
Biography
* Due to the global pandemic I started my co-op at GE Healthcare’s ARC division a more than a month earlier than expected. At GE, I work on integrating & developing their next generation FPGA based products and helping with dual sourcing of electrical components for the R-860 respiratory.
I am pursuing a M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Wisconsin-Madison, advised by Professor Younghyun Kim. I love learning and developing new ideas in the embedded research community and applying them to healthcare applications. My career goal is to develop accessible healthcare technologies that have broad and positive impacts on society. Current research interests of mine include low power wearable technology such as human activity recognition and arrhythmia detection.
Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI
• Masters of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2019-Present
• Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering (Instrumentation Track), 2014-2019
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, 2014-2019
Research Interests
• Low-Power Wearable Technology
• Machine Learning at the Edge
• Internet of Things
• Bio-Signal Processing
Publications
- Designing a compact, Low-cost FRET Microscopy Platform for the Undergraduate Classroom
John Rupel, Sophia, Sdao, Kadina Johnston, Ethan Nethery, Kaitlyn Gabardi, Benjamin Ratliff, Zach Simmons, Jack Postlewaite, Angela Kita, Prof. Jeremy Rogers, Dr. Matthew Merrins
The Biophysicist, 2020
Design Competitions
- n-hot Weight Quantization and Multiplication for Low-Power Machine Learning
Tianen Chen, John Rupel, Ammar Mahmood, Luciano Ricotta, Younghyun Kim, Joshua San Miguel, ISLPED(International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design) Design Contest 2020
Awards / Scholarships
- Foxconn Smart Cities – Smart Futures Competition (Finalist), 2020
Research / Academic Experience
- Wisconsin Embedded Systems and Computing Laboratory(Research Assistant), Aug 2019-Present
– Human Activity Recognition
– Arrhythmia Detection - Teaching Assistant, Aug 2019-Present
– Medical Instrumentation (BME462)
– Computers in Medicine/Bio-Signal Processing (BME463) - Bracegroup, Electromagnetics in Medicine (Undergraduate Assistant), Sep 2016-Dec 2018
– Analyzing and Identifying Sources of Microwave Ablation
Professional Experience
- General Electric Healthcare, Electrical Engineering Co-op April 2020-Dec 2020
– Anesthesiology and Respiratory Care(ARC) Division - Johnson & Johnson, Verification and Validation Intern June 2017-Jan 2020
– NeuWave Medical/ Verification and Software Development
Services
- External Reviewer
– DAC (Design Automation Conference) 2020