Shanti M. Garman

Bio

Shanti Garman is a recent Doctoral Degree recipient in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Washington, where she works with the Sensor Systems Lab (PI: Joshua R. Smith) on wireless power transfer for Lunar and planetary missions, RF energy harvesting from high-power sources on Earth, and emerging low-power communication schemes, such as Modulated Noise Communication.  Shanti has a strong interest in applied electromagnetics and antennas, and previously taught the UW ECE Antennas course to UW Professional Master’s students. Before UW, Shanti completed her BSEE and MSEE at Stanford, launched satellites with Space Systems/Loral, earned an MBA, and continued launching services and programs for for-profit (Microsoft) and nonprofit (Rainier Scholars) institutions.  As a first-generation college student and minority woman in STEM, Shanti has first-hand experience navigating institutional obstacles related to race and gender, and as such she dedicates time throughout the academic year to support departmental Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts.  At UW, this has included serving on the department’s DEI committee and co-chairing the Womxn at the Forefront of Electrical & Computer Engineering Research (WAFER) conferences at UW.

Research Areas

• Power and Energy Systems
• Computing and Networking

Education

• Ph.D.
  University of Washington, Electrical & Computer Engineering
• MSEE, BSEE
  Stanford University
• MBA
  Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern)