CERG Team Spring 2023. Click on picture to get a larger image. Click here for pictures from previous years.
Faculty
| Name | Function | Office | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Gaj, Ph.D. | Co-Director | ENGR 3225 | kgaj | 3-1575 |
| Jens-Peter Kaps, Ph.D. | Co-Director | ENGR 3222 | jkaps | 3-1611 |
| Michael X. Lyons | Member | BRH 105 | mlyons3 | 3-8461 |
Affiliated Scholars
| Name | Affiliation | Position | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Abubakr Abdulgadir, Ph.D.
 |
PQSecure Technologies | Post-doctoral Fellow | Professional | |
| Michal Andrzejczak, Ph.D.
|
Polish National Cyber Security Centre | Cryptographer | Personal | |
| Viet Ba Dang
|
Qualcomm | Senior ASIC Design Engineer | Personal | |
| William Diehl, Ph.D.
|
Army Research Laboratory | Researcher | Professional | |
| Farnoud Farahmand, Ph.D.
|
Apple | SoC Power Engineer | Professional | |
| Ekawat Homsirikamol, Ph.D.
|
Independent Researcher | Personal | ||
| Brian Jarvis |
Amazon Web Services | Software Manager | Personal | |
| Soonhak Kwon, Ph.D. | Sungkyunkwan University | Professor | Personal | |
| Sammy Lin
|
The Aerospace Corporation | Engineering Specialist | scl9891 | |
| Cédric Marchand, Ph.D.
|
École centrale de Lyon | Associate Professor | Personal | |
| Rishub Nagpal | IAIK - Graz University of Technology / Lamarr Security Research | PhD Student / Researcher | Professional | |
| Duc Tri Nguyen Ph.D. |
SandboxAQ | Cryptographic Engineer | Personal |
Doctoral Students
| Name | Office | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Beckwith | ENGR 3224 | lbeckwit | 3-1561 |
| Ahmed Ferozpuri | Personal | ||
| Kamyar Mohajerani | ENGR 3224 | mmohajer | 3-1561 |
| Don Hasitha Anuradha Thalgaswatte | ENGR 3224 | dthalgas | 3-1561 |
| Ted Winograd | twinogra, Personal |
Masters Students
| Name | Office | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayomikun Akindahunsi | ENGR 3224 | aakindah | 3-1561 |
| Miguel Medina Anton | ENGR 3224 | mmedin23 | 3-1561 |
| Eduardo "Eddie" Ferrufino | eferruf | ||
| Ahmed Jaber | ENGR 3224 | ajaber2 | 3-1561 |
| Robert Wallace | rwalla |
Alumni
| Name | Degree/Year | Company | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duc Tri Nguyen Ph.D. |
PhD ECE 2023 | SandboxAQ | Cryptographic Engineer | Personal |
| Viet Ba Dang, Ph.D. |
PhD ECE 2022 | Qualcomm | Senior ASIC Design Engineer | Personal |
| Abubakr Abdulgadir, Ph.D. |
PhD ECE 2021 | PQSecure Technologies | Post-doctoral Fellow | Academic |
| Javad Bahrami |
MS CpE 2021 | UMBC | PhD student | Academic |
| Rich Haeussler |
MS CpE 2021 | Lockheed Martin | Computer Information Research Scientist | Academic |
| Farnoud Farahmand, Ph.D. |
PhD ECE 2020 | Apple | SoC Power Engineer | Academic |
| Matthew Ryan Carter |
MS CpE 2018 | Hughes Network Systems | Member of Technical Staff 2 - S/W | Academic |
| Aaron Hunter |
MS CpE 2018 | Aaron C Hunter Innovations LLC | Engineer | Personal |
| William Diehl, Ph.D. |
PhD ECE 2018 | Army Research Laboratory | Researcher | Professional |
| Panasayya S.V.V.K Yalla |
PhD ECE 2017 | Riscure | Security Analyst | y.panasayya |
| Ahmad Salman |
PhD ECE 2017 | James Madison University | Assistant Professor | asalman |
| Rabia Shahid |
PhD ECE 2017 | ixia | FPGA Engineer II | Personal |
| Malik Umar Sharif |
PhD ECE 2017 | ixia | FPGA Engineer II | Personal |
| Ahmed Ferozpuri | MS CpE 2017 | Personal | ||
| Ekawat "Ice" Homsirikamol |
PhD ECE 2016 | API PLUS POWER Co., Ltd. | Principal Engineer/CEO | Personal |
| Sanjay Deshpande |
MS CpE 2016 | Yale University | Research Associate II | Personal |
| Bilal Habib |
PhD ECE 2016 | University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan | Assistant Professor | Personal |
| Brian Jarvis |
MS CpE 2015 | Amazon Web Services | Software Manager | Personal |
| Brian Loop | MS CpE 2015 | Personal | ||
| Sangamitra Katamreddy
|
MS CpE 2015 | Pype | Jr. Web Developer | Personal |
| Upendarredy Mamidi
|
MS CpE 2015 | Alcor Technical Solutions | Frontend Developer | Personal |
| Harsh Vachharajani
|
MS CpE 2015 | Electrolux | System Security Analyst | Personal |
| John N. Pham
|
MS CpE 2015 | Northrop Grumman | Senior Software Engineer | Personal |
| Yamini Ravishankar
|
MS CpE 2015 | Marvell Semiconductor | Senior Engineer | Personal |
| Rajesh Velegalati
|
Ph.D. ECE 2015 | Riscure | Security Analyst | Personal |
| Marcin Rogawski
|
Ph.D. ECE 2013 | Cadence Design Systems | Lead Software Engineer | Personal |
| Kinjal Shah
|
MS CpE 2013 | Qualcomm | Design Verification Engineer | Personal |
| Benjamin Brewster
|
MS CpE 2012 | Epic | Software Developer | Personal |
| Smriti Gurung
|
MS CpE 2012 | AMD | Senior Validation Engineer | Personal |
| Robert Lorentz |
MS CpE 2011 | Amazon Web Services | Software Development Manager | Personal |
| Susheel C Vadlamudi
|
MS CpE 2011 | Adobe | Senior Software Engineer | svadlamu |
| Kishore Kumar Surapathi
|
MS CpE 2011 | Motorola | Site Reliability Engineer | ksurapat |
| Ambarish Vyas
|
MS CpE 2011 | NVIDIA | Senior SoC Security Architect | Personal |
| Joshua J. Walters | MS CpE 2011 | DCS Corporation | Modeling and Simulation Engineer | Personal |
| Abirami Prabhakaran
|
MS CpE 2011 | Intel | Hardware Engineer | Personal |
| Venkata Amirineni
|
MS CpE 2010 | Accenture | Senior Manager | Personal |
| Xin Xin
|
MS CpE 2010 | Apple | Hardware Engineer | Personal |
| Matthew Estes
|
MS CpE 2010 | Amazon Web Services | Principal Security Engineer, Project Kuiper | Personal |
| Shaunak Shah
|
MS CpE 2010 | Intertek Acumen Security | Engineering Manager | Personal |
| Shashi Prashant Karanam
|
MS CpE 2009 | Comcast | Program Manager, Security Governance, Risk and Compliance | Personal |
| John Gibson | MS CpE 2008 | US Department of Defense | Computer Engineer | jgibson6 |
| Ryon H Sumner
|
MS CpE 2008 | Sony | Principal Engineer | Personal |
| Bin Zhou
|
MS CpE 2008 | Shandong Academy of Science | Director and Chief Scientist of Marine Information Processing Lab | Personal |
| Chang Shu
|
Ph.D. ECE 2007 | Intel | Digital Architect | Personal |