Ross Finman

Member Since: 2013

Department: EECS

Affiliations: CSAIL

John Sun

Member Since: 2009

Fluent Languages: Mandarin

Department: EECS

Affiliations: RLE

John is working towards his PhD with Prof. Vivek Goyal in RLE. His research interests span information theory, signal processing and inference. He grew up in Vancouver, Canada, and did his undergrad at Cornell University. John likes watching movies, playing basketball at the Z, taking photos and cooking. At MIT, he served as the GSA Co-president in 2009, and was a part of SP house government and the Tech.

Ramesh Sridharan

Member Since: 2011

Fluent Languages: English

Department: EECS

Affiliations: CSAIL

Ramesh is a fourth-year PhD student in CSAIL working with Polina Golland on artificial intelligence and machine learning applied to medical imaging. He's from California, and finished his undergrad at Berkeley in 2008. At MIT, he's been involved with the SP house government and the EECS GSA. In his spare time, he enjoys running, reading, good food, and traveling.

Jenna Wiens

Member Since: 2011

Department: EECS

Affiliations: CSAIL

Jenna is a graduate student working in the Data-Driven Medicine Group with Prof. John Guttag. Originally from Canada, this will be her fourth year as an international student at MIT. She has served on a number of student committees, including the EECS GSA government and the Warehouse government. When she's not in lab, you can find her at the beach or on the ski hills, depending on the time of year.

Michael Georgas

Member Since: 2011

Department: EECS

Affiliations: MTL, RLE

Michael is a PhD student working on integrated optical interconnects with Prof. Vladimir Stojanovic. He did his undergraduate at the University of Toronto, where he is from. When not working on a tapeout, he likes listening to music, watching movies, and playing hockey and golf.

Audrey Fan

Member Since: 2011

Fluent Languages: Mandarin

Department: EECS

Affiliations: RLE

Audrey is a graduate student in the MRI Group working with Professor Elfar Adalsteinsson. She grew up near Los Angeles and graduated from Stanford in 2008. Audrey served as Co-President of the GSA, and loves swimming, reading, art, and hiking. One interesting tidbit is she has three younger sisters!

Becky Asher

Member Since: 2013

Department: EECS

Affiliations: RLE, LIDS

Samantha Gunter

Member Since: 2013

Department: EECS

Affiliations: RLE, LEES

Samantha spent most of her life in Illinois, including her undergraduate years at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is currently pursuing her PhD in power electronics with Prof. David Perreault and Prof. Khurram Afridi. Ideally, she would love power and energy systems to be cleaner and more efficient. In her free time, Samantha enjoys going to the Thirsty Ear for Comedy Nights and Trivia, volunteering, and watching the vast collection of shows on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon.

Eric Winokur

Member Since: 2011

Fluent Languages: Spanish

Department: EECS

Affiliations: MTL

Eric Winokur is a third year PhD student working with Charlie Sodini in the area of circuits and systems design, specifically wearable medical monitors. He received his BS from Lehigh University in '06 and his MS also from Lehigh in '08. Originally from the North Shore of Boston, Eric enjoys running and playing the drums in his spare time. He speaks conversational Spanish and is an avid Boston Red Sox fan.

Mohamad Araghchini

Member Since: 2008

Fluent Languages: English, Farsi (Persian)

Department: EECS

Affiliations: MTL, RLE, LEES

Mohammad is currently a Ph.D. student working with Prof. Lang. His research interests include integrated optics and optoelectronics. He got his S.M. degree under the supervision of Prof. Kaertner. He holds an S.M. from MIT and a B.S. from the University of Tehran, both in electrical engineering.

Finale Doshi

Member Since: 2010

Department: EECS

Affiliations: CSAIL

Finale studies statistical machine learning in the Robust Robotics Group, where she uses Bayesian nonparametric statistics to create intelligent learning agents. Previously she studied Physics and Aerospace Engineering at MIT and Engineering at the University of Cambridge (UK). She grew up in Virginia, in an Indian household and is now married to an awesome Puerto Rican. Outside of work, she's taken part in various student life and interfaith discussion groups. Finale also enjoys writing novels, teaching, and exploring Boston. She believes that life is beautiful, that happiness is a choice, and many other new-age ideas she's careful not to force on others (but loves to discuss).

Ermin Wei

Member Since: 2011

Fluent Languages: Mandarin, English, German (nur ein bisschen), Japanese (少しだけ)

Department: EECS

Affiliations: LIDS

Ermin is a graduate student working with Prof. Asu Ozdaglar in LIDS. She was born and raised in Suzhou, China. Ermin moved to US when she was 16 and finsihed her high school in Troy, Ohio before starting college at University of Maryland, College Park. She served on Ashdown brunch committee and enjoys cooking, music, reading and watching anime.