Joshua H. Brake

Education

2019 California Institute of Technology, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering

2016 California Institute of Technology, M.S. Electrical Engineering

2014 LeTourneau University, M.S. Engineering, Electrical Concentration

2013 LeTourneau University, B.S. Engineering, Electrical Concentration

Academic Appointments

2019-Present Harvey Mudd College, Department of Engineering, Assistant Professor of Engineering

Publications

A list is also available online.

Journal Papers

2018

M. Jang*, Y. Horie*, A. Shibukawa*, J. Brake, Y. Liu, S. M. Kamali, A. Arbabi, H. Ruan, A. Faraon, and C. Yang “Complex wavefront shaping with disorder-engineered metasurfaces.” Nature Photonics 12(2), 84-91 (2018). doi:10.1038/s41566-017-0078-z

2017

H. Ruan*, J. Brake*, J. E. Robinson, Y. Liu, M. Jang, C. Xiao, C. Zhou, V. Gradinaru, and C. Yang. “Deep tissue optical focusing for optogenetic applications with time-reversed ultrasonically encoded light.” Science Advances 3(12), eaao5520(2017). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aao5520

H. Ruan, T. Haber, Y. Liu, J. Brake*, J. Kim, J. M. Berlin, and C. Yang. “Focusing light inside scattering media withmagnetic-particle-guided wavefront shaping.” Optica 4(11), 1337-1343 (2017). doi: 10.1364/OPTICA.4.001337

M.M. Qureshi*, J. Brake, H.-J. Jeon, H. Ruan, Y. Liu, A. M. Safi, T. J. Eom, C. Yang, E. Chung. “In vivo study of opticalspeckle decorrelation time across depths in the mouse brain.” Biomedical Optics Express 8(11), 4855-4864 (2017). doi:10.1364/BOE.8.004855

2016

E.H. Zhou, A. Shibukawa, J. Brake, H. Ruan, C. Yang. “Glare suppression by coherence gated negation.” Optica 3(10),1107-1113 (2016). doi: 10.1364/OPTICA.3.001107

J. Brake*, M. Jang*, and C. Yang. “Analyzing the relationship between decorrelation time and tissue thickness in acute ratbrain slices using multispeckle diffusing wave spectroscopy,” Journal of the Optical Society of America A 33(2), 270-75 (2016). doi: 10.1364/JOSAA.33.000270

2015

D. Wang, E.H. Zhou, J. Brake, H. Ruan, M. Jang, and C. Yang. “Focusing through dynamic tissue with millisecond digitaloptical phase conjugation,” Optica 2(8), 728-735 (2015). doi: 10.1364/OPTICA.2.000728

Books

2012

J. Brake. “The Engineer’s Guide to Introductory Circuit Analysis.” New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012.

Patents

2012

Glare suppression through fog by optical phase conjugation assisted active cancellation US10194100B2

Presentations

2019

J. Brake and C. Yang. “Optical Scattering in Biomedicine: Friend and Foe?” Physics of Quantum Electronics. Snowbird, Utah, January 2019.

2018

J. Brake, H. Ruan, J. E. Robinson, Y. Liu, V. Gradinaru, and C. Yang. “Deep-Tissue Optical Focusing for Optogenetics Using Wavefront Shaping.” Gordon Research Seminar: Image Science. Easton, MA, June 2018.

J. Brake, H. Ruan, J. E. Robinson, Y. Liu, V. Gradinaru, and C. Yang. “Time-reversed ultrasonically encoded (TRUE) focusing for deep-tissue optogenetic modulation.” SPIE Photonics West, BiOS. San Francisco, CA, January 2018.

2017

J. Brake. “Wavefront shaping in living tissue.” Engineering Conferences International: Advances in Optics for Biotechnology,Medicine and Surgery XV. Aspen, CO, July 2017.

2016

J. Brake, M. Jang, and C. Yang. “The relationship between decorrelation time and sample thickness in acute rat brain tissue slices.” SPIE Photonics West, BiOS. San Francisco, CA, February 2016.

2015

S. Cho, J. Brake, C. Joy, and S. Kim. “Refractive index measurement using an optical cavity based biosensor with a differential detection.” SPIE Photonics West, BiOS. San Francisco, CA, February 2015.

Awards

2015-2019 Caltech Biotechnology Leadership Program Fellow

2018 SPIE Photonics West Student Travel Grant Recipient

2015-2017 NIH F31 NRSA Fellow

2017 2nd Place Poster Award, Engineering Conferences International: Advances in Optics for Biotechnology, Medicine and Surgery XV

2015 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program: Honorable Mention

2014 LeTourneau University R.G. LeTourneau Outstanding Senior Engineering Student

2013 2nd Place, IEEE Region 5 Circuit Design Competition

2013 LeTourneau University Gold Key Society Member

2013 LeTourneau University Outstanding Junior Engineering Student

2011-2014 LeTourneau University Engineering Honor Society Member

Work Experience

2016 R&D Intern: Advanced Technology Development, Instrumentation Laboratory

Teaching Experience

Harvey Mudd College

E155 Microprocessor-based Systems: FA19

E85 Digital Design and Computer Architecture: SP20

California Institute of Technology

EE166 Optical Methods for Biomedical Imaging and Diagnosis: SP17

EE151 Electromagnetic Engineering: SP16, SP15

LeTourneau University

Head Supplemental Instructor: FA12

Electric Circuits 1, Lead Supplemental Instructor: SP14, FA13, SP13, FA12, SP12, FA11, SP11

Electric Circuits 1, Lab Assistant: FA13, SP11

Research Experience

California Institute of Technology

2014-2019 Research Assistant

Developed optical methods in wavefront shaping and time-reversal for suppressing the scattering of light in biological tissue.

LeTourneau University

2012-2014 Research Assistant

Experimentally new photonic biosensor architecture to sense refractive index changes.

Professional Service

Reviewer for: Optica, Applied Optics, Optics Express, Optics Letters, and Biomedical Optics Express