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DIRECTOR

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Shaahin Angizi, Assistant Professor 
 

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PHD ASSISTANTS

Mehrdad Morsali, M.Sc.
(Shahid Beheshti University)
Ph.D. Student since Fall 2022

* GLSVLSI Best Paper Award
​* 1st author Combo in 2024: DAC-DATE

mm2772@njit.edu

  • In-Sensor Computing

  • Volatile & Non-Volatile Memories

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Deniz Najafi, M.Sc.
(Azad University)
Ph.D. Student since Fall 2023 

* DAC PhD Forum 1st place Award
* DATE Best Paper Award

dn339@njit.edu

  • In-Sensor Computing

  • Volatile & Non-Volatile Memories

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Deepak Vungarala, M.Sc.
(New Jersey Institute of Technology)
Ph.D. Student since Spring 2024

* 1st LLM HW Design TCAD paper in Lab

dv336@njit.edu

  • LLM for Hardware Design

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Kartik Pandit, M.Sc.
(University of Florida)
Ph.D. Student since Fall 2024

Co-Advised with Dr. Arnob Ghosh

  • LLM for Hardware Design

ksp82@njit.edu

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Gamana Aragonda, M.Sc.
(New Jersey Institute of Technology)
Ph.D. Student since Fall 2025

* Rising Star

ga358@njit.edu

  • Memory Security ​​

  • Computer Architecture

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Manoj Vungarala, M.Sc.
(University of Bridgeport)
Ph.D. Student since Fall 2026

  • LLM for Hardware Design

dv336@njit.edu

MASTERS ASSISTANTS

RESEARCH UNDERGRADUATES

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Ferit Altay
REU since Spring 2026

  • LLM for Hardware Design

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COMPLETED POST-DOCs

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Ranyang Zhou, Ph.D.
(New Jersey Instititue of Technology)

COMPLETED PH.D. GRADUATES

  • Dissertation:

Holistic DRAM Enhancements: From Intrinsic In-Memory Operations to Robust Security Mechanisms

  • Highlights: 

* 4 DATE papers in a row ('23-'26)

* DAC (1), DATE (4), ICCAD (2), CVPR (2), TCAD, TED, ESL, CAL, etc. 

* 1st author Combo in 2024: DAC-DATE-CVPR

Ranyang Zhou
Ph.D. awarded in Spring 2026

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COMPLETED MASTERS

Deepak Vungarala
M.Sc. awarded in Fall 2023
Now: Ph.D. student

  • LLM for Hardware Design

Nakul Kochar
M.Sc. awarded in Spring 2024
First Job: Verizon (Product Engineer) 

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  • Row Hammer & Memory Security

Filip Roth Trønnes-Christensen  M.Sc. awarded in
Fall 2025
First Job: Numascale (Hardware Engineer)

  • Row Hammer & Memory Security

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Hemalatha Nagaraju

 M.Sc. awarded in
Spring 2026

  • Retinomorphic Computing

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Saketh Gandela
M.Sc. awarded in Spring 2026
 

  • PIM Emulator

Emily Lattanzio
REU in Summer 2022

  • Silicon Photonic Neuromorphic Computing

Nakul Kochar
REU in Fall 2022, Spring 2023

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  • DNN Acceleration on FPGAs

Lucas Ekiert
REU in Fall 2022, Spring 2023

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  • DNN Acceleration on FPGAs

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Shriyans Roy
REU in Summer 2023

  • MRAM and in-MRAM Computing

COMPLETED RESEARCH UNDERGRADUATES

  • Silicon Photonics Transformer Acceleration

Assaf Izhar
REU in Summer 2025

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  • LLM for Optical Design

Abdulrahman Aljoudi 

REU in Summer 2025

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Adeola Adeoye-Davids

REU in Fall 2025,

Spring 2026

  • LLM for Hardware Design

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Jeremy McLynch
REU in Fall 2025,

Spring 2026

  • LLM for Hardware Design

Bryan Galecio
REU in Fall 2025,

Spring 2026

  • LLM for Hardware Design

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Koumudi Jha

REU in Summer 2026

  • DRAM Security

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Arpit Mandal

REU in Summer 2026

  • LLM for PIC design

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Maisie Rosenberg

REU in Summer 2026

  • LLM for PIC design

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Bruce Almache

REU in Summer 2026

  • DRAM Security

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