Location:Ann Arbor, MI
Status:PhD Applicant
Focus:LLM Co-Design
Language:HDL | C | Python
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[Paragraph 1: General background since starting undergrad with no coding or english experience.]
[Paragraph 2: Walkthrough my different jobs and experiences reaching most recent LLM accelerator research. (no offense to model people joke)]
[Paragraph 3: Focus on research experiences, methods, publishing and recent interest in LLM acceleration and why it matters.]
/* EDUCATION LOG */
// I think I'm educated?2024-2026
2024-2026
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
M.S. — Electrical and Computer Engineering
[>]GPA: 3.75
2019-2024
2019-2024
Cal State University - Northridge
B.S. — Computer Engineering
Minor — Mathematics
[>]GPA: 4.0
/* EXPERIENCE LOG */
// They wanted me to work with them, so I did.2026-Now
2026-Now
CE Lab - University of Michigan
Research Assistant
Dr. Reetuparna Das
[>]Developing a cycle-accurate hardware emulation of the group's recent CENT LLM inference accelerator chip on FPGA using Ramulator2 and vendor-specific DDR models as references for DDR timing.
Targeting the Amazon F2 Cloud Virtex Ultrascale+ FPGA (XCVU47P HBM2) to validate the emulation across different GPT and LLaMA inference workloads.
Targeting the Amazon F2 Cloud Virtex Ultrascale+ FPGA (XCVU47P HBM2) to validate the emulation across different GPT and LLaMA inference workloads.
[>]Extending the open-source project, LiteDRAM, to add support for CENT-specific DRAM commands in memory controllers of LPDDRx models to be instantiated in the emulation design.
[>]Developing host C software to drive hardware execution over PCIe MMIO, scheduling inference workloads across the CENT PIM and PNM compute units.
2025-Now
2025-Now
WIMS Lab - University of Michigan
Research Assistant
Dr. Yogesh Gianchandani
[>]Overhauled an autonomous multi-sensor Bluetooth microsystem featuring an in-house highly-sensitive capacitive pressure sensor; implemented a non-blocking DMA flash pipeline for reliable untethered data acquisition allowing for multi-sensor sampling at rates ~100x higher (125 Hz).
Integrated BLE 5.0 with 2M PHY negotiation and a custom data-streaming state machine, reducing post-experiment data transfer times by ~40x.
Integrated BLE 5.0 with 2M PHY negotiation and a custom data-streaming state machine, reducing post-experiment data transfer times by ~40x.
[>]Repurposed the overhauled microsystem to co-author novel research, utilizing the custom, highly sensitive capacitive pressure sensor and accelerometer to accurately obtain the pressure spectra describing underwater vortex shedding from a submerged bluff body.
Used the multi-modal data to validate theoretical Strouhal frequencies across varying flow conditions.
Used the multi-modal data to validate theoretical Strouhal frequencies across varying flow conditions.
[>]Working on a novel research project to reliably and cost-effectively detect hydrofoil cavitation using a custom sensing system.
2023-2025
2023-2025
Keysight Technologies
R&D Engineer
[>]Designed custom RTL on a Xilinx Versal SoC leveraging PCIe 5.0 for high-bandwidth DMA-based data movement, achieving 2x throughput and 2x reduction in latency for AI/HPC infrastructure.
[>]Modernized legacy synchronization infrastructure by implementing custom RTL logic on timing FPGAs and its supporting gRPC microservices to achieve nanosecond-level precision across distributed Ethernet test equipment.
[>]Developed a P4 based packet capture module within a programmable switch pipeline, enabling low-level traffic visibility for debugging high-speed Ethernet designs.
2023-2023
2023-2023
Cirrus Logic
Applications Engineer Intern
[>]Developed a unified Python API wrapping drivers of silicon emulation platforms with multiple FPGAs for internal and external customer workflows, reducing workflow setup time and abstracting low-level variations across diverse platforms.
[>]Characterized dynamic supply rail tracking on Class H amplifiers to address customer inquiries, providing detailed signal analysis to verify expected power draw under various load conditions.
2021-2024
2021-2024
Math Department - Cal State University Northridge
Instructional Student Assistant
[>]Provided teaching assistance for Pre-calculus, Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus I, II, III, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra.
[>]Assisted in the creation of instructional materials, resources for various math courses.
/* AWARD LOG */
// Yaaaay awards!2023
2023
OpenCV AI 2023 Competition
Finalist - ~Top 10%
[>]Won a popular finalist award for the Mars Mission Emulation project.
2021
2021
CSUN WAVES 2021 Annual Book
Published Essay - WAVES 3rd Edition
[>]Got the essay A Well-Preserved Neighborhood: Angelino Heights published in the CSUN WAVES 3rd Edition published by Macmillan learning: ISBN 978-1-5339-2662-3.
/* SKILL LOG */
// Stuff I know how to use, allegedly.~/areas
Computer ArchitectureLLM InferenceRAGMachine LearningNLPComputer VisionEmulationFPGADRAMPIMEmbedded SystemsSoftware EngineeringMicroservicesEthernetVirtualizationCI/CD
~/languages
PythonC/C++GoJavaDartJuliaMATLABARM AssemblyVHDLVerilogP4
~/software
PyTorchCUDANsight SystemsOpenCVLangChainPSpiceVivadoVitisKiCadDockerKubernetesHelmgRPCLinux/Unix