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Projects

Research, chip design, embedded systems, and more.

Nanoelectronics Research Lab

Nanoelectronics Research Lab at UCSB

Apr 2025 – Present

Working under Professor Kaustav Banerjee at UC Santa Barbara on the development of novel memory technologies by integrating new 2D materials. Research focuses on low-power computing and next-generation memory structures using DFT and TCAD tools.

QuantumATKSentaurus TCADDevice Level Design
UCSB Capstone Project

UCSB Capstone Project

Sep 2025 – Present

Leading a team of 5 students on a UCSB Senior Capstone Project partnered with AeroVironment. Designed a high-speed carrier board in KiCAD to interface flight controller with cost-effective Raspberry Pis as a companion computer.

KiCADPCB Design
32KB SRAM Design

32KB SRAM Design

Designed a full 32KB SRAM macro in Cadence Virtuoso, from bitcell layout through sense amplifiers, decoders, and control logic. Verified against DRM/LVS rules.

Cadence VirtuosoSRAM Design
UC3M Research

Embedded Systems Research at UC3M

Jun 2024 – Jul 2024

Studied the reliability of consumer embedded processors in space at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Wrote benchmarks for ARM Cortex-M and RISC-V microprocessors to determine effects of radiation-induced single-event upsets, and prepared processors for irradiation campaigns.

Bare-Metal Embedded ProgrammingARM Cortex-MRISC-V

AI Portrait Generator

Built a fine-tuned Stable Diffusion model via Dreambooth for generating AI-generated portraits.

Stable DiffusionDreambooth

Smart Garage Door

Autonomous garage door control using an STM32 embedded processor. Manages Bluetooth connectivity, temperature sensing, and motion detection for smart home automation.

Bare-Metal Embedded Programming

Automated Gameboy Controller

An automated controller that uses a Nexys A7 FPGA connected via wires hard-soldered to testpads on a Nintendo DS system to interface with and control games programmatically.

VerilogFPGA Programming