Students

Current, Alumni, Undergraduates

Current Postdoctoral Researchers


Looking for Qualified Candidates!


Current Ph.D. Students






   Mr. Xiangyu Xu
   Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering (Co-Advised with Prof. Carl Sechen)  
   Thesis Title: "Custom Routing Methods for Transistor-Level Programmable Fabrics"   





   Mr. Yunjie Zhang
   Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering   
   Thesis Title: "Hardware-Based Malware Detection in Modern Microprocessors"   





   Mr. Thomas Broadfoot
   Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering (Co-Advised with Prof. Carl Sechen)  
   Thesis Title: "Next Generation Implementation of Transistor Level Programming Fabrics"   





   Ms. Deepika Neethirajan
   Ph.D. Student in Computer Engineering   
   Thesis Title: "Applications of Machine Learning in Semiconductor Manufacturing"   





   Mr. Shiva Shankar Thiagarajan
   Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering   
   Thesis Title: "Reliability-Aware Optimization of Integrated Circuits"   





   Mr. Christopher Rhynes
   Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering   
   Thesis Title: "Hardware Security and Trust in Analog/RF ICs"   





   Mr. Pu Huai
   Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering   
   Thesis Title: "Applications of Analog Floating Gate Transistors in HW Security and Trust"   





   Mr. Yijie Tang
   Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering   
   Thesis Title: "Hardware Security Modeling in RF ICs"   





   Mr. Suraag Tellakula
   Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering   
   Thesis Title: "Machine Learning-Based Layout Reliability Analysis"   





   Mr. Vineeth Niranjan
   Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering   
   Thesis Title: "Applications of Machine Learning in Low-Cost IC Trimming"   





   Ms. Ching-Yi Chang
   Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering   
   Thesis Title: "Semiconductor Manufacturing Data Analytics for Provenance Attestation"   





   Mr. Aric Fowler
   Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering   
   Thesis Title: "Security and Trust in Wireless Cryptographic ICs"   





   Mr. Christos Vasileiou
   Ph.D. Student in Computer Engineering   
   Thesis Title: "Machine Learning in THz Imagers"   





   Ms. Nosheen Afroz
   Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering   
   Thesis Title: "Trusted and Reliable Analog Neural Networks"   





   Mr. Ahmad Sayeed Sayem
   Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering   
   Thesis Title: "Self-Test and Self-Calibration in Analog/RF ICs"   





   Mr. Matthew Nigh
   Ph.D. Student in Computer Engineering   
   Thesis Title: "Machine Learning in Semiconductor Manufacturing"   

Current M.S. Students





   Mr. Justin Russo
   M.S. Student in Computer Engineering  
   Thesis Title: "RISC-V Implementation on a Hybrid TRAP/FPGA Platform"   

Former Postdoctoral Researchers






   Dr. Mohammed Omais Shayan
   Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, May '20, New York University  
   Research Topic: "Design Obfuscation through Reconfigurable Computing"   
   Current Position: Digital Design Engineer, Codelucida Inc., Tucson, AZ   





   Dr. Mustafa Shihab
   Ph.D. Student in Computer Engineering, Aug '21, University of Texas at Dallas   
   Research Topic: "CAD Flow and Applications of Hybrid ASIC/TRAP Circuits"   
   Current Position: Member of Technical Staff, Intel, Austin, TX   





   Dr. Georgios Volanis
   Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Aug '20   
   Research Topic: "Robust and Trustworthy Analog/RF ICs"   
   Current Position: Analog Design Engineer, Argo Semiconductors, Athens, Greece   





   Dr. Mohammad Mahdi Bidmeshki
   Ph.D. in Computer Enginering, Dec '18, University of Texas at Dallas   
   Research Topic: "Proof-Carrying Hardware"   
   Current Position: Security Engineer, Intel Corp., Portland, OR, USA   





   Dr. Kiruba Subramani
   Ph.D. in Electronics & Computer Engineering, Dec '18, University of Texas at Dallas  
   Research Topic: "Hardware Trojans in Wireless Networks"   
   Current Position: Systems Engineer, Silicon Labs, Austin, TX, USA   





   Dr. Angelos Antonopoulos
   Ph.D. in Electronics & Computer Engineering, Dec '14, Technical University of Crete, Greece   
   Research Topic: "Trusted and Reliable Analog/RF Integrated Circuits and Systems"   
   Current Position: Patent Engineer, U-Blox, Athens, Greece   





   Dr. Ke Huang
   Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Dec '11, TIMA Lab & University of Grenoble, France   
   Research Topic: "Applications of Machine Learning in Semiconductor Manufacturing"   
   Current Position: Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, San Diego State University   

Former Ph.D. Students (at UT Dallas)






   Dr. Yu Liu
   Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, May '17   
   Thesis Title: "Hardware Trojans in Wireless Cryptographic ICs"   
   Current Position: Research Staff Member, Samsung Research, Plano, TX, USA   





   Dr. Ali Ahmadi
   Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, May '17   
   Thesis Title: "Applications of Machine Learning in Test Cost Reduction,   
   Yield Estimation and Fab-of-Origin Attestation of Integrated Circuits"   
   Current Position: Member of technical Staff, GlobalFoundries, Malta, NY, USA   





   Dr. Kiruba Subramani
   Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Aug'18   
   Thesis Title: "Hardware Trojans in Wireless Networks"   
   Current Position: Systems Engineer, Silicon Labs, Austin, TX, USA   





   Dr. Mohammad Mahdi Bidmeshki
   Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Aug '18   
   Thesis Title: "Proof-Carrying Hardware"   
   Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, UT Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA   





   Dr. Liwei Zhou
   Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Dec '18   
   Thesis Title: "Microprocessor Workload Execution Forensics"   
   Current Position: Member of Technical Staff, ASML, San Jose, CA, USA   





   Dr. Constantinos Xanthopoulos
   Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Dec '19   
   Thesis Title: "Spatial Correlation Extraction/Decomposition in Semiconductor Data"   
   Current Position: Member of Technical Staff, Advantest, Austin, TX, USA   





   Dr. Monir Zaman
   Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Dec '19   
   Thesis Title: "Cross-layer Power Conditioning in Multi-Core Mixed-Signal SoCs"   
   Current Position: Member of Technical Staff, Raytheon, McKinney, TX, USA   





   Dr. Jingxiang (Amelie) Tian
   Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Dec '19 (Co-Advised with Prof. Carl Sechen)  
   Thesis Title: "Design and Implementation of a Transistor-Level   
   Dynamically Reconfigurable Integrated Circuit Block"   
   Current Position: CPU Design Engineer, Apple, Cupertino, CA, USA   





   Dr. Gaurav Rajavendra Reddy
   Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, May '20   
   Thesis Title: "Machine Learning-Based Hotspot Detection:   
   Fallacries, Pitfalls and Marching Orders"   
   Current Position: Member of Technical Staff, Intel, Hillsboro, OR, USA   





   Dr. Georgios Volanis
   Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Aug '20   
   Thesis Title: "On-Chip Intelligence for Robust and Trustworthy Analog/RF ICs"   
   Current Position: Analog Design Engineer, Argo Semiconductors, Athens, Greece   





   Dr. Yichuan Lu
   Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering   
   Thesis Title: "Post-Production Performance Calibration in Analog/RF Devices"   
   Current Position: Member of Technical Staff, Advantest, Austin, TX, USA   





   Dr. Mustafa Shihab
   Ph.D. in Computer Engineering   
   Thesis Title: "Intellectual Property Protection through Transistor-Level Programming"   
   Current Position: Postoctoral Research Associate, UT Dallas, Richatdson, TX, USA   

Former Ph.D. Students (at Yale University)
   Dr. Dzmitry Maliuk
   Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Dec '13   
   Thesis Title: "Neural Network Design and Implementation for Analog/RF BIST"   
   Current Position: Researcher, Quant Labs, Houston, TX, USA




   Dr. Yier Jin
   Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Dec '12   
   Thesis Title: "Hardware Trojans in Wireless Cryptographic ICs"   
   Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA




   Dr. Nathan Kupp
   Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Dec '12   
   Thesis Title: "Statistical Methods for RF to DC Correlation in Analog/RF Circuit Testing"   
   Current Position: Lead Data Scientist, Thumbtack, San Francisco, CA, USA
   Recipient: IEEE TTTC 2012 E.J. McCluskey Best Doctoral Thesis Award   




   Dr. Michail Maniatakos
   Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Dec '12   
   Thesis Title: "Workload-Cognizant Resilience Analysis in Modern Microprocessors"   
   Current Position: Assistant Professor, NYU Abu-Dhabi, UAE




   Dr. Naghmeh Karimi (Visiting Assistant in Research (VAR) 7/07 - 6/09)
   Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, Feb '10 (Advisor: Dr. Navabi)  
   Thesis Title: "RTL Concurrent Error Detection in Microprocessor Controllers"   
   Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Maryland Baltimore County, MD, USA





   Dr. Feng Shi
   Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Sep '07   
   Thesis Title: "Fault Simulation and Test Generation Strategies for Asynchronous Circuits"   
   Current Position: RF Circuit Designer, Marvell Semiconductor, Orange County, CA, USA




   Dr. Sobeeh Almukhaizim
   Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Jun '07   
   Thesis Title: "Optimization Frameworks for Designing Reliable Circuits"   
   Current Position: Director, National Center for Education Development, Kuwait





   Dr. Haralampos Stratigopoulos
   Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Sep '06   
   Thesis Title: "A Machine-Learning Approach to Analog/RF Circuit Testing"   
   Current Position: CNRS Researcher, LIP-6 Lab, Paris, France

Former M.S. Students (at UT Dallas)






   Mr. Yichuan Lu
   M.S. in Electrical Engineering, May '15   
   Thesis Title: "Post-Production Performance Calibration in Analog/RF Devices"   
   Current Position: Ph.D. Student, TRELA lab, University of Texas at Dallas   





   Mr. Tianyu Chen
   M.S. in Computer Engineering, May '15   
   Thesis Title: "OpenSPARC Emulation on an FPGA for Forensics Analysis"   
   Current Position: Test Engineer, Foxconn, Houston, TX, USA   





   Mr. Gaurav Rajavendra Reddy
   M.S. in Electrical Engineering, May '17   
   Thesis Title: "Machine Learning-Based Hotspot Detection:   
   Fallacries, Pitfalls and Marching Orders"   
   Current Position: Ph.D. Student, TRELA lab, University of Texas at Dallas   





   Mr. Suraag Tellakula
   M.S. in Electrical Engineering   
   Research Topic: "Machine Learning-Based Layout Reliability Analysis"   
   Current Position: Ph.D. Student, TRELA lab, University of Texas at Dallas   





   Mr. Vineeth Niranjan
   M.S. in Electrical Engineering   
   Thesis Title: "Applications of Machine Learning in Low-Cost IC Trimming"   
   Current Position: Ph.D. Student, TRELA lab, University of Texas at Dallas   





   Mr. Bharath Ramanidharan
   M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Dec '19   
   Research Topic: "Couston Routing Solutions for TRAP"   
   Current Position: Member of Technical Staff, Apple, Cupertino, CA, USA   





   Mr. Christopher Rhynes
   M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Dec '18   
   Research Topic: "Hardware Security and Trust in Analog/RF ICs"   
   Current Position: Ph.D. Student, TRELA lab, University of Texas at Dallas   





   Ms. Christiana Kapatsori
   M.S. in Computer Engineering, Dec '20   
   Resaearch Topic: "Hardware Security of Analog/RF ICs"   
   Current Position: Hardware Design Engineer, ST Microelectronics, Plano, TX, USA   





   Mr. Shiva Shankar Thiagarajan
   M.S. in Electrical Engineering, May '18   
   Research Topic: "Security of Automotive Circuits"   
   Current Position: Ph.D. Student, TRELA lab, University of Texas at Dallas   





   Mr. Justin McMillan
   M.S. in Electrical Engineering, May '20   
   Research Topic: "Security and Trust in Wireless ICs"   
   Current Position: Member of Technical Staff, ARiA, Charlottesville, VA, USA   

Former M.S. Students (at Yale University)





   Mr. He (Bryan) Huang
   M.S. in Computer Engineering, Dec '09   
   Thesis Title: "Self-Healing Analog/RF Circuits"   
   Current Position: Analog/RF Design Engineer, Broadcom, Mountain View, CA, USA





   Mr. Thomas Verdel
   M.S. in Computer Engineering, Dec '02   
   Thesis Title: "Concurrent Error Detection in Asynchronous Circuits"   
   Current Position: Quantitative Equity Portfolio Manager, Cavanal Hill, Tulsa, OK, USA


Current Undergraduate Students





   Mr. Lucas Wick
   Undergraduate Student in Computer Engineering  
   Topic: "Visualization Software for TRAP Diagnosis"   

Former Undergraduate Student Researchers (at UT Dallas)





   Mr. Richard Willis
   B.S. in Electrical Engineering, May '20  
   Research Topic: "Machine Learning-Based Gesture Recognition in THz Imagers"   
   Current Position: Analyst, Citibank, New York, NY, USA   




   Mr. Justin Russo
   B.S. in Electrical Engineering, May '20  
   Research Topic: "RISC-V Implementation on a Hybrid TRAP/FPGA Platform"   
   Current Position: M.S. Student, University of Texas at Dallas, TX, USA   




   Mr. Isaac Urcuyo
   B.S. in Electrical Engineering, May '18  
   Research Topic: "FEC-Based Hardware Trojan Design and Demonstration"   
   Current Position: FPGA Design Engineer, Raytheon, TX, USA   





   Ms. Usuma Thet
   B.S. in Computer Science, May '17   
   Research Topic: "Architectural State Visualization of Emulated OpenSPARC T1"   
   Current Position: Undergraduate Student, University of Texas at Dallas, TX, USA   

Former Visiting Undergraduate Student Researcher (at UT Dallas)






   Mr. Themis Melissaris
   Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Jun '14, NTUA, Greece   
   Research Topic: "FPGA-based Multi-Core Experimentation Platform"   
   Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA   

Former Undergraduate Research Advisees (at Yale University)