Lyle School of Engineering, Southern Methodist University. His main research interests are in machine learning, sensing, and signal & image processing for ubiquitous computing applications, in particular, for healthcare and environmental sustainability applications. His work in both areas has been commercialized and he holds a variety of patents for sustainability sensing and mobile phone-based health sensing. He is active in signal processing education for computer scientists and is an active member of IEEE. He received his Ph.D. in 2013 from the University of Washington, where he was co-advised by Shwetak N. Patel and Les Atlas. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 2006 and 2008, respectively, at Oklahoma State University, where he was advised by Damon Chandler.