Director
Alexander V. Mamishev
SEAL Director, Professor of EE, Adjunct Professor of ME.
Alexander V. Mamishev
Professor Alexander V. Mamishev received the equivalent of a BSEE degree from Kiev Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine, in 1992 and his MSEE from Texas A&M University in 1994. IN 1999 he complete a Ph.D in electrical engineering and computer science at MIT, with a minor in technology management from Harvard Business School and MIT Sloan School of Management. Currently he is a professor and director of the Sensors, Energy, and Automation Laboratory (SEAL) in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle. Mamishev is author on more than 120 technical publications. He serves as an associate editor for the IEEE transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, the IEEE Outstanding Branch Advisor Awards and the UW EE Outstanding Research Advisor Award.
Co-Director
Sep Makhsous
SEAL Co-Director, Assistant Teaching Professor
Sep Makhsous
Sep Makhsous is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Washington. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and an MBA in Technology Commercialization from the University of Washington. Makhsous's research interests include digital signal processing, controls and robotics, embedded systems, and entrepreneurship. Currently, he is working with industrial partners, NASA, JCATI, and Airforce to create modern motor controllers for electric aircraft. Makhsous is also an accomplished entrepreneur with expertise in technology commercialization, gained through launching successful startups and participating in prestigious startup competitions. He serves as an associate at OMEGA Venture Partners, evaluating startups for business and technical viability and merit.
Research Scientist
Aaron Zielinski
Lead Technical Writer
Aaron Zielinski
Zielinski is the lead technical writer for SEAL, and a staff member of both the UW ECE and UW IAC. His expertise is in technical communications, public outreach, student integration, and R&D grant proposals. He is responsible for lab reporting, manuscript preparation, and integrating students into SEAL research. He also works with several Seattle-based start-ups to develop tools and systems to optimize task flow.
Associates
Aadharsh Rajkumar
Anh Nguyen
Arnav Chawla
Aurelia Kisanaga
Avi Agola
Benjamin Dinkelmann
Cameron Urquhart
Catherine Liu
Cooper Likens
Cynthia Yu
Daniel Lopez
Dean Watanasri
Donovan McMillan
Elliana Dunlap
Erqi Deng
Ethan Hu
Ethan Rad
Farhan Khan
Felix Tse
Gabrielle Zaher
Grace Beasley
Hanlin Ma
Hanquan Wang
Harris Nakajima
Hyejoon Lee
Hyunyoung Sung
Jan Espelien
Jay Yu
Jia Hao Wang
Jocelyn He
Joshua Ren
Junhao Wang
Kaiming Zhang
Karlen Aleksanyan
Katelyn Doan
Kelly Wang
Kent Fukuda
Kiet Tran
Lincoln Lewis
Mameena Arromdee
Marcel Ramirez
Maria Leonova
Max Stafford
Maya Desai
Mikhail Chalakov
Ming-Sheng Lin
Minjae Dang
Nathan Holterhoff
Nicklaus Thompson
Nikolai Dotsenko
Pranav Ananthram
Qing Yan
Ragavan Arivazhagan
Rajat Sengupta
Reva Dhiman
Rhea Shinde
Rhiannon Garnier
Samuel Korostov
Sanjana Singh
Sean Bubernak
Shyam Arumugam
Thomas Tusty
Tim Zhang
Tristan Angeles
William Hong
Winston Sun
Xueyicheng Xu
Yushan Huang
Zheng Liu
