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San Francisco, Ca, Us

Burlington, Massachusetts, United States

• Development of the plasma module within COMSOL multiphysics platform for low-temperature plasma simulations.• Write commercial-level object-oriented Java code for finite element numerical algorithms and multiphysics couplings.• Design GUI and back-end in commercial quality, write unit tests and manuals, maintain, debug, and support user cases.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

• Modeled ion scatterings on sidewalls during plasma etching using LAMMPS, an open-source molecular dynamics code written in C++. Read and modified its source code to support customized force field formats.• Ran large batch simulations on High Performance Computers (HPC) using parallel computing tools such as MPI and OpenMP.• Developed numerical scheme to compensate space charge distortion for ion beam energy distribution measurements.• Modeled ion beam expansion due to collisions and Coulomb repulsion using OOPIC, an open-source C++ software, added new Monte Carlo collision algorithm to its source code for better angle-dependent scattering behavior.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

• Modeled CFx thin film deposition on amorphous SiO2 and balanced polymer growth vs. plasma etching.• Prepared and performed a training class to the ProEtch group members to teach them molecular dynamics.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Nuclear Engineering, 4.0/4.0

Bachelor'S Degree, Nuclear Engineering