Education

Degree awarded Jun 2024

University of California, Davis - Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Degree awarded Sept 2022

University of California, Davis - Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Research Experience

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - IC Design Researcher
Jun 2023 - Jun 2024

  • Designed a 100 MS/s, 12-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with TSMC’s 130 nm CMOS 

  • Achieved 25 MS/s, 7 effective numbers of bits, 2.4 V input swing with a single clock system

  • Focused on novel latched comparator design, switching scheme of a successive approximation algorithm, and pipelining architecture for subthreshold flash ADC evaluation

  • Wrote computer program to characterize an ADC’s performance, including differential and integral nonlinearity, effective number of bits, spurious free dynamic range, and signal to noise and distortion ratio, as well as plotting transfer function and spectrum

Key Projects and Courses

  • RFIC design, including a 200 GHz oscillator and amplifier using a 45 nm TSMC process

  • Design of a 26 GHz VCO with 10% tuning range under a 1 V supply

  • Development and testing of various process power amplifiers

  • Fabrication of physical antennas (2.5 GHz loop and patch) and microstrip microwave filters

  • Characterization of high frequency components with scattering parameters

  • DC–DC converter design and bandgap reference circuits

  • Electromagnetic waves propagation through multiple media and ultrafast photonics

Teaching Experience

ELECTRN 103A: Analog Circuits and Practical Applications
City College of San Francisco, Aug 2025 - Dec 2025 (Future course, outline of content covered)

  • Transistor amplifiers using bipolar transistors, single stage topologies including common emitter, common base, emitter follower, and cascode stages

  • Differential pairs with current mirror biasing and output stage for a simple operational amplifier

  • Techniques and tradeoffs to increase gain and output resistance against power consumption

  • Concept of feedback in amplifiers to control the gain and calculation of effects of feedforward paths on amplifier performance using return ratio and Blackman’s theorem

  • Generalization of transistor amplifiers with other semiconductor processes, including CMOS

ELECTRN 104A: Wireless Analog and Digital Communication Systems
City College of San Francisco, Jan 2025 - May 2025

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  • Lectured 25 students by writing on printed handouts through a document camera

  • Led 14 labs on using various equipment to test devices

  • Fundamentals of wireless communications, including AM and FM transceivers through transistor implementation of multipliers, oscillators, detectors, and phase lock loops

  • Power amplifiers, microwave signals, transmission lines, waveguides, and antennas

  • Fabrication techniques of microstrip filters and patch antennas

  • Interface of analog to digital signals for digital communications, the error correction of data, and industrial communication protocols (Bluetooth, Zigbee, WiFi)

Teaching Assistance Experience

EEC 111: Semiconductor Physics and Transistor Circuits for Computer Engineers
University of California, Davis, Apr 2024 – Jun 2024

  • Supervised 10 lab sections for 74 students on using CMOS transistors as open-loop amplifiers and digital gates

  • Graded four homework assignments and two exams

  • Wrote an extra credit assignment on CMOS implementation of flip-flops and SRAMs

ENG 17: Introduction to Circuits I
University of California, Davis, Sep 2023 – Dec 2023

  • Led discussion sessions on time-domain RLC circuits

  • Graded exams for over 300 students

  • Hosted weekly in-person office hours for a virtual course per students’ preferences on method of instruction, with over 100 unique students that attended

EBS 165: Instrumentation and Controls for Biological and Agricultural Engineers
University of California, Davis, Sep 2023 – Dec 2023

  • Oversaw 10 lab sections with 7 groups of 3 students, guiding use of resistors, op-amps, programmable logic controllers, and transducers to measure environmental parameters

  • Advised students on a final project involving an automated water temperature control system

  • Graded four homework assignments and two exams for 20 students

  • Maintained and repaired lab equipment, including PLC power supply units, and held 1–4 hours of office hours weekly

ENG 100: Electronic Circuits and Systems
University of California, Davis, Jun 2023 – Aug 2023

  • Facilitated weekly 1-hour discussion sections

  • Supervised 9 lab sections consisting of 12 pairs of students on using resistors, transducers, opamps, Arduinos, 7-hex displays as light intensity sensor

  • Assessed four homework assignments and three exams for a class of 36 students

Industry Experience

Lam Research, Fremont, CA - Electrical Engineer
July 2024 - August 2025

  • Designed and developed electrical systems and subsystems to fulfill needs of customers

  • Analyzed performance data, safety risks, costs, and timelines of multiple design concepts to propose to stakeholders

  • Generated delta interconnects to keep track of changes of the electrical system

  • Served as knowledge base of temperature control using feedback loop, specifically proportional-integral-derivate control is used in heater control, the specific vendor software, thermodynamics, and safety of unloaded heaters

  • Conducted testing in the cleanroom and customer sites for validation of implementation

MACOM, Santa Clara, CA - RF Characterization Intern
Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  • Developed a software tool to visualize wafer performance by plotting CSV data (gain, loss, etc.) on color maps, and such is automated in the testing lab so reports can be generated overnight

  • Roadmapped the design of a three-input port architecture for performance optimization up to 200 GHz using HFSS simulation software

Awards

High Energy Physics Integrated Circuit, U.S. Department of Energy, 2022–2024