NYU Alumni

NYU Alumni

PhD Students

Dr. Taehoon Kim
Graduated: January 2015.

PhD Student (co-advised)

Research Focus:
Development of Implantable Real-time Seizure Detection and Data Compression Algorithms

Dr. Yen-Chia Chu
PhD Student (co-advised)

Research Focus:
High-Efficiency Wireless Transcutaneous Power Transmission

MS Students

Chinmay Nanda, M.Sc.
Graduated: January 2014.

MS Thesis Topic: Design of a low-power EEG monitoring Device

Research summary:
This project aims at developing a low-power and low-noise EEG data acquisition system, with a thesis focus on development of analog front-end and power supply for the device. Chinmay also works on other aspects of the hardware design such as selection of digital and RF components, and works with the software and the algorithm development team.

Luxiang ‘Kevin’ Yin, M.Sc.
Graduated: January 2014.

MS Thesis Topic: A low-power portable RTOS framework designed for micro-controller/processors

Research summary:
The aim of this project is to design a RTOS framework aware of power-optimizations at hardware and software specifically for medical applications.

Max Lei, M.Sc.
Graduated: January 2014.

MS Thesis Topic: ADC Optimization for Implantable Devices

Research summary:
We investigate circuit optimization techniques to reduce the area and power of SAR ADCs. We also investigate architecture level power-optimizations to optimize the power consumption of the SAR ADCs in implantable extracellular recording devices.

Zhendong ‘Eric’ Xu, M.Sc.
Graduated: May 2014.

MS Thesis Topic: Low-power Amplifier Arrays

Research summary:
There is a clear need on increasing the number of channels on implantable devices to improve their functionality and accuracy. However, this need should be carefully balanced against the power limitations of these devices. In this thesis, we are exploring design trade-offs for amplifier arrays to provide better scalability.

Amirali Abdolrashidi, M.Sc.
Graduated: May 2014.

MS Thesis Topic: Neural Signal Processing on Configurable Hardware for Spike Detection and Sorting

Ramon Colon, M.Sc.
Graduated: January 2014.

MS Project Topic: Development of wireless connectivity firmware over Bluetooth 4.0 for Low-Power Medical Devices

Chongyue Zhang, M.Sc.
Graduated: May 2014.

MS Project Topic: Low-power scheduler design

Jiangwei ‘Amy’ Niu, M.Sc.
Graduated: May 2014.

MS Project Topic: Design of Novel SAR Encoding Techniques and Testing of a Low-Power SAR ADC

Ariel Di Segni, M.Sc.
Graduated: January 2014.

MS Project Topic: FPGA-based networked data acquisition system for neural signal processing applications

Xueqing Liu
Graduated: May 2014.

Ken Chiang, M.Sc.
Graduated May 2013.

MS Thesis Topic: An Ultra-Low-Power Tracking ADC for Neural Recordings

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