Principal Investigator: Nasim Mohammadi Estakhri
Assistant Professor of Engineering, Chapman University
email: estakhri [at] chapman [dot] edu LinkedIn, Google Scholar, Researchgate, Twitter
2020-current Assistant Professor, Chapman University
2016-2020 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania [with Nader Engheta]
2016 Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin [with Andrea Alu]
2011 Master and Bachelor of Science, University of Tehran
Ponthea Zahraii
Research Associate, former MSc Graduate Researcher
Outstanding award in MS EECS, Program Honors
David Giani
Research Associate
Program Honors
Anjali Chandra
MSc Gradute Researcher
Northrop Grumman
Luca Mukai
Undergraduate Researcher
Noslen Cruz-Muniz
Undergraduate Researcher
Farzana Chowdhury
Undergraduate Researcher
Topher Detmering
Undergraduate Researcher
Gabe Hillard
Undergraduate Researcher
Selected Alumni
Luke Valerio, Undergraduate Researcher EE
Provost List, Dean's List, Program Honors
Next: Graduate student at University of Washington
Michael Cheng, Undergraduate Researcher EE
Dean's List, Program Honors
Next: Associate Electrical Engineer at Arnold Magnetics Corporation; Electrical Engineer at Auriga Space
Saman Kashanchi, MSc Graduate Researcher CS, Research Specialist
Next: Data Scientist at Jetro Restaurant Depot; Data Scientist at Home Organizers; Applied Machine Learning Engineer at Moon
Azadeh Badr, Postdoctoral Researcher
Next: Assistant Professor of EE at South Dakota School of Mines
Sophie Pelton, Undergraduate Researcher, CE/ Psychology
Provost List, Dean's List, Program Honors, Outstanding Senior in Computer Engineering
Next: Graduate student at Duke University
Tyler Woo, Undergraduate Researcher, EE/Economics
Next: Engineer I at Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
Alex Vallone, Undergraduate Researcher, CS/CE/Math/Game Dev
Provost List, Program Honors, Outstanding Senior in Computer Science
Next: Software Engineer at Microsoft , Software Engineer II at Microsoft
Trey Alexander, Undergraduate Researcher, CE/Game Dev
Provost List, Dean's List, Program Honors
Next: Graduate student at Chapman University
Sergio Torres, Undergraduate Researcher, EE
Dean's List, SURF Fellow
Next: Failure Analysis Engineer; Graduate student at Chapman University
Nicholas Mirchandani, Undergraduate Researcher, CS/CE/Game Dev
Provost List
Next: SpaceX
Andrew Wells, Undergraduate Researcher, CE/Game Dev
Provost List
Next: Chapman University, AeroVironment
Gabriela Pinto, Undergraduate Researcher, CS/CE,
2021 NSF REU in LS&T, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Provost's List
Next: Full-time product development engineer intern @ Intel, Graduate Researcher/Instructor @ Chapman, PhD student at USC
High School Research Rotation:
Ethan Bravo - Simon Scholar Program, 2024
Stephen Lopez - Simon Scholar Program, 2024
Avery Williams -Simon Scholar Program, 2024