Dr. Nippa is a Research Scientist at the ElectroScience Laboratory (ESL) within The Ohio State University’s College of Engineering. ESL is one of the nation’s premier electromagnetics centers of excellence focusing on computational electromagnetics, radar systems, mixed-signal microelectronics, remote sensing, millimeter-wave systems, integrated photonics and THz technologies.  Dr. Nippa has been a technical leader of engineers and scientists in the development of new photonic and RF technologies that satisfy challenging client needs. He is a successful proposal author with contract wins totaling over $3M.  He has been awarded 14 U.S. patents and been a contributing author on over 25 publications including works on new electrooptic devices and RF photonic wireless communications.