Year 4: HSI Grant: Summer Research Internship

Monday, June 16, 2025 - Friday, August 15, 2025

Ali Mehran, Carlos Rojas, Christopher Pham, David Parent, Gautam Kumar, Hohyun Lee, John Lee, Kaikai Lui, Maryam Khazaei, Mojtaba Sharifi, Navrati Saxena, Patrick Jurney, Robert Morelos-Zaragoz, Sotoudeh Hamedi-Hagh, William Andreopolous, Yanika Schneider, Yue Lou, and Yunjian Qiu

In the Summer of 2025, Gavilan CC, SJCC, and SJSU Students participated in the Summer Student Research Internship Program with SJSU Faculty Members. We had a total of 18 SJSU Faculty mentors working with students throughout their research projects. Each group is working fully in person, hybrid, or strictly online, but they do meet every week to discuss the status of the project and what to do next.

The students will present their results to their families, colleagues, and faculty members at their designated college.

  • Gavilan CC will present on Thursday, August 14, 2025
  • SJCC will present on Friday, August 15, 2025

The projects were:

  • Ali Mehran
    • Autonomous remote sensing and surveying systems (ranging from data collection, processing, to hardware, drone parts/sensors assembly and development) that are conducted by drones.
  • Carlos Rojas
    • Bioinformatics visualization, Bioinformatics large language models.
  • Christopher Pham
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Python Programming.
  • David Parent
    • Using AI to desing IC (chips).
  • Gautam Kumar
    • Investigating how different sounds affect the brain-wide neural activity measured using EEG device.
  • Hohyun Lee
    • Energy Science, Building energy optimization, smart grid/city.
  • John Lee
    • Magnetic Bead Microrheology
  • Kaikai Lui
    • Deep Learning, Large-Language Models, Data mining, Autonomous Driving, Internet-of-Things.
  • Maryam Khazaei
    • Applying mathematical techniques to solve real-world problems, analyzing data sets, and developing algorithms.
  • Mojtaba Sharifi
    • The development and control of assistive robotic systems including lower-limb and upper-limb exoskeletons and active walkers.
  • Navrati Saxena
    • Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in the world of healthcare.
  • Patrick Jurney
    • Experiments with endothelialized microchannels.
  • Robert Morelos-Zaragoz
    • Software-defined radio communication experiments.
  • Sotoudeh Hamedi-Hagh
    • Design of an innovative Folded Cascode single ended output
      amplifier, implementing Gain Boosting Fully Differential Auxiliary
      Amplifiers.
  • William Andreopolous
    • Develop Machine Learning (ML) models for next sentence prediction, full document retrieval, and image generation.
  • Yanika Schneider
    • Biodegradable composite fabrication and characterization.
  • Yue Lou
    • Development of more transparent and user-friendly robotic systems, enhancing human-robot collaboration in emergency response and high-stakes environments.
  • Yunjian Qiu
    • AI-supported Engineering Design, Medical Device Design, Automonous System Design, Human Centered Design.

Total of Mentors: 18

Total of Students: 48

SJCC: 21

Gavilan CC: 21

SJSU: 6