Biomedical Ultrasound Research Group (BURG)
Current Students
Antarjot Kaur
Ph.D. Student, Engineering Education, Virginia Tech (Aug 2023 - present)
M.S. in Bioengineering, George Mason University (2023)
B.S. in Bioengineering, George Mason University (2021)
Antarjot is focused on investigating and understanding muscle function using ultrasound techniques, while also developing computational models to advance the understanding and treatment of musculoskeletal conditions. Outside of the lab and in the classroom, she is also interested in biomedical and broadening participation research in engineering education. Her hobbies include video games, cooking, and embarking on adventures to new places.
Ph.D. Student, Engineering Education, Virginia Tech (Aug 2023 - present)
M.S. in Bioengineering, George Mason University (2023)
B.S. in Bioengineering, George Mason University (2021)
Antarjot is focused on investigating and understanding muscle function using ultrasound techniques, while also developing computational models to advance the understanding and treatment of musculoskeletal conditions. Outside of the lab and in the classroom, she is also interested in biomedical and broadening participation research in engineering education. Her hobbies include video games, cooking, and embarking on adventures to new places.
Arlo Gow
Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech (Aug 2025 - present)
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester (2024)
Arlo is interested in the use of computational acoustic modeling to improve understanding of ultrasound diagnostics and therapeutics. Outside of the lab, Arlo likes reading, video games, and going on hikes.
Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech (Aug 2025 - present)
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester (2024)
Arlo is interested in the use of computational acoustic modeling to improve understanding of ultrasound diagnostics and therapeutics. Outside of the lab, Arlo likes reading, video games, and going on hikes.
Elisabeth Tershak
Undergraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech (Aug 2024 - present)
Undergraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech (Aug 2024 - present)
Haotian Chen
Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC (2019 - present)
B.S. in Mechatronics, Zhejiang University (2019)
Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC (2019 - present)
B.S. in Mechatronics, Zhejiang University (2019)
Jingyi Zuo
Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech (Aug 2023 - present)
M.S. in Bioengineering, UIUC (2023)
B.S. in Computer Science, UCLA (2021)
B.S. in Applied Mathematics, UCLA (2021)
Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech (Aug 2023 - present)
M.S. in Bioengineering, UIUC (2023)
B.S. in Computer Science, UCLA (2021)
B.S. in Applied Mathematics, UCLA (2021)
MD Rizwanul Kabir
Ph.D. Student (ICTAS Scholar), Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech (Aug 2023 - present)
B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Islamic University of Technology (2021)
Ph.D. Student (ICTAS Scholar), Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech (Aug 2023 - present)
B.E. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Islamic University of Technology (2021)
Yixuan Peng
Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech (Aug 2024 - present)
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan (2024)
Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech (Aug 2024 - present)
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan (2024)
Yuanbin Zhu
Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech (Aug 2023 - present)
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan (2023)
B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Automation, North China Electric Power University (2020)
Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech (Aug 2023 - present)
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Michigan (2023)
B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Automation, North China Electric Power University (2020)
Zixuan Tian
Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC (Aug 2021 - present)
B.Eng. in Electronic Information Science and Technology, Fudan University (2021)
Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC (Aug 2021 - present)
B.Eng. in Electronic Information Science and Technology, Fudan University (2021)
Former Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Quang Tran (2020-2021) –> Postdoc at Harvard Medical School –> Assistant Professor at Michigan Technological University
Former Graduate Students
Benny Antony (M.S. in Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2022-2024)
- Karthik Nagabhushana (M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC, 2020-2021) –> Application Engineer at Texas Instruments
M.S. Thesis: Simulating acoustic wave reflection, transmission, and scattering in k-Wave for quantitative ultrasound applications - Yashuo Wu (M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC, 2019-2021) –> PhD Student at UC Irvine
M.S. Thesis: Examining ultrasonic scattering mechanisms in fatty liver parenchyma via histopathological liver image analysis
Former Senior Undergraduate Thesis Students
- Andrew Li (ECE@UIUC, 2022-2023) –> Software Engineer Intern at Capital One
- Zikui Wang (ECE@UIUC, 2022-2023) –> MS Student at Stanford
- Churan He (ECE@UIUC, 2021) –> MSCS Student at Stanford; Software Engineer at NVIDIA
- Shi “Mike” Chen (ECE@UIUC, 2018-2019) –> MS Student at Stanford
Former Undergraduate Research Assistants
- Connor Murphy (BMES@VT, 2023-2025)
- Pablo Sanchez (ECE@UIUC, 2020-2022)
- Qiuyu “Tod” Wang (ECE@UIUC, 2020-2022)
- Rohan Mohta(ECE@UIUC, 2021-2022)
- Furkan Yazici (ECE@UIUC, 2021-2022)
- Qi Chen (ECE@UIUC, 2022)
- Calvin Lee (ECE@UIUC, 2022)
- Yu Li (ECE@UIUC, 2022)
- Elie Masanka (Statistics@UIUC, 2019-2021)
- Daniel Ahn (ECE@UIUC, 2021)
- Adam Morgan (ECE@UIUC, 2021)
- Rubin Zhou (ECE@UIUC, 2021)
- Aditya Umakanth (ECE@UIUC, 2019-2020)
- Leonardo Lopez (CS@UIUC, 2020)
- Ziyang Xu (ECE@UIUC, 2019)