Faculty
Kai Wu
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
E-mail: Kai.Wu@ttu.edu | Office: ECE 234 | Phone: 806.834.0778
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Education:
PhD, University of Minnesota (2013 - 2017)
BS, Northwestern Polytechnical University (2009 - 2013)
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Editor (Associate): IEEE Transactions on Magnetics | IEEE Sensors Journal
Editorial Board Member: ACS Applied Nano Materials | Sensors | Nanotechnology
Corporate Advisor: MagTection, LLC.
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Awards & Honors:
World's Top 2% Scientists in Applied Physics (2022, 2023)
Senior Member, IEEE (2023 - Present)
Outstanding Faculty Mentor, TTU (2023, 2025)
Most Influential Faculty Member, TTU (2025)
Group Members
PhD Students
Electrical Engineering (Enrolled 2023 Fall)
E-mail: barezaei@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
Synthesis, Characterization & Functionalization of Magnetic Nanoparticles; Magnetic Hyperthermia.
Awards:
Russel H. Seacat Scholarship (2023)
TTU Distinguished Graduate Student Assistantship (DGSA, 2023)
BioMed Journal Club Best Student Presentation Award 2nd Place (2023)
ECE Journal Publication Award (2024)
BioMed Journal Club Best Student Presentation Award 2nd Place (2025)
Electrical Engineering (Enrolled 2025 Fall)
E-mail: hanlwang@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
Magnetic Particle Imaging; Magnetic Particle Spectroscopy.​
Awards:
TTU Distinguished Graduate Student Assistantship (DGSA, 2025)
Electrical Engineering (Enrolled 2023 Fall)
E-mail: smostufa@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
Modeling of Plasmonic and Magnetic Biosensors; Magnetic Particle Imaging; Wearable Biosensors.
Awards:
Russel H. Seacat Scholarship (2023)
ECE Journal Publication Award (2024)
Seacat Endowment Scholarship (2024)
BioMed Journal Club Best Student Presentation Award 3rd Place (2024)
​Graduate Student Travel Fund (2025)
Electrical Engineering (Enrolled 2025 Fall)
E-mail: mbehzadp@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
AI for Healthcare.
Awards:
TTU Distinguished Graduate Student Assistantship (DGSA, 2025)
Electrical Engineering (Enrolled 2025 Summer)
E-mail: eazizi@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
AI for Medical Image and Signal Processing; Magnetic Particle Imaging.
Awards:
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MS Students
Electrical Engineering (Expt 2026)
E-mail: mohammad.amin@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
Surface Plasmon Resonance.​
Undergraduate Students
Electrical Engineering (Expt 2028)
E-mail: zakano@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
Biomedical System Circuit Design.
Awards:
Presidential Merit Scholarship(2024)
ECE departmental Scholarship(2024)
Computer Engineering (Expt 2028)
E-mail: jkumari@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
AI for healthcare.
Awards:
TrUE Scholar
Electrical Engineering (Expt 2026)
E-mail: irkkhan@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
Brain-Machine Interfaces.​​
Awards:
TrUE Scholar
Computer Science & Mathematics (Expt 2027)
E-mail: Alvin.Hossain@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
AI for Healthcare.
Awards:
Presidential Merit Scholarship (2023–2025)
Whitacre College of Engineering Scholarship (2025)
Red Raider Engineering Scholarship (2024)​
Computer Science (Expt 2027)
E-mail: pbotre@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
AI for healthcare.
Awards:
TrUE Scholar
High School Students
Group Alumni
M.S. Students:
Jaiden Hart, EE, 01/2025-07/2025
Shivakrishna Erroju, 03/2024-08/2024
Naga V.R.K. Veerla, EE, 09/2022-05/2023
Parsa Yari, EE, 09/2022 - 02/2024
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Undergraduate Students:
Jackson Blackmon, EE, 09/2024-12/2024
Thao Nguyen, CS, 05/2024-12/2024
Robert Sherrick, ECE, 09/2023-05/2024
Sean Sanders, ChemE, 09/2022-05/2023
Kanglin Xu, CS, 09/2022-06/2025
Haotong Wang, ChemE, 09/2022-12/2024
Nana Mprah, ChemE, 09/2022-12/2022
Helene Deng, CE, Tech Intrapreneurship Program, 09/2022-12/2022
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High School Students:
Nitin Janath, 06/2024-08/2024
Sahil Hora, 06/2023 - 08/2023
Kaitlyn Villarreal, 06/2023 - 08/2023