Arnab Baruah is the first recipient of the Bharatkumar S. Joshi Memorial Scholarship; the award’s namesake was an associate professor in the William States Lee College of Engineering.
Baruah is working on his dissertation “Ultra Low Power Wireless Transceiver for Wearable Medical Devices.” His research is primarily focused on developing “near zero-power” electronic circuits that can be used in ADC’s, sensors and wireless transceivers operating at nano-amperes of current. Such devices are critical for the use of wearable and implantable electronics like those used in implanted medical devices. Baruah’s research is funded by grants obtained from DARPA through Honeywell.
“Baruah is at an early stage of his research and demonstrates the potential to make significant contributions to the field,” said Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Chair Asis Nasipuri.
The Joshi Memorial Scholarship recognizes excellence in graduate research that focuses on applications of computing to health care, medical science and practice and novel approaches for improving human life. The scholarship was made possible by a gift to EXPONENTIAL: The Campaign for UNC Charlotte from family and friends of Joshi.
“He had a passion for teaching and was dedicated to his students,” said Illa Joshi, the late professor’s wife. “This scholarship will reward a student once a year in the department Bharat so loved and cherished.”
Joshi taught in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering from August 2005 until his death March 7, 2016. He was known for being a dedicated teacher, a beloved mentor and a brilliant researcher in the area of computer engineering, specializing in fault tolerant computing.
Photo: Asis Nasipuri (left) with Arnab Baruah and Jeremy Holleman, associate professor of electrical and computing engineering