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JuanCantu1/README.md

Hi, I'm Juan Cantu ๐Ÿ‘‹

M.S. Electrical Engineering | B.S. Computer Engineering | RTL & Digital Design

[email protected] ย |ย  LinkedIn ย |ย  GitHub


๐Ÿ“Œ Who I Am

Iโ€™m a Masterโ€™s student in Electrical Engineering at UTRGV with a B.S. in Computer Engineering. My work and interests focus on digital hardware design and RTL development, especially FPGA/ASIC design, computer architecture, and system-level integration.

I enjoy building practical hardware projects that reinforce strong fundamentals, ranging from CPU microarchitecture and pipelined datapaths to FSM-driven FPGA designs and real-time signal processing systems. Iโ€™m especially interested in designing digital systems that are clean, efficient, and scalable, with an emphasis on writing structured Verilog/SystemVerilog and developing designs that are easy to debug and verify.


๐Ÿš€ Featured Projects

Building a real-time FPGA DSP pipeline with autotune, reverb, and harmonic enhancement, using a Python-to-Verilog testbench (3.6M+ samples) and validating <15 ms latency on real trumpet recordings.


๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ RISC-V CPU Design (In Progress)

Designing a 32-bit, 5-stage pipelined RISC-V CPU with hazard detection and forwarding, expanding from a custom ISA simulator to Verilog RTL targeting FPGA implementation.


Implemented a 12-state Moore FSM with debounced inputs, clock division, and LED feedback on the Nexys A7-100T FPGA, fully verified with modular Verilog test sequences.


๐Ÿ”ง Core Skills

๐Ÿ“ Languages

C C++ Python


๐Ÿ”Œ Hardware Digital

FPGA Intel%20Quartus Xilinx%20Vivado Verilog SystemVerilog


๐Ÿงฐ Tools

Cadence Git Linux


๐Ÿ“š Experience Highlights

๐Ÿง  Graduate Teaching Assistant @ UTRGV (Spring 2026)
Managed 3 weekly Digital Systems Lab I sections supporting 100+ undergraduate students in core digital logic, breadboard prototyping, and debugging fundamentals.

๐Ÿ”ฌ Graduate Research Assistant @ UTRGV (Fall 2025)
Led semiconductor device research focused on Ga2O3 ultra wide bandgap devices, including thin-film deposition and electrical/material characterization.

๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿซ Teaching Assistant @ UTRGV (Summer 2025)
Supervised 3 weekly lab sessions covering analog circuits, instrumentation, and measurement. Provided hands-on troubleshooting support to improve lab efficiency and student outcomes.

๐Ÿงช Research Assistant @ UTRGV (Spring 2025)
Developed Federated Incremental Gaussian Process (F-IGP) algorithms with 1,000+ update cycles. Simulated 18,500+ samples across multi-agent networks, achieving a 72% reduction in NLL and a 48% reduction in MSE. Contributed as a co-author on a paper submitted to the Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers.

๐Ÿงฌ Undergraduate Researcher @ UTRGV (2024)
Led a 4-person team to build a real-time facial recognition system for classroom attentiveness using a custom CNN. Processed 4,000+ labeled samples, reaching 90%+ accuracy, and presented results to 200+ K-12 students.

๐Ÿš— NSF REU Research Intern (Summer 2023)
Collaborated in a 10-week research program focused on autonomous vehicle safety. Supported ML-based decision-making research aimed at reducing conflict zones by 50%.


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๐Ÿ“ซ Iโ€™m always open to discussing digital hardware design, RTL/FPGA projects, and engineering opportunities.

Feel free to reach out at [email protected].

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  1. fpga-trumpet-dsp fpga-trumpet-dsp Public

    Real-time trumpet audio enhancement system with note detection, frequency analysis, and live DSP effects implemented across the DE1-SoCโ€™s ARM processor and Cyclone V FPGA.

    Python 3

  2. CPU-Design CPU-Design Public

    Python-based simulator for a 24-bit RISC processor with a five-stage pipeline. Focused on instruction-level, cycle-accurate modeling.

    SystemVerilog 2

  3. Interactive-Memory-Game Interactive-Memory-Game Public

    Interactive memory game implemented in Verilog and deployed on Nexys-A7 FPGA using FSM-based logic.

    Verilog 2

  4. Network-Controlled-LED-System Network-Controlled-LED-System Public

    Network-Controlled LED system on DE1-SoC using TCP/IP, ARM-HPS, and FPGA-based LED control.

    3

  5. VLSI-Projects VLSI-Projects Public

    CMOS digital circuits implemented at the transistor level with schematic, layout, waveform simulation, and LVS verification, from basic logic gates to an 8-bit ripple-carry adder.

    3

  6. DraftMaster DraftMaster Public

    Python 2