Electrical and Computer Engineering Ph.Ds
May 2007
Khaled Z. Abd-Elmoniem, Fast Measurement of Heart Motion Using MRI: Systems, Sequences, and Algorithms (Advisor: Dr. Prince), MSE from Cairo University MSE 2000, JHU MSE 2003, JHU PhD 2007. Initial Job: Postdoctoral Associate, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore MD.
Dimitri Bitouk, Head-Pose and Illumination Invariant 3-D Audio-Visual Speech Recognition (Advisor: Dr. Miller), JHU MSE, JHU PhD 2007. Initial Job: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Jennifer Blain Christen, Hybrid Integration of Silicon/Silicone Microsystems: A Closed-Loop, Autonomous Micro-Incubator (Advisor: Dr. Andreou), JHU MSE 2001, JHU PhD 2007. Initial Job: Post-Doctoral position, Department of Immunology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
Zhongyang Chen, Novel Nondestructive Optical Characterization Techniques: Spectro-polarimetric Rheology and Pulsed Photo-EMF Vibrometry (Advisor: Dr. Khurgin), JHU MSE 2003, JHU PhD 2007. Initial Job: Consultant, Prismark Partners LLC, New York, NY.
Yunbin Deng, Mixed-Signal VLSI Robust Time-Frequency Feature Extraction (Advisor: Dr. Cauwenberghs), JHU MSE 2002, JHU PhD 2007. Initial Job: Research Scientist, Intelligent Automation Inc.
Ahmed Fahmy, Imaging Tissue Deformation using Strain-Encoded Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Advisor: Dr. Osman), Cairo University MS 2000, JHU MSE 2003, JHU PhD 2007. Initial Job: Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health.
Do-Hyun Kim, Fiber Optic Confocal Microscope for Bio-Medical Applications (Advisor: Dr. Kang), Dep. Physics, Seoul National University, MS 1995, JHU PhD 2007. Initial Job: Oak Ridge Post-Doctoral Fellow, FDA, Rockville, MD.
Swati Mehta, High Resolution Optical Flow Cameras (Advisor: Dr. Etienne-Cummings), JHU MSE 2001, JHU PhD 2007. Initial Job: Design Engineer, Canesta Inc., Sunnyvale, CA.
Romeo de la Cruz del Rosario, Measurement and Modeling of Effects of Temperature and Hot Electrons on HEMTS and their Impacts on Degradation of Large Signal Response (Advisor: Dr. Westgate), JHU MSE 1999, JHU PhD 2007. Initial Job: Department of Defense .
Anqi Qiu, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Analysis on Computational Anatomy (Advisor: Dr. Miller), U. Connecticut BME MS, JHU AMS MSE 2006, JHU PhD 2007. Initial Job: Postdoctoral position, BME Department, JHU, Baltimore, MD.
Carlos Salazar, Computationally Scalable Spatial Resizing of DCT Domain Compressed Images and Video (Advisor: Dr. Tran), California State University Fullerton MSEE 1999, JHU PhD 2007. Initial Job: Department of Defense.
Francisco Tejada, Silicon on Insulator CMOS and Microelectromechanical Systems: Mechanical Devices, Sensing Techniques and System Electronics (Advisor: Dr. Andreou), JHU MSE 2002, JHU PhD 2007. Initial Job: Sensing Machines.
Lei Xu, A Novel Statistical Method for Microarray Data Integration: Applications to Cancer Research (Advisor: Dr. Winslow), Zhejiang University, MS 1999, JHU MSE 2005, JHU PhD 2007. Initial Job: TBD
May 2006
Matthew Clapp, 3-D Sensing Using Smart Sensors: Compact Efficient Sensor Processing (Advisor: Dr. Etienne-Cummings), JHU MSE 2000, JHU PhD 2006. Initial Job: Agere Systems, San Jose, CA.
Yonggang Deng, Bitext Alignment for Statistical Machine Translation (Advisor: Dr. Byrne), Chinese Academy of Sciences MS 2000, JHU MSE 2002, JHU PhD 2006. Itinial Job: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY.
Yunbin Deng, Mixed-Signal VLSI Robust Time-Frequency Feature Extraction (Advisor: Dr. Cauwenberghs), JHU MSE 2002, JHU PhD 2006. Initial Job: Research Scientist, Intelligent Automation Inc.
Ahmad Emami, A Neural Syntactic Language Model (Advisor: Dr. Jelinek), JHU MSE 2000, JHU PhD 2006. Initial Job: IBM T J Watson Research Center.
Xiaodong Fan, Learning a Hierarchy of Classifiers for Multi-class Shape Detection (Advisor: Dr. Geman), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China MS 2000, JHU MSE 2004, JHU PhD 2006. Initial Job: Microsoft.
Sachin Gangaputra, Invariant Object Detection and Tracking with Hierarchical Coarse-to-Fine Classification (Advisor: Dr. Geman), JHU MSE 2001, JHU PhD 2006. Initial Job: Inductis, NY.
Nnake Nweke, Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of QKD Signals In a “QKD+WDM” Coexistence Network (Advisor: Dr. Khurgin), Michigan State University MS 2000, JHU Ph.D 2006.
Initial Job: Department of Defense.
Vijay Parthasarathy, Characterization of Harmonic Phase MRI: Theory, Simulations, and Applications (Advisor: Dr. Prince), JHU MSE 2001, JHU PhD 2006. Initial Job: Postdoctoral position, ECE Department, JHU, Baltimore, Maryland.
Krishnakumar Ramamurthi, Cone-Beam Tomography Using C-arm X-ray Projections: Complete Trajectories and Integration of Prior CT Information (Advisor: Dr. Prince), JHU MSE 2001, JHU PhD 2006. Initial Job: TBD.
Utkarsh Sharma, Fiber Lasers and All-fiber Optic Devices for Applications in Sensing and Medical Imaging (Advisor: Dr. Kang), JHU MSE 2003, JHU PhD 2006. Initial Job: Postdoctoral position, ECE Department, JHU, Baltimore, Maryland.
Arun Sripati, Neural Representation of Spatial Information in the Primate Somatosensory System (Advisor: Dr. Andreou), JHU MSE 2003, JHU PhD 2006. Initial Job: Postdoctoral position, Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Milutin Stanacevic, Mixed-Signal Micropower VLSI Systems for Biomedical Array Signal Processing (Advisor: Dr. Cauwenberghs), JHU MSE 2001, JHU PhD 2006. Initial Job: Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY.
Duygu Tosun, Surface-Based Approaches for Spatial Normalization of the Cerebral Cortex: Geometry-Driven Cortical Mappings for Structural and Functional Analysis (Advisor: Dr. Prince), JHU MSE 2001, JHU MA Mathematics (2003), JHU PhD 2006. Initial Job: Post Doctoral Fellow, Center for Computational Biology, Neurology Department, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Stavros Tsakalidis, Linear Transforms in Automatic Speech Recognition: Estimation Procedures and Integration of Diverse Acoustic Data (Advisor: Dr. Byrne), JHU MSE 2000, JHU PhD 2006. Initial Job: Research Scientist, BBN Technologies.
May 2005
Shantanu Chakrabartty, Design and Implementation of Ultra-Low Power Pattern and Sequence Decoders (Advisor: Dr. Cauwenberghs), JHU MSE 2001, PhD 2005. Initial Job: Assistant Professor, Michigan State University.
Jing Chen, Studies in Phonon Engineering (Advisor: Dr. Khurgin), Nanjing University (PRC) MS 2000, JHU MSE 2002, PhD 2005. Initial Job: Lecturer, Nanjing University, Peoples Republic of China.
Gang Chen, Optical Waveguide Devices Based on Fiber Sagnac Interferometers and Photonic Crystals (Advisor: Dr. Kang), JHU MSE 2003, PhD 2005. Initial Job: Optical Waveguide Devices Based on Fiber Sagnac Interferometers and Photonic
Eugenio Culurciello, Silicon on Sapphire Technology: Systems and Devices (Advisor: Dr. Andreou), University of Trieste, Italy, MS 1997, JHU MSE 1999, PhD 2005. Initial Job: Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, Yale University .
Wei Dai, Adaptive Block-based Decomposition with Pre-/Post-Filtering (Advisor: Dr. Tran), Beijing University of Posts and Communications MS 1999, JHU MSE 2001, PhD 2005. Initial Job: FastVDO Inc.
Yamac Dikmelik, Dember Effect Photodetectors and the Effects of Turbulence on Free-Space Optical Communication Systems (Advisor: Dr. Davidson), PhD 2005. Initial Job: Post Doctoral position, JHU.
Vlasios Doumpiotis, Discriminative Training for Speaker Adaptation and Minimum Bayes Risk Estimation in Large Vocabulary Speech Recognition (Advisor: Dr. Byrne), MSE 2000, PhD 2005. Initial Job: Speech Engineer, Escription, Needham (MA).
Viktor Gruev, VLSI Implementation of Steerable Spatiotemporal Filters for Focal-Plane Adaptive Image Processing (Advisor: Dr. Etienne-Cumming), JHU MSE 2000, PhD 2005. Initial Job: Post Doctoral position, University of Pennsylvania.
Shankar Kumar, Minimum Bayes-Risk Techniques in Automatic Speech Recognition and Statistical Machine Translation (Advisor: Dr. Byrne), JHU MSE 2000, PhD 2005. Initial Job: Post Doctoral position, Johns Hopkins University.
Smita Sampath, Magnetic Resonance Pulse Sequences for Rapid Imaging of Myocardial Motion and Strain (Advisor: Dr. Prince), Texas A&M University MS in Bioengineering 1998, JHU MSE 2001, PhD 2005, Initial Job: Postdoctoral Associate, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.
Tom Steck, A New Family of Parallel Matrix Factorizations (Advisor: Dr. Meyer), JHU MSE 1995, JHU PhD 2005, Initial Job:Lockheed Martin Corp,
Xiaodong Tao, Statistical Geodesics and Shape Models: Finding Features for Registering Human Cortical Surfaces (Advisor: Dr. Prince), Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, MS 1998, JHU MSE 2001, JHU PhD 2005. Initial Job: Computer Vision Expert, GE Global Research.
Veera Venkataramani, Code Breaking for Automatic Speech Recognition (Advisor: Dr. Byrne), JHU MSE 2000, PhD 2005. Initial Job: Fair Isaac Corporation in San Diego , CA
Peng Xu, Random Forests and the Data Sparseness Problem in Language Modeling. (Advisor: Dr. Jelinek), Chinese Academy of Sciences MS 1998, JHU MSE 2000, PhD 2005. Initial Job: Google, Mountain View , CA .
May 2004
Stephane Bucaille, Spatial Coherence of Atmospheric Turbulence Corrupted Laser Beams: Applications to Free-Space Optical Communications (Advisor: Professor Davidson), MSE 2002, PhD 2004. Initial Job: Thales Optronique, Guyancourt, France.
David H. Goldberg, Efficient Spike Communication and Computation in Biological and Engineered Systems (Advisor: Professor Andreou), MSE 2000, PhD 2004. Initial Job: Postdoctoral position, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Xiao Han, Anatomically Consistent Segmentation of Medical Imagery Using a Level Set Method and Digital Topology (Advisor: Professor Prince), MSE 2001, PhD 2004. Initial Job: Post Doctoral Student, JHU.
Teresa Kamm, Active Learning for Acoustic Speech Recognition Modeling, (Advisor: Professor Meyer), MSE 1990, PhD 2004. Initial Job: Department of Defense.
Chang-Seok Kim, Tunable Multi-wavelength Fiber Lasers Based on Novel Fiber-Optic Components, (Advisor: Professor Kang), MSE 2002, PhD 2004. Initial Job: Post Doc, Beckman Laser Institute, University of California, Irvine.
Jie Liang, Filter Bank Design for Image/Video Compression and Digital Communications, (Advisor: Professor Tran), MS 1995 Xi'an Jiaotong University, PhD 2004. Initial Job: Microsoft.
Lan Ma, Feedback Control in the Chemotactic Signaling Pathway of Dictyostelium Discoideum, (Advisor: Professor Iglesias), MSE 2001, PhD 2004. Initial Job: Post Doc at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY.
Chengjie Tu, Pre-/Post-Filtering and Context Modeling for DCT Based Blocked Coding Systems, (Advisor: Professor Tran), MSE 2002, PhD 2004. Initial Job: FastVDO LLC, Columbia, MD.
Shuangmei Xu, Reducing Semiconductor Optical Amplifier-Induced Crosstalk in Wavelength Division Multiplexing Lengths, (Advisor: Professor Khurgin), MSE 2000, PhD 2004. Initial Job: Lucent Technologies.
Guoqiang Zang, Bode’s Integral – Extension in Linear Time-Varying and Nonlinear Systems (Advisor: Professor Iglesias), MSE 2001, PhD 2004. Initial Job: Animetrics, LLC, Jackson, NH.
May 2003
Alyssa Beth Apsel, Optoelectronic Receivers in Silicon on Sapphire CMOS: Architecture and Design for Efficient Parallel Interconnects (Advisor: Professor Andreou), M.S.E. Caltech 1996, Ph.D. 2003. Initial Job: Assistant Professor, EE Department, Cornell University, NY.
Roman Genov, Massively Parallel Mixed-Signal VLSI Kernel Machines (Advisor: Professor Cauwenberghs), M.S.E. 1998, Ph.D. 2003. Initial Job: Assistant Professor, EE Department, University of Toronto, Canada.
Chance M. Glenn, Sr., Synthesis of a Fully-Integrated Digital Source for Communications from Chaotic Dynamics-based Oscillations (Advisor: Professor Westgate), M.S. 1995, Ph.D. 2003., Initial Job: Syncrodyne Systems Corp.
Mark L. Ordowski, Geometric Linear Discriminant Analysis for pattern Recognition Systems (Advisor: Professor Meyer), M.S. 1995, Ph.D. 2003. Initial Job: Department of Defense.
Ray Sova, Multi-Rate Solition Pulse Train Generator Based on Novel Fiber Optic Components (Advisor: Professor Kang), Ph.D. 2003. Initial Job: Applied Physics Laboratory.
May 2002
Pamela Abshire, Performance Measures for Sensory Information Processing under Physical Constraints (Advisor: Professor Andreou), M.S.E 1997, Ph.D. 2002. Initial Job: Assistant Professor, ECE Dept, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
Ulisses Braga Neto, Connectivity in Image Processing and Analysis: Theory, Multiscale Extensions and Applications (Advisor: Professor Goutsias), M.S.E. 1998, Ph.D. 2002. Initial Job: Assistant Research Scientist, ECE Dept., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Steven Meier, On the Physical and Geometrical Properties Responsible for the Highly Absorbing Nature of Black Materials in the Infrared (Advisor: Professor Joseph), M.S.E. UC SanDiego, 1997, Ph.D. 2002. Initial Job: Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC.
Jennifer Ricklin, Free-Space Laser Communication Using Partially Coherent Source Beam (Advisor: Professor Davidson), M.S.E. New Mexico State University, 1990, Ph.D. 2002. Initial Job: Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD.
May 2001
Marc Harry Cohen, Adaptive VLSI for Active Optics and Imaging (Advisor: Professor Cauwenberghs), M.S.E. BME 1991, Ph.D. 2001. Initial Job: ASEE Fellow, Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD.
Ian Nevton Dunn, A Parallel Algorithm Synthesis Procedure for High-Performance Computer Architectures (Advisor: Professor Meyer), M.S.E. 1997, Ph.D. 2001. Initial Job: Mercury Computer Systems, Inc., Chelmsford, MA.
Asela Jeevaka Ranaweera Gunawardana, The Information Geometry of EM Variants for Speech and Image Processing (Advisors: Professor Jelinek & Professor Byrne), M.S.E. 1997, Ph.D. 2001. Initial Job: Researcher, Microsoft.
Feng Jin, Novel Semiconductor Quantum Dot Structures for Information Storage and Applications of Photo-EMF Effect (Advisor: Professor Khurgin), M.S.E. 2000, Ph.D. 2001. Initial Job: Brimrose Corporation, Baltimore, MD.
Ray F. Lee, Parallel Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Encoding Theory and Antenna Design (Advisor: Professor Westgate), Ph.D. 2001. Initial Job: Magnetic Resonance Engineer, GE Corporation, Niskayuna, NY.
Murat Saraclar, Pronunciation Modeling for Conversational Speech Recognition (Advisor: Professor Jelinek), M.S.E. 1997, Ph.D. 2001. Initial Job: ATT Research.
Dimitra Vergyri, Integration of Multiple Knowledge Sources in Speech Recognition using Minimum Error Training (Advisor: Professor Jelinek), M.S.E. 1996, Ph.D. 2001. Initial Job: Research Engineer, SRI International.
Di Yang, Novel Electronic and Optical Devices Based on Coherent Processes in Confined Structures (Advisor: Professor Khurgin), M.S.E. 1997, Ph.D. 2001. Initial Job: Avanex Corporation, Silicon Valley, CA.
May 2000
Ciprian Chelba, Exploiting Syntactic Structure for Natural Language Modeling (Advisor: Professor Jelinek), M.S.E. 1996, Ph.D. 2000. Initial Job: Researcher, Microsoft.
Kai He, Analog VLSI Decoding for Digital Communications and High- Performance Data Conversion (Advisor: Professor Cauwenberghs), M.S.E. 1997, Ph.D. 2000. Initial Job: Octillion Communications, San Jose, CA.
Zaven Kalayjian, VLSEye: Optoelectronic Vision and Image Processing (Advisor: Professor Andreou), Ph.D. 2000, M.S.E. 1994. Initial Job: Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD.
William Kerwin, Space-Time Estimation of Left Ventricular Motion from Tagged Magnetic Resonance Images (Advisor: Professor Prince), Ph.D. 2000. Initial Job: Senior Fellow, Department of Radiology, University of Washington, WA.
Christopher Lichtenberg, Bistatic Radar Observations of the Moon Using Clementine Spacecraft and Deep Space Network (Advisor: Professor Westgate), M.S.E. 1994, Ph.D. 2000. Initial Job: Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC.
Mark Martin, Integrated Circuit Design Considerations for Spacecraft VLSI Implemented in Standard CMOS Process (Advisor: Professor Andreou), M.S.E. 1993, Ph.D. 2000. Initial Job: JHU Applied Physics Laboratory, MD.
John McDonough Jr., Speaker Compensation with All-Pass Transforms (Advisor: Professor Jelinek), Ph.D. 2000. Initial Job: University of Karlsruhe, Germany.
Nael Osman, Measuring Regional Cardiac Function Using Harmonic Phase Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Advisor: Professor Prince), M.S.E. 1998, Ph.D. 2000. Initial Job: Lecturer, ECE Dept., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
Dzung Pham, Statistical Estimation and Pattern Recognition Methods for Robust Segmentation of Magnetic Resonance Images (Advisor: Professor Prince), M.S.E 1996, Ph.D. 2000. Initial Job: Research Fellow, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD.
May 1999
Charles M. Cook III, Monolithic Transferred Electron Microwave Active Filters (Advisor: Professor Westgate), M.S.E.E. VPI 1977, Ph.D. 1999, Initial Job: Lockheed Martin, Baltimore, MD.
Robert T. Edwards, Time-Frequency Acoustic Processing and Recognition: Analysis and Analog VLSI Implementations, (Advisor: Professor Cauwenberghs) M.S.E.E. Stanford 1993, Ph.D. 1999, Initial Job: Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD.
Xiaoqiang Luo, Model Resolution and Generalizability in Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition (Advisor: Professor Jelinek) M.S.E. 1995, Ph.D. 1999, Initial Job: IBM Research, Yorktown Heights, NY.
Erich T. Schlecht, 60 and 94 GHS Quasi-optical Monolithic PHEMT Amplifiers (Advisor: Professor Westgate) M.S. UVA 1987, Ph.D. 1999, Initial Job: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.
Daniel J. Stilwell, Interpolation Methods for the Synthesis of Gain Scheduled Controllers (Advisor: Professor Rugh) M.S.E.E. VPI 1993, Ph.D. 1999, Initial Job: Assistant Professor, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.
May 1998
Kevin Baldwin, Investigation into the Use of Nonlinearities to Enhance Classical Interferometry and Particle Field Holography (Advisor: Professor Davidson) M.S.E. 1995, Ph.D. 1998. Initial Job: Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD.
Sandeep Gupta, Optical Flow Techniques for Cardiac Motion Estimation from Tagged MR Images (Advisor: Professor Prince) M.S.E. 1994, Ph.D. 1998. Initial Job: General Electric Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI.
Richard O’Brien, Robust Controller Design for Linear Time-Vary Systems (Advisor: Professor Iglesias) M.S.E. 1994, Ph.D. 1998. Initial Job: Assistant Professor, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.
Krishnamoorthy Sivakumar, Morphological Analysis Of Binary Random Fields (Advisor: Professor Goutsias) M.S.E. 1992, Ph.D. 1998. Initial Job: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Texas Center for Applied Technology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
Madhavi Subbarao, On Optimizing Performance in Mobile Packet Radio Networks (Advisor: Professor Hughes) M.S.E. 1993, Ph.D. 1998. Initial Job: National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD.
Hualin Tan, Infinite Horizon Nonlinear Optimal Control and Approximation (Advisor: Professor Rugh) M.S.E. East China University 1994, Ph.D. 1998. Initial Job: Rockwell Research Center, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Scott Wartenberg, High Power Microwave Device Characterization by Means of Pulsed Active Load-Pull Measurements M.S. PTE 1992, Ph.D. 1998 (Advisor: Professor Westgate). Initial Job: Hewlett Packard, Newark, CA.
May, 1997
James Carrig, Algorithm Design Methodologies for High Performance Computer Architectures (Advisor: Professor Meyer) M.S.E. 1991, Ph.D. 1997. Initial Job: Sony Corp., San Jose, CA.
Nagendra Kumar, Investigation of Silicon Auditory Models and Generalization of Linear Discriminant Analysis for Improved Speech Recognition (Advisor: Professor Andreou) M.S.E. 1991, Ph.D. 1997. Initial Job: Telogy Networks, Germantown, MD.
Seung Joon Lee, Study of Novel Electronic and Photonic Devices Based on Compound Semiconductor Heterostructures (Advisor: Professor Khurgin) M.S.E. 1991, Ph.D. 1997. Initial Job: Solectek, Inc., San Diego, CA.
Amjad Obeidat, The Modeling and Experimental Characterization of Optoelectronic devices, and The Study of Two-Photon Excitation in Biological Markers (Advisor: Professor Khurgin) M.S.E. 1993, Ph.D. 1997. Initial Job: National Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, CA.
Michael Pascale, Parallel Algorithm Synthesis for Message-Passing Distributed-Memory Architectures (Advisor: Professor Meyer) M.S.E. 1985 PTE, Ph.D. 1997. Initial Job: Northrop Grumman Corp., Baltimore, MD.
Marc Peters, Entropy for Time-Varying Systems (Advisor: Professor Iglesias) Ph.D. 1997. Started own company, FyMaZ, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
