“Guess what? You're going to wake up tomorrow and have an absolutely phenomenal day. And if your day isn't phenomenal, it'll still be better than today.”
- Celine “starsmitten” Cheung
about
I am currently pursuing a combined B.S. (2026) and M.S. (2027) in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). My work lives at the intersection of computer architecture, silicon design, and reconfigurable hardware, driven by a central goal: building systems that are as reliable as they are high-performance.I believe that "reliability" applies to more than just circuits or software. Whether I am bringing a complex architecture from concept to silicon or leading a technical team, I focus on creating resilient frameworks - both in the hardware I design and the collaborative environments I help build.
This site is meant to serve as a showcase of some of the publically-shareable work I've done, places I've been, and wonderful people I've met!
career highlights
| role | company | description | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| FPGA Intern |  |
Upgraded FPGA IP for high-speed image compression engines. | May - August 2025 |
| Head TA, 18-100 |  |
Led 40 TAs to serve 180 first-year students for ECE’s introductory class. | January - December 2026 |
| Researcher, IO Harness Project | |
Designing a standardized interface harness for IC tapeouts. | May 2024 - Present |
| TA, 18-100 | |
Led small groups and office hours for ECE’s introductory class. | August 2023 - January 2026 |
| Power Electronics & Programming Intern |  |
Prototyped power electronics circuits and inventory management systems. | June - August 2022, June - August 2023 |
| Programming Intern |  |
Designed a “word-of-the-day” channel (software plugin). | June - August 2021 |
| Data Science Intern |  |
Implemented scripts to disguise personally-identifying information in clinical notes. | June - August 2020 |
contact
email: davidlechan@gmail.com //
dchan2@andrew.cmu.edu
phone: +1 (650)-383-8954
linkedin: linkedin.com/in/david-le-chan/
(personal) github: github.com/code49