Cohort 1: Spring 2025
NRT Trainees
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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
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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




