Welcome to Aijia Yao's website!
I'm a PhD student at MIT EECS.
My current research focus is high-performance microelectronics with advanced materials.
I'm a PhD student at MIT EECS.
My current research focus is high-performance microelectronics with advanced materials.
"There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" — 1959 Richard Feynman
[Updates | 2026]
> Just wrapped up my first summer internship at Apple, an incredible experience learning from the best and making wonderful memories!
[Notes | 2025]
> Follow this link to check out my journey of How to Make (Almost) Anything!
> It's my first time to visit Cornell University in Ithaca to attend SUPREME Annual Review. Also my honor to receive the Best Lightning Talk Award.
> Finishing the spring semester with an amazing experience in course 6.8120 Tissue vs. Silicon in ML, where I gave a lecture which was also published as a medium article: Learning Circuits: Neuroscience Inspirations and AI Algorithms.
[Notes | 2025 Spring]
> I just completed my Master Thesis titled 'Design-technology Co-optimization for Sub-2 nm Technology Node Based on 2D Materials'! This milestone marks progress, not the finish line. Looking forward to growing through the next phases of my PhD journey.
[Ongoing research]
-2D material integration for high performance microelectronic devices.
[Previous projects]
- (VLSI 2026) Reported first comprehensive study on MoS2 transistors down to 6K for cryogenic electronics.
- (IEDM 2025) Reported one of the first systematic reliability studies on MoS2 transistors w/ sub-1 nm EOT.
Apart from my dedication to my academic careers, I love wandering around the city and visiting all kinds of museums to get inspirations. Please check out my designs and photographs in the Arts section!

As a keen lover for systematic logic, I am excel at debates both in Chinese and English. This mindset even helped me to be a good tactic point guard when playing basketball. I also enjoy listening to all kinds of music and dancing to the rhythms.
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