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Cohort 1: Spring 2025

NRT Trainees

  • Isabelle Eskanos, PhD Student
    Advisor: Dr. Albert Kim
    Dissertation Title : Implantable Neural-interfacing device for Sensory Rehabilitation
    Department: Biomedical Engineering
    Email: ieskanos@usf.edu
  • John Maurer, PhD Student
    Advisor: Dr. Dayane Reis & Dr. Hao Zheng
    Dissertation Title : Pending
    Department: Computer Science & Engineering
    Email: johnmaurer@usf.edu
  • Kaleb Sharrer, PhD Student
    Advisor: Dr. Norma Alcantar and Dr. Venkat Bhethanabotla
    Dissertation Title : Utlizing Waste Heat as a Resource in the Biomanufacturing Revolution
    Department: Chemical Engineering
    Email: krs147@usf.edu

NRT Affiliated Trainees

  • Marcelo Farfan, PhD Student
    Advisor: Dr. David Murphy
    Dissertation Title : Ionized Particle Self-Assembly: 3D Printing & 2D Electronics
    Department: Mechanical Engineering
    Email: marcelo4@usf.edu
  • Peter Kveton, PhD Student
    Advisor: Dr. Jiangfeng Zhou
    Dissertation Title : Using Metamaterials for RF Photonic Devices
    Department: Physics
    Email: pkveton@usf.edu
  • Ahmed Mamdouh Mohamed Ahmed, PhD Student
    Advisor: Dr. Dayane Reis
    Dissertation Title : Scalable Neuromorphic and In-Memory Computing Architectures for Artificial Intelligence
    Department: Computer Science and Engineering
    Email: ahmed749@usf.edu
  • Samuel Zucker, MS Student
    Advisor: Dr. Robert Frisina
    Thesis Title : Anti-infectious Biomaterial based on Semiconductor Theory
    Department: Biomedical Engineering
    Email: szucker1@usf.edu
  • Justin Mcmillen, PhD Student
    Advisor: Dr. Yasin Yilmaz
    Dissertation Title : Additively Manufactured Multidimensional Cryptographic Physically Unclonable Functions for Wireless System Security
    Department: Electrical Engineering
    Email: jmcmillen@usf.edu
  • Fawaz Razak, PhD Student
    Advisor: Dr. Yasin Yilmaz
    Dissertation Title : Hardware and Deep Learning Based Authentication through Enhanced RF Fingerprints of Chaotic Antenna Arrays
    Department: Electrical Engineering
    Email: fawaz243@usf.edu
  • Harshen Patel, MS Student
    Advisor: Dr. Gokhan Mumcu
    Thesis Title : Novel mm-wave antenna arrays co-designed for high efficiency electromagnetic radiation and effective thermal management
    Department: Electrical Engineering
    Email: harshenp@usf.edu
  • Phaneshwar Dundigalla, PhD Student
    Advisor: Dr. Srinivas Katkoori
    Dissertation Title : Pending
    Department: Computer Science & Engineering
    Email: phaneshwar@usf.edu
  • Chanyapat Sriviroch, MS Student
    Advisor: Dr. Ali Ashraf and Dr. Ashok Kumar
    Thesis Title : Graphene/Diamond for Electronic Applications
    Department: Mechanical Engineering
    Email: chanyapat@usf.edu
  • Samir Ahmed, PhD Student
    Advisor: Dr. Robert Karam
    Dissertation Title : Deployment of Neural Networks on Ultra Resource Constrained Edge Devices through Algorithm–Silicon Co-Design
    Department: Computer Science & Engineering
    Email: ahmed1@usf.edu




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