Stijn Heyde

Curriculum Vitae

2nd Master student Electrical Engineering: Chip Design

Heverlee, BEin/stijn-heyde

At twelve years old, I stated that I wanted to be an engineer. A lucky guess, perhaps, but one that has shaped my journey ever since. Now a master’s student in electronics and chip design, I very much appreciate the interwoven nature of mathematics and electrical engineering, as well as my growing fascination with technologies and research in the field.

Education

M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Chip Design

Sep 2024 – Present

KU Leuven

Columbia University

B.Sc. Engineering Sciences

Sep 2021 – Jul 2024

KU Leuven · Major Electrical Engineering / Minor Mechanical Engineering

Experience

Analog Design Intern · Melexis

Jul 2025 – Aug 2025
  • Three‑stage, Ahuja‑compensated high‑bandwidth output amplifier design for current sensor
  • Schematic design and simulations across corners and operating conditions
  • Worked within an analog IC design team; collaborated with system-architect on spec negotiation

R&D Assistant · Kingspan Light & Air

Jul 2023 – Aug 2023
  • Selected, tested and integrated new sensors in a fire safety system’s central console with focus on low power

Projects

GMSK Receiver

  • Demodulating low‑SNR GMSK signals
  • Mixed‑signal IC design from system‑level specs through mixed-signal simulations

Autonomous Flying Drone Delivering Power

  • Collaberating in a team of 11 students
  • designed hardware (PCBs and coils) for magnetic‑resonance wireless power transfer
  • Simultaneous power and data transfer by modulating the power signal

Symmetrical OTA Design (Cadence)

  • 180 nm technology; 90 dB gain and 3 MHz GBW
  • To be taped out and measured next year

Skills

  • Cadence: Virtuoso, Innovus & Genus
  • SystemC
  • Verilog
  • Altium Designer
  • Matlab
  • Python
  • C++
  • basic JavaScript (this website)

Academic Achievements

  • 2025 Melexis–Columbia grant (covers Columbia tuition cost)
  • Highest weighted score for a first-year engineering student 2021-2022 at Kulak Campus
  • 2× VWO Finalist (Flemish Math Olympiad) 2019 and 2021, 6th place out of 11.441 students in first round 2020

Languages

  • Dutch - native
  • English - fluent
  • French - conversational

Interests

  • Volunteer at Internation Organization for Youth in NYC, partner of the United Nations active in all UN members countries
  • Ironman age group competitor and into long distance cycling