Presenter

David Hahn

Graduate Student Researcher
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Rayne Zheng (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2026 (Anticipated)

David Hahn is currently pursuing a PhD program in Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley. Prior to joining UC Berkeley, he was a Mechanical Design Engineer at OFS (Optical Fiber Solutions) FITEL in Atlanta, GA. He received BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech.

Seung-Rok Kim

Postdoctoral Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Ali Javey (Advisor)

Seung-Rok Kim is a postdoctoral research associate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, a postdoctoral researcher at Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC), and a research affiliate in the Materials Science Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory with a joint appointment. He received a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Yonsei University in 2021, and was a postdoctoral research associate and research professor at Yonsei University in 2021 and 2023. Seung-Rok Kim then joined Javey...

Xintian Liu

Graduate Student Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Clark T.-C. Nguyen (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2026 (Anticipated)

Xintian received her B.Eng. in Microelectronic Science and Technology from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China(UESTC). She is currently pursuing a PhD in MEMS under the supervision of Prof. Clark Nguyen.

Spring 24 Research Review Presenter

Yaprak Ozbakir

Postdoctoral Researcher
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor Roya Maboudian (Advisor)
PostDoc 2022 to present

Arkadev Roy

Postdoctoral Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Ming C. Wu (Advisor)

Arkadev Roy obtained his Ph.D. Degree in electrical engineering from California Institute of Technology in 2023. He completed his BTech degree in Electronic and Electrical communication engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2018. Currently, he is a postdoc scholar at UC Berkeley and his work focuses on opto-electro-mechanical systems and heterogeneous integration.

BSAC Spring 2024 Research Review Presenter

Megan Teng

Graduate Student Researcher
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Liwei Lin (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2027 (Anticipated)

Ya-Chen (Justine) Tsai

Graduate Student Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Jun-Chau Chien (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2029 (Anticipated)

Ya-Chen (Justine) Tsai is now a second year PhD student in EECS Department, UC Berkeley. She received her B.S. in National Taiwan University, Department of Electrical Engineering in 2023. Her research interest focuses on CMOS-based microsystems for biosensing, especially the application catered to electrochemical aptamer-based sensing.

BSAC Spring 2024 Research Review Presenter

Kerry Yu

Graduate Student Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Alp Sipahigil (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2029 (Anticipated)

Kerry Yu is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at UC Berkeley, advised by Prof. Alp Sipahigil. He earned his M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UCLA and High Honors B.Sc. in EECS from UC Berkeley. His current research focuses on the intersection between microwave and phononic engineering to mitigate the decoherence of superconducting qubits. Kerry is also a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

Titan Yuan

Graduate Student Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Kristofer S.J. Pister (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2027 (Anticipated)

Titan received his B.S. and M.S. in EECS from UC Berkeley in 2019 and 2020, respectively, advised by Prof. Kris Pister. After graduating, he spent two years in industry working on radar embedded software and signal processing for autonomous vehicles. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in EECS, also advised by Prof. Kris Pister, with an interest in wireless sensor networks, RFICs, and RF/wireless sensing.