Current Members

Nivedita Arora
Lab Director, Asst. Professor of ECE & CS

nivedita [AT] northwestern.edu

Jack Thoene
Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering

jackthoene2025 [AT] u.northwestern.edu

Best NU EE Masters Thesis ’25
Qitong Li
Research Specialist, M.S. Computer Engineering

qitongli2025 [AT] u.northwestern.edu

Best NU CE Masters Thesis ’25
Michael Miller
Research Specialist, B.S. Mechanical Engineering

michaelmiller2025 [AT] u.northwestern.edu

Zoe Cao
M.S. Computer Engineering

zhongyuncao2025[AT] u.northwestern.edu

Ruihang Gao
M.S. Electrical Engineering

ruihanggao2026 [AT] u.northwestern.edu

Omar Kamil
B.S. Electrical Engineering

omarkamil2027[AT] u.northwestern.edu

Janet Bai
B.S. Electrical Engineering

JanetBai2026 [AT] u.northwestern.edu

Nara Jung
B.S. Computer Engineering

narajung2028 [AT] u.northwestern.edu

2025 SURG
Noah Tannas
B.S. Applied Mathematics

noahtannas2027 [AT] u.northwestern.edu

Alice Ping
B.S. Computer Engineering

aliceping2028 [AT] u.northwestern.edu

2025 SURG
Katie Jiang
B.S. Computer Engineering

katiejiang [AT] u.northwestern.edu

Best NU CE Researcher ’25
Pavel Belakurski
B.S. Electrical Engineering

pavelbelakurski2028 [AT] u.northwestern.edu

Brandon Tendilla
B.S. Electrical Engineering

brandontendilla2028 [AT] u.northwestern.edu

Samuel Grayson
B.S. Computer Engineering

SamuelGrayson2027 [AT] u.northwestern.edu

Ariana Blake
B.S. Environ. Engineering

Arianablake2028 [AT] u.northwestern.edu

2025 SURG
Leo Zhang
B.S. Computer Science

leozhang2027 [AT] u.northwestern.edu

Valerie Wong
B.S. Environ. Engineering

valeriewong2028 [AT] u.northwestern.edu

Thekra Alkadee
B.S. Computer Engineering

thekraalkadee2027 [AT] u.northwestern.edu

Livia Ford
B.S. Chemistry

liviaford2028 [AT] u.northwestern.edu

Collaborators

Purnendu
Post Doc MechE, Cornell University
Susan (Suzy) Strickler
Associate Researcher, Chicago Botanic Garden
Sarah Jones
Education Manager, Chicago Botanic Garden
Prem Kumar
Professor of ECE, Northwestern University
Kate Smith
Asst. Professor of CS, Northwestern University
Jian Cao
Professor of MechE, Northwestern University
Xiaoxiao (Catherine) Ding
Postdoctoral Scholar, Mechanical Engineering
Emma Alexander
Asst. Professor of CS, Northwestern University
Xiohan Yang
ORNL Distinguished Scientists
Adam Henkel
Farmer, Illinois Farm Bureau

Alumni

Maya Garcia

Mark Li