Christopher Stipe Email & Phone Number

Menlo Park, CA, US

Menlo Park, CA, US

Menlo Park, CA, US

Shoreview, MN, US

• Led a team of electrical, mechanical, software, application, and production engineers to commercialize laser-based optical instruments for analyzing metals.
• Managed schedule, budget, and team tasks to meet tight deadlines.
• Communicated frequently with senior management team, sales, marketing, and overseas OEM vendors.
• Designed, performed, and delegated product reliability tasks, including FMEA, thermal testing, accelerated life-cycle testing, ruggedization testing, laser and electrical safety certification.
• Performed opto-mechanical design, prototyping, and testing.
• Created and validated assembly procedures and fixturing for production team.

Shoreview, MN, US

• Served as the lead optical-mechanical specialist on market’s top performing handheld laser analyzer for metals chemical composition measurements. Brought the technology from the laboratory to the market place.
• Responsible for all aspects of measurement performance, including optical design for beam shaping and atomic emission signal collection, thermal management, and measurement optimization.
• Generated and verified engineering specifications for all major optical components, most notably, the laser and spectrometer.
• Conceived of and verified efficacy of all experimental and production test fixtures.
• Conducted design of experiments, modeling, and testing for thermal compensation of optical systems.
• Received the “Change Maker Award” for being a top innovator with exceptional work ethic.

Seattle, WA, US

• Research and development of laser spectroscopy, nanoparticle generation and measurement for atmospheric studies, nanomaterial synthesis, and emissions monitoring from hydrogen-powered vehicles.
• Optical Design: designed and built 5 laser-based optical instruments, including microscopes and imaging systems.
• Interpersonal and Soft

• Designed and manufactured new laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) products.
• Optical modeling, mechanical design for manufacture, design of experiments.
• Developed novel applications using LIBS for customers in mining, geology, and metals markets.
• Awarded SBIR funding for a chemical analysis instrument of nanoparticles.

Pasadena, CA, US

• Conducted laser induced breakdown spectroscopy studies on geological samples to assess the accuracy and precision of potassium quantification for a geochronology instrument for a future Mars Rover mission.

Minneapolis And St. Paul, Minnesota, US

• Developed imaging methods for controlled nerve growth experiments (XPS, AFM, SEM, TEM).
• Interdisciplinary project between Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, and Neuroscience.

Berkeley, CA, US

• SAE Doctoral Scholar and University of California Toxic Substances Research & Teaching Fellow.
• Developed photofragmentation atomic spectroscopy techniques to study combustion generated pollution.
• Received A+ grade in 25% of my engineering courses, which is reserved for the top academic performer in the class.
• Received Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award for 100+ student Energy and Society course - awarded by the University of California, Berkeley.
• Seven publications from graduate research.

Golden, CO, US

Structural testing of composite wind turbine blades.

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering

M.S., Mechanical Engineering

B.S., Mechanical Engineering