COUTU RESEARCH GROUP - Key Persons
Ashish was a Visiting Scholar in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, and he received his M.S. in Physics at Washington State University-Pullman. His research focused on dynamic loading & electrical testing of solar panels, developing engineering tools to aid research on spinal cord injury, modifying scanning acoustic microscope to test microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) based ultrasonic sensors, and enabling sensors for predictive maintenance.
Constantinos Copoulos was a second-year undergraduate in Electrical Engineering at Marquette University, and was working in Prof. Ronald Coutu's MEMS and advanced microsystems research group. As a undergraduate research assistant, his research project involved the improvement of measurement methods, via optical sensors, of metal beam's stress and strain tests.
Dushyant was a Post-Doctoral fellow in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He received his Ph.D. in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics from University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, and he received his Masters in Technology (material science) at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. His research focused mainly on the fabrication of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and the growth of two-dimensional materials and their use in MEMS.
Job Titles:
- Graduate Research Assistant
Emmanuel Adebayo joined the Coutu Research Group in Fall 2019 as part-time research assistant. He was working on quantum materials and effects.
Job Titles:
- Graduate Research Assistant
Farhana Anwar has started to pursue her M.S. degree from the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Marquette University, Milwaukee in Fall, 2017. She has also joined as a Research Assistant in Prof. Coutu's MEMS and Advanced Microsystems research group, and her current research is focused on the design, fabrication and testing of pressure sensitivity of MEMS membrane. Farhana came to Marquette University as an international student from Bangladesh, where she received B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) from University of Dhaka. As part of her honors thesis, she conducted research on nanowire CdS/CdTe solar cell. During her B.Sc. program, she worked on design and simulation of Core Multishell Nanowire/Quantum Dot heterojunction structure, Core Multishell Metal Nanowire, Lead Free Perovskite Solar Cell, and CZTS Solar Cell.
Job Titles:
- Graduate Research Assistant
Job Titles:
- Graduate Research Assistant
Mohammad Shakhawat Hossain was in the doctoral program in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He earned his BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from North South University, Bangladesh. He received his M.E in Electrical Engineering from Lamar University, Texas. During his graduate program in Marquette, he worked as a research assistant in Advanced Microsystems Research lab and his research was in the field of thermal management for Avalanche Photodiodes and quantum-enhanced sensing.
Job Titles:
- Graduate Research Assistant
Mohiuddin Munna was in graduate program in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Marquette University. He received BS and MS degree in Applied Physics, Electronics and Communication Engineering (APECE) from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has joined Prof. Coutu's MEMS and Advanced Microsystems research group as Graduate Research Assistant in Spring 2018. His research focus was on fabrication and characterization of Liquid Crystal Based RF switches.
Job Titles:
- Research Assistant
- Graduate Research Assistant
Protap K. Mahanta was a Graduate Research Assistant in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He received BS and MS degree in Applied Physics, Electronics and Communication Engineering (APECE) from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and M.E. in Electrical Engineering from University of Idaho, Idaho, USA. In Fall 2017, he has joined in Prof. Coutu's MEMS and Advanced Microsystems research group at Marquette University, to pursue his Ph.D. degree. His research was focused on building novel test fixture to study MEMS switch reliability and performance.
Job Titles:
- Graduate Research Assistant
Rafee Mahbub is a graduate student in Ph.D. program in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Marquette University. After successful completion of his MS degree at Marquette University, he has enrolled into the Ph.D. program in the same department. His master's thesis was about water contaminant detection using RF microwave principles. He has received BS degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Currently, he is working as a Research Assistant (RA) in Prof. Coutu's Advanced Microsystems Research Laboratory. His present research is focused on design and construct micro-structural features into a surrogate system in order to access the effect these features have on the resulting dynamic response of the bulk system.
Job Titles:
- Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Professor of Electrical Engineering
Ronald A. Coutu, Jr. is a Professor and the V. Clayton Lafferty Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI. He received his B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1993, his M.S. in electrical engineering from the California Polytechnic State University (CalPoly) in San Luis Obispo in 1995, and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 2004. He is a California Professional Engineer and Senior Member of the IEEE and SPIE. His research interests include MEMS, advanced microsystems, biosensors, device fabrication, micro-electrical contacts, and phase-change materials.
Job Titles:
- Graduate Research Assistant
Turja Nandy has started his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Marquette University, WI, USA from Spring-2018, and is working as a Graduate Research Assistant in Prof. Coutu's Advanced Microsystems Research Laboratory since then. Previously, he has completed his B.Sc. in Applied Physics, Electronics and Communication Engineering and M.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from University of Dhaka. His bachelor and master researches were about graphene nanomaterials, nanostructured thin films and their applications. His current research is focused on design, fabrication and testing of MEMS switching devices and investigating microcontact materials and phase change materials. Besides, he is involved in installation, maintenance/troubleshooting and process development of different clean room fabrication tools such as UV and DUV lithography, RIE and XeF2 dry etching, dual deposition (sputtering and evaporation) etc.
Wesley was a third year undergraduate studying Bioelectrical Engineering at Marquette University. As a research assistant, his focus was on designing, building, and testing wheatstone-bridge sensors for various applications.