Robert Nawrocki
Robert is an Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Technology (SOET) at Purdue University. His current research interests include physically flexible organic electronics with the application in biopotential monitoring and soft robotics, as well as neuromorphic systems, chemical sensors, smart (meta) materials and neuroscience. He completed his PhD at University of Denver, and his postdoctoral research at University of Colorado Boulder, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia, and The University of Tokyo, Japan. His research highlights include fabrication of world’s thinnest, at 300 nm thin, organic electronics skin, fit with organic transistors and tactile sensors, motion artifact-free 300 nm thin surface biopotential (sEMG and sECG) electrodes, and polymer neuromorphic circuitry, a biologically inspired “brain”, implemented with organic transistors and organic memristors, capable of simple pattern recognition. He is a recipient of the 2021 US Office of Naval Research (ONR), Young Investigator Program and the 2021 Ralph W. and Grace M. Showalter Research Trust Award.
Email: rnawroc (at) purdue (dot) edu
Research Scientist
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Katia Vyshniakova
Research scientist (PhD in Chemistry from Frantsevich Institute of Material Science, National Academy of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine), working on polymer synthesis, organic/polymeric sensors, and graphene for chemical sensing.
Email: kvyshnia (at) purdue (dot) edu
Post Doctoral
Mohammad Javad Mirshojaeian Hosseini
Postdoctoral researcher at the School of Engineering Technology, currently working on spiking organic neuromorphic circuits and systems. A recipient of a graduate scholarship from Purdue Polytechnic Institute. His doctoral dissertation was titled "An Organic Neural Circuit: Towards Flexible And Biocompatible Organic Neuromorphic Processing". Javad obtained his M.S. in Mechatronic Engineering (thesis: "Design, Simulation and Control of an Electro-Hydrostatic Actuator and Improvement of Its Performance") from K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran, and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (thesis: "Analysis and examination of governing Equations of DC and AC Motors") from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.
Email: mmirshoj (at) purdue (dot) edu
Doctoral
Huiwen Bai
PhD student at the School of Engineering Technology. Huiwen obtained her M.S. in Material Science and Engineering (thesis: "Photodetectors and Dye/QDs-sensitized Solar Cells, Counter Electrodes, Perovskite Solar Cells, CsPbX3 and PbS quantum dots") from University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, and B.S. in Material Science (thesis: "Investigation on corrosion types under different conditions and protection method of stainless steels") from North China University of Science and Technology, China.
Email: bai109 (at) purdue (dot) edu
Hisham Elkhatib
PhD student at the School of Engineering Technology. Ee obtained her M.S. in Industrial Engineering, B.S.E. in Interdisciplinary Engineering, and B.S. in Organizational Communication, all from Purdue University. He also has a wealth of enterpreneurial experience as a founder, and a president, of a contracting business specializing in refrigeration and air conditioning.
Email: helkhati (at) purdue (dot) edu
Masoome Fatahi
PhD student at the School of Engineering Technology. She obtained her M.S. in Electrical Engineering - Control (thesis: "Modeling and Multi-Loop Control System Design for Plasma Current, Position and Shape in Damavand Tokamak") from K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran, and B.S. in Electrical Engineering - Control (thesis: "Identification Using Voice") from Jundi Shapur University of Technology, Iran.
Email: mfatahi (at) purdue (dot) edu
Yuelin (Daniel) Deng
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PhD student at the School of Engineering Technology. Daniel obtained his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, and B.S. in Automation from Beijing Institute of Technology, China. He also completed his Study Abroad Program at University of California, Berkeley.
Email: deng226 (at) purdue (dot) edu
Masters
Nicolas George Wacyk
Graduate (M.S.) student at School of Engineering Technology, Purdue Polytechnic Institute. Obtained his B.S. from School of Engineering Technology, Purdue Polytechnic Institute. Currently working on neuromorphic EV under direct supervision of Masoome Fatahi.
Email: nwacyk (at) purdue (dot) edu
Undergraduates
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Pursuing B.S. at School of Engineering Technology, Purdue Polytechnic Institute. Currently working on neuromorphic EV under direct supervision of Masoome Fatahi.
Email: chan349 (at) purdue (dot) edu
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Pursuing B.S. at School of Engineering Technology, Purdue Polytechnic Institute. Currently working on neuromorphic EV under direct supervision of Masoome Fatahi.
Email: yoo142 (at) purdue (dot) edu
Yashvi Agrawal
Pursuing B.S. at the College of Engineering, Purdue University. Currently working on neuromorphic EV under direct supervision of Masoome Fatahi.
Email: agraw192 (at) purdue (dot) edu
John-Ross Valdez
Senior UG researcher at the School of Engineering Technology, pursuing degree in Electrical Engineering Technology. Currently working on PVdF sensor - co-advised by Prof Richard Mark French.
Email: valdez0 (at) purdue (dot) edu
Adam Daniel Eshem
Senior UG researcher at the School of Engineering Technology, pursuing degree in Electrical Engineering Technology. Currently working on PVdF sensor - co-advised by Prof Richard Mark French.
Email: aeshem (at) purdue (dot) edu
Timothy James Giannini
Senior in Robotics Engineering Technology and Mechatronics Engineering Technology. Former captain and current president of the Boilermaker Chain Reaction Team, a student organization at Purdue which designs and build a large-scale Rube Goldberg machine to take to national competition and compete against other universities. With industry experience in industrial robotics, end of arm tooling design, and 3D vision systems, he is working on instrument pre-amplifiers using PVdF sensors - co-advised by Prof Richard Mark French.
Email: tgiannin (at) purdue (dot) edu
Micah Robert Killingbeck
Senior UG researcher at the School of Engineering Technology, pursuing degree in Electrical Engineering Technology. Currently working on PVdF sensor - co-advised by Prof Richard Mark French.
Email: mkillin (at) purdue (dot) edu
Noah Anthony Domogalik
Senior UG researcher at the School of Engineering Technology, pursuing degree in Electrical Engineering Technology. Currently working on PVdF sensor - co-advised by Prof Richard Mark French.
Email: ndomogal (at) purdue (dot) edu
Andrew Robert Fox
Senior UG researcher at the School of Engineering Technology. Currently working on Miniaturized and Portable Healthcare Monitoring Electronics - part of USDA/NIFA project.
Email: fox195 (at) purdue (dot) edu
Ian P. Jenkins
Senior UG researcher at the School of Engineering Technology. Currently working on Miniaturized and Portable Healthcare Monitoring Electronics - part of USDA/NIFA project.
Email: ijenkin (at) purdue (dot) edu
Keetyn Jason Burnett
Senior UG researcher at the School of Engineering Technology. Currently working on Miniaturized and Portable Healthcare Monitoring Electronics - part of USDA/NIFA project.
Email: burnet41 (at) purdue (dot) edu
Jihwan Kim
Senior UG researcher at the School of Engineering Technology. Currently working on Miniaturized and Portable Healthcare Monitoring Electronics - part of USDA/NIFA project.
Email: kim3230 (at) purdue (dot) edu
Visiting scholars
Egon Pavlica
(Recurring) Visiting professor (PhD in Physics from Institute of Jozef Stefan, Ljubljana, Slovenia) from University of Nova Gorica, in Nova Gorica, Slovenia.
Email: epavlica (at) purdue (dot) edu; egon.pavlica (at) ung (dot) si
Former members
Yi Yang; PhD from Purdue University; currently at The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jinsheng Fan; PhD from Purdue University; currently at University of Minnesota
Dannalee Mata; BS in AET from Purdue University
Megan Daniel; BS in MET from Purdue University
Shiloh Mayer; BS in EET from Purdue University
Alex Pippin; BS in EET from Purdue University
Nicholas Bartoch; BS in EET from Purdue University
Ronell Chakola; BS in EET from Purdue University
Phillip Salowe; BS in CET from Purdue University
Stephane Duval; BS in CET from Purdue University
Datta Sheregar; MS from SoET
Artem Kryvobok; currently at Purdue University
Walter Kruger; BS in EET from SoET, Purdue University
Jaideep Chandrashekhar Damle; pursuing BS in College of Engineering at Purdue University
Naveed Reza Aghamohammadi; currently at University of Illinois
Shih Hsuan (Vick) Hung; BS in EET from SoET, Purdue University
Dakota Jake Warren; BS in AET from SoET, Purdue University
Saw Yan Naung; pursuing BS in Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University
Vishrutha Ramesh; from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
Bharath Rajiv Nair; from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
Sridharr Krishna Saravana Prabhu; from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
Hao Chi; Undergraduate exchange student from Tsingua University, China
Qie Sima; Undergraduate exchange student from Tsingua University, China
Mingwei Jiang; Undergraduate exchange student from Tsingua University, China