Hongyu An

Director, BrainX Lab

Hongyu An is an assistant professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan Technological University. He acquired his doctoral degree from Virginia Tech, master's degree from Missouri University of Science and Technology, and bachelor's degree from Shenyang University of Technology, all in electrical engineering. At Virginia Tech, He was in MICS group and mentored by Prof. Yang (Cindy) Yi studying neuromorphic systems, integrated circuits (ICs), and memristors. Hongyu An is the recipient of numerous awards, including Bill and LaRue Blackwell Dissertation Award, NSF CISE Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) Award, NSF Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) Award, United States Air Force Visiting Faculty Research Program (VFRP) Fellowship, and more.

Research Interests

Neuromorphic Computing
Neuromorphic Electronic Circuit Design for Artificial Intelligence
AI Hardware
AI for Human Health and Medical Devices
Neuromorphic neural prostheses
Neuromorphic Embodied AI
AI for Robotics

Contact

Email: hongyua@mtu.edu
Office phone: 906-487-3382
Office: EERC 710

Yan Zhang

Co-Director, BrainX Lab

Yan Zhang is a research assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Michigan Technological University. She received her bachelor’s in pharmacy from West China Medical Center at Sichuan University and a master’s degree in Pharmacology from Peking Union Medical College in China. She received a Ph.D. degree in Pharmacology and Toxicology from University of Missouri-Kansas City. She worked at the Jared Grantham Kidney Institute at Kansas University Medical Center as a postdoctoral researcher. She received the Postdoctoral Fellowship Award from the Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Foundation.

Research Interests

Inflammation
Dysregulated cellular signaling pathways in renal diseases
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Neuroscience

Contact

Email: yzhang49@mtu.edu
Office phone: 913-588-3811
Office: Dow 722

Graduate Students

Tianze Liu is a Ph.D. student in the ECE department at Michigan Tech under the supervision of Dr. Hongyu An. In December 2023, he received his MS degree in Computer Engineering from Northwestern University.

Research Interests: Neuromorphic Computing, Robotics, Embedded Systems, IoTs, Multi-agent systems

Email: tianzel@mtu.edu

Md Akhtaruzzaman is a PhD student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering

(ECE) department at Michigan Technological University, where he joined the Brain

Inspired and AI Lab in August 2024 under the guidance of Dr. Hongyu An. He earned

his MS in Material Science and Engineering from POSTECH, South Korea, in 2024,

and completed his BS in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Southeast

University in 2019.

Research Interests: Neuromorphic Computing, Energy Efficient Neuromorphic

Circuit Design, VLSI, Neuromorphic Neuroprosthetics.

Email: makhtaru@mtu.edu

Undergraduate Students

Liam McGovern is an undergraduate student pursuing a Robotics Engineering Bachelor's Degree in the Michigan Technological University Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He is also pursuing a minor in Computer Science and Military Science.

Research Interests: Neuromorphic Computing, Artificial Intelligence in robotics, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Robotics.

Email: lcmcgove@mtu.edu

Lucas Haddad is an undergraduate student pursuing a Robotics Engineering Bachelor's Degree in the Michigan Technological University Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.

Research Interests: Neuromorphic Computing, Bio-Inspired Robotics, Spatial Cognition in Robotics.

Email: lghaddad@mtu.edu

Volunteers

Vinay Kumar Pillalamarri is a graduate student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan Technological University. He completed his thesis on "Implementing Associative Learning in a Neuromorphic Robot" under the guidance of Dr. Hongyu An. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from India. He worked as an Embedded Hardware Intern at Deepfacts Private Limited, an IIIT-based startup focused on AI Diagnostic Labs.

Research Interests: Embedded Systems, Neuromorphic Robotic Systems, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and IoT.

Email: vpillala@mtu.edu

Alumni

Noah Zins is a graduate student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and Michigan Tech. In May 2021, he received a BS in Computer Engineering with a minor in Mathematical Sciences from Michigan Tech.

Research Interests: Neuromorphic Computing, Signal and Image Processing, Processor Architectures, Robotics, and Embedded Systems.

Email: nwzins@mtu.edu

Md Abu Bakr Siddique is pursuing his graduate studies in the department of ECE at Michigan Tech under the supervision of Dr. Hongyu An. Before joining as a graduate student at MTU, he held a research assistant position at the University of Arkansas. He worked as a full-time faculty member at IUBAT, Bangladesh. Mr. Siddique received his B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh.

Research Interests: Machine learning, Deep learning, Artificial intelligence, Neural network systems, Neuromorphic computing, Biomedical imaging, VLSI, embedded system, etc.

Email: msiddiq5@mtu.edu.

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