{"id":2,"date":"2023-08-03T21:17:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T21:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/scads\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-06-11T17:08:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T00:08:21","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/scads\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

People<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Director<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Assefaw H. Gebremedhin<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n


Email: <\/strong>assefaw.gebremedhin@wsu.edu
Office: <\/strong>EME B43
Phone: <\/strong>509-335-3952
Postal address:<\/strong>
355 Spokane St
EME B43, School of EECS
Washington State University<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Current Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Harrison Greenlee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Computational Epidemiology
PhD student<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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Coby Soss<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

AI and Graph Algorithms
PhD student<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\"Tashi<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Tashi Stirewalt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cybersecurity
PhD student<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\"Stephanie<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Stephanie Kane<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Algorithmic Bias
PhD student<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\"James<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

James Halvorsen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cybersecurity
PhD Student<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\"Jarren<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Jarren Briscoe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

AI and Machine Learning
PhD student<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\"Funso<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Funso Oje<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Health Informatics
PhD student<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\"Shruti<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Shruti Patil<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Network Science
PhD student<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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Deven Biehler<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Geospatial Algorithms
MS student<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Zayn Abou-Harb<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Geospatial Algorithms
MS Student
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\n \"Lubah-Nelson\"\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Lubah Nelson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Edge Intelligence
MS Student<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\n \"Emma\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Emma Johnson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

TMP Mentee (2024-2025)
Computer Science

WSU alumni Spring 2025<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\n \"Vanessa\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Vanessa Moran<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

TMP Mentee (2023-2024) \u00a0
Computer Engineering

WSU alumni Fall 2024<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\"Megan<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Megan Dolan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Software Development
MS, Lab assistant<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\"Tony<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Tony Liu<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD, July 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High Performance Computing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First position after PhD:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Postdoc at UW<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\"Yunshu<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Yunshu Du<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD, April 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reinforcement Learning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First position after PhD:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sony <\/em>AI<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\"Sayan<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Sayan Ghosh<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD, June 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High Performance Computing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First position after PhD:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff<\/em> Scientist at PNNL<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\"Keyvan<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Keyvan Sasan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

MS, November 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First position after MS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Product Engineer at Bigstream<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\"Ramyar<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Ramyar Saeedi<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD (July 2018), Postdoc (August 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First position after Postdoc:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data Scientist\u00a0at\u00a0Hitachi<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\"Helen<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Helen Catanese<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

MS, May 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD student at WSU<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently on leave<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

James Crabb<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

MS, November 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post-Doc<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Nathan Waltz<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate student researcher Summer 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WSU alumni 2025<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Undergraduate Students Mentored in Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\"Aaron<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Aaron Brookhouse<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Summer 2020 REU student<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michigan State University<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\"Zachary<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Zachary Cutler<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Summer 2019 REU student<\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Utah<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\"Sunny<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Sunny Chiu<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Summer 2018 REU student<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colorado College<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\"Nathaniel<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Nathaniel Burley<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Undergrad Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018\u20142020, WSU<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\"Skyler<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Skyler J. Norgaard<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Summer 2017 REU student<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kalamazoo College<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\"Kyla<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Kyla Mallory<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Honors Thesis Advisee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data Analytics,
Fall \u201919 Graduate, WSU<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\n \"Cai\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hillary Zhang<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cybersecurity
WSU, Computer Science<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Navroop Kaur<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Wearables and Health Applications<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WSU, Computer Science<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Tyler Coffey<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cybersecurity
WSU, Computer Science<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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CySER Students <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Mentored in Research or Senior Design Projects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\n \"Genevieve\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Genevieve Kochel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2024 – 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\n \"Collin\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Collin Bale<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2024-2025<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\n \"Guinevere\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Guinevere Fish<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2024-2025<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\n \"Emily\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Emily West<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2023-2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n \"Fredy\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fredy Fernandez<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2023-2024<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\n \"Ralph\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bryan Frederickson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Class of Spring 2025
2024-2025<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\n \"Samantha\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Samantha Brewer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Class of Spring 2025
2024-2025<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\n \"Zachary\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Zachary Werle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Class of Spring 2025
2023-2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n \"William\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

William Heinecke<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Class of Spring 2025
2024-2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n \"Ralph\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Griffin Gerry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Class of Spring 2025
2024-2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n \"Alexander\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Alexander Hagood<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Class of Spring 2025
2024-2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n \"Freeman\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Freeman Trader <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Class of Fall 2024
2023-2024<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\n \"Douglas\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Douglas Takada<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Class of Fall 2024
2023-2024<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\n \"Ralph\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

James Minteer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Class of Fall 2024
2022-2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\n \"Jose\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jose Sainz<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Class of Spring 2024
2022-2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n \"Kaitlin\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kaitlin White<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Class of Spring 2024
2022-2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\n \"Cai\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cai Haught<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Class of Spring 2024
2022-2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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\n \"Andrew\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Fritz<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Class of Spring 2024
2022-2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Nathan Waltz<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Class of Fall 2023
2021-2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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