Dr Brett BuSha of TCNJ

Biography:

Dr. Brett F BuSha earned a BS in biomedical engineering from Boston University, and a PhD in biomedical engineering from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. After completing a postdoctoral research position with the Department of Physiology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, he worked for several companies in the biotechnology industry. His experiences include the design of predictive mathematical models of physiological systems, and leading pharmaceutical and medical device project teams on the assessment of current market needs, competitive technologies and marketing plan development.

In 2006, Dr. BuSha joined the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) in order to support the development of the Biomedical Engineering (BME) program. He was a founding member the BME Dept when it was formed in 2011. His research interests encompass human physiology, computational modeling, control theory, signal processing, biorobotics and medical instrumentation.

Dr. BuSha is a senior member of the IEEE, and an active member of the IEEE-Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS). He is a member of the IEEE-EMBS Technical Community of Cardiopulmonary Systems and Physiology-Based Engineering; an Associate Editor for the Biorobotics and Biomechanics Section of the IEEE-EMBS Conference Editorial Board; and co-vice chair of the Princeton/Central NJ section of the IEEE-EMBS. Additionally, Dr. BuSha serves as a reviewer for several biomedical research journals, and since 2020, has served as a panel reviewer for Medical Device and Biomedical Technology grant applications to the National Science Foundation’s Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer programs.

Dr Harini Sampath of Rutgers

Biography:

Dr. Sampath is an Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences (SEBS).   She came to Rutgers in 2016, after obtaining her Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and postdoctoral training at Oregon Health & Science University. Research in the Sampath laboratory utilizes nutritional, genetic, and biochemical approaches to study the regulation of lipid metabolism and its application to chronic diseases such as obesity and diabetes, cancers, and inflammatory bowel disease. You can read more about her work and the team at www.sampathlab.com.

Shubha of Intel

Biography:

Shubha is a Principal Engineer with Intel AXG's Discrete Graphics Products. She has held multiple roles in Intel spanning power and performance, binsplit, cost optimization, product-technology co-design, analog and digital circuit design, and integration. Before joining Intel, she was a Member of Technical Staff at Agere Systems designing reader preamplifiers for disk-drives and a Mixed Signal Engineer designing analog front-ends for digital cameras at Texas Instruments.

Shubha has a MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, and a BE degree in Electronics and Communication from the Bangalore University (India). She is a Senior Member of IEEE and serves as the Chair of the SSC Society Princeton/Central NJ Section. She holds five patents and has authored 20 papers for Intel's ICTC, DTTC, Synopsys SNUG and IEEE conferences.

Dr Ira Pitel of Magna Power Electronics

Biography:

Ira J. Pitel received the B.S. degree from Rutgers -- The State University of New Jersey, the M.S. degree from Bucknell University, and the Ph.D. Degree from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1972, 1975, and 1978, respectively.
In 1981, he founded Magna-Power Electronics, a company specializing in custom and standard power conditioning products. He is responsible for technology oversight of its line of 1.5-3,000+kW ac to dc power supplies and electronic loads. In 1986, he joined Texas A&M University as an Adjunct Professor.
Dr. Pitel holds 29 patents in the field of power electronics and is co-recipient of the 1995 Society Prize Paper Award of the Industry Applications Society. He was honored as the Rutgers Outstanding Engineering Alumnus in 2000 and with the Gerald Kliman Innovator Award in
2008. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE and has served in many IEEE capacities including Society President of the Industry Applications Society. He is a member of the Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi.