Dr. Aatmesh Shrivastava : Aatmesh Shrivastava received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Virginia in 2014. Prior to his Ph.D., he worked as a senior design engineer at Texas Instruments, Bangalore from 2006 to 2010. From 2014 to 2016, he worked at an IoT start-up Everactive as a senior design director, where he was responsible for the research and development of the energy harvesting and power management solutions. In August 2016, he joined Northeastern University, where he is now working as an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. His research interests include self-powered and ultra-low power circuits and system, energy-harvesting and power-first system/computer architecture, analog computing, internet-of-things (IoT), ultra-low power bio-medical and neural circuits, exa-scale computing, and hardware security. He currently serves as an Associate Editor on the editorial board of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Part I: Regular Papers (TCAS-I) and IEEE Open Journal on Circuits and Systems (OJCAS). He was a recipient of DARPA Young Faculty Award in 2023, NSF CAREER Award in 2022, and Acorn Innovation Award from Mass Ventures in 2021. [CV]
Lucy Aiken : Lucy Aiken received her BM in Vocal Performance from Berklee College of Music in 2019. She joined Northeastern in September 2023, and is currently the Administrative Assistant for the Nano SI Institute, as well as the Executive Assistant to Professor Shrivastava. In her spare time, she is an avid traveler who has been to five continents and over 15 countries.
Ph.D. Students
Ziyue Xu : Ziyue Xu received the B.S degrees in electrical and engineering department from Anhui University, Hefei, China in 2016. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate and the member of energy circuits and system group of electrical engineering in Northeaster University, Boston, MA, US. His research interests include power management integrated circuits design, RF design and energy harvester design.
Ankit Mittal : Ankit is currently pursuing PhD in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University. Prior to this, he was a Senior Design Engineer in NXP Semiconductors, India. He has a rich experience in digital design and silicon validation and has done 5 memory testchip tapeout in 90 nm and 40nm while he was at NXP Semiconductors. He received his B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Dayalbagh Educational Institute, India in 2014, where he was also the recipient of Directors Medal for securing the highest marks in the Faculty. His research interests include, ultra-low power biomedical circuits and power management systems for IoT applications.
Mostafa Abedi : Mostafa received his Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Iran University of Science & Technology (IUST). His background is on Analog/Mixed-mode circuit design. He joined Professor Shrivastava’s research group in August 2019. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Electrical Engineering, with a focus on low power circuit design for energy harvesting applications.
Sudhanshu Khanna : Sudhanshu received his M.S. degree from University of Virginia in 2011. Since 2011 he has been working with Texas Instruments, Dallas where he is currently a technologist in the high density embedded flash team. He is currently also pursuing a PhD in analog circuit design from Northeastern University. In prior roles he was with the TI MCU analog team, and the MSP430 advanced research group. His research interests include low power analog circuit design, memory design, and low power system design methodologies. He has over 20 peer reviewed publications and over 40 US patents.
Kayland Harrison : Kayland received a Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University and is currently pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering. His interests include analog circuit design, especially for power management and biomedical applications.
Utkarsh Kumar : Utkarsh Kumar has Joined as a PhD student in the department of electrical and computer engineering under the supervision of Dr Aatmesh Srivastava. Prior to his Ph.D. journey, he has worked in Indian railway as a controller and an administrator. His area of expertise and research interest includes ultra low power Integrated circuit design, Energy efficient circuits,etc .He has passed his graduation and masters with first class in distinction and he has been department topper throughout his UG and PG degree. Utkarsh Kumar has also published 4 papers in reputed IEEE based International conferences and seminars. He is looking forward exploring more of this vast area of ultra low power Integrated circuit design and it’s related fields.
Kiana Ghasemi : Kiana Ghasemi received the B.Sc. degree in Biomedical engineering in 2013 and the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering in 2017, both from Shahed University, Tehran, Iran. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree at Northeastern University MA, USA. Her research interests are analog and RF integrated circuits for low-power biomedical applications.
Yogesh Gudi : Yogesh received a master’s degree in electrical and computer Engineering at Northeastern University and is currently pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering. He is currently being co-advised by Dr. Aatmesh and Dr. Srinivas. His research interests include Analog IC design, low power circuits.
MS Students
Aravind Chandrasekhar : Aravind Chandrasekar is a master’s student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University. He has a passion for electronics engineering. He received his bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Anna University, India in 2022. His research interests include RF design and Analog IC design. M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering in 2017, both from Shahed University, Tehran, Iran. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree at Northeastern University MA, USA. Her research interests are analog and RF integrated circuits for low-power biomedical applications.
Dimitar Dimitrov : Dimitar received a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in 2018 and has since been researching and designing mmWave radios as a Principal Communication Systems Engineer at Starry, Inc. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University. His research interests include analog circuits and emerging computing paradigms.
Undergraduate Student Researchers
Kaden Du : Kaden Du is currently completing his bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University. He joined Professor Shrivastava’s research group in March 2022. His research interests include biomedical applications and low-power circuits.
Ryan Dailor : Ryan is a second-year undergraduate student from Honeoye Falls, NY, currently pursuing a Bachelor’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Northeastern. He competes for Northeastern’s Men’s XC and Track as a mid-distance runner. Outside of school and running, he works as a data recovery technician for iPad Rehab Microsoldering. His research interests include analog computing hardware design and biomedical applications.
Claire Cregin : Claire Cregin is an undergraduate student, currently pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University. She joined Professor Shrivastava’s research group in March 2023. Her research interests include analog circuit design and low-power circuits.
Former Students
Name Degree First-Job
Nikita Mirchandani Ph.D. onsemi
Yuqing Zhang M.S. Maxim Integrated
Tiancheng Yang M.S. Analog Devices
Shikhar Tewari M.S. Silicon Labs
Dillon Johnstone B.S. SSAI