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Dr. Hamid Mahmoodi
Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator
About Dr. Hamid Mahmoodi
Dr. Hamid Mahmoodi is a Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator at San Francisco State University, leading the Nano-Electronics and Computing Research Laboratory (NeCRL). His research focuses on VLSI design, low-power and high-performance circuits, and nanoelectronics.
Research Areas:
- VLSI Design and Circuit Optimization
- Low-Power and Energy-Efficient Computing
- Nanoelectronics and Emerging Technologies
- High-Performance Computing Architectures
- Semiconductor Device Modeling
Achievements:
- 165+ publications in top-tier conferences and journals
- 6 U.S. Patents in VLSI and nanoelectronics
- 50+ research projects funded by industry and government
- Graduate Program Coordinator for Electrical Engineering
Meet our current students and explore the achievements of our alumni
Current Students
| Name | Title | Company/School/Research | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Graduate Research Assistant | SFSU | - | |
Bhargav Pawar | Undergraduate Researcher | SFSU | |
Diego Rey | Undergraduate Researcher | SFSU | |
Jatan Mandaliya | Graduate Researcher | SFSU | |
Joseph Munguia | Undergraduate Researcher | SFSU | |
Luis Orellana | Undergraduate Researcher | SFSU | |
Parsa Seyed | Graduate Researcher | SFSU | |
Vyshnavi Shekhar Byrapatna Somashekhar | Graduate Researcher | SFSU | - |
Waylon Woo | Graduate Researcher | SFSU |

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Alumni
| Name | Title | Company/School/Research | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Abhigna K. | Physical Design Engineer at Intel Corporation | Intel Corporation | |
Abhijna P. | Product Development Engineer @ Intel Corporation | Embedded VLSI Systems | Intel Corporation | |
Abhishek Gaur | Experienced SDET | Research | |
Abhishek S. | Nvidia | Ex-Intel | Intel | |
AdithyaV Sanketh | Application Software HIL development engineer | Research | |
Aditya Sethi | Engineering Leadership @Meta | Meta | |
Akshay Bharadwaj | A developer who is passionate to help solve real-world problems by building web applications. | world problems by building web applications. | |
Ameya Chhatre | Senior Staff Software Development Engineer in Test | gRPC | Research | |
Ameya N. | Product Development Engineer -R&D | R&D | |
Ankit Shah | Sr SQA Engineer with QA Manual and Automation Testing | Video QA & Ops Experience | NetOps Experience | Technology Leader | Ex-Infosys | | Infosys | |
Ankita Goel | Senior Data Analyst at Veolia | Veolia | |
Anugayathiri Pugazhenthi | -- | Research | |
Arthi Rao | Senior Software Engineer | Research | |
Ashok Mushannavar | Sr Consultant at Atos | Atos | |
Ashwin Arul | Manufacturing Test Engineer | Research | |
Atul Balani | Director of Strategic Sales | MBA Leavey School of Business | Research | |
Avinash Sannanaranagouda | Sr. Embedded Software Development Engineer at Amazon | Amazon | |
Babak Sarashki | Cloud Solution Architect | Research | |
Bharath LS | Technical Lead at Vitesco Technologies | Vitesco Technologies | |
Bhargav Shah | Founder at Cenara AI | ex-YC Operator | 4x Startups | Cenara AI | |
DISTANCE_2 | MEMBER | Research | |
Divya Piplani | Supply Chain Systems (WMS | Research | |
Ed P. | Engineer (BSEE | Research | |
Eli Lyons | Cofounder and CEO of GenomeMiner | Research | |
Fahima Chowdhury | System Engineer II at Microsoft Azure (Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering) | Microsoft Azure (Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering) | |
Gibin George | SW | Research | |
Harsh Vakhariya | Staff Engineer at Qualcomm | Qualcomm | |
Harshit .. | Synopsys Inc | Research | |
Harwinder Singh | MTS2 - Quality at eBay | eBay | |
Herminio Teddy Santos Jr. | Field Support Electronics - Electrical Engineer @ KLA | MS Electrical and Computer Engineering | KLA | |
Hima Gariney | Physical Design Engineer | Research | |
Issac Siavashani | Principal Member Of Technical Staff at ADI | ADI | |
Jatan Mandaliya | Embedded systems | VLSI | Research | |
Jayakrishna S | Electrical Engineer at Pacific Light & Hologram | Pacific Light & Hologram | |
Karthik Keshavan | 5X Salesforce Certified | 1X AWS certified | Salesforce Engineer at Amazon | Amazon | |
Kartik Ravi | Product Manager | Research | |
Kautilya Kukunoor | Advocate at Compass Law Associates focusing on Litigation | Compass Law Associates focusing on Litigation | |
Khushkismat Pannu | Lead | Research | |
Lovpreet Singh | SoC Physical Design Engineer at Apple Inc. | Apple Inc. | |
Lukas Pettersson | Static Timing Analysis Engineer | Research | |
Mandeep Randhawa | Senior Software Test Engineer at Delta Dental Ins. | Delta Dental Ins. | |
Milana Ram | Founder | Research | |
Milin Yatin Doshi | Experienced Front-End UI Developer(Basic knowledge of Back-End) with Exceptional skill in Analysis | End UI Developer(Basic knowledge of Back-End) with Exceptional skill in Analysis | |
Mohammed Aashyk H. | Head of Engineering at Evolution Devices | Evolution Devices | |
Moiz Ahmed khan | VLSI | PD | STA | Digital Design | Research | |
Mojan Norouzi | Senior Technologist | Research | |
Mounica T | Software Developer at Amtrak | Amtrak | |
NAGA PRIYA ASHOK KUMAR | Product development engineer at Intel Corporation | Intel Corporation | |
Nakul Krishnan | Design Verification Engineer at Juniper Networks | Juniper Networks | |
Naren Kalburgi | Product Engineer | Research | |
Neel Vekaria | Product Manager at Amazon | Amazon | |
Nikhil K. | Senior Data & Artificial Intelligence Specialist at Microsoft | Microsoft | |
Nilesh Shinde | Staff Software Engineer at Aurora | Aurora | |
Nishad Manohar Rao | Product at Ouster | Ouster | |
Oscar Barajas | Test Engineer at Siemens | Siemens | |
Padam Bhushan Sharma | Salesforce Expert | Research | |
Pankti Shah | Siemens EDA | MSECE @ SFSU | SFSU | |
Pooja Shah | AI Product Manager | Monetization & GTM Strategies | AI Product Instructor | Research | |
Poojal G. | SoC Design Engineer | Research | |
Prashish Raghuwanshi | Empowering Teams & Transforming Ideas into Scalable Software | Research | |
Praveen Kumar M. | Sr Staff Applications Engineer at Synopsys Inc | Synopsys Inc | |
Priya Baskaran | Software Developer | Research | |
Puneet Choudhary | Staff DevOps Engineer - Integrations at Rivian | Rivian | |
Puneet P. | Data Science | Research | |
Raghuveer Chirumamilla | Senior Engineering Leader | Staff Engineer | Technical Strategy & Team Scaling | Fintech & Payments Expert | Research | |
Rajath Narasimha | Product Marketing - Foundation Models at Nvidia | Nvidia | |
Sajana Raghavan | Principal Design Engineer at Microchip Technology Inc. | Microchip Technology Inc. | |
Saritha T. | Physical Design Engineer at Synopsys | Ex Qualcomm | Graduated with Honors | Synopsys | |
SeyedParsa Mirfasihi | MS - ECE| Expertise in Digital Design Verification | ECE | |
Shashank Chakilam | Hardware Engineer | SoC/RTL | SV/UVM | Power-aware verification | Python | aware verification | |
Sheetal Shukla | Sr. Staff Application Engineer at Synopsys Inc | Synopsys Inc | |
SHIVA ARATAL | Software Engineer at Google | Google | |
Simran Nanda | Lead Application Engineer at Cadence Design Systems | Cadence Design Systems | |
Smitha Sathyanarayana | Director of Product @ Albertsons | Ex-Blackrock | Albertsons | |
Solmaz Hashemzadeh | Software Engineer | Master of Science in Computer Science | Research | |
Suresh Thangavelu | Attended San Francisco State University | Research | |
Sussan Hashemi | Marketing Engineer | Research | |
Tejas Shivarudrappa | Electrical Design Engineer | Masters of Science in Electrical Embedded and Computer Systems | Research | |
Tigran Kurkchiyants | Digital Design Engineer @ Texas Instruments | Texas Instruments | |
Umair Aamir Butt | Hardware Engineer | Electrical Design & Test | Hardware Validation & Debug | High-Speed Digital Interfaces | Power Electronics | FPGA-Based Systems | Signal Integrity & Power Integrity | Speed Digital Interfaces | |
Varsha G. | Embedded Hardware-Software Engineer | Software Engineer | |
Varun Dandu | AI/ML Engineering - Global Product Ex | Global Product Ex | |
Venkatesh Gourisetty | Senior Manager Test Engineering | Research | |
Vikram Rao | Member Of Technical Staff - Hardware Engineer at Astera Labs | Astera Labs | |
Vish Ganti | President & COO | Research | |
Vishakha Pandharipande | Product Development Engineer at Intel Corporation | Intel Corporation | |
Waylon Woo | Computer Engineering Graduate | Embedded Systems & Digital Hardware Design Enthusiast | | Research | |
Xuewen Jiang | San Francisco State University学生 | Research | |
Yosabet Kassie | Computer Engineer | Research | |
Zeeshan A. | Design Verification Engineer | Research | |
Megha Srinivas | Alumni | Research |
