Joel L. Dawson is the Carl Richard Soderberg Professor of Power Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. Joel received the S.B. and M.Eng. degrees in electrical engineering from MIT in 1996 and 1997, respectively. For his M.Eng. degree, he participated in the VI-A Internship program at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ. He went on to receive the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 2003. His doctoral research focused on the area of RF circuit design in Professor Thomas H. Lee's group. Specifically, Joel investigated innovative techniques to improve the power dissipation and linearity of power amplifiers, a key component of wireless systems. In 2003 he co-founded Aspendos Communications, a startup company based in San Jose, CA.

Jose Bohorquez completed his BSEE and MSEE at the University of Florida under the advisement of Dr. Kenneth O. While studying at UF, he completed internships with APA Wireless, Lockheed Martin Information Systems, and GE Medical Systems. After completing his MS degree, Jose worked at Bitwave Semiconductor as an RF/Analog Design Engineer from January 2005 until September 2006. His is currently pursuing a Ph.D. under  the co-advisory of Professors Joel Dawson and Anantha Chandrakasan.

Hyun Ho Boo received his B.S. in electrical engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in 2007. His research focuses on power amplifier linearization techniques aiming for handset applications. Hyun enjoys playing soccer and going out to meet new people.

Sungwon Chung received his B.S. from Pusan National University, Korea, and an M.S. from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Sungwon joined the Dawson research group in 2005 to pursue his Ph.D. in electrical engineering. His current research focus is an integrated digital power amplifier system for mobile wireless terminals built in silicon technologies.

Philip Godoy received his B.S. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2006. While studying at UC Berkeley, he completed internships at Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Broadcom. He is currently pursuing his M.S. and Ph.D. at MIT under the guidance of Prof. Joel Dawson. The topic of Philip's M.S. thesis focuses on applying nested chopper stabilization to analog multipliers and direct conversion mixers for improved DC performance. His current research focuses on polar transmitters for multimode/multiband wireless communications.

Tania Khanna completed her B.S. in electrical engineering and computer engineering with a minor in operations research and industrial engineering at Cornell University. She recently began the M.S./Ph.D. program in electrical engineering and computer science. Her current research focuses on optimization of analog systems via equation-based hierarchical design. In her spare time, Tania enjoys photography, playing tennis, and wine tasting.

Hong Ma received a bachelor’s in Engineering Physics from the University of
British Columbia in 2001. He received a master’s from the Media Laboratory at MIT in 2004 and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from MIT in Sept. 2007. He currently is a postdoctoral associate, working with Alex Slocum and Joel Dawson. His area of interest is biomedical device design.

Muyiwa Ogunnika completed a B.E. in Electrical Engineering at the City College of New York in 2001 and an S.M. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT in 2004. He has completed internships at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Intel Corporation. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. under the guidance of Professor Joel Dawson. Muyiwa's research focuses on IC development for a handheld electrical impedance probe for the assessment of neuromuscular diseases. His hobbies include competing at ballroom dance competitions in the Boston and New York areas, as well as Salsa dancing.

Surapap Rayanakorn received his S.B. and M.Eng. degrees from MIT in 2005 and 2006, respectively. He partcipated in the VI-A Internship Program at Linear Technology Corporation, where he designed a micropower operational amplifier for his M.Eng. thesis. He joined the Dawson Research Group in 2006 to pursue a Ph.D. in EECS. His current research focuses on high-speed phase-locked loops for wireless technology application.

Willie Sanchez, part of the first generation of his Dominican family in the United States, received his B.S. and M.Eng degrees in electrical engineering from MIT in 2005 and 2007, respectively. His current research interests include circuit design and optimization, control system analysis and design, and biomedical applications. He is an avid martial artist and when not training, he spends his spare time teaching and dancing salsa around Boston and various parts of the world.

Roshni Cooper received her B.S. and M.Eng. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 2007 and 2008. Roshni's research was on a new, compact impedance probe for electrical impedance myography and has accepted a position with Cisco Systems in the San Fransico Bay area.

Ali Hadiashar completed his Masters thesis "Chopper Stabilization in Analog Multipliers" in February 2006 and is now employed by BitWave Semiconductor in Lowell, Massachusetts. Click here for a picture of the Group celebrating Ali's achievement at Atasca Restaurant in Cambridge.

Jack Holloway was born and raised in the small northwest Kansas farming community of Colby. He holds Science Bachelor degrees in applied mathematics and electrical engineering from MIT (2003) and a Master of Engineering degree from MIT in electrical engineering and computer science (2004). The Dawson Research Group had a farewell dinner for Jack. Click here to see some pictures from their dinner at Cambridge's Blue Room.

Jeff Huang received his B.S. and M.Eng. degrees from MIT in June 2005 and 2006, respectively, and he currently works for Northrop Grumman's Defensive Systems Division of the Electronic Systems Sector in Rolling Meadows, IL. He grew up in the Chicago area, graduating from "the home of the state champions," Naperville North High School, in 2001. He absolutely loves the Midwest -the Heartland! Besides working, Jeff spends his time playing and watching (especially in glorious high def) basketball, football, and softball/baseball. He also enjoys watching movies and following (and cheering on) his teams, the beloved Chicago Bears and Chicago Bulls, as well as the White Sox, Jayhawks, and Illini. But his Bears and Bulls are most important!

Michael Scharfstein was born in Russia and raised in New York City. He completed his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science with a minor in Biomedical Engineering at MIT. In his free time, he enjoys hiking and volunteering as an EMT for MIT Emergency Medical Services. Mike completed his thesis in August 2007.