Brief Bio: Professor Kapadia joined the faculty of the University of Southern California in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in July 2014. He received his bachelors in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2008, and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2013. During his time at Berkeley, he was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and winner of the David J. Sakrison Memorial Prize for outstanding research. Since joining USC he has received an Air Force Young Investigator Program award and an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program award. He has also been awarded an American Vacuum Society Peter Mark Memorial Award for young scientists. His interests lie at the intersection of material science and electrical engineering focusing on non-equilibrium electron devices, and materials growth technologies for next-generation electronic and photonic devices. Recent research highlights include (i) the experimental demonstration of hot-electron emission processes in graphene, (ii) demonstration of high quantum efficiency hot-electron driven hydrogen reduction, and (iii) growth of low-temperature growth of high-mobility III-Vs on non-epitaxial substrates. Additionally, he is the co-director of a recently created Center for Integrated Electronics and Biological Organisms (CIEBOrg) at USC.

Ph.D Researchers

Juan Sanchez Vazquez is currently a Ph.D student under the supervision of Prof. Rehan Kapadia in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California. He received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California in 2021. His research interests lie in the fabrication of semiconductor materials and devices, and their application to emerging hardware for the acceleration of AI algorithms.

Anika Tabassum Priyoti is currently a Ph.D student under the supervision of Prof. Rehan Kapadia in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California. She received her B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2019. Her research interests focus on the physics behind electronic and photonic devices and their fabrication techniques.

Zezhi Wu is currently a Ph.D student under the supervision of Prof. Rehan Kapadia in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California. He received his B.Sc. degree in Microelectronic science and engineering from Wuhan University in 2020. His research interest lies in semiconductor devices development and artificial intelligence.

Atiyeh Abbasi Jalal is currently a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Prof. Rehan Kapadia in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California. She received her B.S degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Tehran in 2021. She specialises in analog computing, with a focus on developing very low-power oscillators. Her research aims to innovate in machine learning applications and the use of efficient, low-energy computational methods.

Shafayeth Jamil is a PhD student working in Professor Kapadia’s group. He graduated with his BS degree in Electrical and Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 2020. His research interest lies in Optoelectronics, VLSI, Emerging Device Technologies, and Nanoelectronics.

Yudi Shi is currently a Ph.D student under the supervision of Prof. Rehan Kapadia in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California. She received his B.S degree in Electrical Engineering from Beijing University of Technology in 2020 and her MS in Electrical Engineering from University of Southern California in 2022. Her research interest lies in the fabrication and growth of electronic and photonic devices.

Mirbehrad Mousavi is currently a Ph.D student under the supervision of Prof. Rehan Kapadia in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California. He received his B.S degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Tehran in 2023. He is interested in analog computing, and the fabrication and material growth techniques for electronic and photonic devices.

Iliya Larimojarad is currently a Ph.D student under the supervision of Prof. Rehan Kapadia in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California. He received his B.S degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Tehran in 2023. His research interest lies in the fabrication and growth of electronic and photonic devices and Advanced Materials (Predominantly 2D materials).

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