Dhilan Patel

B.S. Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering @ UC Davis

Encinitas, California, United States

About

I am an Electrical and Computer Engineering student with an interest in digital mixed signal design. I work very well in group settings where I can share my passions and perspectives with others.

Experience

  • RF Engineering Intern at Marki Microwave
    Jun 2026 - Present · 1 mo

  • University of California, Davis (1 yr 10 mos)
    • Co-Chair, Council on Student Affairs and Fees (COSAF)
      Jun 2026 - Present · 1 mo

    • Media Board Undergraduate Representative
      Sep 2025 - Jun 2026 · 10 mos

    • Undergraduate Voting Member, Council on Student Affairs and Fees (COSAF)
      Sep 2024 - Jun 2026 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Voting member in a group of 16 students and staff who represent the perspectives and needs of 37,000+ students at UC Davis. We provide comprehensive budget oversight for interdisciplinary departments and organizations given the money coming in from student's tuition bill. Currently we are overseeing $120M+ in funds.

  • Undergraduate Researcher @ Applied Electromagnetics THz Research Laboratory at UC Davis Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    Configuring imaging techniques for time-domain spectroscopy to analyze electromagnetic interactions in materials. Designing custom FTIR/Raman measurement use cases to efficiently acquire sample metamaterial characterization. Upgrading an automated THz instrumentation calibration system, collecting 10,000+ tests per material. Implementing postprocessing algorithms to validate theoretical and experimental beam functionality.

  • Control Systems Engineering Intern at Entegris
    Jun 2025 - Sep 2025 · 4 mos

    Standardized Human Machine Interface (HMI) to meet modernized ISA 101 guidelines. Published a sitewide FTOptix library to dynamically upgrade and reference HMI software; fast tracking Entegris’s modernization goals. Tuned and documented cascaded PID ideologies to be used in the purification process of new product development.

  • ECE Control Systems Intern at Department of Viticulture and Enology at UC Davis
    May 2024 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Upgrading and maintaining the fermentation control systems that collect temperature and Brix data to automate vessel modifications. Operating and designing automation of a Raman Spectroscopy unit to evaluate the concentration of specific headspace gasses.