Tanner Songkakul

Tanner Songkakul has a range of work experience in various engineering roles. From 2011 to 2013, they worked as a Center for Civic Engagement Fellow at Rice Center for Engineering Leadership, where they led the design of devices for surgical planning and success tracking and also designed an adaptive wheelchair. In 2012, Tanner worked as a Research Assistant at Rice Real-Time Neural Engineering Laboratory, where they investigated the effects of stimulation paradigms and deep brain stimulation in rodent models. From 2013 to 2013, they interned as a Product Development Intern at Saranas, where they designed cardiac sheaths and conducted animal trials. From 2014 to 2017, Tanner worked as a Product Development Engineer at Procyrion, where they designed and manufactured circulatory support devices. From 2017 to 2022, Tanner worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at North Carolina State University, where they investigated applications of wireless wearable biosensing technologies. Tanner also contributed to hardware design, firmware development, data analysis, and experimental design for biosensing systems. Most recently, Tanner joined NIRSense LLC in 2022 as a Lead Research Engineer.

Tanner Songkakul's education history begins in 2006 when they attended Homestead High School, where they did not pursue any specific degree or field of study. They then enrolled at Rice University from 2010 to 2014, obtaining a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. In 2017, Tanner joined North Carolina State University, where they completed a Master of Science (MS) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2020. Continuing their studies at North Carolina State University, Tanner pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from 2017 to 2022.