Research & Experience
Research Interests:
RF/mm-wave analog Photonics
High speed Optical transceivers
High speed electrical/optical interconnects
Signal Integrity
Computational Electromagnetics
Academics
PhD - Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (GPA - 3.9) [In progress]
MS - University of Colorado Boulder, CO (GPA - 3.67)
B.Tech - Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India (GPA - 4)
Research and Industry experience
4 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
Lumerical Operations, San Jose, CA
Raytheon Technologies (Remote)
Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, CA
Skills
Electrical and Photonics design software
HFSS, Cadence Virtuoso, Cadence Sigrity, Lumerical, Keysight ADS, Synopsys TCAD, Synopsys RSOFT, Altium designer, Sonnet
Electrical and Photonics measurement
High frequency network analyzers and oscilloscopes, RF probe calibration and measurements (S-parameters, Noise Figure, P1dB, IIP3, SFDR), Optical measurements (Fiber to chip vertical coupling, material characterization, loss and delay measurements), Measurements using tunable laser source
Photonic layout
Taped out in AMF, AIM foundry. Currently taping out in imec. Experience in using KLayout and Tanner
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
Projects
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
Publications and Presentations
Yu-Lun Luo, Dharma Paladugu et al., IEEE Photonics Conference, 2023
Eric Bogatin, Dharma Paladugu et al., SI Journal, 2017
M. Piket-May, Dharma Paladugu et al., URSI National Radio Science Meeting, 2017
Leadership experience
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
Extracurriculars
Blogger - TAMU Ingenium, Texas A&M University
Amateur Astro photographer
Sports activity - Tennis, table tennis, badminton and racquetball