Advisor: Dr. Siddhartha Sikdar
Dr.Siddhartha Sikdar joined George Mason University in Spring 2008 and has joint appointments in Bioengineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is a PI at the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study and a guest researcher with the Rehabilitation Medicine Department at the NIH Clinical Center. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 2005. From 2005-2007, he was a Senior Fellow in Bioengineering at the University of Washington and was the recipient of a postdoctoral fellowship award from the American Heart Association. He was awarded the NSF CAREER Award in 2010 and Mason’s Emerging Researcher/Scholar/Creator Award in 2012. His research interests include Biomedical signal and image processing, Medical imaging systems and instrumentation, Novel clinical applications of diagnostic ultrasound, Musculoskeletal imaging, Cardiovascular dynamics, Integrative physiological modeling and Office-based and point-of-care imaging.
C0-Advisor: Ananya Dhawan
Ananya is a student at George Mason University who works as a research assistant and developer at the Krasnow institute in Dr.Sikdar’s lab. In 2016 he earned his bachelor’s degree from George Mason University in Computer Science. He is a Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science at George Mason University. His research interest is Machine Learning.
Co-Advisor: Nima Akhlaghi
Nima is a Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at George Mason University. He previously earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Biomedical electronic.
Course instructor: Dr. Shani Ross
Dr.Shani Ross is an assistant professor at George Mason University. Her current research involves studying bladder neurophysiology and working on a closed-loop neuroprosthesis for bladder control. In general, Dr. Ross’ research interests are in the areas of neural engineering and neuromodulation. In particular, she is interested in closed-loop neuroprosthesis, peripheral nerve stimulation for restoration of function, and deep brain stimulation.