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Emami, Tai, Howard
  • Department Administrator, Electrical Engineering and Medical Engineering

Mabby Howard

I came to Caltech in 2014 and served as the Operations Manager for the DOE Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP) until the project ended in September 2021. In that role, I was the building administrator for Jorgensen Laboratory and led all administrative operations for the large and complex, multi-PI DOE project. After a brief time away, I am excited to be back on campus as the new Department Administrator for Electrical Engineering and Medical Engineering. I love being an administrator and truly enjoy being part of the Caltech community. I’m grateful to everyone in EE and MedE who have been so welcoming in my first few weeks! I have four young kids — two sets of twins — and this time of year I spend my free time finding as many creative uses for Meyer lemons as possible thanks to our extremely prolific backyard trees.

Oren Mizrahi
  • Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering

Oren Mizrahi

I am a Ph.D. student in Ali Hajimiri’s lab studying novel RF systems – specifically, flexible phased arrays. I am currently working on algorithms for reconstructing the shape of dynamically shape-changing flexible arrays, new candidates for flexible antennas, and stretchable RF platforms. I am also involved in the Space Solar Power Project aimed at designing and installing a system into orbit which converts sunlight into RF waves that are collected on the Earth’s surface. I graduated from Duke University in 2019 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and a minor in math. While at Duke, I worked with Dr. David Smith on novel RF imaging and sensing platforms using metamaterial-based radiators. In my free time I like to read, cook, hike, and spend time with friends and family.

Harshkooshal Gandhi
  • Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering

Harshkooshal Gandhi

Harsh is a first-gen graduate student in the Department of Electrical Engineering, working under the supervision of Professor Alireza Marandi. His primary focus of research and study is photonics and the exotic behavior of light. His undergraduate research was based around the behavior of light at exceptional point singularities, under bound states in the continuum and in time-varying complex media. At Caltech, Harsh intends to explore intriguing properties of light under nonlinear regimes. With the innovative people, ongoing guidance and state-of-the-art facilities at Caltech, Harsh is positive his doctoral research will contribute to solving critical problems which contemporary optical technologies tackle in computing, imaging and optical communications. Outside the lab, Harsh enjoys traveling, scenic photography and attempting to recreate home-cooking. He loves cherishing his cultural roots and finding the semblance to his culture in the little things during life abroad.

Ting-Yu Cheng
  • Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering

Ting-Yu Cheng

I am a graduate student in Electrical Engineering at the Mixed-Mode Integrated Circuits and System Laboratory. Before coming to Caltech, I graduated from National Taiwan University, where I mainly studied integrated circuits design, electronic design automation, and quantum computing. Now, my focus is more on hardware design and topics related to biomedical implantable devices. My goal is to conduct meaningful research that can benefit people’s lives. The welcoming and inclusive environment at Caltech has helped me adapt to graduate student life. I am very excited to work with the fantastic people at Caltech and contribute to this great community. In my free time, I enjoy hiking around Pasadena, baking, and playing the piano.

Yu-Chong Tai
  • Anna L. Rosen Professor of Electrical Engineering and Medical Engineering

Yu-Chong Tai

Dr. Tai's research focuses on advanced biomedical MicroElectroMechanical System (MEMS) materials and devices (mems.caltech.edu). Examples include wearable and wireless sensors, diagnostic labs-on-a-chip, retinal prosthetic implants, spinal cord implants, brain implants, and micro drug delivery pumps. He has more than 800 articles/patents and is the recipient of the (Berkeley EECS) Best Thesis Award, Presidential Young Investigator Award, Packard Award, the IEEE Robert Bosch MEMS/NEMS Award, and National Academy Inventor Award. Additionally, he is an IEEE, IAMBE, and AIMBE Fellow and member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and an academician of the Academia Sinica (Taiwan, ROC). Other than teaching and research, he loves animals, and his daughter is a practicing veterinarian in Boston. Currently, he has a German shepherd, the 4th dog with his family. He enjoys playing golf and exploring various affordable foreign foods and drinks in the L.A. area.