Microelectronic Circuits (ECE 0102): Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2023, Summer 2024
Analog Amplifier Circuit Design (ECE 2095): Fall 2024, Fall 2025
Analog Circuit Design (ECE 1095/2095): Spring 2021, Spring 2023
Introduction to VLSI Design (ECE 1192/2192): Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025
Advance VLSI Design (ECE 1193/2193): Spring 2024, Spring 2026
Extreme Environment Electronics (ECE 2195): Spring 2025
Senior Design (ECE 1896): Spring 2022
Summer 2025: Yuxin Huang, "Analog Circuit Design for ECG Signal Monitoring"
Summer 2023: Ryan Caginalp, "Implementation of a Capacitor-to-Digital Converter Using an Open Source Toolflow"
Summer 2022: Nicholas Schmidt, "Developing a Miniature Acceleration-Logging System for Small Animals"
Summer 2021: Adnan Alagic, "FPGA Programming and PCB Design for Quantum Dot Single-Photon Emitter"
Summer 2020: Xincheng Zhang, "Developing a Miniature Embedded System for Imbibition Monitoring"
Summer 2026: Chen Li, Ongoing
Summer 2024: Vishinu Prabakaran, "Tracking migration of monarch butterflies with the world's smallest computer"
Summer 2022: Dhinar Gayatri, "Powering Miniature Embedded System using a Supercapacitor"
Summer 2021: Jordan Athas, "Developing a wireless sensing system for in-situ seed imbibition monitoring"
Summer 2026: Tisha Joshi, Ongoing
Summer 2025: Lucia Nanda, "Hierarchical Address Event Routing (HiAER) for Scalable and Dynamic Spiking Neural Networks"
Summer 2024: Omisa Shah, "Adaptive Noise Cancellation Algorithm to Improve Hearing Aids for Central Auditory Processing Disorder"
Summer 2023: Adam Ferris, "Non-Neural Vision Systems in Human Fall Detection"
Summer 2022: Tejas Mitra, "Reconfigurable Convolutional Neural Networks with Dynamic Channel Depth for Battery Powered Biomedical Devices"
Fall 2024: Yidam Park, Nathan Chang, Hana Kim, "Co-Optimizing Hardware and Algorithms: Dynamic Vision Sensor Integration with CNNs for Image Recognition"
Since 2018, I have worked with over 100 citizen scientists nationwide to collect sensor data for advancing machine algorithms that track Monarch butterfly migration. These volunteers use centimeter-scale commercial sensors to measure light and temperature intensity in their locations and upload the data to a cloud server. We regularly update our algorithm and share our research progress to keep them engaged. The volunteers come from diverse educational backgrounds (K-12 and university) and various employment sectors, including educational institutions and non-profit organizations, in both urban and rural areas.
Since 2023, I have participated in the SciTech Days event at Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh to showcase a miniature computing system and engage with 6th to 12th-grade students. I set up an exhibition station for approximately five hours and joined Career Conversation Panels to communicate with students in a roundtable format. Last year, I participated in three events focused on 'Health & Medicine,' 'Computing Science,' and 'Physics & Engineering,' attracting 186 students from seven schools, 140 students from six schools, and 316 students from ten schools, respectively.
Since 2022, I have been a category judge for the Pittsburgh Regional Science & Engineering Fair (PRSEF), evaluating 10-20 projects annually and encouraging middle and high school students, particularly in engineering and robotics. PRSEF motivates students to design, implement, and communicate their original experiments, competing for cash prizes and scholarships, with over 1,000 students from more than 100 schools participating each year.
Since 2022, I have mentored three high school students during the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Academy summer program, specializing in Computer Science, Biology, and Biomedical Informatics (CoSBBI). This renowned STEM program offers around 60 high school students hands-on scientific research experiences, guided by dedicated faculty across six campus laboratories. I have actively participated in the 8-week program, which combines practical and instructional activities tailored to introduce students to software and computational techniques for addressing clinical and research challenges.
Since 2023, I have participated in the multi-institutional, interdisciplinary STEM Equity Learning Community (SELC) project, an NSF-funded initiative aimed at developing equity-mindedness among participants and promoting this mindset within their own departments. Through monthly meetings, we identified clear disparities across different demographics, with Black/African American or PEER (persons excluded based on ethnicity and/or race) students’ grades consistently trailing behind the average. Additionally, transfer students and those retaking classes tend to have lower-than-average grades. We present our findings and recommendations at multi-institutional meetings and invite key stakeholders from our university to participate.