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+title: "Lieuwe Leene PhD. MSc. BEng."
+date: 2021-08-23T17:52:07+02:00
+draft: false
+toc: true
+tags:
+  - personal
+  - resume
+  - employment
+---
+
+
+Since 2019, I have been part of the [Novelda](https://novelda.com/) RFIC design
+group where we design the most accurate human presence sensor in the world based
+on ultra wide band technology. We are a team of 8 designing a IEEE 802.15
+compliant single-chip solution for short-range radar applications using a
+custom transceiver. I primarily work on the critical timing circuits for clock
+redistribution, frequency scaling, and synchronization taking custom
+mixed-signal circuits from concept and layout implementation all the way to
+characterization and wafer sort planning.
+
+Prior to 2019 I was with the [NGNI](https://www.imperial.ac.uk/next-generation-neural-interfaces)
+lab at Imperial College London developing implantable medical devices
+specialized for neuro-scientific studies and electroceutical therapies such as
+deep-brain-stimulation and brain-machine-interfaces. I specialized in realizing
+ultra-low-power instrumentation systems that can be implanted and innovated circuit
+techniques for efficiently processing biomedical signals. Most of my success
+came from applying time-domain techniques to realize sensing circuits with
+exceptional dynamic range such that a wider variety of neurological components
+can be picked up during recording or stimulation.
+
+# Employment Record
+
+{{< columns src="/images/about/novelda_logo_white.svg" >}}
+
+```
+Senior IC Design Engineer
+IC Design Team Oslo Office,
+Novelda AS Oslo, Norway
+Aug. 2019 - Now
+```
+
+ - Responsible for RF transceiver clocking module and phase locked loop design
+ for a Ultra-Wideband human presence sensor operating in the 7.8 GHz band.
+ - Acting as System and IP integration lead handling design delivery such as
+ netlist, layout, timing, and constraint files along with sign-off reports.
+ - Designing full-custom high-speed digital logic for both asynchronous and
+ timing critical modules.
+
+{{< /columns >}}
+
+{{< columns src="/images/about/IC_white.svg" >}}
+
+```
+Research Associate
+Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology,
+Imperial College London, United Kingdom
+Dec. 2016 – Dec. 2019
+```
+
+ - System architect for the ENGINI project worked towards a wireless
+chip scale neural implant for chronic neuroscience and healthcare applications.
+ - CMOS fabrication and CAD tool integration lead for the FORTE project
+which aims to integrate memristive devices with standard CMOS.
+ - Lead designer for ASIC implementation and defined target deliverables
+Contributed to publications, grants, and the development of intellectual property
+ - Facilitated goal driven team management and technical project planning
+Presented at conferences to communicate findings to the academic community
+
+```
+Analog Signal Processing Technical Committee Member
+Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology,
+Imperial College London, United Kingdom
+Dec. 2015 – Dec. 2019
+```
+
+ - Reviewed 40+ manuscripts in the past 5 years from JSSC, TCASI, TCASII, and TBCAS journals
+ - Facilitated ISCAS conference review process for selected analogue signal processing tracks
+ - Coordinated a ICECS conference special session on Oscillator Based Computing
+
+```
+Cadence System Administrator
+Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology,
+Imperial College London, United Kingdom
+Sept. 2012 – Dec. 2019
+```
+
+ - Served as contact for the maintenance of IT infrastructure for research group
+ - Provided support for computing solutions and tool configuration
+ - Maintained a Linux build for CAD tools (i.e. Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor, CST)
+ - Maintained process development kits for core IC technologies (TSMC, AMS, UMC)
+
+```
+Graduate Teaching Assistant
+Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
+Imperial College London, United Kingdom
+Sept. 2013 – Dec. 2018
+```
+
+ - Supervised & mentored master student final year projects
+ - Assisted for laboratory/tutorial IC design sessions as demonstrator
+ - Assessed of oral and written work for EE4-20 & EE9-ALAB
+ - Lectured analogue IC design topics for EE4-20
+
+{{< /columns >}}
+
+
+{{< columns src="/images/about/hkust_logo.svg" >}}
+
+```
+Undergraduate Research Assistant
+Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
+Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
+Aug. 2010 – May 2011
+```
+
+ - Project Topic: ASIC development for micro electrode array based testing platforms for the study of cell cultures involving low-noise front-end design and analogue-to-digital conversion.
+
+```
+Undergraduate Research Assistant
+Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
+Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
+Jun. 2010 – Dec. 2010
+```
+
+ - Project Topic: Feasibility study of opto-mechanical CMOS structures for
+detecting aerosol micro-particles actuated by photonics involving modelling
+of micro-scale mechanical oscillators for phonon emission.
+
+{{< /columns >}}
+
+# Academic Record
+
+{{< columns src="/images/about/IC_white.svg" >}}
+
+```
+PhD Electrical Engineering
+Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
+Imperial College London, United Kingdom,
+Sept. 2012 – Aug. 2016
+```
+
+ - Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council studentship (EPRC-1676620)
+ - Thesis Topic: Large scale integration of CMOS based sensors for brain machine interfaces.
+
+
+```
+MSc Analogue and Digital IC Design
+Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
+Imperial College London, United Kingdom,
+Sept. 2011 – Aug. 2012
+```
+
+ - Graduated with Distinction
+ - Thesis Topic: Ultra-wideband radio and telemetry for medical implants
+ - Outstanding achievement prize for the MSc in A&D IC Design
+ - Integrated circuit design lab prize for the MSc in A&D IC Design
+
+{{< /columns >}}
+
+{{< columns src="/images/about/hkust_logo.svg" >}}
+
+```
+BEng Analogue and Digital IC Design
+Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,
+Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
+Aug. 2008 – May 2011
+```
+
+ - Graduated with First-Class Honours
+ - Thesis Topic: CMOS Instrumentation for biological in-vitro multi-electrode systems.
+ - Swire international young fellows program scholarship
+
+{{< /columns >}}
+
+# Personal Achievements
+
+{{< columns src="/images/about/sscs_logo.svg" >}}
+
+One of my main aspirations during my PhD was to publish in the prestigious
+[IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits](https://sscs.ieee.org/publications/ieee-journal-of-solid-state-circuits-jssc)
+which I successfully did 2018 on my second attempt. The publication presented
+a voltage-controlled oscillator circuit for sensing neural activity with
+integrated off-set rejection. The publication process took well over half a year
+with the two rounds of peer-review in order to improve the article's presentation.
+
+{{< /columns >}}
+
+
+{{< columns src="/images/about/isa_logo.svg" >}}
+
+In 2008, together with a couple of friends I founded the
+[International Student Association](https://isa.hkust.edu.hk/) at HKUST which
+as of 2022 is the 3rd largest student organization at the University. When
+I started my studies in Hong Kong the international student community was still
+relatively small and we mostly organized events among our selves. Encouraged
+by the student-office we formed a group to represent the growing body of
+international student and help each other adapt to the university lifestyle
+away from home.
+
+{{< /columns >}}