8-bit Differential SAR ADC
Contributed to the tapeout of a fully custom 4.44 MS/s 8-bit differential SAR ADC in TSMC 180 nm as part of Cornell Custom Silicon Systems' (C2S2) Analog team with the Cadence flow.
Lena Conde Araujo
I’m an electrical and computer engineering student at the Olin College of Engineering with an interest in ASICs.
I previously interned at Amazon, where I built cloud analytics pipelines and improved cross-region monitoring infrastructure, gaining experience in building systems at scale. This summer, I’ll be joining GlobalFoundries to work on ULP CMOS eNVM and analog design for memory, where I’ll be learning more about how chips work at device-level.
Projects
Quadcopter
Built a custom quadcopter and developed supporting course materials for a hands-on MAE drone-building class, introducing students to flight systems, controls, and embedded hardware.
Single-Cycle RISC-V Processor (TinyRV1)
Designed a single-cycle microprocessor in Verilog for ECE2300, implementing the ALU, decoder, register file, program counter, and branch logic. Built in Quartus, tested in ModelSim, and validated on a Cyclone V FPGA.
Pathfinder
Built nationally winning hardware solutions. Created Pathfinder, an emergency crowd management system using ESP8266 mesh networks. Mentored teams building accessible technology as an alumna.
Miscellaneous
- SureStart Virtual AI Learning (VAIL) Program: Focused on deep learning, covering neural networks, CNNs, GANs, optimization, and model evaluation using Python and TensorFlow.
- MATLAB Ambassador: Delivered hands-on MATLAB workshops and evaluated pre-release features, while integrating MATLAB into robotics and circuit design workflows to support engineering projects.
- Google Code Next: Developed skills in creative coding and digital music programming. Built interactive, generative projects in JavaScript and explored algorithmic composition and audio synthesis.
- MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science (MITES): Built an autonomous soccer robot programmed in C/C++ on an Arduino embedded control system with sensor-driven feedback and motor control.