People

Dr. Benton Calhoun

Ben received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering with a concentration in computer science from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, in 2000. He received the M.S. degree and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, in 2002 and 2006, respectively. In January 2006, he joined the faculty at the University of Virginia in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, where he is now a Professor. His research interests include body sensor node (BSN) design, low power digital circuit design, sub-threshold digital circuits, SRAM design for end-of-the-roadmap silicon, variation tolerant circuit design methodologies, and low energy electronics for medical applications.

Faculty Profile

Dr. Daniel Truesdell

Daniel received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA, in 2016, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA, in 2021. He worked in the industry at an IoT startup as a Mixed-Signal Circuit Design Engineer developing ultra-low power system-on-chips until 2023, when he re-joined the University of Virginia as a Senior Scientist. His research interests include energy efficient mixed-signal circuit design, on-chip oscillators and sensors, energy harvesting and performance-scalable systems, and low-power digital circuit techniques.

Suprio Bhattacharya

Suprio did his Bachelors in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from University of Pune (India) in 2005, and MS(with thesis on Early IR Drop Analysis flow development) in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University (USA) in 2015. He joined the RLP-VLSI group in Spring'2021 to pursue his PhD. He has previously worked for several years in the industry on digital design(both frontend and physical design), design flow automation and development, for different leading companies like Intel, and Cadence Design Systems. Outside his research, he is also into adventure sports like mountain-biking, kayaking etc.

Omar Faruqe

Omar received his BSc in Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering from Military Institute of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2018. He joined the RLP-VLSI group in July 2021 and is working towards his PhD in Electrical Engineering.

Akiyoshi Tanaka

Akiyoshi received his Bachelors in Electrical engineering, Electronics, and Information Engineering from Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan in 2022. He joined the RLP-VLSI group in June 2022 and is working towards his PhD in Electrical Engineering.

Anjali Agrawal

Anjali received her Bachelors in Electrical and Communication Engineering from Netaji Subhas University of Technology, India in 2020. She joined the RLP-VLSI group in July 2022 and is currently working towards her PhD in Electrical Engineering.

Nugaira Gahan Mim

Nugaira received her Bachelors's in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from East West University, Dhaka Bangladesh. She joined the RLP-VLSI group in August 2022 and is currently working towards her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, her interest includes circuit and system design.

Zhenghong Chen

Zhenghong received his Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Chongqing University, China in 2020. He joined the RLP-VLSI group in September 2022 and is currently working towards his PhD in Electrical Engineering.

Shan He

Shan received her Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University, China in 2020. She joined the RLP-VLSI group in June 2022 and is currently working towards her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering.

Samit Hasan

Samit received his B.Sc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh in May 2022. He joined the RLP-VLSI group in August 2023 and is currently working towards his PhD in Electrical Engineering. His research interest includes body sensor nodes (BSN), Internet of Things (IoT) and low power electronics for medical applications.

Alexander Kwasi Tweneboah Osei-Bonsu

Alexander received his bachelors in Computer Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana in 2022. He joined the RLP-VLSI group in August 2023 and is currently working towards his PhD in Computer Engineering.

Aniket received his masters degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, MI, USA, in 2017. From 2017 to 2024, he worked in the industry as a Mixed-Signal Circuit Engineer designing various high performance digital and analog IPs for server applications in leading companies like Apple, Intel, Qualcomm and Ampere Computing. He joined the RLP-VLSI group at University of Virginia in August 2024 where he is currently pursuing his PhD in electrical engineering. His research interests include energy efficient mixed-signal circuit design, on-chip oscillators and sensors, energy harvesting and performance-scalable systems, clocking and low-power digital circuit techniques.