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Hillsboro, Or, Us

Hillsboro, Or

Work function metal and metal hard mask process engineering spanning sustaining, development, and high volume manufacturing.- Refined procedural workflows and implemented automated steps to achieve a 37% reduction in weekly maintenance procedures, saving hundreds of hours in equipment downtime.- Reduced within-wafer drive current variation by 25% through optimization of targeted process parameters.- Streamlined process flow around the metal work function module, reducing run-to-run variation by 14%.- Implemented cost saving initiatives to drive down weekly module spends by 35%, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars saved per year across all sites.- Optimized and reworked maintenance procedures to eliminate up to 70 hours per week of hands-on repair time.- Enhanced process chamber isolation procedures prior to adhoc tool maintenance and equipment pump maintenance, ensuring successful chamber recovery post-invasive work.- Identified equipment failure modes and designed automated containment measures to mitigate quality impacts.- Facilitated critical manufacturing decisions through data analysis, contributing to shorter tool-down times and increased output.- Refined automated data monitoring sensors to eliminate false aborts while also capturing and limiting true quality impacts.- Engaged in close collaboration with virtual factory counterparts to ensure global CE certification of equipment, fostering accelerated knowledge sharing for continuous process improvement.- Executed diverse sustaining responsibilities to facilitate high-volume manufacturing operations and uphold stringent quality standards.

Columbia, Missouri Area

• Formulated cutting edge research in the organic semiconductor field, investigating how film and polymer structure dictate electrical charge conduction, characterizing new materials, employing spectroscopy and electron microscopy techniques, and developing data-driven solutions.• Developed low-cost treatment processes for semiconducting films which resulted in 1000-times improvement in device current outputs.• Tripled the detectivity in near-infrared light sensors through simple film processing conditions. • Secured over $17,000 of individual project funding for experimentation and travel, in addition to $360,000 in lab grants.• Built a skill set in SEM and FIB milling to conduct cross-sectional TEM imaging on various materials while developing skills in EDX, EELS, and STEM imaging.• Published 4 scientific articles in prestigious and competitive academic journals through collaboration with a multicultural team of over 15 fellow scientists from 5 different countries.• Presented original research over a dozen times to various audiences at national APS and MRS meetings, a regional microscopy and microanalysis meeting, university symposia, as well as an invited colloquium and a radio interview.• Orchestrated multiple simultaneous projects from concept to final product by remaining organized, prioritizing tasks, and working efficiently with collaborators. • Represented and led the physics department graduate student body, delegated responsibilities to executives and members for 2 years, culminating in dozens of volunteer hours in public outreach and community service.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Physics

Activities and Societies: Physics and Astronomy Graduate Student Association (PAGSA) President (2016 and 2017) Physics and Astronomy.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Physics

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Physics, 3.95/4 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Men's Soccer Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics National Honor Society) Kappa Mu Epsilon (Mathematics National Honor.