Nicholas Sica
PhD Candidate
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNicholas Sica is a PhD candidate in electrical engineering at Drexel University with eight years of hands-on experience in integrated circuit design, FPGA engineering, and VLSI research. He has blended academic research roles with industry co-ops and a stint at SIG, giving him practical fluency in both prototype development and production-focused hardware engineering. At Drexel’s VLSI and Architecture Laboratory he contributed to research-driven chip and system work while also gaining FPGA implementation experience used in finance and communications contexts. Based in Philadelphia, he’s motivated by continual learning and frames his rigorous doctoral training through a pragmatic lens—translating complex circuit-level problems into testable, deployable solutions.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical Engineering at Drexel University
Github Skills (120)
backend10
dotnet10
gcode10
jellyfin10
3d-printer10
csharp10
vnc-server10
docker10
recipe10
linux9
podman9
android-tv9
wayland9
icon-pack9
remote-desktop9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
NickSica/personal_docs
Nov 2020 - Jul 2025
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 9 months
NickSica/fpga_snn
Oct 2020 - Jun 2021
Contributions:4 reviews, 73 commits, 14 PRs in 7 months
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