Researcher

Yichen Liu

Graduate Student Researcher

Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Professor Kristofer S.J. Pister (Advisor)

Ph.D. 2027 (Anticipated)

First-year Ph.D. student in EECS at UC Berkeley Concentration in MEMS The current project on locomotion controller design on micro-walker through reinforcement learning

BSAC Spring 2023 Research Review Presenter

BSAC Spring 2024 Research Review Presenter

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Daniel Lovell

Graduate Student Researcher

Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Professor Kristofer S.J. Pister (Advisor)

Ph.D. 2028 (Anticipated)

Daniel Lovell attended the University of North Georgia and the U.S. Naval Academy before a hiatus to pursue research in industry. During this time, he worked on software and systems for optoelectronics, and developed new applications for optical MEMS in programmable light systems, MEMS mirror-based lidar, robot vision, and human-robot-interaction.

Daniel received his B.A. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley in 2022. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in EECS there, with a focus on integrated circuit design.

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Haotian Lu

Graduate Student Researcher

Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering

Professor Rayne Zheng (Advisor)

Ph.D. 2026 (Anticipated)

Haotian Lu is a Ph.D. student majoring in Mechanical Engineering. His research focuses on applying and advancing piezoelectric material 3D printing techniques, leveraging the properties of piezoelectric materials to innovate in acoustic physics and tactile sensing applications.

BSAC Spring 2024 Research Review Presenter

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Nikita Lukhanin

Graduate Student Researcher

Mechanical Engineering

Professor Liwei Lin (Advisor)

Ph.D. 2028 (Anticipated)

Nikita Lukhanin is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in MEMS at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to this, he obtained a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois as well as an A.S. in Engineering Science from College of DuPage.

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Sarika Madhvapathy

Graduate Student Researcher

Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

Professor Jun-Chau Chien (Advisor)

Ph.D. 2026 (Anticipated)

Sarika received her B.S. from UC Berkeley in 2020 and her M.S. from UC Berkeley in 2021. She is currently a PhD candidate advised by Prof. Jun-Chau Chien, Prof. Ali Niknejad, and Prof. Vladimir Stojanović. Her research involves using silicon microring resonators as ultrasound sensors in a monolithic electronics-photonics process.

BSAC Fall 2024 Research Review Presenter