hello, i'm david!
"Guess what? You're going to wake up tomorrow and have an absolutely phenomenal day. And if your day isn't phenomenal, it'll still be better than today."
about
I recently completed my B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), where I received the CMU Senior Leadership Recognition Award. I am continuing at CMU for my M.S. in ECE (expected 2027), focusing on computer architecture, digital VLSI/silicon design, and reconfigurable computing.My work spans RTL design, hardware verification, and system infrastructure—building performant, resilient silicon and supporting the engineering teams that build them.
This site houses my open-source projects, technical notes, and professional milestones.
career highlights
Carnegie Mellon ECE
TA, 18-622/18-422
Leading recitations and office hours for ECE's digital IC design class.
aug 2026 - present
Annapurna Labs · AWS
Hardware Engineering Intern
Verified PCIe Gen5/Gen6 links and qualified rack-level switches for ML acceleration systems.
may - aug 2026
Carnegie Mellon ECE
Head TA, 18-100
Led 40 TAs to serve 180 first-year students for ECE's introductory class.
jan - dec 2026
Carnegie Mellon ECE
Researcher, IO Harness Project
Designing a standardized interface harness for IC tapeouts.
may 2024 - present
aug 2023 - jan 2026
Tau Motors
Power Electronics & Programming Intern
Prototyped power electronics circuits and inventory management systems.
jun 2022 - aug 2023
jun - aug 2021
UCSF Bakar Institute
Data Science Intern
Implemented scripts to disguise personally-identifying information in clinical notes.
jun - aug 2020