About Me

I am a second-year PhD student in the Ubiquitous Computing Lab at the University of Washington, advised by Vikram Iyer and Shwetak Patel. Before joining UW, I received my BS and MS in Computer Engineering at Northwestern University where I worked as an undergraduate research assistant for Josiah Hester and John A. Rogers. My research focuses on building embedded systems that demonstrate sensing, networking, and actuation despite tight power and form-factor constraints.

Selected Publications

* Denotes Equal Contribution

MobiCom23

MilliMobile: An Autonomous Battery-free Wireless Microrobot

Kyle Johnson*, Zachary Englhardt*, Vicente Arroyos*, Dennis Yin, Shwetak Patel, Vikram Iyer
MobiCom (2023). [Project Page] [Paper]

Covered by [GeekWire] [UW]

Ubicomp22

FaceBit: Smart Face Masks Platform

Alexander Curtiss*, Blaine Rothrock*, Nivedita Arora, Jason Huang, Zachary Englhardt, Aaron Patrick-Empedrado, Chixiang Wang, Saad Ahmed, Yang Zhang, Nabil Alshurafa, Josiah Hester
Ubicomp (2022). [Paper]

Covered by [Scientific American] [ACM TechNews] [Forbes] [TechCrunch] [Engaget].

Experience

University of Washington
Research Assistant | Advisors: Vikram Iyer, Shwetak Patel
Sep 2022 - present
Seattle, Washington
Applied Materials
Controls Engineering Intern
Mar 2022 - Aug 2022
Santa Clara, California
Northwestern University
Undergraduate Research Assistant | Advisor: Josiah Hester
Feb 2021 - Dec 2021
Evanston, Illinois
Tesla
Autopilot Hardware Intern
Aug 2020 - Dec 2020
Palo Alto, California
Northwestern University
Undergraduate Research Assistant | Advisor: John A. Rogers
Sep 2019 - Mar 2020
Evanston, Illinois
Applied Materials
Controls Engineering Intern
Jun 2019 - Sep 2019
Santa Clara, California
Roku
Intern
Jul 2018 - Sep 2018
Los Gatos, California