People
Principal Investigator
Dr. Mahsa Ranji
PhD Electrical Engineering Associate Professor Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science 777 Glades Road, EE 315 Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991 Phone: 561-297-0089 E-mail: mranji@fau.edu Mahsa Ranji received a PhD degree in 2007 in Electrical Engineering from University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) for her studies on fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging of cardiovascular diseases. She then joined Sanford Burnham Institute for Medical Research/UCSD bioengineering as a postdoctoral associate in January 2008 where she has studied stem cell differentiation for cardiac repair. She was at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Department of Electrical Engineering from 2009 to 2020 before joining FAU CEECS/ISENSE in August 2020. Dr. Ranji closely collaborates with medical school scientists. |
Team
Parisa Nategh Parisa Nategh received her M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics from the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, in 2020 and her B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Khajeh Nasir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2017. She worked as a graduate researcher on a new way of designing and fabricating an active microfluidic system with application in biomedical engineering. She designed and implemented an RGB detector using Raspberry Pi 4, its camera, and OpenCV Library in Python to recognize a wide array of chemicals in blood and other fluids. She spent her bachelor's period learning about Neural System's physiology and Brain Imaging techniques, including EEG, and continued to do her project on designing and Implementing an 8-channel EEG (Brain-Computer Interface). Her research interests include biomedical imaging, biological image and signal processing, and biomedical instrumentation.
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Mehrnoosh Neghabi Mehrnoosh received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran in 2015 and 2018. She was a researcher at Isfahan Neuro Technology Laboratory from 2015 to 2018. She also worked as a research expert at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences between 2018 and 2020. In her master thesis, she focused on feature extraction algorithms in SSVEP-based BCI systems. Her research interests include biological image processing, biological signal processing, brain-computer interfaces, pattern recognition, and biomedical instrumentation. |
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Torey Lundy
In 2022, Torey earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with a focus on Biochemistry from our very own Florida Atlantic University. He possesses a profound understanding of the medical field and its current issues, acquired through diverse experiences. He has assisted at a pharmacy, engaged in physician shadowing at a clinic, and served as a case manager for a medical flight company, facilitating transportation for medically compromised patients unsuitable for commercial flights. Torey’s research interests comprise of stem cells, gene therapy, the creation of therapeutics for various diseases and the development of innovative technologies and tools aimed at enhancing quality of life. |
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Alumni
Buse Nur Ceyhan |
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Shalaka Konjalwar |
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Soudeh Mostaghimi |
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Shima Mehrvar, PhD
PhD in Electrical Engineering Jan 2016-May 2020 |
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Mette F La Cour, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar in Electrical Engineering Fall 2015-2017 |
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Parvathi Kadamati
MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering Spring 2016-2017 |
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Zahra Gahnian
PhD in Electrical Engineering Fall 2011-January 2017 Current Position: Works at FDA, Washington DC Email: zahra.gahnian@gmail.com |
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Jeffrey Sugar
MS in Electrical Engineering Fall 2013-Spring 2016 Current Position: Works at Philips, Waukesha, WI Email: jjsugar19.9.8@gmail.com |
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Guanchu Chen
BS/MS Student in Electrical Engineering Spring 2015-Summer 2016 Current Position: Student |
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Michael Shlomo Ish-Shalom
BS in Electrical Engineering Spring 2015-Spring 2016 Current Position: Works at RF Technologies, Milwaukee, WI |
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Stephanie Leigh Bolin
MS in Biomedical Engineering Spring 2015-Fall 2015 |
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Fahimeh Salehpour
MS in Electrical Engineering Sept 2013-May 2015 Current Position: Principal Scientist at Medici Technologies |
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Erfan Masoudi
MS in Electrical Engineering Winter 2012-August 2014 Current Position: Design Engineer at ABL Technologies |
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Whitney Linz
MS in Electrical Engineering Winter 2013-August 2014 |
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Reyhaneh Sepehr
PhD in Electrical Engineering September 2010-May 2014 |
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Kevin Staniszewski
MS in Electrical Engineering March 2010-April 2013 Current Position: Software Engineer, Prairie Technologies, Milwaukee, WI |
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Sepideh Maleki
MS in Electrical Engineering May 2010-March 2013 Current Position: Test Engineer, Fenwal Inc., Lake Zurich, IL |
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Gregory Michalak, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar Electrical Engineering Department 2010-2013 Current Position: Collaboration Manager, Siemens, Minneapolis MN |
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Mark Jacobs
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Laura Michelle Bersie
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Matthew Hying
BS in Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Department 2010-2011 |
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Robert Williams
BS in Electrical Engineering 2010-2011 |