Umamaheswara Rao Tida, Director for VLSI CAD Laboratory

Umamaheswara Rao Tida is currently working as an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at North Dakota State University. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. He received his M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2014. He received his B.Tech degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Acharya Nagarjuna University in 2011. He also worked in Intel labs on the characterization of magnetic inductors for on-chip regulators. He worked as an intern in Intel on characterizing single-ended, differential IO and Jitter. In recognition of his research, he received the best paper nomination at the 2016 China Semiconductor Technology International Conference (CSTIC). 

His current research interests include device- and system-level modeling and design of 3-D integrated systems, machine learning design frameworks, hardware design for edge computing, power delivery networks and, low-power circuit designs. 

Maliha Elma, M.S. Student (2021 - Present)

Maliha Elma is currently working towards her Masters in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University. She received her Bachelors of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST). Her research topics include on-chip magnetic inductor, and monolithic three-dimensional integrated circuits.

Co-op: Cisco, CA


Tanvir Ahmed , M.S. Student (2023 - Present)

Tanvir Ahmed is currently working towards his Master's degree in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University.. He received his Bachelors of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST). His research focuses on M3D-IC and device level modelling.


Akinfemisoye Ifedayo , M.S. Student (2024 - Present)

Akinfemisoye Ifedayo is currently working towards his Master's degree in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University.. He received his Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering at the Federal University of Technology Akure. His research focuses on NAS for IC design and M3D-IC design optimization.


FormER Students

Madhava Sarma Vemuri, Ph.D. Student (2019 - 2024)

Interships: Summer Internship at Aptiv on ML framework development 2020, 2021

First Job: Tenure-track assistant professor at University of Washington Bothell

Internship at Aptiv, Troy, MI

Ridhanya Sree Balamurugan, M.S. Student (2022 - 2024)

Internship: Summer Internship at Aptiv on ML framework development in 2023

First job: Software Engineer at Aptiv, Troy, MI


John Rucker, M.S. Student (2019 - 2024)

Internship: 1 year PDN synthesis at AMD

First Job: Hardware Engineer at Apple



Noah Vandal, M.S. Student (2020 - 2022)

First Job: Seeking Entrepreneur Opportunity