People

Keigo Hirakawa - Principal Investigator

Keigo Hirakawa is a Professor, the Bernhard Schmidt Endowed Chair, and the Undergraduate Program Director of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Dayton. Prior to joining UD in 2010, he was with Harvard University as a Research Associate of Department of Statistics and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He simultaneously earned Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University and M.M. in Jazz Performance from New England Conservatory of Music. He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University. Previously, he was with HP/Agilent Technologies’ camera division as an ASIC engineer.

Prof. Hirakawa has published in the literature of engineering, computer science, and statistics. His research focuses on algorithmic development for image processing, computer vision, and sensors. He is best known for his expertise in digital camera designs, and his contributions span color science, estimation theory, statistical modeling, and wavelet theory.

He has received a number of recognitions, including a paper award from IEEE and keynote speeches at IS&T EI, IS&T CGIV, PCSJ-IMPS, and CSAJ, and IAPR CCIW. He has strong track record of collaborating with industry partners. He has served as an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and SPIE/IS&T Journal of Electronic Imaging. He served on the organization committees of IEEE ICIP 2012 and IEEE ICASSP 2017 and has been a member of IEEE SPS IVMSP and IEEE SPS CI technical committees.

Kettering Laboratory, Dayton, OH. 937-229-3100. khirakawa1 {at} udayton.edu.

Postdoc

Hamed Elwarfalli

Hamed Elwarfalli graduated with a M.S. and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton in 2018 and 2023, respectively.

PhD Students

Matthew Howard

Matthew Howard received his M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Dayton in 2017. He obtained a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware in 2015. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D in Electrical Engineering at the University of Dayton.

Zhiyang Zhang

Zhiyang Zhang received his M.S. in Financial Mathematics and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Dayton in 2015 and 2020, respectively. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Dayton.

Achour Idoughi

Achour Idoughi graduated with B.E. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and M.S. in Control Engineering at Institut de Génie Electrique et Electronique in 2014 and 2016 respectively. He also received M.S. in Human Machine Systems Engineering at Université de Lorraine in 2020. He is a Fulbright Scholar and is currently pursuing his M.S. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Dayton.

Mitchell Grose

Mitchell Grose received his M.S. in Electro Optics and Photonics from the University of Dayton in 2021. He obtained a B.S. in Physics from Ohio State University in 2018.

Ryan Jones

Ryan Jones graduated with B.S. and M.S. in Computer Engineering at the University of Dayton in 2023 and 2024, respectively. He is currently pursuing PhD at the University of Dayton.

Gretchen Bou

Gretchen Bou received her B.S. and M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Dayton in 2022 and 2024, respectively. She is currently pursuing PhD in Electrical Engineering at the University of Dayton.

Adam Dulay

Adam Dulay graduated with a B.S. in both Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Dayton in 2024, and M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 2025 respectively. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Dayton.

Masters Students

Undergraduate Students

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