Harish Vijayakumar

Portrait of Harish Vijayakumar

MY BACKGROUND

I'm a computer engineering student at Georgia Tech focused on RTL design, FPGA development, and computer architecture. I'm working toward becoming a highly skilled chip-design engineer with a strong understanding of the complete tape-out process—from RTL and verification through physical implementation.

BEYOND ENGINEERING

Outside engineering, I love playing sports, traveling, and discovering new experiences. I like changes in my environment, and I value meeting new people/learning from different perspectives.

A custom desktop PC during assembly

WHERE IT STARTED

I built my first desktop with my father when I was around eight years old - an Intel Core i5-4670K system with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti. I started because I wanted better frame rates in video games, but I quickly became more interested in how the computer worked. Since then, I've helped friends and family assemble, upgrade, and repair desktops, handheld devices, and other hardware.

Experience

vehicle intelligence

RevSync

Lead Hardware Engineer

Visit RevSync

RevSync is developing a modular vehicle-intelligence platform that brings together telemetry, sensors, vehicle data, and real-time driver coaching.

I'm supporting the team during its early business-development stage by helping present at Georgia Tech CREATE-X and create hardware requirements, platform choices, and designs.

Selected projects

FPGA COMMUNICATION

UART Communication & DSP Platform

A modular SystemVerilog platform integrating UART communication, FIFO buffering, command parsing, multi-character response control, and DSP visualization.

Technical focus

SystemVerilog · Intel MAX 10 · ModelSim · Quartus Prime · CP2102

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

8-Bit CPU in SystemVerilog

A modular processor featuring an ALU, four-register file, instruction decoder, program counter, instruction memory, and multi-stage control FSM.

Technical focus

SystemVerilog · RTL Design · FPGA · ALU · Register File

ASIC DESIGN FLOW

Digital Calculator Chip Design

A 64-bit arithmetic controller implemented in SystemVerilog and verified through Cadence simulation and physical-design tools.

Technical focus

SystemVerilog · Cadence Xcelium · SimVision · Cadence Innovus · ASIC Design

Published Research

IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference · 2025

Survey Instruments Used to Study Mental Health Among STEM Graduate Students

A systematic examination of survey instruments used to study mental health among graduate students in STEM disciplines.

ASEE Annual Conference · 2026

Photoelicitation and Coping Strategies Among First-Generation and Low-SES Engineering Students

Research examining coping strategies and academic experiences among first-generation and low-socioeconomic-status engineering students.

PC builds

Harish's personal Ryzen 7 and RTX 3060 desktop with red internal lighting

Personal Gaming and Engineering Workstation

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 · 32GB Corsair Vengeance

Friend's Intel Core i7 and RTX 3070 Founders Edition gaming desktop

RTX 3070 Gaming Build

Intel Core i7-9700K · NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition · 32GB G.Skill Trident

Mini-ITX build showing the Ryzen processor cooling and compact internal layout

Compact Mini-ITX Gaming Build

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 · AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT · 16GB

Other builds and assembly work

Browse compact systems, cooling layouts, component installations, and works in progress.

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Skills

Tools and subjects I use across coursework, research, and personal projects.

  • SystemVerilog
  • Verilog
  • VHDL
  • RTL Design
  • FPGA Design
  • Computer Architecture
  • ModelSim
  • Cadence Xcelium
  • Intel Quartus Prime
  • Waveform Debugging
  • RTL Verification
  • Digital Logic Design
  • Finite State Machines
  • UART
  • FIFO Design
  • ASIC Physical Design
  • Cadence Innovus
  • PC Assembly & Troubleshooting