS yluo92@ucsc.edu  
Ma, Yue PhD yma97@ucsc.edu Corzine
Mao, Yuqiang MS ymao35@ucsc.edu  
Maqsood, Atif PhD amaqsood@ucsc.edu Corzine
McCall, Thomas PhD tmccall@ucsc.edu Kobayashi
Mohammadmirzaei, Mina PhD mmohamm9@ucsc.edu Norouzi (CSE)
Mutlu, Mustafa PhD mmutlu@ucsc.edu Yanik
Nodozi, Iman PhD inodozi@ucsc.edu Halder (AM)
Oviedo, Jose Armando PhD xmando@soe.ucsc.edu Sadjadpour
Qureshi, Azzam PhD aaquresh@ucsc.edu Pedrotti
Rahman, Md. Mahmudur PhD mdrahman@ucsc.edu Schmidt
Reinig, Marc PhD mrr10837@ucsc.edu Abrahamsson
Robbins, Ash PhD asrobbin@ucsc.edu Teodorescu
Rodriguez-Alegre, Irene PhD irodrig2@ucsc.edu Vesecky
Saad, Mustapha PhD musaad@ucsc.edu Abbaszadeh
Saeidabadi, Saeid PhD ssaeidab@ucsc.edu Parsa
Sampad, Mohammad Julker Neyen PhD msampad@ucsc.edu Schmidt 
Sano, Tyler PhD tsano@ucsc.edu Schmidt
Selberg, John PhD jaselber@ucsc.edu Rolandi
Shaman, Aref PhD ashaman@ucsc.edu Dowla
Shao, Yinghao MS yshao20@ucsc.edu Kang
Stambaugh, Alexandra PhD amstamba@ucsc.edu Schmidt 
Sully, H. Renee PhD hsully@ucsc.edu Carter (Physics)
Sun, Xing MS xsun43@ucsc.edu  
Swaby, Akyl MS akswaby@ucsc.edu  
Teymoori, Sam PhD steymoor@ucsc.edu Parsa
Tuyls, Sofie MS stuyls@ucsc.edu Dowla
Uppuluri, Harini MS huppulur@ucsc.edu  
Vallamreddy, Sahiti MS svallamr@ucsc.edu  
Wang, Yishu MS ywang806@ucsc.edu  
Wang, Yuli PhD ywang812@ucsc.edu Abbaszadeh
Wu, Nathan PhD naawu@ucsc.edu Sanfelice
Wu, Xinyi MS xwu90@ucsc.edu Zhang
Xiong, Jing PhD jxiong20@ucsc.edu Zhang
Xu, Ke MS kxu37@ucsc.edu  
Xue, Jiahao MS jxue16@ucsc.edu  
Zargari Khuzani, Abolfazl PhD abzargar@ucsc.edu Shariati (BME)
Zarkoob, Hadi PhD hazarkoo@ucsc.edu Sadjadpour
Zeng, Tianchi PhD tzeng1@ucsc.edu Pedrotti
Zhen, Joeny MS jozhen@ucsc.edu  
Zhou, Peng  PhD pzhou10@ucsc.edu Kang

Ph.D. Alumni

Name Year Dissertation Title Advisor Post-Graduation Placement
Adabi, Ali linkedin 2016 Economical Real-Time Energy Management for Microgrids via NILM and with User Decision Support Mantey Research Scientist, UCSC
Senior IoT & AI Lead, Accenture
Azimdoost, Bita linkedin 2017 Performance Analysis of Today’s Networks: Network of Social Entities - Network of Caches Sadjadpour Senior Data Scientist, Big Data Federation, Inc.
Beier, Corinne linkedin 2017 Functional and Structural Plasticity in the Adult Mammalian Retina After Local Photoreceptor Loss Sher (Physics) Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Berk, Cassidy 2019 Magnetoelastic Dynamics in Nanomagnetic Metamaterials Schmidt Postdoctoral Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Biswas, Sujoy linkedin 2016 Robust Detection With Local Structure Tensor: Maximum Margin Matrix Cosine Similarity And Beyond Milanfar Researcher, IBM Research
Black, Jennifer 2018 Chip Scale Optofluidic Devices Schmidt Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Chialastri, Andrea linkedin 2019 Testing, Optimization and Design of BIPV/T Solar Air Collector Isaacson

Consulting Engineer, SolarPath, Inc.
Daraei Haji Tooei, Mohammad Hossein linkedin 2018 Tightly-Coupled Lidar and Camera for Autonomous Vehicles Manduchi (CSE) Vice Chair, IEEE Student Branch Sharif University of Technology
Diaz Leon, Juan Jose linkedin 2017 Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Thin Film Structures Through Oxidation Kinetics Kobayashi

R&D Engineer, CSEM
Ellis, Patrick 2020 Geolocation of a Radio Frequency Emitter Using a Single Low Earth Satellite Dowla Sr. Research Engineer, Southwest Research Institute
Enlow, Emily 2022 METHYLAMMONIUM LEAD BROMIDE PEROVSKITES FOR OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES Carter (Physics) Postdoctoral Researcher, UCSC
Fryauf, David linkedin 2016 Atomic Layer Deposition of Dielectric Thin Films: From Functional Devices to Protective Coatings Kobayashi TD Process Engineer, Intel Corporation
Gopalakrishnan Meena, Gopikrishnan 2021 MULTIPLEXED BIOSENSORS FOR PATHOGEN DETECTION Schmidt Photonics Research Scientist, Ultra-Low Loss Technologies
Habib, Md Ahsan 2021 NANO-ELECTROCHROMIC ACTIVE PLASMONICS: WIRELESS ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND FLAT OPTICS Yanik Unknown
Hardy, Neil 2022 ELECTRO-PLASMONIC BRAIN-MACHINE INTERFACES Yanik Automation Architect, Ambient Photonics
Hirata Miyasaki, Eduardo 2022 DEEP AND FAST HIGH-RESOLUTION 3D MICROSCOPY Abrahamsson Research and Development Engineer, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Hossain, Golam Md. Imran 2020 NON-INVASIVE IMAGING OF GUT DERIVED NEUROMODULATION IN FLY BY THREE-PHOTON MICROSCOPY Rolandi Unknown
Jaris, Mike 2019 Ultrafast Spin Dynamics of Next-Generation Nanomagnetic Technologies Schmidt Postdoctoral Researcher, Sandia National Laboratories
Jia, Manping 2021 Ion Conducting Materials and Devices for Bioelectronics Rolandi Unknown
Jin, Lin 2020 Fast Frequency Estimator Based on Extended Kalman Filter Pedrotti Unknown
Kheradmand, Amin linkedin 2016 Graph-Based Image Restoration Milanfar Senior Engineer, Samsung Electronics
Kim, Tae Sung 2019 Design, Simulation, Fabrication, and Characterization of MEMS-based, Tunable FABRY-PEROT Interferometer Filter in the Long Wavelength Infrared Region Rolandi Senior Engineer, HiPic, Inc.
Koushan, Foroozan 2021 Computational Study of Switching Mechanism and Data Retention in Dielectric Thin Film memristor Using Phase-Field Methodology Kobayashi Research Fellow, UCSC
Leake, Kaelyn linkedin 2015 On-Chip Particle Trapping and Manipulation Schmidt Assistant Professor of Engineering, Sweet Briar College
Li, Yixiang 2022 DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE (SAW) BASED ACOUSTOFLUIDICS DEVICES Yanik Unknown
Ma, Yue 2022 AI APPLICATIONS TO LOAD MONITORING AND FAULT DETECTION FOR POWER ELECTRONICS SYSTEMS IN DC MICROGRIDS Corzine Unknown
Maqsood, Atif 2020 Load Monitoring and fault detection on DC micro grids using STFT based feature vectors Corzine Electrical and Control Engineer, Dynapower Company, LLC
Mcdonald, Mark  linkedin 2017 Metamaterials and THz Integrated Circuits Pedrotti Chief Technologist, QualiTau Inc.
Norris, Kate linkedin 2015 Materials Growth and Characterization of Thermoelectric and Resistive Switching Devices Kobayashi Engineer, Apple
Ozcelik, Damla linkedin 2016 Optofluidic Devices for Biomolecule Sensing and Multiplexing Schmidt NGO Volunteer, Sirkhane
Oviedo, Jose Armando 2020 On the Fundamentals of Power Allocation Strategies for Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Downlink Systems Sadjadpour System Engineer, Intel Corporation
Parks, Josh linkedin 2016 Hybrid Optofluidic Biosensors Schmidt

Director of Research, Fluxus Inc.
Rahman, Md. Mahmudur 2019 NANOPORE OPTOFLUIDIC DEVISED FOR SINGLE MOLECULE ANALYSIS AND MANIPULATION Rolandi Assistant Professor, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology
Rodriguez-Alegre, Irene 2022 Determining First-Order Boundaries In High-Frequency Radar Sensing Of Ocean Surface Currents: A Proposed Method Using Bayesian Estimation Vesecky Applied Research Scientist, CODAR Ocean Sensors, Ltd.
Selberg, John 2021 Iontronic Devices with Biological Applications Rolandi Co-Founder, OrganOmics
Sevic, John linkedin 2019 Dynamical Evolution of Dielectric Thin Film Interface Morphology Using a Phase-Field Method Kobayashi

VP of mmW Systems, Maja Systems
Stambaugh, Alexandra 2021 Bioassay Development for Molecular Diagnostics on an Optofluidic Platform Schmidt Postdoctoral Associate, Applied Biomedical Science Institute
Sully, Heather (Renee) 2020 Bonding, Structure, and Disorder of Large Dopants in Colloidal Germanium Quantum Dots Carter (Physics) Process Engineer, Applied Materials
Talebi, Hossein linkedin 2015 Global Image Filtering Milanfar Software Engineer, Google
Tilley, Roger 2019 ENHANCING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SIGNALS THROUGH FREQUENCY COMPOSITING Sadjadpour Unknown
Zeng, Tianchi (Ray) 2019 Transmission Line Based Noise-Canceling LNA Design in 60GHz Communication Pedrotti RFIC Design Intern, GlobalFoundries
Zhang, Junce linkedin 2015 Heteroepitaxial Growth and Deposition of Semiconductor and Metallic Nano-Materials with Intermediate Layers Kobayashi Process Engineer-Metrology, Lam Research
Zhou, Peng (Alex) 2022 MEMRISTIVE SPIKING NEURAL NETWORK FOR NEUROMORPHIC COMPUTING Yanik Unknown
Zhu, Xiangchao (Jude) 2019 Nano-Opto-Mechanical Tools For Multiscale Biomedical Applications: From Exosomes To Rare Cells Yanik Postdoctoral Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Graduate Program Contacts

Nobby Kobayashi
Graduate Director

nkobayas@ucsc.edu

UC Santa Cruz Westside Research Park
A156

(831) 459-3571

Shelby Wilson
Graduate Advisor

ece-gradadvising@ucsc.edu

Engineering 2, Suite 595

(831) 459-2576

**Schedule an Appointment**

Walk-in hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday from 1:00-3:00pm.