People
We are a diverse group working on vertically-integrated multi-disciplinary topics related to emerging hardware computing technologies. Please contact us at GinaAdam@gwu.edu if you are interested in collaborating or joining our team (open positions).
Gina C. Adam is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and leads the Adaptive Devices And Microsystems (ADAM) group.
She received a Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering in Dmitri Strukov's group and a M.A. degree in teaching and learning from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2015. She was a research scientist with the National Institute for R&D in Microtechnologies (IMT Bucharest) and a visiting scholar at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Amongst her scientific achievements are the first demonstration of a stacked RRAM crossbar with 4 bit precision, high yield functional integration of stacked RRAM onto foundry CMOS and the first perceptron network implemented in monolithically integrated RRAM crossbars. Her honors include the International Fulbright Science and Technology award (2010), the Mirzayan fellowship at the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (2012), the Marie Sklodowska Curie individual fellowship from the European Commission (2016), the AFOSR Young Investigator Program Award (2023) and the NSF CAREER award (2023). She also received the GW Engineering Outstanding Early Career Teaching Award (2022), the GW-wide Morton A. Bender Teaching Award (2023) and the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools Doctoral-level Teaching Award (2024).
Lei Zhang is a Ph.D student in Electrical Engineering since Fall 2019. He received his M.S. degree from George Washington University in Spring 2019. He has been working in the Adaptive Devices And Microsystems Group since Fall 2018 on simulations of memristive neural networks and VLSI circuit design.
Zhuolin Yang is a PhD student in Computer Engineering since Spring 2021. She received a MS degree in Computer Science from George Washington University in 2020. She joined the Adaptive Devices And Microsystems Group in Spring 2020 and is working on training algorithms for distributed memristive circuits.
Osama Yousuf is a PhD student in Computer Engineering. He received a BS degree in Computer Science with a Minor in Mathematics from Habib University in 2020. He joined the Adaptive Devices And Microsystems Group in Spring 2021 to work on robust neural network algorithms for memristor-based accelerators.
Joseph Kilgore is a PhD student in Computer Engineering since Fall 2021. He has a BS degree in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Toledo and was a Research Technician at Case Western Reserve University. He joined the group to work on biologically inspired artificial intelligence.
Shweta Joshi is a PhD student in Electrical Engineering. She has a MTech in Material Science from IIT Kharagpur in 2023, MSc in Physics from Doon University in 2020 and BSc in Physical Sciences from University of Delhi in 2018. She joined the group in Fall 2023 to work on material engineering for reliable memristors.
Sameer Nadeem is a PhD student in Computer Engineering at George Washington University. He received a BSc degree in Electrical Engineering with a Minor in Mathematics from Habib University in 2020. He joined the Adaptive Devices And Microsystems Group in Fall 2024 to work on memristor-based prototypes and accelerators.
Zahin Ahmed is a Ph.D student in Computer Engineering. She received her B.Sc. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from North South University, and has served as a Lecturer at Brac University afterwards. She joined the group in Fall 2024 to work on robust brain-inspired neural networks.
Susmita Karmaker is a Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering. She holds a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST). She has three years of experience in Analog Layout Design. In Fall 2024, she joined the Adaptive Device and Microsystem Lab to work on memristor-based circuit design.
Md Abrar Ibtesham is a PhD student in Electrical Engineering. He received his BSc degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST). With three years of professional experience in analog layout design, he joined Adaptive Device and Microsystem Lab in Fall 2024, where his research focuses on memristor-based circuit design for distributed computing.
Vijay Vanapalli is a Masters student in Computer Science since Fall 2023. He received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from San Jose State University in 2018. He joined the group in Spring 2024 to work on neuromorphic vision.
Haneen Abbas is an undergraduate student in Neuroscience. She joined the group in Fall 2024 to work on model tuning for hardware implementation of neurons.
Alumni
* with first known place of employment after working in ADAM lab
Parisa Vejdani - Post-Doctoral Scientist | Jan 2020 - Jan 2021
Imtiaz Hossen - PhD student in EE | Fall 2020 - Spring 2024 | Engineer, Intel
Joseph Riem - Masters student in CE | Fall 2022 - Spring 2024
Damjan Pavleski - Masters student in EE | Fall 2022 - Spring 2024
Yihui Wang - Masters student in EE | Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
Munya Kaudani - Masters student in EE | Spring 2024
Sean Letavish - MS + BSc student in EE | Summer 2020 - Spring 2023 | * internship at NASA
Zubin Zhang - MS student in EE | Summer 2022 - Fall 2022
Siyuan "Yin" Huang - MS student in CS | Fall 2018 - Spring 2020 | * PhD student at Tshingua University
Yutong Gao - MS student in CS | Summer 2019 - Spring 2020 | * software developer at Marlabs
Zixiang Guo - MS student in EE | Spring - Fall 2019 | * PhD student at Vanderbilt University
Zhiwei Zhang - MS student in EE | Spring - Fall 2019 | * Sawtest
Sihao Fei - MS student in EE | Fall 2019 | * Sage Micro
Xibing Chen - MS student in ECE | Fall 2018 - Spring 2019
Junyun Zhang - MS student in CS | Spring 2020 - Summer 2021 | * Baanyan
Aaron William Langham - visiting researcher| Spring 2019 - Spring 2020 | * PhD student at MIT
Henry Mackay - undergraduate student in EE | Spring 2022 - Spring 2024
Victoria Ravel - undergraduate student in BME | Spring 2021 - Spring 2023 | * PhD student at Duke University
Emad Haskett - undergraduate student in CE | Summer 2022 - Fall 2022
Roman D'Argenio - undergraduate student in EE | Summer 2022 - Fall 2022
Davud Kazdal - undergraduate student in CE | Summer 2021 - Spring 2022
Cooter Mcgrew - undergraduate student in ECE | Summer 2021 - Fall 2021
Shang Wu - undergraduate student in CS | Spring 2019 - Spring 2021 | * internship at Rice University
Alyssa Andrade - undergraduate student in BME | Summer 2019 - Spring 2021 | * project manager at Smith & Nephew
Jonathan Schwartz - undergraduate student in MAE | Summer 2019 - Summer 2020 |* MSc student at Carnegie Mellon University
Brandon O'Dell - undergraduate student in BME | Fall 2019 - Spring 2020 | * MS student at GWU
Nicholas Brignola - undergraduate student in CE | Fall 2019
Ben Kaiser-Bulmash - student at School Without Walls High School | Fall 2021 - Spring 2023
Eckart Schneider - student at Poolesville High School | Summer 2022 - Fall 2022
Grace Brown - student at Oakton High School | Fall 2019 - Spring 2020 | * undergraduate student at University of Virginia
Aidan Jennings-Cashman - high school student at Schools Without Walls High School | Spring/Summer 2019 | * undergraduate student at University of Virginia (UVA)
Beyonce Andrades - high school student at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology | Summer 2019 | * undergraduate student at Virginia Tech
Collaborators
Jabez McClelland
Alternative Computing Group
National Institute for Standards and Technology, USA
Igor Efimov
Biomedical Engineering / Cardiology Departments
Northwestern University, USA
Rhonda Dzakpasu
Department of Physics / Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
Georgetown University, USA
Giorgio Ascoli
Department of Bioengineering
George Mason University, USA
Adrian Dinescu
Nano-Scale Structuring and Characterization lab
National Institute for R&D in Microtechnologies, Romania