Radha Kalluri, Ph.D.
radha_kalluri@meei.harvard.edu
Education:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Ph.D., Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and
Technology
Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology.
May, 2006
Thesis
Title: Interpreting otoacoustic emissions in humans:
Evidence for two
generating mechanisms.
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
M.Sc., Department of Electrical Engineering, Specialization
in Electrophysics.
August, 1997
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA
B.Sc., Department of Electrical and Computer Systems
Engineering.
June, 1996
Awards Helen Carr Peake Research Prize, Honorable Mention
(2006),
Talented Minority Scholarship (1992-1996),
Outstanding Senior in Electrical Engineering (1996),
Monopoly Award for Excellence in Control Systems
Engineering (1996),
Outstanding Woman in Engineering (1996),
Student Service Award (1996),
NASA Academy Scholar (1995),
Outstanding Junior in Electrical Engineering (1995),
Massachusetts State Scholarship (1992),
Digital Equipment Scholarship (1992),
Consolidated Power Scholarship (1992).
Research
Experience:
MIT
-
Eaton Peabody Laboratory, Boston, MA
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Advisor:
Christopher A. Shera
Doctoral thesis tests the idea that otoacoustic emissions
are generated by
two fundamentally different mechanisms. Experimentally
demonstrated that
human distortion-product otoacoustic emissions are a
mixture of emissions
generated by linear and nonlinear processes. Developed and
evaluated methods
for effectively separating emission components.
USC – Compound Semiconductor Laboratory (1996-1997)
Los
Angeles, CA
Department of Electrical Engineering/Electrophysics
Advisor: Daniel P. Dapkus
Developed skills in semiconductor micro-fabrication
techniques. Built and tested
InP and GaAs heterostructure laser diodes.
UMASS – Semiconductor Spectroscopy Laboratory
(1995-1996)
Amherst, MA
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Advisor: Neil Anderson
Research scholar in an NSF-undergraduate research program.
Characterized
the effects of temperature and input-power density on TE/TM
polarization
oscillations in GaAsP/AlGaAs quantum-well laser diodes.
NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center (Summer 1995)
Huntsville, AL
Advisor: Palmer Peters
Designed and implemented circuit boards to control
hall-effect sensors to non-
invasively detect flaws in the hull of an aircraft.
University of Maine, Orono (Summer 1994)
Orono, ME
Department of Electrical Engineering
Advisor: John F. Vetelino
Characterized the effects of annealing temperature and
deposition pressure on
Tungsten Trioxide thin films for use as gas sensors.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Summer 1992)
Boston, MA
Advisors: Ramesh Sonti and Ethan Signer
Educational Focus: Plant genetics and the resistance of
plants to bacteria.
Teaching & Related
Activities:
MIT,
Division of Health Science and Technology
& Electrical Engineering
Acoustics of
Speech and Hearing, Teaching Assistant
Prepared and conducted weekly recitation sections. Provided
homework solutions,
evaluated student performance and helped develop exam
questions.
USC, Department of Electrical Engineering
Introduction to
Electronics, Teaching Assistant
Supervised and instructed the laboratory component of the
course.
Implemented, modified and designed experiments. Evaluated
student performance.
Refered
Publications:
Kalluri R. and Shera C.A. Distortion-product
source unmixing: A test of the
two-mechanism
model for DPOAE generation. J. Acoust.
Soc. Am. 2001
Feb; 109(2): 622-37.
Other
Publications:
Kalluri R. and Shera C.A. Are CEOAEs
and SFOAEs generated by the same
mechanism?
The
Nineth Mechanics of Hearing Workshop. Proceedings. 2005.
Conference
Abstracts:
Kalluri R. and Shera C.A. Are DPOAEs
a mixture of emissions generated
by two
mechanisms? Assoc. Res.
Otolaryg. 2000, Abs. #5022.
Kalluri R. and Shera C.A. The
relationship between TEOAEs and SFOAEs
at low stimulus levels. Assoc. Res.
Otolaryg. 2004, Abs #873.
Kalluri R. and Shera C.A. Do
different SFOAE measurement methods yield
equivalent results? Assoc. Res.
Otolaryg. 2006, Abs #53.