Group Members
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor Becky (R. L.) Peterson
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science - Electrical and Computer Engineering Division
Department of Materials Science and Engineering (courtesy appointment)
Applied Physics Program (courtesy appointment)
Director of the Lurie Nanofabrication Facility
Office: EECS 2302
Phone: (734) 615-3105
email: blpeters AT umich DOT edu
Graduate Students
Ms. Tonglin (Tanya) L. Newsom, from Boise State University
ECE PhD candidate and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
Mr. Ahmad Matar Abed, from University of Puerto Rico at Humacao
MSE PhD candidate, Rackham Merit Fellow and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
Mr. Satyam Patel, from the Pennsylvania State University
ECE PhD pre-candidate, Rackham Merit Fellow
Ms. Huiyun Yang, from South China University of Technology (SCUT)
ECE M.S. student
Undergraduate Students
We are always looking for curious undergraduate students to join our group as research assistants. Interested students should email Prof. Peterson a resume and a paragraph describing why they are interested in working in the group.
Your name could be here!
PhD and Post-Doc Alumni
Dr. Baran Demir
Defended his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering in April 2023.
Dr. Kishwar Mashooq
Defended his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering in April 2023. Now working at Azimuth Corporation
Dr. Jaesung Jo
Defended his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering in December 2022. Now working at Intel Corporation
Dr. Ming-Hsun Lee
Defended his PhD in December 2021. Now working at Intel Corporation
Dr. Hannah N. Masten
Defended her PhD in in Electrical and Computer Engineering in November 2021. Now working as a National Research Council (NRC) post-doctoral research associate at the Naval Research Laboatory in Washington, DC
Dr. Christopher Allemang
Defended his PhD in in Electrical and Computer Engineering in April 2021. Now working as Staff Scientist at Sandia National Laboratories in Alburquerque, New Mexico
Dr. Alana Hyland
Post-Doctoral Fellow 2018-2019, now working at Rakon, in Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand
Dr. Youngbae Son
Defended his PhD in in Electrical and Computer Engineering in March 2019, now working at Apple in Cupertino, California
Dr. Wenbing Hu
Defended his PhD in in Electrical Engineering in June 2016, now working at Apple in Cupertino, California.
Undergraduate and M.S. Alumni
Oliver Bartz
M-SHORE (Michigan Semiconductor Hands-On Research Experience) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site program, 2023
Currently a student at Purdue University-Fort Wayne
Abedelghany Abouelnagga
Intel Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, 2023
Currently a student at Bucknell University
Mr. Daniel Li
Summer Undergraduate Researcher (SURE program), 2022
University of Michigan, B.S.E. Electrical Engineering 2022
Currently a student at University of Michigan, M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bao Vo
Summer Undergraduate Researcher (SURE program), 2022
Currently a student at University of Michigan, B.S.E. Materials Science & Engineering
Mr. Matthew Lamb
Undergraduate Research Assistant 2020-2021
University of Michigan, B.S.E. Electrical Engineering and B.M. Violin Performance 2021
Currently an M.S. student in ECE at University of Michigan
Mr. Saaketh Medepalli
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2020
Currently a student at University of Michigan, B.S.E. Electrical Engineering
Ms. Aayushi Katri
Research Associate 2019-2020
University of Michigan MSE M.S. 2020
Ms. Zumrad Kabilova
Research Associate 2016-2019
University of Michigan ECE M.S. 2018
Currently at Micron Technology
Ms. Tonglin (Tanya) Lu, Boise State University
2019 SROP Summer Research Opportunity Program Participant
Currently a PhD student in ECE at University of Michigan in PetersonLab
Mr. Shantam Ravan, University of Michigan
2018 SURE Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering
2018-2019 Undergraduate Researcher
Currently a PhD student in Physics at University of Maryland
Mr. Rodrigo Cuba, University of Michigan
2017 SURE Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering
2017-2018 Undergraduate Researcher
Mr. Abhishek Kumar, University of Michigan
2017 SURE Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering
Earned MS in Computer Engineering at University of Michigan
Now working at Optiver
Mr. Alex Liao
EE Master's Research Assistant
Earned M.Eng. at University of Michigan
Now working at Sandia National Laboratories
Mr. Chengpei Xi, University of Michigan
2016 SURE Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering
2016-2017, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Earned Masters in EE at University of Michigan
Now working at Google
Ms. Anuhya Emmandi, University of Texas - Dallas
2016 Summer Undergraduate Research Assistant
Now working at Oliver Wyman
Mr. Vishal Subrahmanyam, University of Michigan
2016 SURE Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering
Mr. Jason VandenBerg, University of Michigan
2016 SURE Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering
Now working at industrialEnet
Ms. Dora Li, University of Michigan
2016 Winter Term, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Earned MS in ECE at University of Michigan
Now working at NVIDIA
Mr. Chun-Li Lo
Graduate Student Researcher
Earned a PhD at Purdue University
Now working at Intel
Mr. Shuvro Guha, University of Michigan
2015 SURE Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering
Now working at Facebook
Mr. Brad Frost, University of Michigan
2013 SURE Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering
2013-2014 Undergraduate Research Assistant
Now at Squarespace, NYC
Mr. Yunkai Zhao, University of Michigan
2014 SURE Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering
2014-2015 Undergraduate Research Assistant
Earned MS in EE at University of Michigan
Now working at Apple
Mr. Jiabo Li, University of Michigan
2013-2015 Undergraduate Research Assistant
Earned MS in EE at University of Michigan
Now working at Intel
Mr. Daniel Herrera, University of Michigan
EE M.S. Student, 2013-2014
Earned PhD in ECE from Virginia Tech
Currently a post-doctoral research associate at Virginia Tech University
Ms. Julie Miller, Pennsylvania State University
2014 NNIN REU
Earned MS in Chemical Engineering from UCLA
Now working at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mr. Andinet Desalegn, University of Maryland
2013 NNIN REU
Now working at Texas Instruments
Mr. Mykola (Kolya) Kravchenko, University of Michigan
2012 SURE Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering
Earned MS in EE:Systems and University of Michigan
Now working at UTC Aerospace Systems
Ms. Ashley Truxal, Temple University
2012 NNIN REU
Earned PhD at University of California - Berkeley in Physical Chemistry
Now working at Magnetic Insight, Inc.
Mr. Anand Bahl, University of Michigan
2011-2012 Undergraduate Research Assistant
Earned a PhD at University of Arizona in Optics/Optical Sciences
Now working at Skyloom Global Corp.
Ms. Isabel Bonachera Martin, University of Michigan
2010-2011 Undergraduate Research Assistant
Earned a Master's degree at the Dept. of Physics, University of Cambridge, UK
Now working in Quantum Technologies at the UK Government's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Mr. Carlos Biaou, Prince George's Community College
2011 NNIN REU
Earned a PhD in Applied Science and Technology at the University of California - Berkeley. NSF Graduate Research Fellow Recipient.
Now at GAF Energy