Beiming Cao, PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, is a graduate research assistant in the lab. He obtained his master’s degree in electrical engineering from Southern Methodist University (SMU). His research focuses on speech signal processing with a special interest in silent speech recognition, dysarthric speech recognition, and articulation-to-speech synthesis.

Kristin Teplansky, PhD student in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, is a graduate research assistant in the lab. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in speech-language pathology and audiology from UT Dallas’ Callier Center for Communication Disorders in 2014 and has worked as a speech therapist in the North Dallas area. Kristin’s current research focus is on motor speech disorders due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) using kinematic and acoustic measures. Kristin is also part of the silent speech project with a focus on tongue and lip motion patterns of silent and normal speech.

Debadatta Dash, PhD candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, is a graduate research assistant in the lab. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering (EEE) from Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), India in 2014 and has two and half years of industrial experience from Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Ltd. in electrical design and project management. He was a research scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi, where he worked on resting state fMRI analysis. His current research focuses on neural decoding of speech from neuromagnetic (MEG) signals.

Avi Patel is an undergraduate student studying Finance on the Pre-Dental Track at the University of Texas at Austin. He is interested in research regarding the computational analysis of neuroscience. Starting Fall 2019, Avi began assisting in Dr. Wang's Lab and is currently involved in data processing in the ALS project and the silent speech project. Outside of research, Avi is affiliated with Texas Pre-Dental Society, Student Health Advisory Committee, and Texas Infinites. During his free time, he enjoys hiking and flying kites!

Riya Ghosal is an undergraduate pursuing a Neuroscience degree on the pre-medical track at the University of Texas at Austin. She is interested in research regarding the effects of neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS on speech and communication, as well as learning more about the concept of speech kinematics and how it can be applied to biomedical technology. Riya began assisting in Dr. Wang’s Lab in Fall 2019 and is currently involved in data processing for the ALS project and the silent speech project. Aside from research, she volunteers for hospitals and shadows medical professionals. During her free time, she enjoys traveling and watching movies!

Megan Welsh is an undergraduate Speech-Language Pathology Major studying at The University of Texas at Austin. She is interested in research involving electromagnetic articulography technology for speech synthesis. She is a member of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA), The Engineering Chamber Orchestra in which she plays the viola, and The Baptist Student Ministry. She likes to spend her free time skateboarding and riding her bike.

Evelyn Trejo is an undergraduate Neuroscience Scholar on a pre-medical track at the University of Texas at Austin. She joined the lab in Fall 2020 and is working on data processing for the ALS and silent speech projects. She is interested in learning more about technology used for the advancement of speech synthesis for individuals with speech disorders as well as brain-to- computer interfaces. She is involved in UT organizations including Latinx Community Affairs as Director of Operations and Student Government as Deputy Advocacy Director. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, paddle boarding, and traveling.

Mackenzie Finch is an undergraduate student in Communication Sciences and Disorders with focus on Speech Pathology. Starting in the lab in the Fall of 2019 as a research assistant, she is currently working to analyze data for the Silent Speech Project. She is interested in learning more about the research that is being done to further the technology used in speech disorders. In her spare time, she participates in the Longhorn Late night TSTV program and is acting Historian for the Longhorn Singers show choir at UT.

Regina Treviño is an undergraduate student in Communication Sciences and Disorders going the Speech and Language Pathology route. She joined the lab in Spring 2020 and is currently working on analyzing data for the Silent Speech Project. She is interested in learning more behind the research of the technology being developed for speech disorders. Regina is a member of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) and the Lang Stuttering Institute Student Leadership Organization (LSI SLO). In her spare time, she enjoys talking to her family and friends.