Peter (Chengjie) Xi is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Florida in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He received an M.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida in 2020. His research is focused on developing counterfeit detection and prevention methods for integrated circuit packaging. He investigates various material characterization methods in combination with machine learning algorithms to generate unique fingerprints to make the characterization fast and independent from humans.