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Hi everyone

I’ll be starting my Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering at the University of Genoa (UniGe) in Italy soon, and I’m trying to plan ahead for my master’s thesis and, potentially, future research.

My main interests are:

• Power Management ICs (PMICs)
• DC-DC converters, mostly switched-capacitor, buck/boost/buck-boost, and resonant converters
• Energy harvesting and low-power power conversion
• Analog/mixed-signal IC design related to power management

At first I was mainly looking at professors and research groups within UniGe, but I realized that it might make more sense to look more broadly and not just inside the university I’ll be attending since I haven't been able to identify a professor or research group within UniGe working specifically on PMICs. So I’m hoping to get some advice on research groups, professors, or labs that might be open to working with a master’s student from another university.

A bit about my background:

I recently graduated in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. During my undergraduate studies, I was part of an IC design lab and gained some experience with Cadence Virtuoso and the TSMC 180 nm process.

I’ve also studied DC-DC converters independently, including switched-capacitor, buck, boost, and buck-boost converters. On the analog side, I have a foundational background in topics such as:

• single-stage amplifiers
• current mirrors
• frequency response
• basic stability analysis

Most of my background comes from Razavi and Allen & Holberg. I haven’t gone very deeply into topics such as bandgap references, LDOs, or advanced op-amp design yet.

I only have one Q2 journal publication from my undergraduate research on a hybrid resonant switched-capacitor DC-DC converter: https://etasr.com/index.php/ETASR/article/view/10817

The work was entirely simulation-based in Cadence Virtuoso using TSMC 180 nm. Unfortunately, I didn’t have access to the funding/facilities needed for a tape-out, so I haven’t had the opportunity to go through the full ASIC flow from design to tape-out.

Because of that, I’m particularly interested in finding a research environment where I could take the next step and gain more experience with actual IC implementation, or more advanced power-management research.

I’m wondering whether it is possible to do something along the lines of:

UniGe MSc → formal thesis supervisor at UniGe → research/project carried out with an external professor, research group, university, or institute elsewhere in Italy, Europe, the US, or Canada → thesis ultimately submitted through UniGe.

Of course, I understand that this would depend on UniGe’s rules and potentially on agreements between the institutions. I’m mainly trying to find out whether people have actually done something along these lines, what form the arrangement took, and how feasible it is.

So I’d especially appreciate recommendations for:

1. Research groups/labs anywhere in Italy, Europe, the US, or Canada working on PMICs, integrated DC-DC converters, switched-capacitor converters, energy harvesting, low-power ICs, or closely related topics.
2. Professors/researchers who are receptive to MSc students from other universities.
3. Experiences with doing an external/collaborative MSc thesis, where the student is officially enrolled at one university but performs the research with another group.
4. Advice on how students normally arrange this kind of collaboration and how early I should start contacting professors.

I’m also very open to related areas such as analog IC design, low-power circuits, power electronics, mixed-signal ICs, and energy-efficient systems, even if the group doesn’t work specifically on PMICs.

I know I still have a lot to learn, but I’m serious about pursuing in this direction and would love to hear from anyone who has gone through a similar path.

Thanks in advance for any recommendations, experiences, or advice :D

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I have two urgent questions before the July 31st deadline:

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