OUR TEAM

 Dr. Thuy T. Le received his Ph.D. (1990), M.S. (1987), and B.S. (1985) degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. 

Presently he is a Professor and Department Chair of the Electrical Engineering Department at San José State University. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of chip design, embedded systems, hardware accelerators, and quantum computing.

Before joining San José State University in 2001, Dr. Le has worked for Fujitsu America in the area of High-Performance Computing and for Westinghouse Savannah River Laboratory in designing of five new production nuclear reactors for the United States Department of Energy. He has also worked part-time as a Researcher in the Physics Department of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a Nuclear Reactor Operator of the Berkeley nuclear research reactor, a consultant and advisor of several private high-tech companies.

Dr. Le has also served as a General Chair, Technical Program Chair, Keynote Speaker, Editor, Advisor of many international conferences, symposiums, journals, and non-profit organizations.  His publications include more than 60 technical papers and reports in areas of integrated circuits and digital system design, hardware accelerators, high-performance computing, computational nuclear reactor physics, and engineering curriculum development.

  Aaron is an entrepreneur working globally across the Agriculture and technology nexis specializing in Go-to- Market strategies; farm operation innovation planning; and advising corporates, investors, governments, NGOs, and startups through successful AgTech integrations and best farming practices across the supply chain. 

Aaron has been a co-founder of AgTech startups in both hardware and software development with global operation as well as has become a leader in the AgTech movement and speaks to groups around the world. 

Vasudha Badri-Paul is a technology marketing professional in Silicon Valley, working with corporations such as Intel, Microsoft, and GE. She is also involved with startups ecosystems in Silicon Valley and India.

She is active in growing and building bridges between communities and works with India, Israel, USA, and now Vietnam to bring forth mutually beneficial partnerships in technology, education, investment, and consumer specialities.