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)
​​
Editor (Associate): IEEE Transactions on Magnetics | IEEE Sensors Journal
Editorial Board Member: ACS Applied Nano Materials | Sensors | Nanotechnology
Corporate Advisor: MagTection, LLC.
​
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 2026 Spring)
E-mail: eazizi@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
AI for Medical Image and Signal Processing; Magnetic Particle Imaging.
Awards:
​

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 2025)
E-mail: aavasare@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
AI for healthcare.
Awards:
TrUE Scholar

Computer Engineering (Expt 2027)
E-mail: tinamdar@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
Magnetic particle imaging.
Awards:
Presidential Merit Scholarship (2023)
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)​

Biochemistry (Expt 2026)
E-mail: pat58234@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
Magnetic Nanoparticles and Applications.
Awards:
TrUE Scholar
TTU Craig Chemistry AS Scholarship
Hulda W. Marshall Chemistry Endowed Scholarship
Alpha Lambda Delta

Electrical Engineering (Expt 2028)
E-mail: zakano@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
Biomedical System Circuit Design.
Awards:
Presidential Merit Scholarship (2024)
ECE departmental Scholarship (2024)
TrUE Scholar
Computer Science (Expt 2027)
E-mail: pbotre@ttu.edu
Research Topics:
AI for healthcare.
Awards:
TrUE Scholar
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
​​​
Undergraduate Students:
Shayan Saud, CS, 08/2025-12/2025
Joyadittya Barno, CS, 02/2025-08/2025
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
​
High School Students:
Nitin Janath, 06/2024-08/2025
Sahil Hora, 06/2023 - 08/2023
Kaitlyn Villarreal, 06/2023 - 08/2023

