This summer (2026) I worked as an intern at Draper's digital ASIC team in Cambridge, MA. I have experience with design, synthesis, and implementation of digital designs, predominantly using SystemVerilog. I am looking to specialize in computer architecture, but am open to other areas in digital design.
I'm currently an incoming freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, but prior to that I took classes at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, including Advanced Computer Architecture, Modern Algebra, and Environmental Philosophy (among many others).
02 Projects
DLGN-Enhanced Branch Prediction
PyTorch · CUDA · 2025
A variation of Differentiable Logic Gate Networks that learns gate wirings, applied to
the BranchNet predictor for a graduate Advanced Computer Architecture capstone. Matched
or exceeded BranchNet on CBP2025 hard-to-predict branches.
RISC-V CPU
SystemVerilog · Basys 3 · 2026
A five-stage pipelined RV32I CPU that runs a boids simulation written in C. Includes an
internal pipeline signal display over VGA for real-time monitoring, and uses Object
Attribute Memory to ease memory constraints on the Basys 3.
A custom 8-bit ISA, single-issue out of order processor written in SystemVerilog. Uses an 8-stage pipeline including fetch, decode, rename, issue, reservation, execution, reorder, and commit.
A parameterizable systolic-array matrix-multiply accelerator targeting 32×32 matrices.
Compared a baseline design against a Strassen-based implementation across fixed-point and
floating-point datatypes, evaluating power, performance, and area with OpenLane on the
SkyWater 130nm PDK.
Bad Apple!! Chip Art
OpenROAD · Yosys · SkyWater 130nm · 2026
A synthesizable RISC-V core placed and routed into a Sky130 floorplan shaped
like each frame of Bad Apple!!. Black pixels become hard placement blockages;
white pixels are the only legal cell area. OpenROAD then implements Ibex,
PicoRV32, or SERV into that silhouette, and the routed stills are compiled
into a movie.
03 About
I'm ENTJ-A, and very passionate about the things I enjoy. I can talk for hours about computer engineering, philosophy, science in general, politics, and economics. I am a utlitarian, market-oriented leftist, and believer that P=NP. My favorite TV shows include Last Week Tonight, The Good Place, and Parks and Recreation.
My go-to fun facts include: you can become drunk under high pressure nitrogen, a 5 month old bird flew nonstop from Alaska to Tasmania in 11 days, and the earth's magnetic field is 60% weaker over South America.
04 Hobbies
I enjoy baking, cooking, hiking, and playing video games. On the right is a picture of some babka I made. Baking breads is always a challenge, but when they turn out well they are delicious.
I have also gotten into birdwatching recently. On the left is a picture of a heron a friend and I saw while canoing on the Mississippi. (Click the picture to enlarge it.)