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Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Cupertino, California, Us

Cupertino, California, Us

Berkeley, Ca, Us

Graduate student researcher under Professor Sayeef Salahuddin.- Researching the development of an emerging nonvolatile memory technology, the FeFET (ferroelectric field effect transistor) based on ferroelectric hafnium oxide- Work encompasses the fabrication, optimization, and electrical characterization of FeFETs; investigation of underlying reliability issues; and small-scale circuit/array-level demonstrations to show logic-in-memory operation of the FeFET for cognitive computing/in-memory computing applications - 5 years experience in electrical/device characterization, process development/nanoscale device fabrication, deep knowledge of semiconductor/device/reliability physics

Berkeley, Ca, Us

Graduate Student Instructor for EECS16A - Designing Information Devices & Systems I. - Led two 1-hour discussion sections per week over Zoom for a group of ∼ 70 students- Designed/proofread biweekly homework assignments and exam questions- Held two office hours per week to offer one-on-one help for students over Zoom- Answered student questions over Piazza

Fremont, Ca, Us

Work documented in a Best Student Paper award at the 2019 VLSI-TSA conference held in Hsinchu, Taiwan.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8804657https://expo.itri.org.tw/2020VLSITSA/PageDetail/3746

Ithaca, Ny, Us

Undergraduate research assistant under Professor Huili (Grace) Xing. - Fabricated circular TLM patterns on p-type GaN (gallium nitride), a III-V material that is promising for power diode applications, in the state-of-the-art CNF (Cornell Nanofabrication Facility)- Analyzed the passivation effects of PECVD SiO2 and SiNx on p-type GaN substrates and compared them to as-grown GaN substrates- Took contact resistance measurements from devices and analyzed resulting measurements

Ithaca, Ny, Us

Teaching assistant for several courses as an undergraduate at Cornell University.eDX MOOC (ENGRI 1210) - The Computing Technology Inside Your Smartphone (Fall 2014)CS 4852 - Networks II: Market Design (Spring 2016)ECE 3140/CS 3420 - Embedded Systems (Spring 2015)ECE 2100 - Circuits for Electrical & Computer Engineers (Fall 2014 + Fall 2015)PHYSICS 2213 - Physics II: Electromagnetism (Spring 2014)Responsibilities: holding office hours and teaching supplementary recitation sessions; grading labs, homework assignments, quizzes, and exams; and preparing lecture summaries and homework/quiz solutions using LaTeX.

Ithaca, Ny, Us

Undergraduate research assistant under Professor Alyosha Molnar.- Designed a tunable LC filter to append to a software-controlled, ultra-flexible radio transceiver; designed pertinent circuit schematics/printed circuit boards to interface with existing radio setup and chip for testing purposes- Wrote Verilog code to control and enhance the performance of the transceiver- Wrote MATLAB scripts to analyze/process data and results

Undergraduate research intern under Professor Vivek Subramanian for the Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Sciences. - Synthesized and characterized high-k dielectric materials such as zirconia, hafnia, and LZO (lanthanum-doped zirconia) using spray pyrolysis, a solution-processing technique- Investigated effects of deposition/annealing temperature, deposition rate, and precursor solution concentration on the physical and electrical properties of thin films deposited by spray pyrolysis- Used spray pyrolysis, inkjet-printing, and spin-coating techniques to fabricate and characterize MIM (metal-insulator-metal) and TFT (thin film transistor) devices incorporating LZO

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Electrical Engineering And Computer Sciences

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical & Computer Engineering