Visiting Student Researcher Fellowships
Accurate and Efficient New Numerical Methods for Fluid Models in Plasma Physics
Electric propulsion for satellites is a technology that largely reduces the launch costs and provides reliable orbit control capabilities. Nevertheless, the design and…
Pushing the Limits of Audio Spatialization with Emerging Architectures
Spatial audio refers to various systems and techniques used to diffuse sound sources or sound fields in space. While “surround sound” systems which are present in many homes…
Towards Predictive Fluid Modeling of Plasma Processing Applications
Low-temperature plasmas have multiple vital scientific and industrial applications, including plasma processing, electric propulsion, arc discharges, and…
Developing a Real-Time Cancer Cell Tracking Algorithm for Cancer Patients
A major health challenge our societies are about to face on the long-term is cancer, as it is already the primary cause of death in France and the second one in the US. As a…
Linking the Brain to Daily Life Symptoms of Addiction
Substance use disorders are prevalent forms of mental illness that have severe consequences for affected individuals and the broader society. The chronic nature of these…
Multi-Scale Machine Learning Approach for Alzheimer Disease Progress Profiling
The infamous Alzheimer's disease is at the heart of numerous research, because of the number of patients suffering from it, and the lack of known cure at the moment. This is…
Sum and Difference
The musical project Sum and Difference combines acoustic research…
Rethinking Community Through the Withdrawal from Politics: Barthes and Blanchot’s Temptation
My research is at the crossroad between literature, philosophy and political theory. More precisely, I study the intertwined relations between politics, literature and theory…
Mapping the Potential of Photovoltaic Energy for Groundwater Pumping in Africa
With Sustainable Development Goal 6, "Clean Water and Sanitation", the United Nations aims for a universal access to safe and affordable drinking water. However, in 2017, 800…
Robot Behavior During Human-Robot Object Handover
When we hand an object to another human we let go only when we know the recipient has achieved a secure grasp. How do we "know" that the recipient has a secure grasp on the…
Construction of an Optical Computer Using Plasma Metamaterial Devices
I’m going to work in the Stanford Plasma Physics Laboratory (SPPL) with Prof. Mark Cappelli on optical computers. This project aims to overcome current electronic computer…
The Drama of our World: Spectator and Subject in Medieval Kashmir and Early Modern Europe
My dissertation, “The Drama of our World: Spectator and Subject in Medieval Kashmir and Early Modern Europe,” is a comparative study on characterizations of the subject, the…
Playing Children: Statelessness & the Performance of Childhood
Half of the world’s 25.9 million recorded refugees are under eighteen. The past two decades have seen an increase in artistic renditions of…
Grisey’s Espaces Acoustiques: at The Frontier Between Perception and Experiment
“Spectral” music, a contemporary movement initiated in the 70’s, uses the acoustic properties of sound as its main source material. In “…
Silk-made Capitalism in the Late- 19th-Century Ottoman Empire
This project seeks to explore the ways in which capitalism as a social process was re-established, reorganized, and operated in the late Ottoman Empire, especially between…