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Sujan Ghimire

Milestones

Milestones & Gallery

Awards, poster presentations, teaching and mentoring, volunteering, and news coverage, with photos from each.

Timeline

  1. Academic Tucson, AZ

    Graduated with an M.S. in Software Engineering

    Walked at the University of Arizona commencement after completing my M.S. in Software Engineering, while continuing on in the Ph.D. program.

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  2. In the media

    Featured in Arizona Engineer: “Virtual reality bridges classroom to cleanroom”

    The Summer 2026 issue of Arizona Engineer, the University of Arizona College of Engineering magazine, covers the VR classroom where undergraduates explore a digital twin of the semiconductor cleanroom. The article includes a photo of me guiding a student on a VR headset.

    “In a semiconductor facility classroom, systems engineering teaching assistant Sujan Ghimire guides a student on a VR headset.” Photo: Arizona Engineer, Summer 2026.
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  1. Awards San Francisco, CA

    Recognized as a DAC Young Fellow 2025

    Recognized as a DAC Young Fellow at the 62nd Design Automation Conference (DAC), held June 22–25, 2025.

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  2. Teaching & mentoring

    AI-HDL League 2025 concludes with final presentations and an award ceremony

    The 2025 AI Hardware Design League at the University of Arizona wrapped up with student teams presenting the hardware they designed with the help of large language models, followed by an award ceremony. I am part of the league's student organizing team.

    AI-HDL League 2025 final presentation and award ceremony, University of Arizona.
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  3. Awards

    Best Poster Design Concept Award, ECE Homecoming 2025

    My poster “From Datasheets to Defense: Generative AI for Embedded Systems and Hardware Security” received the Best Poster Design Concept Award at the University of Arizona ECE Homecoming 2025 event, where students showcased their work to alumni and industry professionals. The poster brings together our work on LLM4MCU-Onto and HWREx.

  1. Event San Francisco, CA

    Attended the 61st Design Automation Conference (DAC)

    Attended DAC 2024, the premier conference on the design and design automation of electronic systems.

  2. Volunteering & outreach

    VR demonstrations at TechConnect 2024

    Demonstrated virtual reality experiences to conference attendees at the University of Arizona Center for Semiconductor Manufacturing booth.

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  3. Teaching & mentoring Chandler, AZ

    VR demonstrations at a Center for Semiconductor Manufacturing summer camp

    Helped students try virtual reality headsets and guided them through VR experiences at a University of Arizona Center for Semiconductor Manufacturing summer camp.

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  4. Awards

    2024 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, College of Engineering

    Received the University of Arizona College of Engineering 2024 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant award in Software Engineering, through the Department of Systems & Industrial Engineering.

  5. Posters & talks

    Poster at FUSE-NANO 2024: HW-V2W-Map

    Presented our poster “HW-V2W-Map framework utilizes GPT for root cause analysis and mitigation suggestions in hardware vulnerability mapping” by Muntasir Mamun, Yu-Zheng Lin, Sujan Ghimire, Dalia Yazmin Castro, Pratik Satam, and Soheil Salehi.