Divyanshu

Divyanshu, a PhD candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at KAUST, focuses on spin-controlled devices for hardware security primitives.

Biography

Divyanshu is a Ph.D. candidate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at KAUST. He received his M.Tech degree in VLSI from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, India. He has worked as a visiting student at the Innovative Technologies Lab and the Integrated Circuits and System Group at KAUST. 

Research Interests

His research interests include spintronics devices and circuits, in-memory computing using beyond CMOS devices, and hardware security primitives.

Professional Profile

Service Contributions

Service to the Discipline or Profession

  • Reviewer- IEEE Access; IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs; IEEE Transactions on Magnetics; IEEE Open Journal of Circuits and Systems; IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing; Scientific Reports; Circuits, Systems & Signal Processing; Optical and Quantum Electronics; Sensing and Imaging; Microelectronic Engineering; Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials; Memories - Materials, Devices, Circuits and Systems, 2022 - present

  • Conference TPC Reviewer- 69th & 68th IEEE MWSCAS; 59th, 58th & 57th IEEE ISCAS; 7th & 5th IEEE AICAS; 23rd IEEE NANO; 33rd IEEE ATS; 56th, 55th and 54th IEEE FIE, 2022 - present

Awards and Distinctions

  • IEEE Magnetics Society Travel Grant Award, IEEE, 2026
  • Best Poster Award (1st Place), 4th Future of Semiconductor Forum (IEEE EDS Saudi Arabia Chapter), 2025
  • GATE Fellowship, MHRD, Govt. Of India, 2019 - 2021
  • Bidhan-Lokmanya Scholarship, Indian Railways, 2014 - 2018
  • Distinction (B.Tech), National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, Aurangabad, 2014 - 2018

Professional Memberships

  • Student Member, IEEE Circuits and System Society (CASS), 2023
  • Student Member, IEEE Magnetics Society, 2024
  • Student Member, IEEE Education Society, 2025

Education

Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)
VLSI, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi, India, 2021
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)
Electronics System Engineering, National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), Aurangabad, India, 2018

Experience

  1. Instructor, Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Program (STEPs), KAUST Academy, 2026.
  2. Instructor, short Course on “Introduction to AI & ML," Saudi Water Authority & KAUST Academy, 2025.
  3. Mentor, Saudi Research Science Institute (SRSI), KAUST Academy, 2025.
  4. Teaching Assistant, Cybersecurity Summer Camp, KAUST Academy, w/ Prof. Ali Hassan, June-Sep. 2025.
  5. Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Cybersecurity, KAUST Academy, w/ Dr. Rashid Tahir, Feb. 2025.
  6. Teaching Assistant,  ECE 105L, w/ Prof. Talal Al-Attar. Aug- Dec 2024, KAUST
  7. Teaching Assistant, ECE 104, w/ Prof. Talal Al-Attar. Aug- Dec 2023, KAUST.
  8. Visiting Student, Innovative Technologies Laboratories, under  Prof. Y. Massoud. Nov 2021- Aug 2022, KAUST.
  9. Visiting Student, Integrated Circuits & System Groups, under Dr. Hossein Fariborzi. June - Aug 2021, KAUST.
  10. Teaching Assistant, EE 203 & IC 161, IC 161P , w/ Dr. Srikant Srinivasan, Feb. - Dec., 2020, IIT Mandi.

Selected Publications

  • Divyanshu, D., Goyal, A., & Massoud, Y. (2024). Physical Unclonable Function using Photonic Spin Hall Effect. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-65176-0
  • Divyanshu, D., Kumar, R., Khan, D., Amara, S., & Massoud, Y. (2023). FSM inspired unconventional Hardware Watermark using field-assisted SOT-MTJ. IEEE Access. Retrieved from https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10024290
  • Divyanshu, D., Kumar, R., Khan, D., Amara, S., & Massoud, Y. (2022). Logic Locking using Emerging 2T/3T Magnetic Tunnel Junctions for Hardware Security. IEEE Access. Retrieved from https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9899452

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