Faculty
Kai Wu
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
E-mail: Kai.Wu@ttu.edu | Office: ECE 234 | Phone: 806.834.0778
Education:
PhD, University of Minnesota (2013 - 2017)
BS, Northwestern Polytechnical University (2009 - 2013)
Associate Editor of IEEE Sensors Journal
Editorial Board Member of ACS Applied Nano Materials | Sensors | Nanotechnology
Awards & Honors:
World's Top 2% Scientists (2022, 2023)
Senior Member, IEEE (2023 - Present)
Outstanding Faculty Mentor, TTU (2023)
Group Members
PhD Students
Electrical Engineering (Enrolled 2022 Fall)
E-mail: pyari@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
Embedded Systems; Sensors; Hardware Design; Magnetic Particle Imaging.
Awards:
Russell H. Seacat Scholarship (2022, 2023)
Edward E. Whitacre Jr. Distinguished Student Fellowship (2022)
BioMed Journal Club Best Student Presentation Award 3rd Place (2023)
ECE Outstanding Publication Award (2023)
Electrical Engineering (Enrolled 2024 Fall)
E-mail: eazizi@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
Machine Learning for Medical Image and Signal Processing; Magnetic particle imaging platform; Magnetic Particle Spectroscopy.
Awards:
Electrical Engineering (Enrolled 2023 Fall)
E-mail: barezaei@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
Synthesis, Characterization & Functionalization of Magnetic Nanoparticles; Magnetic Hyperthermia; Magnetization Dynamics.
Awards:
Russel H. Seacat Scholarship (2023)
TTU Distinguished Graduate Student Assistantship (DGSA, 2023)
BioMed Journal Club Best Student Presentation Award 2nd Place (2023)
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 Outstanding Publication Award (2023)
Seacat Endowment Scholarship (2024)
BioMed Journal Club Best Student Presentation Award 3rd Place (2024)
MS Students
Electrical Engineering (Expt 2025)
E-mail: serroju@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
Magnetic particle spectroscopy.
Undergraduate Students
Chemical Engineering (Expt 2025)
E-mail: haotowan@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
Synthesis of Magnetic Nanoparticles.
Awards:
TTU Honors College (2022)
Computer Science (Expt 2025)
E-mail: kanglin.xu@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
Machine Learning in Healthcare; Magnetic Nanoparticles.
Awards:
TTU Honors College (2022)
TrUE Undergraduate Project Funding Award (2023)
Grace Lasater Allensworth Scholarship (2023)
Computer Engineering (Expt 2025)
E-mail: Robert.Sherrick@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
Magnetic Particle Spectroscopy
High School Students
Kaitlyn Villarreal
Frenship High School
Research Topics:
Magnetic Biosensors.
External Collaborators
Dr. Jian-Ping Wang group, University of Minnesota
Dr. Maxim C. Cheeran group, University of Minnesota
Dr. Alena Talkachova group, University of Minnesota
Dr. Jenifer Gomez Pastora group, Texas Tech University
Dr. Jiajia Sun group, Xi'an Jiaotong University
Dr. Zongqian Shi group, Xi'an Jiaotong University
Dr. Jeffrey J Chalmers group, Ohio State University
Group Alumni
M.S. Students:
Naga V.R.K. Veerla, EE, 09/2022-05/2023 (first job: DST Engineers)
Undergraduate Students:
Sean Sanders, ChemE, 09/2022-05/2023 (first job: Southwest Research Institute)
Nana Mprah, ChemE, 09/2022-12/2022
Helene Deng, CE, Tech Intrapreneurship Program, 09/2022-12/2022