Students

Current advisees

Ph.D. graduates

  • Kowshik Thopalli, Ph.D. ECEE, Fall 2022. Post-doc Lawrence Livermore National Labs (LLNL).
  • Sameeksha Katoch, Ph.D. ECEE co-advised with Andreas Spanias. Summer 2022. Qualcomm Research.
  • Anirudh Som, Ph.D. ECEE, Fall 2020. Advanced Computer Scientist, Stanford Research Institute (SRI) Princeton.
  • Rafael Iriya, Ph.D. ECEE, co-advised by the late Nongjian Tao Spring 2020. Senior Research Scientist at EverestLabs.AI.
  • Suhas Lohit, Ph.D. ECEE, Fall 2019, Research Scientist, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs.
  • Juan Andrade Rodas, Ph.D. ECEE, co-advised with Andreas Spanias, Spring 2019, University of Cuenca, Ecuador.
  • Berkay Kanberoglu, Ph.D. ECEE, co-advised with David Frakes, Fall 2018. Sr. Research Engineer, Samsung Research, Irvine CA.
  • Qiao Wang, Ph.D. ECEE + AME, Fall 2018. Research Scientist, Stanford Research Institute (SRI), Princeton.
  • Kuldeep Kulkarni, Ph.D. ECEE + AME Summer 2017. Research Scientist, Adobe Research, Bangalore (previously post-doc at Carnegie Mellon University).
  • Henry Braun Ph.D. ECEE Fall 2016, co-advised with Andreas Spanias. Research Scientist, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Minnesota.
  • Rushil Anirudh Ph.D. ECEE + AME Spring 2016. Computer Scientist, at Lawrence Livermore National Labs (previously postdoc at IBM Almaden).
  • Vinay Venkataraman, Ph.D. ECEE Spring 2016. Principal Research Scientist, Nike Innovations (previously at Explorer.ai and Google ATAP).

Masters advisees

  • Olivia Hernandez, M.F.A. Theatre (Interdisciplinary Digital Media), Summer 2022. 
  • Ri Lindegren, M.F.A. Dance (Interdisciplinary Digital Media and Performance), December 2021.
  • Neil Franks, M.S. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Summer 2022.
  • Jordan Haagen, Creative Enterprise & Cultural Leadership MA ( + Barrett Honors).
  • Ankith Raaman, Computer Science (4+1) M.S. student. Summer 2022.
  • Xavier Nokes, M.A. Arts, Media, and Engineering, Summer 2021. First position co-Manager of Art, Production at Wonderspaces. Now current PhD student.
  • Kalyan Ainala M.S. ECEE (co-advised with Hemanth Venkateswara), Spring 2021.
  • Daniel Barboza, M.S. (ECEE) Fall 2020. Computer Vision Engineer at BioTrillion.
  • Kaushik Koneripalli, M.S. (ECEE) Summer 2019. First position Siemens Research, New Jersey.
  • Anik Jha, M.S. (ECEE) Fall 2018. Imagry Inc.
  • Li-Chi Huang, M.S. (Comp. Engg.) Fall 2017. First position Graftek Imaging.
  • Mayank Gupta, M.S. (Comp. Engg.) Summer 2017, First position Meta Co.
  • Chaitanya Potaraju, M.S. (ECEE), Summer 2017. First position AdviNow Medical.
  • Prashanth Seshasayee, co-advised by X. W. Sha, M.S. (ECEE+AME) Fall 2016. Intel.
  • Varsha Iyengar, co-advised by X. W. Sha M.S. (CS + AME) Spring 2016. Google ATAP.
  • Henghao Zhou, M.S. (ECEE + AME) Spring 2016. Now at HSBC, NY.
  • Aswin Sivakumar, M.S. (ECEE) 2014. Freescale Semiconductor.
  • Vaishnav Desai (co-advised with Hari Sundaram), M.S. (CS) 2013. Intel Corp.
  • Tingfang Du, M.S. (ECEE+AME) 2012. Lytro Inc.
  • Long Cheng, M.S. (ECEE+AME) 2012. Now at Google.

UG  alumni and visitors

  • Ella Wang, high-school intern (BASIS Chandler), 2020-22 (now at MIT).
  • Yolanda Zhu, summer 2022 REU trainee visitor from Simons Rock.
  • Vincent Li, Computer Systems B.S. student. Firmware Engineer at Western Digital.
  • Afra Nawar (NSF REU trainee), Computer Engineering B.S. student. Currently Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech + Clare Booth Luce Fellow.
  • Farhan Rahman (NSF REU trainee), Computer Engineering B.S. student. Currently Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech + Computational Neural Engineering Training Program fellow.
  • Ankita Shukla, Ph.D. student IIIT-Delhi, Summer 2017, Spring + Summer 2019.
  • Ahnaf Masroor, B.S. (NSF REU trainee), 2015-2017. Currently PhD student at UIUC.

Student Recognition and Awards

  • Niccolò Meniconi, Fulton Schools of Engineering Dean’s Fellow, 2021-25.
  • Jordan Haagen awarded 2022 Mensch Prize at the ASU Barrett Honors College in the Fine and Performing Arts Category.
  • Afra Nawar (NSF REU trainee) accepted for Ph.D. as a Clare Booth Luce Fellow, at Georgia Tech, Fall 2021.
  • Farhan Rahman (NSF REU trainee) accepted for Ph.D. as a Computational Neural Engineering Training Program Fellow, at Georgia Tech, Fall 2021.
  • Xavier Nokes named Spring 2021 Outstanding Graduate of the Herberger Institute in the Entrepreneurship category.
  • Xavier Nokes and Olivia Hernández featured in the State Press and ASU News for work done for ASU Gammage Drive-Thru Immersive Art Experience.
  • Afra Nawar received Honorable Mention for the 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduation Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).
  • Afra Nawar, selected as Student speaker + Flag Bearer for the Fulton Schools of Engineering Convocation Spring 2020 ceremony.
  • Anirudh Som invited to present interdisciplinary movement analysis work at Harvard Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS) workshop on “AI for social impact”.
  • Anirudh Som’s 2019 summer internship at Roche receives recognition as Most Innovative.
  • Kowshik Thopalli’s 2019 summer internship work at SRI received recognition in four categories: Most Innovative, Most Impactful, Best Poster, and Audience Choice, as judged by SRI jury.
  • Makayla Donaldson, Hadassah Fromowitz, Robert Graves, Olivia Ruthven, Timothy Sparks, Joseph and Sandra Palais Senior Design Prize Winners, First ever Online Capstone team to win the award, 2019.
  • Anirudh Som, NSF travel award to attend NSF-CBMS workshop on Topological Methods, 2019.
  • Ankita Shukla, NSF travel award to attend NSF-CBMS workshop on Topological Methods, 2019.
  • Suhas Lohit, ASU ECE travel Award, 2019, to present paper at CVPR 2019.
  • Kuldeep Kulkarni, CVPR Doctoral Consortium, 2017. Full travel award to participate.
  • Vinay Venkataraman, CVPR Doctoral Consortium, 2016. Full travel award to participate.
  • Suhas Lohit, University Graduate Fellowship, 2015.
  • Suhas Lohit and Kuldeep Kulkarni, Best paper award, Computational Cameras and Displays Workshop, 2015.
  • Rushil Anirudh, ASU ECE travel award, 2015, to present and attend the Data Compression Conference (DCC).

Student Internship Experiences

  • Sinjini Mitra, Lawrence Livermore National Labs (LLNL) Summer 2022.
  • Eunsom Jeon, Stanford Research Institute (SRI) Princeton 2021.
  • Hongjun Choi, Intel, Chandler 2021.
  • Ella Wang, high school visitor at the GML, accepted to the Research Science Institute (RSI) at MIT.
  • Rajhans Singh, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) 2021, Intel (Chandler AZ, Summer 2019).
  • Kowshik Thopalli, Lawrence Livermore National Labs (summer 2018), Stanford Research Institute (SRI Princeton, summer 2019), Microsoft Research (Summer 2020).
  • Anirudh Som, Mayo Clinic (summer 2015), Lawrence Livermore National Labs (summer 2018), Roche (Santa Clara, summer 2019), SRI Princeton (Summer 2020).
  • Suhas Lohit, Stanford Research Institute (SRI Princeton, summer 2017), Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL Boston, summer 2018).
  • Qiao Wang, Xerox Labs France (summer 2015), Stanford Research Institute (SRI Princeton, summer 2017).
  • Vinay Venkataraman, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center (summer 2014 and summer 2015).
  • Kuldeep Kulkarni, Xerox Research India (Bangalore, summer 2015), Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL Boston, summer 2016).
  • Rushil Anirudh, Intuitive Surgical (summer 2013), DropCam Inc. (summer 2014), Lawrence Livermore National Labs (summer 2015).