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Last updated: 22nd September 2025

Education

phd

PhD, Electrical Engineering

Ecole de Technologie Superieure (ETS) - Canada

April 2021 – December 2025

Thesis title: “FPGA-Based Solutions for Secure Cryptocurrency Wallets and Accelerated Smart Contract Execution”
Supervisor: Pascal Giard
Co-supervisor: Kaiwen Zhang
msc

MSc, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Antalya Bilim University (ABU) - Turkey

July 2018 - March 2021

Degree classification: High Honor
Dissertation title: “UAV-based Smart Rescue System Utilizing a Novel Wireless Communication Technique With Enhanced Security Against Internal and External Attacks”
Supervisor: Jehad Hamamreh
bsc

BSc, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Middle East Technical University (METU) - Turkey

February 2013 - July 2017

Degree classification: Honours
Project:"Design and Development of an Autonomous Aerial Surveillance Vehicle (AASV)"

Technical Skills

  • Hardware Design: FPGA, ASIC, RTL design, digital circuit design.
  • Programming: VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog, Python, C++, MATLAB, Java
  • Tools & Platforms: Vivado, Vitis, Xilinx, ModelSim, Oscilloscope, Git.

Research & Work Experience

Research Assistant – ETS University, Montréal, Canada2021 - Present
  • RTL Design Methodology: Designed a hardware-accelerated Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) using Verilog and SystemVerilog, focusing on instruction decoding, execution control, and gas accounting.
  • FPGA Design Flow: Executed the complete FPGA design flow, including RTL design, simulation, synthesis, and implementation using tools such as Vivado, and TCL-based scripting for automation.
  • Simulation & Verification: Verified the EVM using UVM (Universal Verification Methodology) for reusable and scalable test environments. Developed self-checking testbenches for functional validation and testing.
  • Scripting & Modeling: Wrote verification and data analysis scripts using Python, MATLAB, and TCL to automate simulation processes, test execution, and waveform processing.
  • Clock Domain Crossing (CDC): Designed CDC-safe interfaces to support asynchronous communication within the EVM architecture, ensuring metastability mitigation and reliable data transfer across clock domains.
  • Peripheral Interfaces: Integrated and tested communication peripherals including I2C and JTAG to support external debugging, data exchange, and low-level interfacing in the EVM module.
  • Timing Closure & Optimization: Applied timing closure techniques to meet high-frequency timing constraints. Performed PPA (Power, Performance, Area) trade-offs to optimize throughput and resource efficiency of the EVM.
  • Hardware Design Experience: Contributed to the hardware-level design of the EVM platform, including schematic entry, layout considerations, and signal integrity for high-speed paths within the device.
  • Version Control: Utilized Git to manage RTL source files, testbenches, constraint files, and TCL scripts for the hardware EVM project, enabling collaborative development, design traceability, and reproducible builds across multiple iterations.
Project Intern – Quantum eMotion, Montréal, Canada2022 - 2024
  • RTL Design Methodology: Designed a side-channel-resistant cryptocurrency wallet using RTL best practices, including pipelined datapaths and FSM-based control. Created and optimized flow diagrams using modularization and control/data separation to support scalable hardware development.
  • HDL Coding: Implemented the wallet architecture using VHDL, Verilog, and SystemVerilog, following synthesizable coding standards and applying inferred logic, reusable templates, and IP/DSP integration.
  • FPGA Design Flow: Carried the design through the full FPGA flow — including RTL simulation, functional analysis, synthesis, and implementation — using Vivado and ModelSim, achieving functional correctness and timing closure.
  • Scripting & Automation: Developed custom verification scripts in Python, C++, MATLAB, and TCL to automate simulation, testing, and waveform analysis.
  • Testing & Debugging: Validated functionality on Xilinx FPGA boards using Vivado’s Integrated Logic Analyzer (ILA) and created self-checking testbenches for functional and timing verification.
  • Hardware Debugging & Validation: Utilized oscilloscopes, probes, and multimeters for real-time testing, debugging, and performance validation.
  • Peripheral Interfaces: Integrated and tested standard interfaces including JTAG and UART to communicate with the hardware wallet.
  • Analysis & Optimization: Applied Power, Performance, Area (PPA) trade-off techniques to optimize for energy efficiency, clock speed, and FPGA resource utilization on the wallet.
  • Secure Hardware Design: Implemented protections against simple power analysis (SPA) and timing-based side-channel attacks (SCA) on the RTL design of the wallet.
  • Documentation & Publication: Authored detailed technical documentation, including RTL design specifications and verification reports. Published peer-reviewed journal and conference papers on hardware cryptocurrency wallet architecture and side-channel-resistant design, and contributed to a patent on the wallet’s architecture.
  • Collaboration & Specification Compliance: Collaborated with hardware, verification, and cryptography engineers at Quantum eMotion to translate customer requirements into RTL design specifications and deliver a secure, standards-compliant cold wallet architecture.
  • Version Control: Employed Git to manage RTL code, simulation testbenches, constraint files, and project documentation for the hardware wallet.
Research Assistant – Antalya Bilim University, Antalya, Turkey2018 - 2021
  • Secure Communication Design: Developed secure wireless communication protocols using artificial noise injection for enhanced physical layer security.
  • System Simulation & Development: Designed and tested communication schemes using MATLAB and Simulink accounting for varied channel conditions.
  • Research & Publications: Authored peer-reviewed research on cryptographic security in wireless communications and presented findings at international conferences.
Electrical Engineer – The Sanergy Collaborative Home, Nairobi, Kenya2017 - 2018
  • Procurement & Cost Optimization: Negotiated supplier contracts that reduced electrical project costs by over 20%, contributing to significant operational savings.
  • High-Voltage Systems Supervision: Oversaw the installation of high-voltage equipment, improving both safety standards and energy distribution efficiency.
  • Training & Documentation: Created technical training manuals and conducted onboarding for staff responsible for operating industrial electrical systems.
  • Facility Design: Designed the electrical layout for a warehouse, optimizing lighting distribution, equipment placement, and workflow efficiency.
  • Material Sourcing: Identified and procured appropriate electrical components for diverse infrastructure projects, ensuring cost-effectiveness and quality compliance.
Research Assistant – Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey2015 - 2017
  • Embedded Systems & Hardware Testing: Configured, tested, and documented microcontroller platforms including NEXYS 3, Raspberry Pi, and Arduino for use in hands-on engineering lab sessions.
  • Autonomous Systems Design: Designed and built an autonomous aerial surveillance vehicle equipped with a custom flight control unit, GPS, onboard cameras, and inertial sensors.
  • IT Support & Technical Coordination: Delivered IT support services to students and faculty; managed technical operations during orientation, ensuring a seamless onboarding experience for new students.

Projects

  • 2020. Research Assistant, Antalya Bilim University, Turkey.

    • Funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).

    TÜBİTAK 1001-Novel advanced Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) schemes for enhancing communication security and reliability of future low-complexity massive machine type communication. This project led to numerous published journals and conference papers.

  • 2019. Research Assistant, Antalya Bilim University, Turkey.

    • Funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).

    TÜBİTAK 1001-Investigation of the interactions between the neuronal noise and the neuronal network using information-theoretical approaches. My role included analyzing data, writing algorithms, and, investing new methodologies. Also, I facilitated the publication of a conference paper on MDPI called Effects of Neuronal Noise on Neural Communication.

Publications

Full List Here

Peer Review Summery

  • (7) Multimedia Tools and applications
  • (4) IET Wireless Sensor Systems
  • (4) International Journal of Parallel Programming
  • (2) Computers and Electrical Engineering
  • (2) Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience
  • (3) RS Open Journal on Inovative Communication Technologies

Editorial

  • RS Open Journal on Inovative Communication Technologies