Education

PhD in Computer and Electrical Engineering,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Overall GPA: 3.86/4.00
May 2028
MS in Electrical Engineering,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA
Overall GPA: 3.90/4.00
May 2022
BS in Computer Engineering,
Focus in Chip Scale Integration,
Minor in Mathematics,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA
Overall GPA: 3.89/4.00
May 2020

Research Interests

Experience

Graduate Research Assistant in Integrated Systems Lab (ISL) at Purdue
SpACES: Sparsity Aware CIM for Efficient Sub-FP8 Computations
  • Redacted Pending Publication
Aug. 2023 - Current
Graduate Research Assistant in Multifunctional Integrated Circuit and Systems Group (MICS) at Virginia Tech
Thesis Project: Low Power Machine Learning Based Activity Monitor for Livestock
  • Led a total of seven students in developing an ultra-low power IoT end node to monitor health and behaviors of livestock through measuring vital signs and activity.
  • Designed the system with a low power MCU, accelerometer, GPS, thermometer, and heart rate sensor. The system takes measurements from its various sensors, transmits them using the LoRaWAN protocol, and stores them in an AWS database.
  • Used edge intelligence to classify cattle behavior in situ and reduced power consumption of our WSN by 50-fold.
Aug. 2020 - May 2022
Graduate Teaching Assistant
  • ECE 1004: Introduction to ECE Concepts
  • ECE 3544: Digital Design 1
    • Held office hours through Discord to provide remote support to students.
    • Developed Python scripts to automate testing and validation of student Verilog projects.
  • ECE 36200: Microprocessor Systems and Interfacing
  • ECE 49022: Electrical Engineering Senior Design Projects
Aug. 2020 - May 2021,
Aug. 2022 - May 2023
Research Assistant in Multifunctional Integrated Circuit and Systems Group (MICS) at Virginia Tech
  • Power Management Circuit
    • Designed a power management circuit (PMC) that harvested ambient electromagnetic energy generated by railroad power lines with an ultra-wide range of 10A-70A.
    • Maximized harvested power by finding the maximum power point (MPPT) of the PMC through the perturb and observe algorithm(P&O) using pic18lf24k40 MCU.
  • Display for Pressure Sensitive Fiber
    • Designed a display to show high pressure areas of an 8x8 mesh of pressure-sensitive carbon-black loaded fibers.
    • Used an Arduino Mega microcontroller to detect locations of pressure points and a TFT LCD to display them.
  • Amplifier for Piezoelectric Sensor
    • Completed a collaborative project between MICS and the Center for Intelligent and Smart Sensors, KAIST University, Daejeon, South Korea.
    • Successfully developed a low cost, single supply, and high input impedance amplifier for a piezoelectric sensor to measure noise pollution in apartment buildings.
May 2019 - May 2020

Scientific Contributions

Publications
  1. A. P. Damle, R. Elangovan, A. Nallathambi, A. Raghunathan, "SpACES: Sparsity Aware CIM for Efficient Sub-FP8 Computations," (manuscript in preparation)
  2. A. P. Damle, S. S. Ha, Z. Zhao, B. R. D. Reis, R. White and D. S. Ha, "Power Efficient Wireless Sensor Node through Edge Intelligence," 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
  3. Z. Zhao, D. S. Ha, A. P. Damle, B. R. D. Reis, R. White and S. Ha, "Improved Sensor-Based Animal Behavior Classification Performance through Conditional Generative Adversarial Network," (pre-print)

Classes

Circuit Design and Analysis Embedded Systems and Programming Digital Design Machine Learning Theory Miscellaneous

Skills

Programming Programs

Honors

George R. Powley Award
A merit based award for outstanding students enrolled in Electrical Engineering
Aug. 2018
Benjamin F. Bock Scholarship
A merit and need based scholarship for students enrolled in the College of Engineering. Typically, four students are selected to receive this scholarship every year.
Aug. 2018
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
The Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society is the oldest and most selective all-discipline honor society, where they offer membership to the top 7.5% of the class.
Apr. 2018
Tau Beta Pi Honor Society
The Tau Beta Pi Honor Society recognizes exceptional engineering students in the top 12.5% of their class.
Dec. 2017
Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society
Eta Kappa Nu is the honor society of IEEE and recognizes excellence in the IEEE designated fields of interest. It offers membership to students in the top 25% of their class.
Dec. 2017
Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert L. Faison EE Scholarship
Mr. & Mrs. Gilbert L. Faison EE Scholarship is a scholarship for computer and electrical engineering students and is awarded based on academic achievement, personal character, leadership qualities, and community service.
Jul. 2017
Dean’s List with Distinction
Inclusion on the “Dean’s List with Distinction” requires a GPA of at least 3.75
Sep. 2017 - May 2020
Bernard Silverman Scholarship
Earned the Bernard Silverman Scholarship through maintaining a 4.0 GPA and topping the STEP program
Aug. 2016
Eagle Scout Rank, Boy Scouts of America
Oct. 2015
National Honor Society
Oct. 2015