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: IEEE Sensors Journal
Editorial Board Member: ACS Applied Nano Materials | Sensors
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 Award (2022)
Edward E. Whitacre Jr. Distinguished Student Fellowship (2022)
BioMed Journal Club Best Student Presentation Award 3rd Place (2023)
Russel H. Seacat Competitive Scholarship (2023)
ECE Outstanding Publication Award (2023)
Electrical Engineering (Enrolled 2023 Fall)
E-mail: barezaei@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
Synthesis, Characterization & Functionalization of Magnetic Nanoparticles; Magnetic Hyperthermia; Magnetization Dynamics.
Awards:
TTU Distinguished Graduate Student Assistantship (DGSA, 2023)
Electrical Engineering (Enrolled 2023 Fall)
E-mail: smostufa@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
Modeling of Plasmonic and Magnetic Biosensors; Magnetic Particle Imaging; Wearable Biosensors.
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)
High School Students
Kaitlyn Villarreal
Frenship High School
Research Topics:
Magnetic Biosensors.
External Collaborators
Dr. Jian-Ping Wang 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
Group Alumni
M.S. Students:
Naga V.R.K. Veerla, EE, 09/2022-05/2023
Undergraduate Students:
Sean Sanders, ChemE, 09/2022-05/2023 (Southwest Research Institute)
Nana Mprah, ChemE, 09/2022-12/2022
Helene Deng, CE, Tech Intrapreneurship Program, 09/2022-12/2022