Vakhtang (Vato) Chulukhadze

Graduate Research Assistant

Vakhtang (Vato) Chulukhadze is entering his third year as a M.S and Ph.D. student at the University of Texas at Austin electrical and computer engineering department. In May 2022, he received his B.S. degree from the University of Rochester in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Audio and Musical Engineering. Here, he pursued undergraduate research on medical ultrasound beamforming while also working on audio electronics and sound design. He then interned at McDSP as a digital signal processing engineer, working on real-time audio plug-ins.  As a graduate student at UT Austin, his research interests include acoustic microsystems for various applications like sensing and power conversion, as well as acoustic resonators for millimeter wave applications. He is currently interning at TI’s Kilby Labs as a systems engineer. 

He is the 2023 Dorothy and Jim Doyle Scholar, as well as an Elizabeth L. and Russell F. Hallberg Fellow. He receives the Hilton Head 2024 Best Student Poster Award.

Contact: vatoc at utexas.edu