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Ganesh Sadasivan

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Email: ganeshminds@gmail.com

Experience at

Projects

PCB Design In progress 2026

AI Autonomous Drone

Three boards I designed, laid out, and brought up. It started as a standalone flight controller, then evolved into designing an ESC, and now onto a motor drive and power distribution into a single integrated board.

Full project

Semiconductors & RF

Research

III-V Piezoelectrics Jan 2025 — Present 🏅 Best Poster Award — 2026 ⭐ Samsung Fellowship — 2026 📄 Research Paper — 2026

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Piezoelectric Antennas In progress July 2026 — Present

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Where I've worked

Experience

Jan 2026 — Present

College Station, TX

Semiconductor Fellow · Samsung

  • Modeled bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonators in Keysight ADS and Python to evaluate Q-factor and electromechanical coupling, developing a seed-layer stack configuration boosting simulated electromechanical coupling by 5%.
  • Compiled and analyzed a 300+ III-V piezoelectric material dataset to identify alternative dopants for AlScN, producing comparative statistics and visualizations that inform future material-selection strategy for RF filter / resonator design.
  • Examined AFM surface roughness and PVD deposition techniques across 5 cleanroom sessions to assess thin-film quality.

Jan 2025 — Present

College Station, TX

🏅 Best Poster — TAMU Microelectronics Symposium

Undergraduate Researcher, Semiconductors · Koohi Research Group

  • Awarded Best Poster at the TAMU Microelectronics Symposium — sole undergraduate winner among 45+ graduate-level competitors; authored a thesis on high-acoustic-impedance seed layers for improving the coupling and Q-factor of AlScN.
  • Devised and conducted a Design of Experiments (DOE) to enhance AlScN ferroelectric thin-film quality and performance through seed-layer and physical vapor deposition (PVD) optimization for RF filter applications.
  • Building COMSOL simulation models to characterize piezoelectric antenna performance, extending prior thin-film research into RF antenna design.

Jun 2025 — Aug 2025

Plano, TX

Electrical Engineering Intern · PepsiCo

  • Engineered the integration of Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) onto 644 legacy equipment, optimizing motor usage based on manufacturing demand — $297,000 in projected national annual savings.
  • Designed a PLC-based control system to automatically power down running equipment during downtime, reducing energy consumption and equipment maintenance — $1,100 in annual savings per manufacturing line.
  • Managed cross-functional coordination with vendors and internal stakeholders through the project scoping and quoting phase.

Studied at

Education

What's next

Fall 2027

Applying for Masters Program

January 2027

Full-time job

Spring / Summer 2027

Internship

Graduating Dec 2026

College Station, TX

Texas A&M University

B.S. Electrical Engineering · GPA 3.7

Jan 2024 — Jun 2024

Singapore

🌏 Top 10 University Worldwide

National University of Singapore

Study Abroad, Electrical Engineering · GPA 3.5

Semiconductor Fabrication

What I've studied

Relevant Coursework

ECEN 704

Analog VLSI Design

Prof. Sam Palermo

Texas A&M University

ECEN 620

Broadband Circuit Design

Prof. Sam Palermo

Texas A&M University

ECEN 454 / 714

Digital Integrated Circuit Design

Prof. Gwan Choi

Texas A&M University

ECEN 471

Power Management Circuits

Prof. Jose Silva-Martinez

Texas A&M University

ECEN 480

RF Wireless Systems

Prof. Marco Iskander

Texas A&M University

ECEN 738

Power Electronics

Prof. Prasad Enjeti

Texas A&M University

ECEN 430

Automotive Electronics

Prof. Jose Silva-Martinez

Texas A&M University

ECEN 427

Machine Learning

Prof. Ty Liu

Texas A&M University

What I work with

Skills

CAD & Simulation

Altium Designer Cadence Virtuoso LTspice SystemVue Keysight ADS Multisim COMSOL Autodesk Inventor

Programming

Verilog C++ Python MATLAB

Hardware Test

Oscilloscopes Digital Multimeters Power Supplies Signal Generators Soldering