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Leadership Team

  • Dr. Ashok Kumar

    Program Director & PI

    Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Research: Semiconductor Technology and Fabrication; MEMS Technology; Emerging Nanotechnology for Multifunctional Applications; Laser and Plasma Assisted Processing, Characterization, and Device Technologies of Electronic, Ferroelectric, High-Tc and Polymeric Thin Film; Analytical Characterization Techniques of Surfaces and Thin Films.

    Email: kumar@usf.edu
  • Dr. Srinivas Katkoori

    Program Associate Director & Co-PI

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering

    Research: VLSI design and CAD; Embedded systems; Hardware security; Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) synthesis

    Email: katkoori@usf.edu
  • Dr. Albert Kim

    Co-PI

    Department of Medical Engineering

    Research: : Acouto-Bioelectronics; Ultrasonic powering; BioMEMS Technology; Implantable microdevice; Piezoelectric; Ferroelectric; Hydrogel and polymer; Biomaterial; Dental bioelectronics; Body area network; Microneedle; Analytical Characterization Techniques of Surfaces and Thin Films

    Email: akim1@usf.edu
  • Dr. Yasin Yilmaz

    Co-PI

    Department of Electrical Engineering

    Research: Machine Learning, Statistical Signal Processing, Computer Vision, Cybersecurity, Hardware-Based Authentication, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Biomedical Systems, Multimodal Data Fusion, Anomaly Detection

    Email: yasiny@usf.edu
  • Dr. Norma Alcantar

    Co-PI

    Department of Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering

    Research: Surface Forces and Chemical Characterization, Micellar Surfactants, Nanoparticles, Organic/Inorganic Thin Films

    Email: norma@usf.edu
  • Dr. Steve Kozlowski

    Senior Personnel

    Department of Psychology

    Bio

  • Dr. Grandon Gill

    Senior Personnel

    Muma College of Business

    Bio

  • Dr. Sudeep Sarkar

    Senior Personnel

    Department of Computer Science and Engineering

    Bio

  • Mr. Robert Tufts

    Senior Personnel

    Nanotechnology Research and Education Center

    Email: tufts@usf.edu

    Bio

  • Dr. Gwen Lee-Thomas

    External Evaluator

    Quality Measure, Chesapeake, VA

    Bio





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