People
Umberto Celano
Associate Professor
School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
- [email protected]
- 650 East Tyler Mall Tempe AZ 85281-5706
Umberto Celano's research interests lie at the intersection of condensed matter physics, semiconductor technology, and materials analysis, with a focus on nanoelectronics.
Graduate students
Srijan Chakrabarti
Graduate Student in Electrical Engineering (M.Sc.)
School of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering
Srijan obtained his Bachelor in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from KIIT University (2020). His research focuses on 2D materials and in the rapid screening of material quality and correlation with device’s performance
Sakib Ahmed
School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering
Sakib completed his bachelor’s degree (2019) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Islamic University of Technology, Bangladesh. His present research focuses on semiconductor materials and thin dielectric...
Md Jayed Hossain
Graduate Student in Electrical Engineering (M.Sc.) School of Electrical, Computer &...
Jayed earned his bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2023. His current research focuses on characterizing 2D materials using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)...
Filippo Ozino Caligaris
Graduate Student in Electrical Engineering (M.Sc.) School of Electrical, Computer &...
Filippo earned his Master’s degree in Nanotechnologies for ICTs from Politecnico di Torino, Italy, after completing his Bachelor’s degree in Energy Engineering from the same institution. His current research focuses on...
Pranav Kumar Selva Kumar
Graduate Student in Computer Engineering (M.Sc.) School of Electrical,...
Pranav earned his Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Anna University, India. He is currently working on COMSOL Multiphysics simulations related to 3D materials using RF and optics packages,...
José-Manuel Tapia-Cáceres
Graduate Student in Computer Engineering (M.Sc.) School of Electrical,...
José-Manuel Tapia-Cáceres earned his Master’s degree in Mechanical and Materials Engineering from Universidad Austral de Chile in 2024, after completing a B.Sc. in Physics in 2020. His work focuses on lithium-ion batteries...
Mubin Md Al Furkan
Graduate Student in the Department of Physics
Mubin completed his B.Sc. (2019) and M.S. (2022) degrees in Physics from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh. He is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Physics. His research primarily focus..
Nihal Solur Gangadharaiah
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
Nihal earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Engineering, India (2020), and is pursuing a master’s in Materials Science and Engineering. His academic focus is on semiconductor...
Naznin Akther
Graduate Student in Computer Engineering (M.Sc.) School of Electrical,...
Naznin Akther completed her bachelor’s degree (2017) and master’s degree (2023) in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh. She is pursuing her 2nd...
Doyeon Jin
Graduate Student in Computer Engineering (M.Sc.) School of Electrical,...
Doyeon earned his M.Sc. Physics from Technical University Dresden in Germany with a focus on “applied solid state physics and photonics” and minor subjects in nanoelectronics. For his Master’s thesis, Doyeon investigated...
Arsha Jindal
Graduate Student in M.S. in Computer Science
I have earned my Bachelor’s Degree in Computer science in December 2022 and am currently pursuing an M.S. in Computer Science. My research interests center on extended reality (XR) and artificial intelligence, with a focus...
Md Rifat-E-Rasul
Graduate Student in Computer Engineering (M.Sc.) School of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering
Rifat received his B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) from Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), Bangladesh, in 2024, with a major focus in semiconductor studies. His research emphasizes...
Vikramaditya Tunukoju Venkatapuram
Graduate Student in Materials Science and Engineering
Vikramaditya earned his Master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Toronto in 2021, following his Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering in 2019. He is currently pursuing a second..
Gregory Feng
Graduate Student in Computer Science
Greg is a current 4+1 graduate student majoring in Computer Science with a concentration in Media Arts and Sciences and has previously acquired his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from ASU (2025). His current research..
Sajad Al Darwish
Graduate Student in Computer Engineering (M.Sc.) School of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering
Sajad received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Southern Illinois University and his M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering from ASU. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. His research focuses on...
Nikhil Chettipalli
Graduate Student in Computer Engineering (M.Sc.) School of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering
My professional experience includes Circuit timing analysis (HSPICE), physical verification (DRC/LVS), memory design and Block-level verification for advanced memory design. My current research focuses on the characterization
Undergraduate students
Sophie Zhang
School of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering
Sophie is an Electrical Engineering Undergraduate. Her current responsibilities focus on 3D modeling for semiconductor packaging. Outside of the lab, she enjoys skiing and traveling.
Michael Kim
Graduate Student in Electrical Engineering (M.Sc.) School of Electrical, Computer &...
Michael is a Electrical System student who helps with the analysis of 2D materials with machine learning. Outside of academics, he has a passion for sports, fishing, and video games.
Group’s Alumni.
Sanchari Sen (2026) – Sanchari joins General Dynamics Mission Systems.
Md Ashiqur Rahman Laskar (2026) – Ashiqur joins Samsung US.
Lakshmi Sowjanya Vendra (2026) – Lakshmi returns to the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence.
Lorenzo Magnarin (2025) – Lorenzo returns to the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
Anacleto Proietti (2025) – Anacleto defended his PhD and started a post-doc with the University of Roma Sapienza.
Debasmita Mishra (2025) – Debasmita graduated and joined Design West Engineering.
Erick Rivera (2025) – Erickreturns to his Computer Science studies at ASU.
Ojas Avinash Atkar (2025) – Ojasreturns to his Computer Science studies at ASU.
Animesh Rajvanshi (2025) – Animeshreturns to his Mechanical Eng. studies at ASU.
Twish Nitin Sanghvi (2025) – Twishreturns to his Electrical Eng. studies at ASU.
Md Fuad Hossain (2025) – Fuad returns to his M.Eng. studies at ASU.
Seyed Amir Ghoreishi (2025) – Amirjoins the group of Dragica Vasileska at ASU.
Jared Thomas (2024) – Jaredreturns to his Chemistry studies at ASU.
Lakshmi Jayant (2024) – Lakshmireturns to his M.Eng. studies at ASU.
Nikhil Appa Rao Dundu (2024) – Nikhilreturns to his M.Eng. studies at ASU.
Bhojraj Mukund Khairmode (2024) – Bhojraj returns to his M.Eng. studies at ASU.
Filippo Ozino Caligaris (2024) – Filipporeturns to Polytechnic University of Turin.
Nursultan Maidan (2024) – Nursultanreturns to his M.Eng. studies at ASU.
Mohammad Zaid Kathadi (2024) – Zaidreturns to his M.Eng. studies at ASU.
Bhanu Prasad Kapa (2023) – Bahnureturns to his M.Eng. studies at ASU.
Susmeet Bakshi (2023) – Susmeetreturns to his M.Eng. studies at ASU.