People

Principal Investigator

Dr. Mahsa Ranji
PhD Electrical Engineering
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering Department
EMS Bldg., Room 1195
3200 N. Cramer St.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Office: EMS 1195
Tel: (414) 229 – 5889
E-mail: ranji@uwm.edu
Mahsa Ranji received a PhD degree in 2007 in Electrical Engineering from University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) for her studies on fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging of cardiovascular diseases. She then joined Sanford Burnham Institute for Medical Research/UCSD bioengineering as a postdoctoral associate in January 2008 where she has studied stem cell differentiation for cardiac repair. She has served as an assistant professor in the UWM electrical engineering department since August 2009. Dr. Ranji is closely collaborating with UW-Madison, Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), and Milwaukee VA scientists. She is also an adjunct faculty of CTSI (Clinical and Translational Science Institute) at MCW.
 

 

Team

 

Shima Mehrvar
PhD student in Electrical Engineering
Spring 2016-Present
E-mail: smehrvar@uwm.edu
Shima received her B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, in 2011, and M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from Tehran Politechnic in 2013. Her Master’s research focused on Neural Network design for speech enhancement.Current Research:
Shima is a PhD student in Biophotonics Lab, UWM. Her Research Interest includes tissue and live cell imaging with different optical techniques.
 
Farnaz Ahmadi
Fall 2018-Present
PhD student in Electrical Engineering
E-mail: fhjr@uwm.edu
Farnaz received her B.Sc in Electrical Engineering from Imam Khomeini International University, Tehran, Iran, in 2013, and M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from Tehran Polytechnic, Tehran, Iran in 2016 with focus on speech processing and neural network for a voice conversion system. Her interests include Image and signal processing, Biomedical optics and fluorescence imaging.
 
 

Soudeh Mostaghimi
Spring 2019-Present
Master student in Electrical Engineering
E-mail: soudeh@uwm.edu
Soudeh received her B.Sc in Biomedical Engineering from Hamedan University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2018. She Spent her last 3 years of Bachelor at Amirkabir Univeristy of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic). Her Bachelor’s research focused on Neuron coupling and chaos. Her research interests include Image and signal processing, Biomedical optics and cryo-imaging.

Alumni

Mette F La Cour, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Electrical Engineering Department
Fall 2015-2017
 
Parvathi Kadamati
MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Spring 2016-2017
 
Zahra Gahnian
PhD in Electrical Engineering
Fall 2011-January 2017
Current Position: Works at FDA, Washington DC
Email: zahra.gahnian@gmail.com
 
Jeffrey Sugar
MSc in Electrical Engineering
Fall 2013-Spring 2016
Current Position: Works at Philips, Waukesha, WI
Email: jjsugar19.9.8@gmail.com
 
Guanchu Chen
BSC/MSC Student in Electrical Engineering
Spring 2015-Summer 2016
Current Position: Student
 
Michael Shlomo Ish-Shalom
Undergraduate Student in Electrical Engineering
Spring 2015-Spring 2016
Current Position: Works at RF Technologies, Milwaukee, WI
 
Stephanie Leigh Bolin
MSc in Biomedical Engineering
Spring 2015-Fall 2015
 
Fahimeh Salehpour
MSc in Electrical Engineering
Sept 2013-May 2015
Current Position: Principal Scientist at Medici Technologies
 
Erfan Masoudi
MSc in Electrical Engineering
Winter 2012-August 2014
Current Position: Design Engineer at ABL Technologies
 
Whitney Linz
MSc in Electrical Engineering
Winter 2013-August 2014
 
Reyhaneh Sepehr
PhD in Electrical Engineering
September 2010-May 2014
 
Kevin Staniszewski
MSc in Electrical Engineering
March 2010-April 2013
Current Position: Software Engineer, Prairie Technologies, Milwaukee, WI
 
Sepideh Maleki
MSc in Electrical Engineering
May 2010-March 2013
Current Position: Test Engineer, Fenwal Inc., Lake Zurich, IL
 
Gregory Michalak, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Electrical Engineering Department
2010-2013
Current Position: Collaboration Manager, Siemens, Minneapolis MN
 
 

Mark Jacobs
MSc Student in Electrical Engineering
2012

 

 

Laura Michelle Bersie
Undergraduate Student in Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering Department
2012

 

Matthew Hying
Undergraduate Student in Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering Department2010-2011
 
Robert Williams
Undergraduate Student in Electrical Engineering
2010-2011