Michigan Embedded Systems Hub Staff

Ted Arapoglou

Ted is a Sophomore Engineering student who spent the last summer taking and then instructing the four lessons offered by the Hub. He's also been working on a countdown clock for Michigan Autonomous Aerial Vehicles using an Arduino. Ted teaches our weekly lessons.

Sam DeBruin

Sam is a first-year PhD student specializing in embedded systems. During the 2011-2012 school year he redesigned and restarted what became the hub. Sam has over three years of experience designing printed circuit boards for the student robotics team MAAV as well as several years of undergraduate research/classroom embedded systems experience. He has also worked on embedded systems projects at the Northrop Grumman Corporation.

Jon Kurzer

Jon is an undergraduate in the Computer Engineering program, though his knowledge of embedded systems has been primarily self-taught. He became interested in small electrical systems about five years ago and have not stopped learning since. He has worked on both personal and team projects that range from cool toys around the house to competition-grade, full blown embedded solutions.

Pat Pannuto

Pat is a first-year PhD student working in wireless and embedded systems. He also has two years experience as an instructor for EECS 373. Pat's goal is to instrument and interact with the entire world and has found embedded systems the perfect medium to achieve that vision. His experience ranges from Arduino hacks to custom designed chips.