Meet the Team

Our team is made up of both faculty and students at Western Michigan 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.
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Dr. Massood Atashbar
Director
Printed electronics and flexible hybrid electronics
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Dr. Paul D. Fleming III
Professor Emeritus Chemical and Paper Engineering
Printed electronics, surface chemistry, and digital printing
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Dr. Dinesh Maddipatla
Research Associate
Flexible hybrid electronics, physical and chemical sensors, printed electronics, and wearable biosensors
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Dr. Simin Masihi
Assistant Professor
Smart sensors and structures, wearable biosensors, physiological signal processing, flexible hybrid electronics, antenna and propagation, RF circuits and systems
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Dr. Daryl Lawson
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
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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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Sajjad Hajian
Ph.D. Student
Flexible sensors, nanomaterials, wearable electronics, printed electronics, and machine learning
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Valliammai Palaniappan
Teaching and Research Assistant, Ph.D. Student
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. Student
Wearable biosensors, machine learning and physiological signal processing
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Sam Ali
Ph.D. Student
Design, fabrication, and characterization of printed flexible and stretchable sensor structures, wearable sensors and TENG sensing systems
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Parinaz Eskandari
Teaching and Research Assistant, Ph.D. Student
Image and Signal processing; design, fabrication and implementation of flexible Microplasma devices for Microbiological applications
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Manoj Emani
Teaching & Research Assistant, Ph.D. Student
Printed electronics; fabricating, assembling & testing Li-ion batteries; and machine learning
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Soma Ahmadi
Ph.D. Candidate
Design and fabrication of flexible/rechargeable lithium-ion battery for fast charging application, high CMRR instrumentation amplifiers, and current mode circuits
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Ali Yadollahi
Research Assistant, Ph.D. Student
Design and Fabricate Sensors, Opto-electronics, Solar Cells, Printed Electronics and Semiconductor Devices
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Alimohammad Haji Adineh
Research Assistant, Ph.D. Student
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Gazelle Hajimazdarani
Research Assistant, Ph.D. Student
Biomedical Engineering, Bioelectric Engineering, RF and Microwave Active/Passive systems.
Senior Design Teams
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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
- Jose Ignacio Rodriguez-Labra, M.S.
- 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