Kirk H. Bevan received his Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in electrical engineering and Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in computer science from the University of Western Ontario in 2001. Following graduation he worked from 2001 to 2002 as a Research Engineer at the Robarts Research Institute on 3D ultrasound imaging and cancer biopsy. In the fall of 2002 he began his doctoral studies in electrical engineering at Purdue University under Prof. Supriyo Datta, completing his PhD in July 2008.