Senior Electrical Engineer at Cirtec Medical
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Brief Bio
Lefteris (Lef) Kampianakis (S’15) received the B.S. and M.S. in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the Technical University of Crete, Greece. His diploma thesis on over-the-air programmable wireless sensor networks (WSN) received the best diploma thesis award on the pan-hellenic IEEE thesis competition for the years 2009-2011. During his M.S. he developed low-cost and low-power WSNs for environmental sensing exploiting backscatter communication principles. He received his Ph.D from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington where he developed high data-rate ultra low-power backscatter communication systems for brain-computer interfaces. His PhD work was nominated for the James Yang outstanding doctoral student award (top 3). His research work has been published in over 15 peer-reviewed journals and conferences. Since 2018 he has been working at the RnD team of Cirtec Medical where he is developing novel Class III implantable medical systems for neural sensing and neuro-modulation. His research interests include backscatter communication, medical devices and wireless sensor networks. His hobbies include powerlifting, and Greek dancing. Currently, I am working as a Sr. Applications Engineer with the Integrated Circuits Department of Cirtec Medical.
Areas of Interest
- Integrated systems for wireless neural/EMG signals acquisition .
- High-rate, Low-power Backscatter Communication systems.
- RF/microwave systems.
- Wireless Sensor Networks.
- Low-cost hardware/firmware development for WSN transceivers.
- Printed circuit board design for RF applications.
Awards and Distinctions
- Nomination for the Yang Award for Outstanding Doctoral Student (Top 3)
- Amazon Catalyst Grant proposing a system for automated continuous bladder irrigation (ACBI)
- Best diploma thesis award on the pan-hellenic IEEE VTS & AESS Joint Greece Chapter Final/Diploma Thesis Competition for the years 2009-2011.
- Award from the National Center Of Environment and Sustainable Development (NCESD) to the TUC solar car team, "Hephaestus".
- Graduate Studies Fellowship Award: Special graduate studies scholarship, Technical University of Crete, 2011.
- 2nd place in the pan-cretan Olympic Weightlifting Championship, preliminary category.
Collaborators and Contacts
- Andy Kelly: Supervisor, Director of Applications Engineering at Cirtec Medical
- Matt Reynolds: Ph.D supervisor, Professor at University of Washington
- Aggelos Bletsas: Diploma of Engineering supervisor and M.Sc supervisor, Professor at Technical University of Crete
Other Activities
- Member of Kydon Olympic Weightlifting / Powerlifting Team.
- Founding Member of TUC Solar Car Team - "Hephaestus".
