Teaching Assitantships

Apart from research, I'm also passionate about teaching and I consider my Teaching Assistantships very important in achieveing my goals.

Graduate Teaching Assistantship at CMU

Reconfigurable Logic: Technology, Architecture, and Applications (Prof. James Hoe - Fall 2020)

This was a wonderful experience for me since I was the sole TA which allowed be to be more involved in the course. I conducted the recitations and lab walkthroughs for the course and also had the opportunity to lecture on the topic of using OpenCL based HLS for FPGAs. Apart from this, I was also responsible for conducting office hours to help students with their lab and coursework and also guiding them wrt their projects.

We also introduced a new lab experiment for the course, using Intel OpenCL for FPGAs on the Intel DevCloud platform, which I helped developed over the summer and handles the necessary backend and scripting to make it a smooth experience for the students.

Graduate Teaching Assistantship at IIT Bombay

CMOS Analog IC Design (Prof. Rajesh Zele - Fall 2018-19)

In this course, I was a part of the team of 7 TAs for a class of around 140 students. The course deals with topics ranging from basic CMOS physics and theory to designing Operational Amplifiers and Filters. Through this, I got an apportunity to take tutorial sessions, set assignments, grade examinations, take vivas and most importantly interact with students to clear their doubts and difficulties. It was during this engagement that I developed the Token System.

The assignment was an ambitious project for me. I chose to deconstruct a research paper with the goal that I wanted to make an assignment which I would've enjoyed doing! You can find the assignment here.

M. G. Degrauwe, J. Rijmenants, E. A. Vittoz and H. J. De Man, "Adaptive biasing CMOS amplifiers," in IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 522-528, June 1982. doi: 10.1109/JSSC.1982.1051769

I was fortunate to have been nominated for the certificate of Excellence in Teaching Assistantship for this course. It would not have been possible without the enthusiam shown by the instructor and the responsibilty delegated to us.

RF Microelectronics IC Design (Prof. Rajesh Zele - Spring 2018-19)

I was a TA for the RF Microelectronics course in the Spring semester. The course goes through all the circuit aspects of components of an RF trasciever from LNAs to Power Amplifiers and VCOs. As a part of a team of 3 TAs, I was responsible for setting assignments, projects and some questions in the examinations as well!

I was also nominated for the Excellence in Teaching Assistantship for this course.