People

Kevin M. Bandura, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Dr. Bandura builds analog front ends, FPGA correlators, and timing systems for wide-field radio telescopes. These systems let instruments such as CHIME survey the entire overhead sky at once. The science covers 21 cm intensity mapping, which traces neutral hydrogen to measure accelerated cosmic expansion. Outrigger stations precisely locate fast radio bursts, allowing researchers to determine their host galaxies.

kmbandura@mail.wvu.edu, (304) 293-9686, AERB 237

Faculty page and CV

Alumni

• Kalyani B. Bhopi

  Ph.D. Dissertation, 2026: A Digital Calibration Source for 21 cm Cosmology Telescopes

  Now Postdoctoral Fellow, Academia Sinica (Taiwan)

• John W. Metzger

  M.S. Thesis, 2026: Enhancing CHIME Data Integrity: Utilizing an Ancillary Antenna to Detect and Mask Radio Frequency Interference

• Kholoud S. T. A. Khairy

  M.S. Thesis, 2025: Green Bank CHIME/FRB Outriggers Commissioning and Analog System Development

  Now System Engineer III, M.C. Dean

• Joseph W. Kania

  Ph.D. Dissertation, 2023: Applications of Digital Filters in Radio Astronomy

  Now Senior Research Platforms Engineer, University of Manchester

• Pranav R. Sanghavi

  Ph.D. Dissertation, 2022: Pathfinding Fast Radio Bursts Localizations using Very Long Baseline Interferometry

  Now Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian

• Xiaoqian He

  M.S. Thesis, 2018: Spatial Fourier Transform for Blind Detection of Radio Observations of Rotating Radio Transients

  Now Senior System Design Engineer, AMD

• Akshaya Rane

  Ph.D. Dissertation, 2017: A Study of the Fast Radio Burst Population

  Now Senior Data Scientist, lululemon