People
Principle Investigator
Prof. Dr. Rabia Tugce Yazicigil
Background
Dr. Rabia Tugce Yazicigil is currently an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Boston University since August 2018. She is leading the Wireless Integrated Systems and Extreme Circuits (WISE-Circuits) Laboratory.
Rabia was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the EECS Department of MIT working with Professor Anantha P. Chandrakasan from March 2016 to August 2018.
Education
Rabia received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, NYC, in 2016 under Professor Peter R. Kinget and co-advised by Professor John Wright. She was a member of the Analog & RFIC Design Research Group housed in the Columbia Integrated Systems Laboratory.
She received her M.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, in 2011. Her Master thesis was advised by Professor Christian Enz on Platform Circuit Technology Underlying Heterogeneous Nano and Tera Systems program.
She obtained her B.S. degree in Electronics Engineering from Sabanci University, Istanbul, in 2009. For her undergraduate thesis, she worked with Professor Yasar Gurbuz, Sabanci University and Professor Yusuf Leblebici, EPFL.
- Director of WISE Circuits Group [2018-Present]
- Assistant Professor, Boston University Electrical and Computer Engineering [2018-Present]
- Affiliated Faculty Member, Boston University Center for Information & Systems Engineering [2020-Present]
- Core Faculty Member, Boston University Biological Design Center [2022-Present]
- Affiliated Faculty Member, Boston University Biomedical Engineering [2023-Present]
- Faculty Member, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Biochemistry (MCBB) Program [2023-Present]
- Network Faculty, Sabanci University EE [2020-Present]
- Visiting scholar, MIT EECS [2019-2023]
Team Members
Ph.D. Students
✉ timurz@bu.edu
Research Interest: Analog and Mixed-Signal electronics, Analog-to-Digital converters and Readout circuits, RFIC T/R modules, architectural and physical layer communication circuits design.
✉ ayasar@bu.edu
Research Interest: RFIC, analog/digital IC, and FPGA designs.
✉ armantan@bu.edu
Research Interest: RFIC and Analog IC design.
✉ zecek@bu.edu
Research Interest: Developing fully integrated circuits for all-in-one data decoders to enable energy-efficient and secure wireless communications
✉ dilarac@bu.edu
Research Interest: Developing bioelectronic interfaces that interacts with bio-sensors.
✉ abali@bu.edu
Research Interest: Digital Circuit Design and Hardware implementation of Experimental Algorithms.
Current Postdoctoral Researcher
✉ arslanr@bu.edu
Research Interest: Development of energy-efficient and secure wireless communication systems in collaboration with MIT and Northeastern University.
Ph.D. Alumni
✉ liuq@bu.edu
Current Position: Philips Research NA, Ultrasound ASIC Engineer.
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Low-Power CMOS Electronics Coupled with Synthetic Biology and Microfluidics for Hybrid Bioelectronic Systems”
Research Interest: Fully-integrated hardware solutions specifically for extreme low-power and scalable biomedical applications.
Master’s Students
✉ lchen122@bu.edu
Research Interest: Hardware Implementation of Algorithms, Customized Instruction Set Expansion, Digital Design Automation Tools
✉ zhaoyimo@bu.edu
Research Interest: Large-scale digital circuits and hardware design.
Undergraduate Students
✉ pately@bu.edu
Yash is a Biomedical Engineering undergraduate student (class of 2025) minoring in electrical engineering. His interests include interdisciplinary research in the field of biosensors & biomedical instrumentation.
✉ apemaraj@bu.edu
Ananya is a Junior at BU studying Biomedical Engineering. Her interests include hardware design for biomedical applications and developing biosensors.
✉ siarap@bu.edu
Siara is a junior electrical engineering student at BU. She is interested in hardware design, chip development, and the PCB prototype process.
✉ leojb@bu.edu
Leo Boisvert is an undergraduate student in the class of 2026 studying Biomedical Engineering with a concentration in nanotechnology. His research interests include biosensor design and materials science for biomedical applications.
✉ fadik@bu.edu
Fadi is a Senior at BU studying Computer Engineering. His interests include digital circuit design and machine learning hardware acceleration.
✉ karlnaba@bu.edu
Karl is an undergraduate student (class of 2025) at BU studying Computer Engineering with a concentration in Machine Learning. His interests include developing embedded systems that integrate software and hardware seamlessly and designing robust hardware architectures to drive innovative solutions.
ALUMNI
Postdoctoral Researchers
| Name | Current Position |
|---|---|
| Furkan Ercan | Intel, Research Scientist/Engineer |
MS Researchers
| Name | Graduation Year | First Position After Graduation |
|---|---|---|
| Dean Pappedemos | 2023 | MITRE |
| Saraja Kadambari | 2022 | Apple, SoC Physical Design Engineer |
| Kevin Vogt-Lowell | 2022 | MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Artificial Intelligence Engineer |
| Vaibhav Bansal | 2020 | AMD, Silicon Design Engineer |
Undergraduate Researchers
| Name | Graduation Year | First Position After Graduation |
|---|---|---|
| Ryan Flynn | Currently still at BU | – |
| Houjie Xiong | Currently still at BU | – |
| Yumin Wei | 2023 | Texas Instruments, Field Application Engineer |
| Eric Cho | 2023 | Analog Devices (ADI), Associate Product Engineer |
| Yidi Wu | 2023 | Georgia Tech, M.S. Student |
| Sunwoo Park | 2023 | Analog Devices (ADI), Associate Product Applications Engineer |
| Peter Crary | 2023 | University of Michigan, Ph.D. Student |
| Seifallah Ibrahim | 2023 | imec, Design Engineer for superconducting Electronics Research |
| Giacomo Coraluppi | 2023 | Innovatech Associates, Engineer |
| Jonathan Ngo | 2022 | Raytheon Intelligence & Space, Engineer |
| Elizabeth Diamond | 2022 | Trend Micro, FPGA Verification Engineer |
| Christianna Roggeveen | 2022 | Emory University School of Medicine, Research Specialist |
| Zachary Capone | 2022 | Wolf Creek Federal Services, Electrical Engineer |
| Daniel Kao | 2022 | TRUMPF Hüttinger, Application Engineer |
| Dylan Nash | 2020 | Anokiwave, Staff RFIC Layout Design Engineer |