Faculty


Vidya Ganapati

Assistant Professor of
Engineering


  • Biography

    Swarthmore College
    Assistant Professor of Engineering (2017 - present)

  • Verily Life Sciences
    Postdoctoral Associate (2015-2017)

  • University of California, Berkeley
    Ph.D. Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (2015)
    M.S. Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (2012)

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    S.B. Electrical Engineering (2010)

  • CITRIS Early Career Award

  • Teaching

    ENGR 030 Computational Optics

    ENGR 019 Numerical Methods for Engineering Applications

    ENGR 015a Digital Systems and Computer Engineering Fundamentals

    ENGR 015b Design of Digital and Embedded Systems

Current Students


Minh Nguyen

Engineering & CS Major

Swarthmore College
Class of 2023


Judith Zhu

Engineering Major

Swarthmore College
Class of 2023


Michelle Zhuang

Engineering Major

Swarthmore College
Class of 2023



Former Students

Leonora Blodgett

Engineering Major

Swarthmore College
Class of 2022

Current: None


Jake Chanenson

Computer Science Major

Swarthmore College
Class of 2021

Current: University of Chicago


Yi Fei Cheng

Engineering Major

Swarthmore College
Class of 2021

Current: None


Skyler Cornell

Engineering Major

Swarthmore College
Class of 2021

Current: None


Yiyin (Yolanda) Hu

Engineering & Math Major

Swarthmore College
Class of 2022

Current: None


Andrew Olsen

Engineering & Econ Major

Swarthmore College
Class of 2022

Current: None


Emma Ricci-De Lucca

Engineering & French Major

None
Class of 2021

Current: Duke University


Alex Robey

Engineering & Math Major

Swarthmore College
Class of 2018

Current: University of Pennsylvania


Megan Strachan

Engineering Major

Swarthmore College
Class of 2021

Current: None


Zachary Weiss

Engineering Major

Swarthmore College
Class of 2020

Current: None


Yifan Yan

Engineering & Math Major

Swarthmore College
Class of 2022

Current: None