Electrical Engineering · MS Candidate

Ethan Khan

I design and characterize analog circuits, photonic systems, and embedded hardware — from cascode amplifiers and constant-current drivers to semiconductor laser dynamics and autonomous robotics.

At a glance

MS EE Binghamton University — Physical Electronics & Electro-Optics, expected May 2027

BS EE SUNY Polytechnic Institute, May 2025

3.45 Cumulative GPA

U.S. Citizen New York, NY — eligible for cleared and ITAR-restricted work

What I work on

My background sits at the intersection of three areas that keep overlapping in practice.

Analog & power circuits

LTspice · KiCad · Multisim · bench measurement

CMOS cascode amplifiers with active current-source loads, higher-order Sallen–Key filters, and regulated constant-current drivers. I work from hand calculations first, then verify against simulation — and increasingly, against hardware.

Analog design Filter synthesis Linear regulators PCB layout

Photonics & semiconductor devices

MATLAB · rate-equation modeling · fiber optics · microfabrication

Directly modulated semiconductor lasers, fiber coupling and dispersion budgets, electro-optic modulation, and thermal oxidation of silicon. This is my graduate concentration and where most of my recent coursework lives.

Laser dynamics Fiber optics Electro-optics Thin films

Embedded systems & robotics

Python · C/C++ · Raspberry Pi · ROS2 · NVIDIA Isaac

Motor-drive subsystems, PID closed-loop control, and vision-guided autonomy — including an AI-powered personal carrier robot built during summer undergraduate research, and GPU workload profiling on the NVIDIA Isaac stack.

PID control H-bridge / PWM Computer vision GPU profiling

Experience

Research Associate

Oct 2024 – Aug 2025

Center for Safe and Secure Artificial Intelligence Robotics · Utica, NY

Developed and tested AI-driven robotics systems on the NVIDIA Isaac stack, integrating perception and motion planning modules and validating behavior through defined test procedures.
Profiled GPU workloads and inference to locate bottlenecks, improving computational throughput and power efficiency.

Robotics Research Aide

May 2024 – Aug 2024

The Research Foundation for SUNY · Utica, NY

Built the motor-drive subsystem of an autonomous carrier robot using an L298N H-bridge with a dual-battery supply (separate motor and logic power), controlling DC motor speed and direction via Raspberry Pi PWM.
Implemented PID closed-loop motor control and integrated a YOLO-based vision system that segmented the camera frame into directional zones for real-time person tracking and obstacle avoidance.

See it in Projects →

Resident Advisor

May 2024 – May 2025

Residential Life · SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Organized 6 community events (200+ participants) and advised 45 residents on academic and wellness resources.

Education

Binghamton University MS

Expected May 2027

MS Electrical Engineering — Physical Electronics & Electro-Optics · Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science · GPA 3.45

Quantum Electronics & Photonics · Electro-Optics · Advanced Semiconductor Lasers · Analog Circuit Design · Hardware-Based Security · CMOS VLSI Circuits & Architecture

SUNY Polytechnic Institute BS

May 2025

BS Electrical Engineering · College of Engineering

Optical Communication · Semiconductor Microfabrication · Embedded Systems · Control Systems · Microprocessors and CPU Architecture

Technical skills

Circuit & power design

LTspiceKiCadMultisim Analog designFilter design Linear regulatorsH-bridge / PWM Oscilloscope & bench debug

Optics & photonics

Semiconductor lasersRate-equation modeling Fiber coupling & collimationElectro-optic modulation Polarization opticsPIN photodetection Optical communication / WDM

Languages

CC++Python MATLABC#VHDL VerilogCUDA

Systems & tools

Raspberry PiARM microcontrollers PID controlROS2 NVIDIA Isaac LabArduino IDE AutoCADLinuxGit Semiconductor microfabrication