Students

I'm always looking for self-motivated, intellectually-strong, & reliable students who are curious about how computer systems work and are interested in improving the design, implementation, evaluation, and/or application of various computer systems. Please check out our recent publications & projects and let me know if anything interests you. If you have experience in building systems/tools, that's great! Let's talk and see if we have mutual interests. If you come from a different background, that's OK, too. I'm more than happy to pass my hands-on experience to you and help you grow and succeed, as long as you are hardworking, responsible, determined, and have the desire to become an expert in a challenging and high-impact area in the near future. For ISU students, the best way to learn about my research (and let me learn about you) is to take my classes. For non-ISU students, I highly encourage you to apply to ECE@ISU (students from underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to apply).

I have been fortunate enough to work with the following students, who sometimes listen to me:

• Ph.D. Mentees
  Wei Xu
  Ahmed Tayseer Fouad Dajani
  Roop Kiran
  
  
• Master Mentees
  Joshua John
  Vidhya Mannathu Parambil
  
  
• Research Interns
  Aaron Trelstad
  Alex Young
  Zeren Yang (University of Wisconsin-Madison) [=> Software Engineer @Microsoft Azure Storage]
  Yuan Gao (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
  Yanchuan Tang (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
  
  
• Alumni
  
  
  
  • Postdoc
  [1] Sarath Babu, 2021 - 2025 [=> Research Assistant Professor @ISU; co-advised with Dr. Hongwei Zhang]
  
  
  • Ph.D. Mentees
  [5] Tabassum Mahmud, Ph.D. (ISU), 2025 [=> On the job market! ]
  [4] Runzhou Han, Ph.D. (ISU), 2024 [=> Software Engineer @Microsoft]
  [3] Duo Zhang, Ph.D. (ISU), 2023 [=> System Software Engineer @SK Hynix]
  [2] Om Rameshwar Gatla, Ph.D. (ISU), 2022 [=> Performance Analysis Engineer @NetApp]
  [1] Jinrui Cao, Ph.D. (NMSU), 2020 [=> Tenure-Track Assistant Professor @SUNY Plattsburgh]
  
  
  • M.S. Mentees
  [17] Varun S. Girimaji, M.S. (ISU), 2025 [=> On the job market! ]
  [16] Roop Kiran , M.S. program, 2024 - 2025 [=> Ph.D. Program@ISU]
  [15] Manish Manepalli, M.S. program, 2023 [=> Ph.D. Program@ISU]
  [14] Jacob Betsworth , M.S. (ISU), 2023 [=> The Wittern Group]
  [13] Kajal Kattige, M.S. (ISU), 2022 [=> ASML]
  [12] Haolun Ping, M.S. (ISU), 2022 [=> Fortinet]
  [11] Nidhi Milind Dalvi, M.S. (ISU), 2022 [=> Inspire Medical Systems]
  [10] Siyuan Lu, M.S. (ISU), 2021 [=> ASML]
  [9] Prakhar Bansal, M.S. (ISU), 2020 [=> Amazon Web Services (AWS)]
  [8] Chander B. Gupta, M.S. (ISU), 2020 [=> Intel]
  [7] Satya Prakash, M.S. (ISU), 2020 [=> Qualcomm]
  [6] Ryan Chartier, M.S. (NMSU), 2019 [=> Allscripts]
  [5] Yuan Xu, M.S. (NMSU), 2018 [=> Microsoft]
  [4] Chase Gilbert, M.S. (NMSU), 2018 [=> Honeywell Aerospace]
  [3] Muhammad Hameed, M.S. (NMSU), 2018 [=> Self-employed]
  [2] Simeng Wang, M.S. (NMSU), 2017 [=> Meituan]
  [1] Om Rameshwar Gatla , M.S. (NMSU), 2017 [=> Ph.D. Program@ISU]
  
  
  • Research Interns
  [24] Taylor Bauer, ISU Undergraduate, 2025
  [23] Chao Shi, ISU Ph.D. Student, 2024 - 2025
  [22] Jashwanth Kumar Komanabelli, ISU Undergraduate, 2024 - 2025 [=> Apple]
  [21] Chongliu Jia, ISU Ph.D. Student, 2024
  [20] Hang Thang, ISU Undergraduate, Summer 2024
  [19] Ella Cook, ISU Undergraduate, Fall 2023
  [18] Varun Advani, ISU Undergraduate, Summer 2023
  [17] Michael Less, ISU Undergraduate, Summer 2023
  [16] Varun S. Girimaji, PES University, Summer 2023 [=> M.S. Program@ISU]
  [15] Xining Yuan, Northwestern University, M.S. Student, 2023
  [14] Carson Love, ISU Undergraduate, 2022 - 2023 [=> PwC]
  [13] Ryan Bumann, ISU Undergraduate, 2022 - 2023 [=> Vermeer Corporation]
  [12] Katie Wolf, ISU Undergraduate, 2021
  [11] Aaron Goff, ISU Undergraduate, 2021 [=> ITS@ISU]
  [10] Joshua Kalyanapu, ISU Undergraduate, 2021 [=> Ph.D. Program@NCSU]
  [9] Philip Ma, Grinnell College , 2021 [=> Columbia University]
  [8] Jesrik Gomez, ISU Undergraduate, 2020 [=> Western Digital]
  [7] Chunxue Zuo, HUST, Ph.D. Student, Oct. 2019 - Aug. 2020
  [6] Jason Zhao, ISU Undergraduate, 2019 [=> Google]
  [5] Yealim Sung, ISU Undergraduate, 2019 [=> TTA]
  [4] Chelsea Deane, George Washington University (NSF REU), 2017 [=> MITRE]
  [3] Kristopher Chesney, California State University San Marcos, (NSF REU), 2017 [=> Proficio]
  [2] Danny V. Murillo, Mesa Community College (NSF REU), 2016 [=> Microchip]
  [1] Yiliang Shi, University of Utah (NSF REU), 2016 [=> Ph.D. Program@Columbia University]