Experience:

Oct 2024 – Present               

Deputy Director of CHIPS, R&D Engineer III, UCLA

Supervisor: Professor Subramanian S. Iyer

Research Topics: Cu-Cu TCB for fine bump-pitch (< 10mm), multi-tier 3D stacking of chiplets for HPC, micro-transformer based backside power delivery for wafer-scale systems.

Jan 2023 – Aug 2024            

Senior Project Associate, IIT-Madras

Advisor: Professor Bijoy K. Das

Research Topics: Fiber array attach, Si-Photonics Packaging, Grating design for Si-PICs, RF PCB design (>50GHz).

Jul 2017 – Dec 2021              

Graduate Research Assistant, UCLA

Advisor: Professor Subramanian S. Iyer

Thesis Title: Flexible, Heterogeneously Integrated microLED Displays in Elastomeric Substrates using FOWLP.

Research Topics: Flexible electronics, Microfabrication, Advanced Packaging, Wireless power for medical devices, On-chip magnetic inductors.  

Aug 2014 – May 2015          

Undergraduate Research Project, Anna University

Advisor: Professor K. Latha

Research Topic: Fuel cell emulator for >1kW Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC) using solid-state power electronics.

May 2014 – Jul 2014            

Undergraduate Researcher, IUSSTF Viterbi Program, USC

Advisor: Professor Stephen B. Cronin

Research Topics: electron transport in 2D materials, MoS2/WSe2 Heterojunctions, Raman spectroscopy of 2D materials.