People

Dr. Tolga Kaya

Dr. Tolga Kaya is the Principal Investigator of the Kaya Sensors Lab. He is currently a Professor and Director of Engineering programs at Sacred Heart University's School of Computer Science and Engineering. He worked as an Assistant and Associate Professor at Central Michigan University's School of Engineering and Technology from 2010-2017. Before his post-doctoral research at Yale University (2007-2010), Dr. Kaya was in Turkey where he finished his B.S. (1999), M.S. (2002), and Ph.D. (2007) degrees in Electronics Engineering at Istanbul Technical University.

His research is in the physiological monitoring systems particularly focusing on wearable, real-time hydration devices. His research includes the modeling and building the sensors and developing the wireless communication platforms. Dr. Kaya is currently working on sports data analytics as an extension to his involvement with collegiate athletics.

Dr. Kaya is married and has two children. He is a triathlete and an ex-semi-professional musician.

Srishti Sharma

Ms. Srishti is a PhD student working remotely from Ahmedabad University on the sports analytics project with Prof. Kaya.