Group Members
Santhoshkumar Banoth
Position:
Visiting Scientist
Education:
Pursuing Ph.d. in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Emphasis on VLSI Design), National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (India) (Expected graduation: Aug 2023)
M.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Emphasis on VLSI Design) from Visvesvaraya National Institute Of Technology, Nagpur (India), 2013
Research Interests: Radio frequency integrated circuits design
Email: sbanoth@ysu.edu
Afahaene Uya
Education:
Pursuing M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, YSU (Started Spring 2022)
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University Of Benin Edo State Nigeria, Nigeria, 2012
Research Interests: Design and fabrication of ultra-wide band antenna and baluns
Email: aeuya@student.ysu.edu
Bhanu Sri Pilla (co-advising with Dr. Frank Li)
Education:
Pursuing M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, YSU (Started Fall 2021)
B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Prasad V Potluri Siddhartha Institute Of Technology, India, 2021
Research Interests: FPGA , 3D Printing , Green Electric Power Generation, Tribological properties of materials
Email: bsripilla@student.ysu.edu
Bhawana Bhatta (co-advising with Dr. Frank Li)
Education:
Pursuing M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, YSU (Started Fall 2021)
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, 2021
Research Interests: 3 phase Variable Frequency Driver for Drone motors – FPGA programming, Power Electronics
Email: bbhatta@student.ysu.edu
Brendan Kuzior (co-advising with Dr. Frank Li)
Education:
Pursuing M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, YSU (Started Summer 2022)
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, 2022
Research Interests: Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Embedded Design, VLSI
Email: bmkuzior@student.ysu.edu
Jairo Villamizar Vasquez (co-advising with Dr. Frank Li)
Education:
Pursuing M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, YSU (Started Fall 2022)
Masters in Business Administration from Universidad EAFIT, Colombia, 2014
B.S. in Electronics Engineering from Universidad del Norte, Colombia, 2006
Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence applied to predictive maintenance
Email: jevillamizar@student.ysu.edu
Joao Pedro Garretto (co-advising with Dr. Frank Li)
Education:
Pursuing M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, YSU (Started Summer 2021)
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, 2021
Research Interests: IoT Systems, FPGA, Bluetooth Low Energy
Email: jtavaresmendonca@student.ysu.edu
Kwame Nyako
Education:
Pursuing M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, YSU (Started Spring 2022)
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah' University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 2017
Research Interests: Hardware security, discovering and understanding attacks and countermeasures, “root-of-trust” for modern computing systems
Email: kanyako@student.ysu.edu
Nick Grieshop (co-advising with Dr. Frank Li)
Education:
Pursuing M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, YSU (Started Fall 2022)
B.S. in Mining Engineering from West Virginia University, West Virginia , 2016
Research Interests: Hardware development, intrinsically safe systems, VLSI
Email: ngrieshop@student.ysu.edu
Sanjee Lamsal
Education:
Pursuing M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, YSU (Started Fall 2021)
B.S. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Kathmandu Engineering College, Nepal (2017)
Research Interests: Simulation and Modeling, 3D Printing, Renewable Power Systems
Email: slamsal02@student.ysu.edu
Suman Devkota
Education:
Pursuing M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, YSU (Started Fall 2021),
BS in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 2018
Research Interests: Wireless communication, Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, DC and RF Sputtering, Photovoltaics
Email: Sdevkota01@student.ysu.edu
Uttam Dhakal (co-advising with Dr. Frank Li)
Education:
Pursuing M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, YSU (Started Fall 2022)
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Western Region Campus, Nepal, 2019
Research Interests: Distributed Energy Resources, IoT, Renewable Energy Integration, VLSI, Smart Grid, Machine Learning, Data Science
Email: udhakal02@student.ysu.edu
Yogesh Sapkota (co-advising with Dr. Frank Li)
Education:
Pursuing M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, YSU (Started Summer 2022)
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, 2022
Research Interests: Embedded Systems, Programming, Power Electronics
Email: ysapkota@student.ysu.edu