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ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Mingjin Lu.

From silicon to systems.

I combine creative problem-solving with hands-on engineering to design, build, and improve technology for real-world use.

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Boston, MA / M.S. student at Boston University

FPGA & HLSDigital circuit designEmbedded systemsHardware–software integration

01 / SELECTED WORK

Built. Measured. Improved.

Projects spanning accelerated computation,
circuit timing, and physical systems.

01May 2026

FPGA Signal Processing Pipeline

Designed a 25-tap complex FIR and CORDIC accelerator on a Zynq FPGA to calculate magnitude and phase from complex input signals.

57 → 5FIR latency, cycles

Loop unrolling, array partitioning, and HLS pipelining raised estimated Fmax from 141.7 to 165.6 MHz. Fixed-width and fixed-point arithmetic reduced DSP use by 93%, FFs by 86%, and LUTs by 83% versus the standard integer/double implementation.

Vivado / VitisHLSap_fixed
02May 2026

8-Bit Carry Skip Adder

Architected a two-stage pipelined CMOS adder in Cadence Virtuoso, verified with transient simulation and worst-case timing analysis.

504.7 pscritical-stage delay

Debugged bus timing glitches and optimized pipeline register behavior to improve signal integrity and timing consistency.

Cadence VirtuosoCMOSTiming analysis
03December 2025

Permafrost Freeze & Thaw

Led a five-person capstone team to build a Peltier-based soil freeze–thaw platform supporting AFOSR-funded permafrost research in Alaska.

Integrated Keysight VNA measurements to analyze S11 frequency response during thermal cycling, enabling repeatable laboratory thermal and RF characterization experiments.

Team leadershipRF measurementThermal systems
04December 2025

Smart Auto Camera

Built an autonomous object-tracking camera using a Raspberry Pi 5 and ESP32-controlled servos.

Combined Python, OpenCV motion detection, and YOLO object recognition with a custom soldered control circuit and 3D-printed camera and servo mounts.

Python / OpenCVYOLORaspberry Pi / ESP32

02 / EXPERIENCE

Technical work. Human impact.

Aug 2026 — Present

Boston, MA

IT Support Specialist

BU IT Help Center · Boston University

  • Triage around 50 student and faculty support requests each week in ServiceNow.
  • Diagnose hardware and software issues through hotline and walk-in support, restoring productivity on first contact.
  • Manage loaner and repair inventory with precise check-in and check-out procedures.

Jan 2023 — Dec 2026

University Park, PA

Grader

Mathematics & CSE Departments · Penn State

  • Evaluate more than 100 weekly assignments in Calculus, Linear Algebra, and Communication Networks.
  • Provide constructive feedback using academic rubrics while maintaining accuracy and meeting grading deadlines.

03 / FOUNDATION

Always learning.
Always building.

I’m pursuing an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boston University after earning my B.S. in Computer Engineering at Penn State. My project work connects digital hardware, software, and hands-on experimentation.

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Education

Expected May 2028

Boston University

M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering

May 2026

The Pennsylvania State University

B.S., Computer Engineering

3.85 / 4.00 GPA · Dean’s List

Software

Python · C · Linux · Git

Hardware & design

Vivado · Vitis · Cadence Virtuoso · KiCad · Arduino · ESP32 · Raspberry Pi · Soldering · Oscilloscopes

Languages

English — Professional
Chinese — Native
Japanese — Beginner

LET’S CONNECT

Good engineering starts
with a conversation.

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