I have a Master's (MASc) in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) from The University of British Columbia. I studied Biomedical Engineering as an Undergrad. I like to work on interesting projects in the areas of Biomedical ASIC Design, Silicon Photonics, and PIC Design, Integrated Sensing, Wearable Devices, and Machine Learning Tools for Hardware Design Automation (EDA/EPDA) and Simulation.

• 🔭 For my MASC, I worked on designing sensors on Silicon Photonics Chips and Microfluidic Control Systems [Read my thesis] [SPIE Paper]. Journal Paper Incoming.
• 📫 How to reach me: kithminrw@gmail.com
• 👯 I’m looking to collaborate on projects at the intersection of Machine Learning, Biomedical Engineering, and PIC/ASIC Hardware Design Automation. I have collaborated on gdsfactory during an internship and collaborated on projects for SiEPIC during my Master's.
• ⚡ Fun fact: I love working on open-source hardware and DIY projects :)

• 1 - CMOS Analog IC Design and Simulation with OSIC tools
  • Overview on open-source CMOS Analog IC Design using IEEE SSCS OSE
  • Analog Academy by IHP
  • Other courses
  • Organized the first-ever Analog IC Student Design Contest by IEEE CASS-CEDA Joint SL Chapter
    • Template project for a Low-power Single-ended Operational Amplifier using Sky130 PDK
    • The top 3 winning designs were taped out using TTKSKY25B through the CI 2511 chipIgnite shuttle service from chipfoundry.io
    • Tiny Tapeout TTKSKY25B 265: ttsky25_se_opamps
• 2 - RF and mmWave Microelectronics and IC Design with OSIC tools
  • Developing a course on RF and millimeter-Wave Circuit Design
    • Collection of notes for OpenEMS using IHP
    • Other courses
    • PLL taped out in IHP SG13G2 as part of EN4430
    • Open-source RF Design Workflow for developing a VCO in SKY130 technology
    • Our UNIC-CASS 2025/26 proposed project "A 2.4GHz Type-II ∆Σ Fractional-N Phase Locked Loop (PLL) with a Type IV Cross-Coupled Differential LC Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO) for Wifi/Bluetooth Applications" was accepted.
      • Done as part of the Universalization of IC Design from CASS (UNIC-CASS) program
      • Reference design from mabrains
    • A 2.4 GHz LC-VCO Fractional-N Phase Locked Loop Open-Source Design in 130nm BiCMOS
      • Accepted to SMACD 2026
• 3 - CMOS Digital-to-Analog and Analog-to-Digital Converter Designs with OSIC tools
  • Developing a course on ADCs and DACs
    • Analog Academy by IHP
  • Projects
    • Our UNIC-CASS 2024 proposed project was a "100KSPS 8-bit Fully-differential Successive Approximation Register (SAR) ADC for Low-power Applications"
      • ADC taped out the chip on CI 2411 chipIgnite shuttle service from Efabless - Repo
        • Done as part of the Universalization of IC Design from CASS (UNIC-CASS) program
• 4 - Advanced Digital System Design with OSIC tools
  • Contributed to a tutorial on using OpenROAD for OSIC flow
  • Digital Design Tapeout in IHP SG13G2

• Image Classification using Hybrid Quantum-Classical Efficient Machine Learning Algorithms
  • The project was being investigated by a group of undergraduates in 2025 as an FYP.
  • Inaugural quantum computing research done by ENTC, UoM.

• CMOS Biomedical ASIC for Simultaneous Electrode-Skin Impedance Measurement and Motion Artifact Removal in Ear-EEG platforms.
  • The project was being investigated by a group of undergraduates in 2025 as an FYP.
  • Inaugural biomedical ASIC design research done by ENTC, UoM.
  • Tapeout submitted on 2025-09-15 to CC-2509 chipIgnite shuttle service through TTSKY25a.

• A Low-Cost Dry-Contact Electrode-Based EEG Monitoring System for Long-Term Neonatal Neurological Disorder Management - Towards AI-Powered Infancy Epilepsy Screening.
• The goal is to develop an affordable system that is capable of acquiring and monitoring real-time EEG signal data of neonates, and is aimed towards increasing the efficiency of long-term neonatal epilepsy screening.
• The project is currently on-going;
  • The project was taken forward by a group of undergraduates in 2023 and 2024 as an FYP | Repo-23 | IEEE SMC Paper | IEEE TBME Journal Paper | arXiv Paper | Repo-24 | arXiv Paper
  • The project is now being taken forward in 2025 as an FYP into the application stage to develop a BCI to help a young quadraplegic child control assistive devices for leisure, communication, and possibly locomotion.

• A Low-Cost AI-Powered Stethoscope for Cardiovascular Disease Management in Resource-Constrained Environments.
• The device is aimed at helping increase the screening of congenital heart diseases in the community. It can also be wirelessly utilized in COVID-19 related situations.
• The project won the First Runner-up Award at the 2020 CASS COVID-19 Special Student Design Competition and was presented on the opening day of ISCAS 2020 for the Student Design Competition Session - Presentation | Paper | Video | Repo | IEEE ISCAS '21
• The project was taken forward by a group of undergraduates in 2024 as an FYP | IEEE EMBC '26 | arXiv Paper

• SINDiB Micromouse Project
  • The project was taken forward by a group of undergraduates in 2023, creating the above knowledge base. I hope this project serves as a resource for more micromouse projects to come.
• Obo Mouse v4 Open-source Micromouse Project
• A talk on Micromouse Robots given by me in 2022 is available here.

• Embedded workshop | Youtube
• ROS workshop | Youtube | Repo 1 2 3
• Quantum Computing workshop | Youtube | Repo
• Generative AI workshop | Youtube | Repo
• The Art of Analog IC Design workshop | Repo
• Biomedical IC Design workshop |
• The RF and mmWave IC Design workshop |

• Development of a Cost-effective sEMG Sensor System for Controlling Bionic Arms
  • Undergraduate thesis project
  • The goal is to develop a cost-effective solution for individual finger-based wireless interaction using sEMG technology, for amputees and all other users. This device is aimed to be a revolutionary new wearable technology with many applications, mainly for Bionic Hand Control.
  • Published: ICASSP paper | SMC paper
• Bionic Humanoid Arm and EMG recording device using R-Pi 3
  • Created a low-cost device and circuit using AD623 for obtaining Bio-potentials using a R-Pi protoboard for recording EMG Signals. Bionic Hand was completely 3-D printed and developed using nylon strings and servo motors mounted on the arm. This project was awarded a Distinction pass after it was presented as a Self-Initiated Innovation project, which was expanded into the FYP under the supervision of Dr. Simon Lind Kappel.
• Automated Plant Leaf Disease Detection
  • First project that ever amounted to anything.
  • Used multi-spectral image feeds (NIR/RGB spectra) and implemented transfer learning-based training of CNNs on small datasets of domain-specific images. The product was deployed using a mobile app with edge inference and recognized as a Top Initiative at the National Tech Awards.