About

I am a Mechanical Engineering PhD candidate at Southern Methodist University (SMU, Dallas, TX) with an interest in Thermal/Fluids sciences and research in thermal characterization and management of microelectronic devices. Skilled in numerical analysis (Matlab, LabVIEW, Mathematica and ANSYS) and experimental design using optical, thermal, and electronic systems (LabVIEW, NI DAQ). Experienced researcher, teaching assistant and lab instructor with knowledge of thermal analysis and computational methods and modeling with interdisciplinary knowledge of solid state physics and semiconductor devices. Obtained cleanroom training and gained experience in electronic microfabrication.
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Projects

Back-End of Line

SMU-Texas Instruments

Investigating and mitigating self-heating in IC Back-End of Line (BEoL) interconnect networks.

High Power GaN HEMTs

SMU-Naval Research Lab

Combined experimental and numerical approach to fully thermally characterize the self-heating in high power GaN HEMTs.

Memristive Devices

SMU-Australian National University

Investigating the thermal characteristics and switching mechanisms behind Negative differential resistors (NDRs) memristor devices .

Microfluidics Lab-on Chip

SMU-Australian National University

Measuring and modeling the self-heating of electrodes under AC Electrothermal microfluidic manipulation.