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Researching waferscale systems with Professor Rakesh Kumar

ECE 385 - Digital Systems Lab

Austin, Texas, United States

- Modernized mission-critical verification tooling to work with an internal file system migration- Identified errors in tracing tools and hardware defects by leveraging system simulation models run on AWAN accelerators- Developed RISC-V tracing panel for internal waveform viewer to expedite viewing of signals of interest- Engineered an inter-core bus.

- Held office hours for Computer Systems & Programming, teaching C and Assembly programming

- Held office hours for Digital Systems Laboratory, assisted students with conceptual understanding of SystemVerilog designs - Guided students to implement logic designs in Vivado including adders, multipliers, logic processor, multi-cycle SLC-3 CPU, SoC w/ I/O, and text mode VGA

Austin, Texas, United States

- Contributed to development of future Z CPUs by discovering 15% IPC improvements for target workloads- Integrated separate Power and Z branch prediction models into one standardized model, allowing for easier data analysis- Developed new branch prediction architectures for future Power and Z-mainframe processors- Automated simulation runs and data.

- Built clinical breast examination training simulator by using Arduino to collect and send data in real time from force sensing array to server via MQTT protocol- Created augmented reality app using Vuforia in Unity to fetch and display force data on virtual phantom- Used spatial transforms to align objects in 3D

- Taught and developed the Intro to Electronics lab curriculum - Labs included PWM, ultrasonic sensing, microphone, light sensing, and H-bridge circuits, culminating in an analog car final project- Guided students through debugging circuits and emphasized conceptual understanding about analog circuitry

- Taught lab curriculum for Analog Signal Processing including various filter/amplifiers, culminating in a superheterodyne AM receiver- Evaluated students' understanding of circuits in order to assign lab grades

- Developed Android image processing app from scratch for the Nanosensors group at UIUC- App performs analysis of micro fluidic viral tests using Android studio, Java, and Python- Integrated Firebase for backend data storage

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

- Utilized MATLAB and ImageJ/FIJI to create ground truth image registration data through manual feature selection- Established a workflow to procedurally generate large training/testing datasets from 7 pairs of medical images- Created Python tools to evaluate mean squared error in spatial registration and intermodality translation and devised creation of.

- Participated in a 4-week intensive computer science summer program for high-achieving students- Completed an introductory project-based JavaScript processing curriculum taught by Google engineers- Configured 10 individual coding projects in JavaScript by using concepts such as variables, data types, and functions. Attended product design, resume.

- Engineered a context aware, voice assistant reminder system for People with Dementia. Wrote Python and Bash scripts run on a Raspberry Pi- Constructed a pressure sensor using an Arduino and pressure-sensitive conductive material to detect when someone steps on a doormat- Designed voice dialogue-based interaction using Python and Bash utilizing Google.

Ms/Phd, Computer Engineering

Promise of Excellence Fellowship Advisor: Prof. Rakesh Kumar

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Engineering, 3.95

Activities and Societies: Course Assistant (ECE110, ECE210, ECE220, ECE385), Eta Kappa NuGraduated in 3 years Highest Honors Dean's List.

Engineering