Excelling in an ECE education is one thing; putting that education into practice is completely another. In this panel featuring the brilliant ingenuity of student innovators—from capstone classes to industry startups—we will hear the real stories of what they did to make it happen. The gritty details of both how their ECE education helped as well as what we as educators can do better in equipping future teams will be discussed. Expect a fast-paced, high energy discussion at the forefront of ECE education!
Ramsin Khoshabeh - Chair
University of California, San Diego Bio to come.
Kip Coonley - Sub-Committee
Duke University Kip Coonley is the Undergraduate Laboratory Manager in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. He oversees the teaching laboratories in the department and supervises teaching assistants throughout the curriculum from introductory to senior level design courses.
Kevin Pham - Sub-Committee
Georgia Institute of Technology Bio to come.
Austin Small - Panelist
University of Pennsylvania Alumni Austin is a Co-Founder of Cirkit Design who is driven by the vision of giving everybody the ability to build and prototype electronics, regardless of their experience. He is an ex-Google software engineer, as well as a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, holding a BSE in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Monal Parmar - Panelist
UC San Diego Alumni Monal Parmar is Cofounder, CEO, and CTO of Educational Vision Technologies (EVT). Monal started EVT based on problems he encountered as a first gen. college student in STEM with a disability while attending Mission College, a junior college in Santa Clara, and attending UC San Diego for his BS and MS in Electrical Engineering. Monal is an innovator with two patents in educational technology, takes a user centered design approach towards product development, and is an expert in computer vision. Monal heads product development, engineering, recruitment, business strategy, fundraising, and sales. While in college Monal took the company from an idea to a revenue generating product which delights customers. Monal believes that improving support and access to education is the rising tide that lifts all boats to improve a broad array of problems in society.
Neel Narvekar - Panelist
Georgia Tech Hi, I’m Neel Narvekar! I’m currently pursuing my master’s degree at Georgia Tech in ECE with a focus in computer systems and controls. I have an interest in rapid prototyping and embedded systems. To that end this summer I’m working with my team on a gait tracker for use with physical therapy as a part of Georgia Tech’s startup launch program and I’m also interning at Qualcomm!
Linus Grasel- Panelist Linus is the cofounder and CIO of Occuspace, a company he started out of college with his roommates. Before Occuspace, Linus was an aerospace engineering undergrad, interned at NASA and then went on to receive his graduate degree from UCSD in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in Machine Learning. His hobbies are surfing and tennis and he is passionate about AI and smart building technologies.
Patrick Grady- Panelist Patrick Grady (Duke ’18) was the president of Duke Electric Vehicle team from 2016-2018, and led the effort to set the new world record for fuel efficiency. Currently a PhD candidate at Georgia Tech, Grady studies robotics and computer vision.
Kevin Chen- Panelist Hi, I'm Kevin! I graduated from Penn with an MSE in Electrical Engineering and BSE in Computer Engineering. Most of my free time was spent with Penn Electric Racing, where I served as one of the electrical leads. I am currently at Apple, doing chip-level design verification of Apple’s custom processors.