Richelle Smith

Bio

Richelle L. Smith is a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University with Professor Tom Lee. She received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering-Electrophysics from the University of Southern California (USC) in 2017, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2019 and 2024, respectively.

Her research interests include analog/mixed-signal circuit design and energy-efficient systems, with a focus on phase-domain communications and computing. Recent projects encompass oscillatory computing for combinatorial optimization, quantum computing emulation with oscillator circuits, brain-inspired/neuromorphic circuit design, as well as wireline transceivers and phase-domain/edge modulation signaling.

She has held internship positions at Linear Technology, Rambus Labs, Stanford Brains in Silicon Lab, TDK-InvenSense, and Silicon Laboratories. She holds 5 U.S. patents. Dr. Smith serves as a Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems—Part I: Regular Papers and IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems—Part II: Express Briefs.

Selected Awards:
• USC Trustee Full Tuition Scholarship, 2013–2017
• Rambus Innovator of the Future Scholarship, 2013
• Tau Beta Pi Forge No. 42 Scholarship, 2015
• Barry Goldwater Scholarship, 2016
• Astronaut Scholarship, 2016
• USC Discovery Scholar Prize, 2017
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2017–2022
• Stanford Graduate Fellowship (Sang Samuel Wang Scholar), 2017–2022
• Analog Devices Outstanding Student Designer Award, 2019
• Cadence Women in Technology Scholarship, 2021
• ARCS Foundation Northern California Fellowships (William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation Scholar), 2022–2024
• IEEE SSCS Predoctoral Achievement Award, 2022–2023

Stanford Advisors

• Thomas Lee, Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor