Center for Advanced Smart Sensors and Structures

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Western 麻豆传媒应用 University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5329 USA
(269) 276-3150

Meet the Team

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Our team is made up of both faculty and students at Western 麻豆传媒应用 University. We focus heavily on team based projects as every individual brings a special skill set to each project. Our lab is constantly growing and always looking for new teammates.

Atashbar Massood

Dr. Massood Atashbar

Director
—Printed electronics and flexible hybrid electronics
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Dr. Dinesh Maddipatla

Assistant Professor
—Flexible hybrid electronics, physical and chemical sensors, printed electronics, and wearable biosensors
Bradley Bazuin

Dr. Bradley Bazuin

Department Chair and Associate Professor
—Sensors, integrated circuits , and signal processing
Simin Masihi

Dr. Simin Masihi

Assistant Professor
—Smart sensors and structures, wearable biosensors, physiological signal processing, flexible hybrid electronics, antenna and propagation, RF circuits and systems
Daryl Lawson

Dr. Daryl Lawson

Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
—Electrical stimulation and healing diabetic foot ulcer
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Tony Hanson

Teaching and Research Assistant, Ph.D. Student
—Sensor design, data acquisition methods, printed circuit design, 3D printing, and embedded systems
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Valliammai Palaniappan

Teaching and Research Assistant, Ph.D. Candidate
—Flexible rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, smart triboelectric energy harvesters, rapid laser prototyping based flexible wearable pressure sensors
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Masoud Panahi

Research Assistant, Ph.D. Candidate
—Wearable biosensors, machine learning and physiological signal processing
Manoj Emani

Manoj Emani

Teaching & Research Assistant, Ph.D. Candidate
—Printed electronics; fabricating, assembling & testing Li-ion batteries; and machine learning
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Alimohammad Haji Adineh

Research Assistant, Ph.D. Student
—Wearable flexible sensors, triboelectric nanogenerators, and self-powered electronics
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Sajjad Hajian

Ph.D. Student
—Flexible sensors, nanomaterials, wearable electronics, printed electronics, and machine learning
Abdulrahman Olalekan Yusuf

Abdulrahman Olalekan Yusuf

Ph.D. Student
—Wearable biosensors, signal processing, machine learning, and embedded system.
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Minhaz Shahrier

MSc. Student
—Electroencephalogram
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Hakan Dogdu

MSc. Student
—sensor design, hardware-accelerated image processing, embedded systems, and automation
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Bharat Goel

MSc. Student
—Piezoelectric energy harvesting circuit topologies and piezoelectric materials

 

Senior Design Teams

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A Novel Haptic System with Advanced Force Sensing Capabilities for Soft-Robotic Applications

Hakan Dogdu, Sergei聽Akhmatdinov, and Matthew聽Haley Fall 2023
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Wireless Smart Plant Monitor

Jared Bell, Jared Hughes, and Issac Peterson, Spring 2022
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A Screen-Printed Sensor to Detect Estrogen Levels in Liquids

Marie Bridges and Alex Whipple, Spring 2021
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Flexible Wireless Electrocardiogram (ECG) Monitoring Device

Yonatan Beyene, Ruth Bahre, and Feysel Mohammed, Spring 2021
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Flexible EEG Sensor

Mohit Patel, Adam Schuhknecht, and Evan Fadanelli, Spring 2021
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Wireless Gait Monitoring & Pressure Distribution Device

Alex Bawilianthang, Syed Mustafa, and Jeremiah Tumminello, Fall 2020
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Multichannel PPG System for Medical Applications

Jose Ignacio Rodriguez-Labra and Chris Kosik, Spring 2020
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Wireless ECG (Electrocardiogram) Monitoring Device

Lucas Bonek, Stephen Fenech, and Nick Sapoznik, Fall 2019
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Hand Motion Controlled Car using Flexible Hybrid Electronics

Devin Birchfield, Thomas Pasternak, and Xavier Jackson, Spring 2019
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Music Keyboard Based on Flexible Hybrid Electronics

Tony Hanson, Kyle Mann, and Jesse Echtinaw, Spring 2018

 

Past Members and Where they are Now

  • Sam Ali, Ph.D.
  • Jose Ignacio Rodriguez-Labra, M.S., NextFlex
  • Xingzhe Zhang, Ph.D.
  • Arnesh Bose, Ph.D.
  • Zeinab Ramshani, Ph.D.
  • Sepehr Emamian, Ph.D.
  • Amer Abdulmahdi Chlaihawi, Ph.D.
  • John Manyala, Ph.D.
  • Chi-Jung Cheng, Ph.D.
  • Sridevi Krishnamurthy, Ph.D.
  • Sai Guruva Reddy Avuthu, Ph.D.
  • Ali Eshkeiti, Ph.D.
  • Vikram Turkani, 2019 M.S. in Electrical Engineering, NovaCentrix
  • Morteza Rezaei, M.S.
  • Mohammed M. Ali, M.S.
  • Farah Aljanabi, M.S.
  • Douglas O. Downer, M.S.
  • Chen-Tung Feng, M.S.
  • Vidhyavathi Venkataraman, M.S.
  • John Manyala, M.S.
  • Akhil Moorthi, M.S.
  • Shakil Hossain, M.S.
  • Kevin Haisch, M.S.
  • Anil Kumar Aparanji, M.S.
  • Song Koh, M.S.
  • Deep Banerji, M.S.
  • Michael Simpeh, M.S.
  • Sara Pashaie, M.S.
  • Srikanth Singamaneni, M.S.
  • Ruchi Sharma, M.S.
  • Aditya Vijh, M.S.
  • Yinyang Zhai, M.S.
  • Chris Kosik, B.S.
  • David J Hopwood, B.S.
  • Mathew Andres, B.S.
  • Rodneymakuto Wangalia, B.S.
  • David Spillers, B.S.
  • Steve Walke, B.S.
  • Krispian Lawrence, B.S.
  • Usman Muzaffar, B.S.
  • Abhinav Duda, B.S.
  • Abimbola Onafuwa, B.S.
  • Naser Khan, B.S.
  • Diep Dao, B.S.
  • Faiz Syed, B.S.
  • Rolando Garcia, B.S.
  • Savannah Crooks, KAMSC Student
  • Ed Fenwick, KAMSC Student
  • Grey Braybrooks, KAMSC Student
  • Sam Wachowski, KAMSC Student
  • Tracy Broomell, KAMSC Student
  • Tess Johnson, KAMSC Student