A driven researcher and advocate for representation in STEM, Erin brings academic excellence and visionary leadership to every space she enters.

Erin Amarchukwu Diran-Ojo earned her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan in May 2025, and she is now pursuing a master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering at U-M. Her research specialty is applied electromagnetics and radiofrequency circuits. A driven researcher and advocate for representation in STEM, Erin brings academic excellence and visionary leadership to every space she enters.

Her undergraduate work in electrical engineering, which was completed with university honors, sparked a passion for research. Her portfolio includes a range of projects developing cutting-edge technologies, from wireless power transfer to quantum sensing. Her work with Dr. Amir Mortazawi focuses on improving wireless charging technology by creating systems that can charge devices even when they’re not perfectly aligned with the charging station. As an Open Quantum Initiative Research Fellow at the Chicago Quantum Exchange, she helped create ultra-sensitive magnetic field detectors using special properties of diamonds. To test how well these devices work under extreme conditions, her team even attached a prototype to a rocket to see if it could survive launch and landing. Erin has also served as an instructional assistant for programming courses, where she taught programming principles to freshman engineering students.

In 2023, Erin co-founded the student group QuantUM, which brings together students from diverse academic backgrounds united by their shared interest in quantum science. As president of this organization, Erin organized quantum computing hackathons sponsored by IBM and led workshops introducing quantum mechanics and Qiskit programming, earning recognition as an IBM Qiskit Mentor.

Erin envisions a career as an academic, teacher, and researcher in engineering. She plans to continue exploring cutting-edge technology in electromagnetics while cultivating the next generation of engineers. She hopes to create space for others like her — those historically underrepresented in STEM fields — to thrive on their own terms.

CEW+ honors Erin’s dream of an inclusive future in STEM and names her an Irma M. Wyman Scholar.