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San Diego, Ca, Us

Develop and characterize multiple fabrication and characterization processes for micro/nano-structured devices in UCSD's fabrication facility Nano3.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

▪ Monitored, developed, and troubleshot photolithography steps for over 20 wafer processing blocks in the manufacturing of Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) read/write heads▪ Championed utilization of a new overlay evaluation software to optimize wafer alignment methods and improve layer overlay▪ Created and optimized automated process control for overlay control of R&D products▪ Designed and ran experiments to evaluate a novel resist designed to reduce exposure energy and improve tool throughput▪ Qualified additional exposure tool paths to improve wafer velocity and process block throughput▪ Managed database containing details of resist and developer recipes in use across the factory▪ Trained four incoming engineers in a variety of roles using a self-made, skills-based learning manual

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

▪ Increased wafer experiment cycle time on off-shift schedule by investigating and dispositioningphotolithography process failures that resulted in wafer holds▪ Designed experiment to understand and eliminate wafer defect resulting in 3% improvement in scrap rate▪ Communicated with vendors to order new reticles and experimental resists

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

▪ Increased high priority wafer velocity on off-shift by investigating and dispositioning vacuum and platingprocess failures▪ Analyzed hold and failure rate data to identify steps causing frequent holds and worked with the processengineers to address the issues▪ Inspected and manually processed wafers in a Class 5 cleanroom environment

• Led communication with national headquarters regarding new member initiation and election• Tracked membership and member attendance at all University of Minnesota Tau Beta Pi events• Assisted in planning events for the University of Minnesota Tau Beta Pi chapter

Northfield, Mn

• Coordinated with line managers, operators, and engineering team to find and implement ways to improve yield, increase rate, and decrease downtime on various cereal production lines throughout the plant• Designed, proposed, and performed experiments to evaluate effectiveness of potential improvements• Collected and analyzed data to identify potential for improvements and determine root cause of problems, resulting in a 1.5% increase in yield on one production line• Experiments led to potential 1% increase in yield on one line and potential plant-wide downtime decrease of 8 hours per week

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Provided a free 24/7 walking escort service for over 300 individuals per week • Created a visible police presence on campus by patrolling and securing campus buildings and residence halls after hours, and providing any necessary emergency response• Trained 10-15 new monitors per semester, increasing number of monitors by 15%

Bachelor’S Degree, Chemical Engineering, 3.61 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Secretary

High School

Activities and Societies: Science Olympiad, Latin Club, Soundtraks A/V Club.