Dr. Tzu-Hsuan (Kevin) Hsu
Research Associate
Acoustic microsystems

Jack Kramer
PhD Candidate
Sub-THz resonators
Best Student Paper Award, IEEE ICMAM 2022;
Best Student Paper Award, IEEE IFCS 2023;
UT Graduate Ben Streetman Award 2023;
UT Continuing Fellow 2025;
Texas Quantum Institute Fellow 2025.

Vakhtang (Vato) Chulukhadze
PhD Candidate
Transducers and PMUTs
UT Graduate Ben Streetman Award 2024;
Best Poster Award, Hilton Head 2024.

Joshua Campbell
PhD Student
SAW devices
DoD NDSEG Fellow 2024

Ian Anderson
PhD Student
Nonlinear acoustic devices
NASA NSTGRO Fellow 2024

Ziqian (Hanson) Yao
PhD Student
Piezoelectric power resonators
UT Mentoring Fellow 2024

Taran Anusorn
M.S. Student
Acoustic filters
Anandamahidol Foundation Fellow 2024

Byeongjin Kim
M.S. Student
ScAlN resonators and stress
Military Scholarship

Vivek Tallavajhula
M.S. Student
Infrared detectors and quantum transduction
JPL Summer Intern 2025
Texas ECE Top Teaching Assistant 2025

Yuchen Ma
M.S. Student
ScAlN films and piezoelectric devices

Jiajun Huang
M.S. Student
Nanofabrication and miniature devices

Quan Vo
Undergraduate Research Assistant
UT ECE B.S. Student

Gautham Ramanarayanan
Undergraduate Research Assistant
UT ECE B.S. Student
ECE Next REU 2025

Jayanth Pandit
Undergraduate Research Assistant
UT ECE B.S. Student

Rishit Arora
Undergraduate Research Assistant
UT ECE B.S. Student

Kristi Nguyen
Graduate Research Assistant, 2021–2023
UT ECE M.S.
UT Mentoring Fellow 2021;
Best Student Paper Award, IEEE IUS 2022;
Texas ECE Graduate Achievement Award 2023.
RF Systems Design Engineer at CesiumAstro

Dr. Wen Zhao
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2023–2024
JSPS Fellow at National Institute for Materials Science, Japan

Yen-Wei Chang
Graduate Research Assistant, 2022–2024
UT ECE M.S.
Cellular RF Hardware Design Engineer at Apple

Dr. Yinan Wang
Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2024–2025
RF Engineer at Marvell Technology, Inc.

Dr. Sinwoo Cho
Graduate Research Assistant, 2021–2025
UT ECE PhD
Thesis: Thin-Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator and Filter toward Millimeter Wave
Student Competition Award, IEEE WMCS 2022;
Third Place Best Student Paper, IEEE IMS 2024;
MTT-S Graduate Fellow 2025.
Senior Device Engineer at SpaceX

Dr. Omar Barrera
Graduate Research Assistant, 2021–2025
UT ECE PhD
Thesis: Miniature Acoustic Wave Filters at Millimeter Wave
Cadence Diversity in Technology Scholarship 2022;
Second Place Best Paper Award, IEEE IMFW 2024;
UT Graduate Ben Streetman Award 2025.
R&D Integration Engineer at Broadcom

Dr. Harshvardhan Gupta
Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2025–2026
Microacoustic devices and sensing

Tianyi Zhang
Research Assistant, 2023–2024
PhD Student at EPFL

Naveed Ahmed
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2022–2025
UT ECE B.S.
Dean’s Prize Bonus Award 2025;
NSF GRFP Honorable Mention 2025.
PhD Student at Rice University

Mihir Chaudhari
Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2022–2025
UT ECE B.S.
MTT-S Undergraduate Scholarship 2025;
MTT-S Student Competition Third Place Award 2025;
ECE NEXT REU 2024.
PhD Student at UC Berkeley

Ayomefe Praise Akalamudo
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Undergraduate Student at Texas Southern University
ECE NEXT REU 2025

Julian Gutierrez
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Undergraduate Student at the University of Kansas
ECE NEXT REU 2025

Neinei Du
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Undergraduate Student at SUNY Stony Brook
UT MRC REU 2024

Puwit Pittayaprasertkul
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Undergraduate Student at Chulalongkorn University