Rithwik Rayani
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Champaign, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRithwik Rayani is a senior ECE student at UIUC with eight years of hands-on experience in experimental and computational research, pursuing a Ph.D. in quantum science focused on semiconductor defect-based quantum emitters, solid-state qubit control, and integrated quantum photonics. He combines practical thin-film exfoliation and heterogeneous integration skills—sputtering, e-beam deposition, nanohole patterning, Raman spectroscopy—with COMSOL-based mechanical and mobility modeling to bridge experiment and simulation. His background in autonomous systems and control (VTOL navigation, MPC for vehicles, ROS/Gazebo) underscores a strong systems-thinking approach to hardware-software integration. As Director of Student Services for HKN and former technical director at IEEE @ UIUC, he also mentors peers through high-attendance review sessions and technical workshops, revealing a commitment to teaching and community building. Notably, he is co-authoring a review on controllable lift-off techniques, signaling early leadership in scalable quantum hardware fabrication methods.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Electrical and Electronics Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at FIITJEE
Github Skills (22)
circuit10
verilog10
simulator10
discord-js10
discord10
timing-diagram10
youtube10
digital-logic10
vhdl10
xbox10
fpga10
spotify10
music10
logic10
driver9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
therithwikrayani/plex-cgnot
Aug 2021 - Mar 2022
A Python script to access Plex behind CGNAT using an ngrok tunnel
Contributions:28 commits, 21 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
ngrokplexpython
therithwikrayani/zmk-config
Feb 2025 - Aug 2025
Contributions:13 pushes in 5 months
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