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Project Team 

The principal investigators bring together complementary expertise spanning virtual reality, semiconductor physical assurance and advanced packaging, neurodiversity and educational technology, and workforce accommodations for neurodiverse students. This interdisciplinary team is uniquely positioned to advance both the technical and educational goals of the project while ensuring accessibility and inclusion.

For additional information or questions, please feel free to reach out to any of the project team members.

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Hyo Kang

Assistant Professor

Digital Worlds Institute

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Navid Asadi

Associate Director

Florida Semiconductor Institute

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Nigel Newbutt

Assistant Professor

College of Education

 

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Ann-Marie Orlando

Director

Center of Autism and Related Disability (CARD)

Industry Mentors

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Preston Barney

Machine Learning Engineer

AMD

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Yu Minematsu

Machine Learning Engineer

Meta

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Evan Hadam

Business Analyst

McKinsey

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Hima Reddy Kottur

Advanced Packaging Engineer

Micron

Formal Intern @ AMD, Global Foundries

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Hema Reddy

RFIC Transceiver Validation Engineer 

Apple

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Aslam Khan

Senior Engineer Yield Analysis

Micron

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Previous Cohort Mentors

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Mohammad Shafkat M Khan,

ASIC Design Engineer

Oxmiq Labs

Former intern @ NVIDIA, Intel

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Peter Xi

R & D Engineer

Synopsis

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Nidish Vashistha

Product Security Engineer

Micron Technology​

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Preston Barney

Machine Learning Engineer

AMD

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Program Coordinator

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Erik Ruszkowski

Master's Student in International Business

University of Florida

Former Intern @ Ernst & Young (EY)

Student Mentor

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Himanandhan Kottur 

PhD Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Florida

Former Intern @ Global Foundries, @ AMD

Sanjana Bandlamudi

Professional Development Chair

Semiconductor Career Readiness Organization (SCRO)

Graduate Student

University of Florida

VR Technical Lead 

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Austin Stanbury

CEO

Augmented Info System

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Support for Neurodivergent Students

Online

Adults on the Spectrum Support Group

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In-person

Community Event

MyFriends

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This project is supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No. 2346819. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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