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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Highlights of Awards & Honors:
2026 Nanoscale Emerging Investigator
Stanford/Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientists (Applied Physics)
IEEE Senior Member
TechConnect Critical Technology Challenge Finalist
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 2026 Spring)
E-mail: eazizi@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
AI for Medical Image and Signal Processing; Magnetic Particle Imaging.
Awards:
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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)
​TTU Graduate Student Travel Fund (2025)
TTU Graduate Student Travel Fund (2026)
College of Engineering Graduate Student Travel Grant (2026)
Electrical Engineering (Enrolled 2026 Spring)
E-mail: mbehzadp@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
AI for Healthcare.
Awards:
TTU Distinguished Graduate Student Assistantship (DGSA, 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)
Undergraduate Students
Computer Science (Expt 2027)
E-mail: pbotre@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
AI for healthcare.
Awards:
TrUE Scholar
Computer Science (Expt 2025)
E-mail: aavasare@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
AI for healthcare.
Awards:
TrUE Scholar
Joyadittya Barno
High School Students
Hansong Zuo
Lubbock High School
Research Topics:
Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Biosensors. Magnetization Dynamics. AI for Healthcare.
Group Alumni
M.S. Students:
Mohammad Al Amin, ECE, 01/2025-08/2025
Jaiden Hart, ECE, 01/2025-07/2025
Shivakrishna Erroju, ECE, 03/2024-08/2024
Naga V.R.K. Veerla, ECE, 09/2022-05/2023
Parsa Yari, ECE, 09/2022 - 02/2024
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Undergraduate Students:
Shayan Saud, CS, 08/2025-12/2025
Shiv Patel, Biochem, 09/2025-12/2025
Tanveer Siddharth Inamdar, CE, 08/2025-12/2025
Zainab Akano, ECE, 02/2025-12/2025
Alvin Hossain, CS, 01/2025-12/2025
Irkan Khan, ECE, 12/2024-08/2025
Anjali Aggarwal, CS, 05/2025-08/2025
Jagrati Kumari, CE, 05/2025-08/2025
Jackson Blackmon, ECE, 09/2024-12/2024
Thao Nguyen, CS, 05/2024-12/2024
Robert Sherrick, ECE, 09/2023-05/2024
Sean Sanders, ChE, 09/2022-05/2023
Kanglin Xu, CS, 09/2022-06/2025
Haotong Wang, ChE, 09/2022-12/2024
Nana Mprah, ChE, 09/2022-12/2022
Helene Deng, CE, Tech Intrapreneurship Program, 09/2022-12/2022
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High School Students:
Nitin Janath, 06/2024-08/2025
Sahil Hora, 06/2023 - 08/2023
Kaitlyn Villarreal, 06/2023 - 08/2023