Current students:

Moazzam Sahi, Fall 2011-present,

Miles Pearson, Fall 2016-present

Graduated students:

· Sukriti Subedi, Fall 2011- Fall 2017

Ø Worked in the area of Intelligent Transportation Systems

Ø Thesis: A System for 3D Vehicle Tracking using Multiple Cameras

· Shaiful Swapan, Fall 2014- Summer 2016 (I was the technical supervisor in the chip manufacturing phase of the thesis from design, layout, simulation to manufacturing through MOSIS, not academic advisor who are Dr. Jing Bai and Dr. Debao Zhou)

Ø Thesis: Design and Fabrication of a Microchip to Generate Sequential Pulse Output for Artificial Skin Sensor Array

· Tom Soldner, Plan A Master, Fall 2009-Summer 2012

Ø Worked in the area of analog integrated circuit design for phase-locked loops

Ø Thesis: DESIGN OF A DELTA-SIGMA FRACTIONAL-N PLL FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER AT 1.43GHZ

Ø Senior Power Systems Engineer at Saginaw Power Automation

· Peng Li, Plan A Master, Fall 2008-Summer 2012

Ø Worked in the area of hardware implementation of video processing and vehicle detection algorithms

Ø Thesis: FPGA-BASED HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION OF IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHMS FOR REAL-TIME VEHICLE DETECTION

Ø Now with Intel Inc, Portland, Oregon

· Maksym Kloka, Plan B Master, Fall 2010 – Spring 2011

Ø Worked in the area of analog circuit design for A/D converters

Ø Project title: DESIGN OF GAIN-BOOSTED AMPLIFIER AND DIFFERENTIAL BOTTOM-PLATE SAMPLING IN 0.13-µM CMOS

Ø Now R&D Design Engineer, Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo Michigan

· Hai Q. Dinh, Plan A Master, Fall 2008 – Jan 2011

Ø worked in the area of development of a tracking-based traffic performance measurement system for roundabouts and intersections using a single-camera based vision system.

Ø Thesis: DEVELOPMENT OF A VIDEO-BASED TRAFFIC DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM

Ø Congratulations to Hai receiving the University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies Huber Award for Excellence in Transportation Research in April 2011!

Ø Mr. Dinh is now with GeoCue Inc, Alabama.

· Hairong Chang, Plan A Master, Spring 2007- Fall 2009

Ø worked in the area of Delta-Sigma modulator design for reduced clock jitter effects.

Ø Thesis: DESIGN OF A 4^TH-ORDER CONTINUOUS-TIME DELTA-SIGMA MODULATOR WITH CLOCK JITTER CORRECTION

Ø Ms. Chang’s is now with Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, CA.

· Yi Zheng, Plan A Master, Fall 2006 to Summer 2008

Ø worked in the area of algorithm design and hardware implementation for vehicle tracking systems.

Ø Thesis: DESIGN OF A HARDWARE BASED VEHICLE TRACKING SYSTEM

Ø Mr. Zheng is now with ANSYS Apache, CA.

· Matthew Webb, Plan A Master, Fall 2005 to Summer 2007

Ø worked in the area of Delta-Sigma modulator design for WCDMA/UMTS applications.

Ø Thesis: TOP-DOWN DESIGN OF A CONTINUOUS-TIME DELTA-SIGMA MODULATOR

Ø Mr. Webb’s first employment is with Goodrich Sensor Systems, Burnsville, MN.