Atiqur Chowdhury, Ph.D Email & Phone Number

Milpitas, California, US

• Earned a patent for devising unique defect detection algo for semiconductor process control.
• Drove cross-functional teams on resolving costliest issue during development and alpha/beta testing of KLA’s application features.
• Led successful head-to-head and live demonstration of KLA’s product features leading sale of billion dollar tools.
• Reduced tool downtime by 10% by generating 2+ Best-Known-Method (BKM) documents for features and algo currently adopted by KLA’s application engineering.
• Collaborated with software, systems engineering, quality control and marketing teams across the global units to define and develop KLA’s next generation products through KLA’s Product Life cycle process (PLCs).
• Collaborated with R&D customers to reduce ramp-to-production time by 1/3rd for advanced nodes by detecting critical Defects of Interest (DOI) and improved process parameters.

Daytona Beach, Florida, US

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

• Demonstrated strong organizational skills by instructing undergraduates classes (150+ students) in Mechanical Engineering Design, controls and dynamics, PLCs (SPC, DOE).
• Supervised experiments, collaborated with company people and sponsors, optimized and analyzed data, prepared quizzes, graded lab reports and provided feedback on the performance of the experiments.
• Solid understanding of mechanical assemblies and industry test standards reflected through instructing Mechanical Engineering design (Senior design) projects and industry collaboration (Bob Parker Industries).
• Innovated and utilized technology to address the problems/issues of students under supervision remotely, in an unattended manner during COVID 19.* Mechanical Engineering Design I (Fall 2020)* Dynamics and Control.

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

• 6+ coordination with cross-functional and multi-cultural scientists and engineers; resulted in 8 scientific publications, presented 10+ orals/posters.
• Managed, maintained 10+ laboratory equipment, obtained quote, procured, custom-designed, and developed 3+ equipment to perform experiments and troubleshoot issues.
• Generated internal and external documentation of experiments, data collection/analysis, lab/equipment manual, simultaneously worked in projects funded by NASA/ARO/AFOSR/ONR and ensured timely completion.
• Improved the electrical conductivity of CNT/C and Polymer derived ceramic SiC (PDC) by 3 orders of magnitude by free carbon graphitization.
• Reviewed processing technique and successfully developed a novel ceramic composite (SiOC/ZrB2) with an absorption bandwidth of 13.5GHz covering the whole Ka-band.
• Designed a novel prototype for electrical conductivity measurement capable of operating at high temperatures.

• Led the quality assurance laboratory of 22 team members for regular testing to ensure standard product quality (Leadership)
• Operated manufacturing line by applying lean six sigma tools, i.e. VSM, JIT, 5S, Kaizen, Kanban etc. to reduce billet defects by 27% and TMT bar defects by 31%.
• Conducted regular quality inspection and analysis for product development by eliminating manufacturing irregularities such as Casting Defects, De-colorization, Strength Variation and Cracks.
• Worked with customer and engineers cross functionally to understand roadmaps, process flow, inflection points, requirements and business issues/ challenges. (Customer

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor’S Degree, Materials & Metallurgical Engineering

High School, Science