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Newark, Ca

Leads a team of cross-functional engineers to deliver on multiple company initiatives, including: gas sensor product development, production engineering, novel R&D projects, applications engineering and technical support.

Newark, Ca

Defines new product specifications based on available technology, customer needs & feedback, and marketing definitions. Manages the engineering team and solves technical challenges associated with developing a product from concept through prototype to production, while balancing features, cost, & time line.

Newark, Ca

Anticipates and solves engineering challenges to increase efficiency and avoid delays in the production and calibration of multiple product lines.

Newark, Ca

Responsible for pre- and post-sales applications engineering and technical support for multiple product lines.

Developed a novel hydrogen fluoride gas sensor utilizing quartz-based surface acoustic wave resonators with platinum electrodes. Responsible for both theoretical and experimental aspects of the multidisciplinary project, including literature research, sensor design, modeling, fabrication, device characterization, sensor packaging, and gas sensor testing.

Created models and experiments to determine the elastic constants of new acoustic materials.

Contributed to team-based field experiments involving the construction, testing, and evaluation of several antenna systems designed to detect subsurface geological and man-made anomalies.

Interacted with engineers, technicians, and laborers to identify opportunities for improving the product based on real-time sensor data during the manufacturing process.

Completed a feasibility analysis of copper oxide as an effective dopant for nerve agent sensors.

Doctor Of Philosophy, Electrical And Computer Engineering

December 2011

Master Of Science, Electrical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science, Electrical Engineering