People

Dr. Reza Abdolvand

E-mail: REZA.ABDOLVAND@ucf.edu

Dr. Abdolvand is a professor and the director of the Dynamic Microsystems Lab in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida, where he joined in January of 2014. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 1999 and 2001, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA in 2008. His research interests lie in the area of micro/nanoelectromechanical systems with a special focus on design, fabrication, and characterization of micro-resonators with applications in radiofrequency circuits and resonant sensors including bio-sensors.

Dr. Abdolvand has authored and co-authored more than 60 peer-reviewed journal and conference articles in his field of expertise. He has been awarded 12 US patents and has been inducted into the National Academy of Inventors in 2013. He was also a recipient of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Patent Application Award in 2009.

Dr. Hakhamanesh Mansoorzare

E-mail: hakha@knights.ucf.edu

Hakhamanesh received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in 2016. He joined DML at the University of Central Florida upon receiving the ORC Doctoral Fellowship in 2016 and completed his Ph.D. in 2021. His research is in the area of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) with a special focus on design, fabrication, and characterization of piezoelectric micro-acoustic devices for RF communication and sensing applications.

Hakhamanesh holds one US patent and another patent application. He has received the best student paper award of IEEE IFCS-EFTF in 2019, his work has been featured on the cover of IEEE Electron Device Letters (Sep. 2020), and he has been selected as an outstanding paper finalist in IEEE MEMS 2021. His Ph.D. research has led to an NSF PFI award which is currently supporting his postdoctoral research efforts.

Dr. Hamideh Kermani

E-mail: hamideh.kermani@ucf.edu

Hamideh Kermani started her academic studies in the field of Physics in 2006 at the University of Isfahan. After completing her bachelors and masters in physics she proceed to begin a Ph.D starting in 2013. Her thesis concentrated on optical trapping of metallic nanoparticles and investigating the Plasmonic coupling of nanoparticles that have been done at the laboratory for Bio- and Nano-Photonics at the University of Freiburg. She has been working as a visiting researcher on the project “Simultaneous Fluorescence and Photothermal Measurements of Single Conjugated Polymers” at Leiden University.  

After having obtained her Ph.D., she worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Notre Dame. She focused on optical trapping of metal or high-index dielectrics nanoparticles on a vitreous environment into arrays to create metamaterials.

She is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCF. Her research interests include OLEDs, Sollar cells, optics for detection and microscopy, optical tweezers, metamaterials, plasmonic and light-matter interaction, and MEMS.

Ankesh Todi

E-mail: ankeshtodi@knights.ucf.edu

Ankesh has received a Masters degree from UCF in Nanotechnology and a B.Tech in Electronics and Telecommunication from MPSTME, Mumbai. He is currently pursuing Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Central Florida. His research includes MEMS-based accelerometers and oscillators with a focus on fabrication.

Daniel Lopez Garcia

E-mail: delopezg@knights.ucf.edu

Daniel received a bachelors in Engineering physicists from Universidad Nacional de Colombia – Medellín in 2012. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering. His research interests include design, and fabrication of Micro Optoelectronic Mechanical Systems (MOEMS) devices and Radio-Frequency MEMS Sensors.

Garett Goodale

E-mail: garettgoodale@knights.ucf.edu

Garett received a bachelors in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UCF in Spring of 2020. He is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Electrical Engineering. His research interests include ultra-stable ovenized MEMS oscillators and low power MEMS sensors.

Jennyfer Vivas Gomez

E-mail: vivasjennyfer@knights.ucf.edu

Jennyfer received her Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering from Savannah State University. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Central Florida.

Justin Phelps

E-mail: justinp462@knights.ucf.edu

Justin attended the University of Central Florida where he graduated with his bachelor’s degree in the summer of 2019. Currently he is pursuing his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. His research interests include MEMS, sensors, transparent conducting oxides, and Power Electronics.

Kevin Chan

E-mail: kcchan@knights.ucf.edu

Kevin graduated from Harvard University in 2006 with an SB in Engineering Sciences, specializing in bioengineering. He has received his JD in 2012 from the University of Florida, Levin College of Law. Currently, he is pursuing his PhD in Electrical Engineering at UCF—his research focuses on design and fabrication of novel MEMS actuators. His other research interests include optoelectronics and biosensors.

Parvin Akhkandi

E-mail: parvin.akhkandi@Knights.ucf.edu

Parvin Akhkandi received her BSc and MSc from Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran, and Shiraz University in 2012 and 2016, respectively. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Central Florida under the supervision of Dr. Reza Abdolvand. Her research interest is RF MEMS, Integrated MEMS Sensors, and RF Front end design. 

Parvin won the competitive Qorvo Ph.D. Fellowship in 2019.

Yasaman Majd

E-mail: majd92@Knights.ucf.edu

Yasaman Majd received her B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran, in 2014, and her M.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Shahrood University of Technology in 2017.

She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. degree at the University of Central Florida. Her research interests include microelectromechanical systems with a special focus on the design, fabrication, and characterization of ultra-stable micro-resonators for RF communication and sensing applications.

Luke Minks

E-mail: lminks@Knights.ucf.edu

Luke received his bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from UCF in the Spring of 2020. He is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Electrical engineering. He is currently doing research in

He is interested fabrication techniques and is currently fabricating transistor based sensors using thin film piezoelectric and E-beam lithography for nano devices

Fahim Ahmed

E-mail: lfahimahmed725@knights.ucf.edu

Fahim is currently pursuing his B.S. in Electrical Engineering with a focus around electronics at the University of Central Florida. He his currently pursuing an Undergraduate Honors Thesis under the supervision of Dr. Reza Abdolvand in circuit design. His research interests include MEMS, Sensors and Analog Circuit Design.