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Our Team

our team AT SPACE BIOMEDICAL Engineering Laboratory

Hargsoon Yoon, Ph.D.
Professor
Director of Micron-NSU Nanofabrication Cleanroom
Space Biomedical Engineering Laboratory
Department of Engineering
Norfolk State University

Thong Chi Le, Ph.D.
Research Faculty, Program Managing Associate of The SCENE Program
Space Biomedical Engineering Laboratory
Department of Engineering
Norfolk State University

Min Hyuck Kim, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Space Biomedical Engineering Laboratory
Department of Physics
Norfolk State University

Students

Hoang Van Tran
Graduate Research Assistant
Major: Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. Program
Graduation Year: 2024
Internship: Liin Technologies Incorporated, Hampton, Virginia.
Brief description of internship job: Developing biomedical devices and electronic systems.

Kazon Harrigan​
Graduate Research Assistant
Major: Materials Science and Engineering, Ph.D. Program
Graduation Year: 2025

Shelita Hall
Graduate Research Assistant
Major: Materials Science and Engineering, PhD Program
Graduation Year: 2025
Project/Thesis Title: Modeling Analysis of Cognitive Impacts Induced by Extreme Space Environments 

Internship: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/ Langley Research Center and Glenn Research Center
Brief description of internship job: My internship at NASA has been a diverse experience from working with the Chief Technologist Office for data and project management to studying radiation simulation analysis for shielding and thermoelectric materials.

Alicia Gulledge
Graduate Research Assistant
Major: Electronics Engineering, Master Program
Graduation Year: 2022
Project/Thesis Title: Analysis and computational simulation development of the deep neural activity.

Internship: Selected Participant of The Materials Science and Bioengineering offered by the University of Missouri- Columbia Summer REU Program. SCENE 2020 Accelerated Nanotechnology Training for Undergraduate Students.
Brief Description of internship job: I was informed of various biomedical, nanotechnology, and material science education. Moreover, I designed an outline for the fabrication of an electrode.

Paula Fortuno
Graduate Research Assistant

Noelle Pierce
Undergraduate

Karissa Carter
Undergraduate

Ryan Chapman
Undergraduate

Alumni

Vu Huu Pham
Graduate Research Assistant
Major: Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master Program
Graduation Year: 2021
Project/Thesis Title: DSP-based System Design and Development of Electrical Impedance Tomography for Fast Neural Activity Imaging

Internship: Liin Technologies Incorporated, Hampton, Virginia
Brief description of internship job: Design and development of electronic devices and systems for biomedical and space application.

Maitreyee Vinayak Pharande
Graduate Research Assistant
Major: Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master Program
Graduation Year: 2021 
Project/Thesis Title: Signal Processing and Pattern Detection of Brain Signals Using Deep Learning techniques

Internship: Quality Engineer Intern, Keysight Technologies, Santa Clara, California
Brief description of internship job: Observing Cleanroom processes used for production of Semiconductor Products manufacturing supporting infrastructure products and ensuring quality is maintained during the production of the product by tracing data and performing analysis on it.

Charles Owusu-Ansah
Graduate Research Assistant
Major: Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master Program
Graduation Year: 2021 
Project/Thesis Title: Study and Development of Implantable Iridium Oxide Coated Nanowire Electrode for Electrical Impedance Tomography Imaging of The Brain

Internship: Micron Technology, Manassas, Virginia
Brief description of internship job: As a member of the DRAM Product engineering team, my responsibilities were assisting my mentor to test DRAM dies before and after encapsulation packaging, writing testing protocols by which Dies are graded into grade 1, grade 2 etc. I was in charge of investigating claims made by customers when they return dies under my mentor, to find out what wrong with them in order to adjust the testing protocols to catch future occurrence.

Aslam A. Khan
Major: Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master Program
Graduation Year: 2020
Project/Thesis Title: Cross Correlation Analysis of Local Field Potentials to Study Functional Networks in the Brain

Current Position: PhD in ECE at University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Nived Mukundan
Major: Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master Program
Graduation Year: 2020
Project/Thesis Title: System Integration of Electrical Impedance Tomography Using Data Acquisition System

Internship: Yield Enhancement Department, Micron Technology, Manassas, Virginia
Brief description of internship job: Performing analysis on the failing wafers; Analyzing the failing location using the recipe of the process; Performing the Electrical Failure Analysis (EFA) and Physical Failure Analysis (PFA)
Current Position: TSMC (Yield Enhancement Department) - Phoenix, Arizona

Obadiah K Koech
Major: Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master Program
Graduation Year: 2017
Project/Thesis Title: A Study of Nanomaterials and Device Design for Electrochemical and Optical Dopamine Sensing
Current Position: Process Engineer at Intel Corp, Hillsboro, Oregon.