Computing PhD Graduates

Computational Math Science and Engineering

Dr. James Beck

Graduated Fall 2022
Post-graduation employment: Investigator, Bioinformatics at Scribe Therapeutics in Alameda, CA

JimBeck@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Dr. Eric Hayden

Graduated Fall 2022
Post-graduation employment: Investigator, Bioinformatics at Scribe Therapeutics in Alameda, CA
Dr. Kathryn Drake

Kathryn Drake’s Student Profile

Graduated Fall 2020
Post-graduation employment: Senior Software Engineer at Apple in San Diego, CA

kathryndrake@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Dr. Grady Wright

Kathryn Drake’s Student Profile

Graduated Fall 2020
Post-graduation employment: Senior Software Engineer at Apple in San Diego, CA
Dr. Andrew Jones

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Graduated Fall 2022
Post-graduation employment: Plasma Physics Group at Sandia National Lab, Postdoc Position

AndrewJones237@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Dr. Grady Wright

Andrew Jones’ Student Profile

Graduated Fall 2022
Post-graduation employment: Plasma Physics Group at Sandia National Lab, Postdoc Position
Dr. Miu Lun Lau

Graduated in Fall 2023
Post-graduation employment: Senior Scientist at BAE Systems Inc. in Arlington, Virginia

andylau@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Min Long

Graduated in Fall 2023
Post-graduation employment: Senior Scientist at BAE Systems Inc. in Arlington, Virginia
Dr. Tyler Phillips

Graduated Fall 2021
Post-graduation employment: Computational Scientist at Idaho National Laboratory in Boise, ID

TylerPhillips1@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Dr. Hoda Mehrpouyan

Graduated Fall 2021
Post-graduation employment: Computational Scientist at Idaho National Laboratory in Boise, ID

Cybersecurity

Dr. Chidi Agbo

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Graduated Fall 2023
Post-graduation employment: Assistant Professor of Cyber Systems at University of Nebraska, Kearney (UNK)

chidiagbo@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Dr. Hoda Mehrpouyan

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Graduated Fall 2023
Post-graduation employment: Assistant Professor of Cyber Systems at University of Nebraska, Kearney (UNK)
Dr. Golam Dastoger Bashar

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Graduated in Fall 2021
Post-graduation employment: Software Engineer at KLA, Portland, OR

GolamBashar@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Dr. Gaby Dagher

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Graduated in Fall 2021
Post-graduation employment: Software Engineer at KLA, Portland, OR
Dr. Samer Khamaiseh

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Graduated Fall 2019
Post-graduation employment: Assistant Professor at Miami University and Director of the NSSR Cybersecurity Lab

samerkhamaiseh@u.boisestate.edu

Samer Khamaiseh’s Student Profile

Graduated Fall 2019
Post-graduation employment: Assistant Professor at Miami University and Director of the NSSR Cybersecurity Lab
Dr. A K M Nuhil Mehdy

AKM Nuhil Mehdy’s Student Profile

Graduated Summer 2021
Post-graduation employment: Machine Learning Engineer at Micron in Boise, ID

akmnuhilmehdy@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Dr. Hoda Mehrpouyan

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Graduated Summer 2021
Post-graduation employment: Machine Learning Engineer at Micron in Boise, ID
Dr. Ning Shen

Graduated in Fall 2023
Post-graduation employment: Software Engineer at Amazon in San Francisco, CA, building an infrastructure for benchmarking and deploying Alexa’s Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models

ningshen@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Jyh-haw Yeh

Graduated in Fall 2023
Post-graduation employment: Software Engineer at Amazon in San Francisco, CA, building an infrastructure for benchmarking and deploying Alexa’s Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) models
Dr. Will Unger

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Graduated Spring 2022
Post-graduate employment: Raytheon

WilliamUnger@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Dr. Liljana Babinkostova

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Graduated Spring 2022
Post-graduate employment: Raytheon

Computer Science

Dr. Kenny Ballou

Graduated Summer 2024
Post-Graduation employment: Faculty position with California State University – San Marcos, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems

kennyballou@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Elena Sherman

Graduated Summer 2024
Post-Graduation employment: Faculty position with California State University – San Marcos, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems
Dr. Eddie Davis

Graduated Spring 2019
Post-graduation employment: Machine Learning Engineer at Micron Technology in Boise, ID

EddieDavis@u.boisestate.edu

Graduated Spring 2019
Post-graduation employment: Machine Learning Engineer at Micron Technology in Boise, ID
Dr. Mikel Joaristi

Graduated Fall 2020
Post-graduation employment: Data Scientist at Climate Corp in Seattle, WA

MikelJoaristi@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Edoardo Serra

Graduated Fall 2020
Post-graduation employment: Data Scientist at Climate Corp in Seattle, WA
Dr. Ion Madrazo

Graduated Fall 2019
Post-graduation employment: Senior Data Scientist at Lowe’s Companies, Inc. in Mooresville, NC

IonMadrazo@u.boisestate.edu

Graduated Fall 2019
Post-graduation employment: Senior Data Scientist at Lowe’s Companies, Inc. in Mooresville, NC
Dr. Golam Md Mortuza

Graduated Summer 2023
Post-Graduation employment: Senior Scientific Programmer for Moody’s in Newark, CA

GolammdMortuza@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Dr. Tim Andersen

Graduated Summer 2023
Post-Graduation employment: Senior Scientific Programmer for Moody’s in Newark, CA
Dr. Tobi Popoola

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Graduated Spring 2023
Post-graduation employment: Senior GPU Compiler Engineer at Qualcomm in San Diego, CA

TobiPopoola@u.boisestate.edu

Tobi Popoola’s Student Profile

Graduated Spring 2023
Post-graduation employment: Senior GPU Compiler Engineer at Qualcomm in San Diego, CA
Dr. Amifa Raj

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Graduated Fall 2023
Post-Graduation employment: Applied Scientist II at Microsoft

AmifaRaj@u.boisestate.edu

Amifa Raj’s Student Profile

Graduated Fall 2023
Post-Graduation employment: Applied Scientist II at Microsoft
Dr. Dhanush Kumar Ratakonda

Graduated Spring 2022
Post-graduation employment: Mixed Methods User Experience Researcher at Ivanti in Boise, ID

DhanushkumarRata@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Dr. Jerry Alan Fails

Graduated Spring 2022
Post-graduation employment: Mixed Methods User Experience Researcher at Ivanti in Boise, ID
Dr. Qudrat E Alahy Ratul

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Graduated Summer 2023
Post-graduation employment: Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT

QudratealahyRatu@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Edoardo Serra

Qudrat E Alahy Ratul’s Student Profile

Graduated Summer 2023
Post-graduation employment: Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT
Dr. Anu Shrestha

Anu Shrestha’s Student Profile

Graduated Spring 2022
Post-graduate employment: Machine Learning Engineer at Intel Corporation in Portland, OR

AnuShrestha@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Dr. Francesca Spezzano

Anu Shrestha’s Student Profile

Graduated Spring 2022
Post-graduate employment: Machine Learning Engineer at Intel Corporation in Portland, OR
Dr. Iker Vazquez Lopez

Graduated Spring 2022
Post-graduate employment: Software Engineer II, Contractor at Meta in Redmond, WA

IkerVazquezlopez@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Dr. Steve Cutchin

Graduated Spring 2022
Post-graduate employment: Software Engineer II, Contractor at Meta in Redmond, WA

Data Science

Dr. Amrina Ferdous

Amrina Ferdous’ Student Profile

Graduated Fall 2023
Post-graduation employment: Data Scientist III, Micron Technology, Boise ID

amrinaferdous@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Julia Oxford

Amrina Ferdous’ Student Profile

Graduated Fall 2023
Post-graduation employment: Data Scientist III, Micron Technology, Boise ID
Dr. Amir Abbas Kazemzadeh Farizhandi

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Graduated Fall 2022
Post-graduation employment: Advanced Modeling Engineer/Data Scientist at Micron Technology

AmirabbasKazemza@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Dr. Mahmood Mamivand

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Graduated Fall 2022
Post-graduation employment: Advanced Modeling Engineer/Data Scientist at Micron Technology
Dr. Ahmad Hojatimalekshah

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Distinguished Doctoral Scholarship Award, 2023 recipient

Graduated Spring 2023
Post-graduation employment: Post-Doc at Boise State University with Dr. Nancy Glenn developing new machine-learning algorithms to address challenges in snow density estimation

ahmadhojatimalek@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Dr. Nancy Glenn

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Distinguished Doctoral Scholarship Award, 2023 recipient

Graduated Spring 2023
Post-graduation employment: Post-Doc at Boise State University with Dr. Nancy Glenn developing new machine-learning algorithms to address challenges in snow density estimation
Dr. Ngozi Ihemelandu

Graduated Fall 2024
Post-graduation employment: Data Scientist at Task Impetus Inc., New Orleans, LA

ngoziihemelandu@u.boisestate.edu

Graduated Fall 2024
Post-graduation employment: Data Scientist at Task Impetus Inc., New Orleans, LA
Dr. Mintaek Lee

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Graduated Summer 2022
Post-graduation employment: Data Scientist at Novant Health in Winston-Salem, NC

MintaekLee@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Dr. Jaechoul Lee

Mintaek Lee’s Student Profile

Graduated Summer 2022
Post-graduation employment: Data Scientist at Novant Health in Winston-Salem, NC
Dr. Arash Modaresi Rad

Arash Modaresi Rad’s Student Profile

Graduated Fall 2023
Post-graduation employment: Water resources Data Scientist with Lynker’s Hydrofabrics Team developing tools, ETL data pipelines and software to support the next generation of national water models and to advance flood forecasting capabilities

arashmodaresirad@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Mojtaba Sadegh

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Graduated Fall 2023
Post-graduation employment: Water resources Data Scientist with Lynker’s Hydrofabrics Team developing tools, ETL data pipelines and software to support the next generation of national water models and to advance flood forecasting capabilities
Dr. Md Asif Rahman

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Graduated Fall 2023
Post-graduation employment: Data Analytics Specialist/Program Admin Spec II, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services in Richmond, Virginia

mdasifrahman@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Yang Lu

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Graduated Fall 2023
Post-graduation employment: Data Analytics Specialist/Program Admin Spec II, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services in Richmond, Virginia
Dr. Tianjie Zhang

TJ Zhang’s Student Profile

Graduated Spring 2024
Post-graduation employment: Summer Internship at Idaho National Laboratories followed by a postdoc at Rutgers University, New Jersey

tjzhang@u.boisestate.edu

Advisor: Yang Lu

TJ Zhang’s Student Profile

Graduated Spring 2024
Post-graduation employment: Summer Internship at Idaho National Laboratories followed by a postdoc at Rutgers University, New Jersey