About
Hi, I’m Karthik, a Digital Design Engineer with extensive professional experience in RTL design, formal verification, and hardware development. I completed my M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue University, focused on building secure cryptographic hardware implementation in verilog.
My engineering journey began with hands-on experience in protocols like PCIe, I2C, UART, and AMBA, and evolved through developing IPs, writing synthesizable RTL, and performing lint, CDC, RDC, and power analysis. Whether I’m implementing CDC FIFOs or debugging formal runs, I approach each task with precision and a passion for clean, efficient design.
Achievements
- 1st Place, 600+ submissions in the “Circuit Design and Simulation Marathon using eSim” [June 2021]
- 5th Place out of 12 teams in the “IEEE HKN Founders Day Hackathon” [October 2024]
- Top 52 out of 400 finalists in the “Capture the Bug - A Design Verification Hackathon” [September 2022]
Workshops & Speaking
-
Speaker & Workshop Instructor, “Sand to Silicon: Build Your Custom ASICs”, Purdue University [March, April 2025]
Led a live session to design a stopwatch in Verilog and guided participants in deploying their programs on the Terasic DE10 Lite FPGA board. -
ECE Department Internship Instructor, Purdue University [January - May 2025]
Under the guidance of Dr. Lizhe Tan, led an internship for a small group of high school students, teaching them the basics of electronics, PCB design, and digital logic concepts. They successfully designed a traffic signal controller and a vending machine, standing out for their strong grasp of the material. -
PCB Design Workshop Instructor, Design Studio at Purdue University [March 29th, October 25th, 2024]
Conducted a hands-on workshop covering PCB fundamentals, including a live session on drawing schematics and trace routing using KiCad. Participants then soldered components onto their own PCB boards.
Technical Papers & Research
| Year | Technical Deep-Dive | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wireless Channel Modelling at Propagation Scenarios | [PDF] |
| 2024 | Two-Level Branch Predictor Design | [PDF] |
| 2024 | Base-Base Conversion Tool (MATLAB) | [PDF] |
| 2023 | IP Geolocation using Traceroute | [PDF] |
| 2023 | Kalman Filter for State Estimation | [PDF] |
| 2019 | Design of UART Receiver Protocol | [PDF] |
| 2019 | House Sale Prediction via Linear Regression | [PDF] |
| 2018 | Green Chips - The Tech That Made World Smaller | [PDF] |
Highlights
Feel free to explore my projects, tutorials, logs, and let’s connect.