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We are recruiting Graduate Students, Visiting Scholar, and Undergraduate Students
Learn MoreDr. Mable Fok
Principle Investigator
Mable Fok
Principle Investigator / Associate Professor
Mable’s recent research interest is on neuromorphic photonics, dynamic microwave photonics, and stretchable fiber optic sensors
meet the team
We Make A Great Team
Ben Gily
EE Undergrad Researcher
Ben Gily is a Electrical and Electronics Engineering Major and Mathematics Minor here at UGA.
Berek Ha
EE Undergrad Researcher
Berek is an Electrical and Electronics Engineering Major at the University of Georgia. His current research includes understanding nanoparticles...
Cole Sterck
EE Undergrad Researcher
Cole is an Electrical and Electronics Engineering Major here at the University of Georgia. He is currently researching soft robotics within Dr...
Irin Bristy
PhD Candidate
Irin is currently working as a graduate student at our lab and her research area is Microwave and Photonics.
Jonathan Lin
Visiting Student
Jonathan is studying biomedical engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and is now an exchange student at the WAVE Lab.
Md Asaduzzaman Jabin
PhD Candidate
Asad is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at ECE, UGA. His strengths lie in programming, robotics, and machine learning. He was a former senior...
Mei Yang
PhD Candidate
Mei’s current research interest is on stretchable fiber optic sensors for soft robotics
Steven Binder
EE Undergrad Researcher
Steven is currently pursuing a bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Georgia. His research interests include using fiber...
Tommy Anton
EE Undergrad Researcher
Tommy is an Electrical and Electronics Engineering Major at the University of Georgia. He is currently researching soft robotics with an emphasis...
Alumni
Meet Our Graduate Alumni
Qi Zhou
MS
After graduation, Qi worked as am Optical RF Engineer at Luna Innovation Corporate. He is currently a PhD candidate at GA Institute of...
Qidi Liu
PhD Candidate
Qidi Liu’s current research interest is on microwave photonics. He is the recipient of the College of Engineering Excellence in Graduate...
Ryan Toole
MS
After graduation, Ryan works as a Mathematical Programmer / Optical Designer at Cane Currency
Alumni
Meet Our Undergrad Alumni
Achevi M Kuri
EE Undergrad Researcher
Achevi Kuri, a UGA undergraduate, awarded the Dixson Scholarship to conduct research in the WAVE Lab
Amanda Nicole Stark
CS Undergrad Researcher
Nicole was a senior when she joined the WAVE Lab, working on the final year of her degree in Computer Systems Engineering
Aneek Enrique James
EE Undergrad Researcher
Aneek is currently a PhD candidate at Columbia University
Anthony Puhalovich
CS Undergrad Researcher
Anthony is currently working on the neuromorphic photonics project
Davis Minor
EE Undergrad Researcher
He is currently researching stretchable fiber optic sensors for soft robotics and investigating how to sense and quantify root growth in...
Gabriela C. del Valle Pérez
NSF REU Student
Gabriela C. del Valle Pérez is currently a fourth year student of Chemical engineering program at University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
Grace Jeanpierre
NSF REU Student
Grace was a visiting REU student conducting research in the WAVE lab in Summer 2017
Guy Scott
Physics Undergrad
Guy’s research in WAVE lab was focused on video interference cancellation systems
Hamza Naqawe
EE Undergrad Researcher
Hamza is working on a stretchable soft robotic fiber optic sensors project and involves in the neuromorphic photonic project
Lais Amorim
Exchange Undergrad Researcher
Currently, Lais is working with hospital electrical systems projects for a local company
Liam Cooper
CS Undergrad Researcher
Liam’s current research interest is fiber optic sensors in soft robotics
Mario Garcia
CS Undergrad Researcher
Mario is interested in further advance his knowledge regarding electronics and fiber optics as these aspects of technology continue to push the...
Matthew Miller
NSF REU Student
Matt worked as a consultant in the cannabis industry and is now working for a company that makes collagen using e. Coli
Megan Lively
BME Undergrad Researcher
Megan is currently working on the neuromorphic photonics project
Phiet The Do
CS Undergrad Researcher
Currently, Phiet is working as a software developer at General Motors
Victor Qiu
EE Undergrad Researcher
Victor is a sophomore at the University of Georgia, majoring in Computer Systems Engineering. He’s currently researching in fiber optics...
William Nguyen
Biology Undergrad Researcher
Will is currently in Wichita, Kansas, pursuing an aerospace engineering degree with a minor in math
Alumni
Meet Our K12 Alumni
Haidee Chen
K12, Young Dawg
Haidee is currently admitted to Columbia University as an undergraduate student
Jessica Graham
K12, Young Dawg
Jessica was a junior from Monroe Area High School in the Young Dawgs program when she joined the WAVE lab
Safi Uddin
High School Student
Safi Uddin joined the wave lab in the spring of 2021 as a high school student. He is currently enrolled in Athens Academy and likes to play...
Alumni
Meet Our Visiting Scholar Alumni
Qingguo Zhang
Professor, Visiting Scholar
Qingguo’s current research interest is on wireless sensor network, evolution algorithms and graph drawing algorithms