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Innovator Profile

Dr. Himanshu Thapliyal​

Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science​, Tickle College of Engineering, University of Tennessee Knoxville

Dr. Thapliyal received his PhD in 2011 from the University of South Florida, Tampa, where he received the "Distinguished Graduate Achievement Award." From 2012-2014, he worked as a designer of processor test solutions at Qualcomm. He joined as an Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky, Lexington in 2014 and served as an Associate Professor until he joined the University of Tennessee in 2022. He has been ranked in the top 50 scientists throughout the world in computer hardware and architecture, and is the recipient of both the 2019 NSF CAREER award and the 2020 IEE-CS TCVLSI Mid-Career Research Achievement Award. He has authored over 150 journal/conference articles with over 4,800 citations, and holds 3 U.S. Patents for his inventions. ​

Available Technologies

  • Close-up of electronic circuit board with various components and equations written in the background
    Energy Efficient STT-MRAM Reading and Writing Circuits​
    Researchers at the University of Tennessee have developed novel, CMOS-compatible method of writing to MTJs which reduces write power by up to 75%, wit ... (read more)
  • Close up of a robotic arm writing on a circuit board in a high tech microelectronics environment
    Energy Efficient STT-MRAM Writing Circuits​
    Researchers at the University of Tennessee have developed a novel method of writing to MTJs which reduces write power by up to 75%, without additional ... (read more)

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