John K. Kimani
Teaching Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Contact
- j.kimani@northeastern.edu
- 360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
Office
- 410 Dana
- 617.373.6398
Research Focus
Semiconductor devices, Biosensors and bioelectronics, and Hardware/software design for sensor circuits and systems.
About
John Kimani received his B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from Miami University in Oxford, OH in 2007, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Milwaukee, WI in 2009 and 2012, respectively. He was a design engineer working on embedded systems for cardiac electrophysiology in Milwaukee for two years. His research interests are in semiconductor devices, biosensors and bioelectronics, and hardware/software design for sensor circuits and systems. John joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Northeastern University in the Fall of 2014.
Education
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2012
M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2009
B.S., Computer Engineering, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 2007
Licensure
FCC Amateur Radio Extra License
Honors & Awards
The 2020 Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Teacher Award
Best paper award (3rd place) – 2020 ASEE NE Conference, Bridgeport, CT
Teaching Interests
Embedded Computing
Analog and Digital Electronics
Numerical Computing and Applications
Professional Affiliations
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
American Society for Engineering Education
Society of Catholic Scientists
The Capstone Design Community
Research Overview
Semiconductor devices, Biosensors and bioelectronics, and Hardware/software design for sensor circuits and systems.