Research & Experience

• PhD - Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (GPA - 3.863) - May 2026

• MS - University of Colorado Boulder, CO (GPA - 3.67) - May 2017

• B.Tech - Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India (GPA - 4) - September 2015

• 6 years - Research Assistant - Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

• 2.5 years - Software Engineer II - Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, CA

• 1.5 years - Research Assistant - Teledyne LeCroy Signal Integrity Lab, Longmont, CO

• 1 year - Design project student - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Boulder, CO

• Internships

  • Keysight Labs, Santa Clara, CA

  • Lumerical Operations, San Jose, CA

  • Raytheon Technologies (Remote)

  • Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, CA

• Electrical and Photonics design software

  • HFSS, Lumerical, Synopsys TCAD, RSOFT, Cadence Sigrity, Keysight ADS, Altium designer, Sonnet

• Electrical and Photonics measurement

  • High frequency network analyzers, AWG, and oscilloscopes, RF probe calibration and measurements (S-parameters, noise, and linearity), Optical measurements (Fiber to chip vertical and edge coupling, material characterization, loss and delay measurements), Measurements using tunable laser source

• Photonic layout 

  • Taped out using AMF PDK and experience in AIM and imec PDKs. Experience in using Luceda IPKISS, Pyxis, Tanner, KLayout

• Coding and automation

  • Python, MATLAB, C++, Arduino, External DAC/ADC with SPI, Embedded C

• Coding tools and libraries

  • Jupyter, Google collab, Tensorflow, PyTorch, Scikit, Keras, Pandas, Numpy

• Documentation and editing

  • Microsoft office, Adobe suite

• High speed linear Mach-Zehnder Modulator for analog RF links

• Reconfigurable photonic bandpass filters

• Dual-Polarization IQ transmitter and coherent receiver in Silicon Photonics and Lithium Niobate

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications:

• Y. -L. Luo, D. Paladugu, C. Madsen, K. Entesari and S. Palermo, "A 15–25-GHz Dual-Differential Photonic Front-End With Silicon Traveling-Wave Mach–Zehnder Modulator and 22-nm CMOS Driver," in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 74, no. 3, pp. 2843-2854, March 2026, doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2025.3645603. (Co-first author)

• Y. -L. Luo, D. Paladugu, R. Rady, C. Madsen, K. Entesari and S. Palermo, "A 16–32 GHz RF Photonic Front-End With 22 nm CMOS Driver and Silicon Travelling-Wave Mach-Zehnder Modulator," in Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 42, no. 23, pp. 8127-8136, Dec.1, 2024, doi: 10.1109/JLT.2024.3427128. (Co-first author)

• E. Bogatin, B. Hargin, D. Paladugu, D. DeGroot, A. Koul, S. Baek, and M. Sapozhnikov, "New characterization technique for glass-weave skew," Signal Integrity Journal, Mar. 2017 [online].

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings:

• Y. -L. Luo, D. Paladugu, C. Madsen, K. Entesari and S. Palermo, "A 22nm CMOS 15-25GHz Dual-Differential Driver for RF Silicon Photonic Front-End," 2025 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS 2025, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2025, pp. 41- 44, doi: 10.1109/IMS40360.2025.11103878.

• Y.-L. Luo, D. Paladugu, C. Madsen, K. Entesari and S. Palermo, "A 15-25 GHz RF Photonic Front-End with 22nm CMOS Dual-Differential Driver and Silicon Traveling-Wave Mach-Zehnder Modulator," 2025 Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC), San Francisco, CA.

• Y. -L. Luo, D. Paladugu, R. Rady, K. Entesari and S. Palermo, "A 16-32GHz RF Silicon Photonic Receiver with 22nm FD-SOI CMOS Driver," 2023 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), Orlando, FL, USA, 2023, pp. 1-2, doi: 10.1109/IPC57732.2023.10360718.

• R. C. Bollimuntha, M. J. Piket-May, E. Bogatin, D. Paladugu, "An Efficient Method for Glass Weave Skew Simulations," Electronic Design Innovation Conference, Sept. 2017.

• R. C. Bollimuntha, D. Paladugu, R. Saha, M. J. Piket-May, A. Z. Elsherbeni, and M. F. Hadi, “Fiber Glass-Weave Skew Analysis using the Finite-Difference Time-Domain,” URSI, Boulder, January 2017.

• President - ECE Graduate Student Association, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

• Senator - Graduate and Profession Student Government, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

• Vice President of Professional Development - ECE Graduate Student Association, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

• Panel member - The Honor Council, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

• Photographer and event planner - Desi Aggies, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

• Secretary - Brazos Valley Astronomy Club, Bryan, TX

• Event organizer - IEEE Young Professionals, Santa Clara Valley Chapter, CA

• Secretary - Cadence AHgorithms Toastmasters club, San Jose, CA

• Blogger - TAMU Ingenium, Texas A&M University

• Amateur Astro photographer

• Sports activity - Tennis, table tennis, badminton and racquetball