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Newport Beach, California, United States

• Sustaining, improving, and developing dry etch processes for high volume manufacturing of analog solutions, which include RF, MEMS, power management, and imaging sensor applications. Facilitating foundry services for.
• Monitor and control dry etch processes across etch tools such as the LAM2300/9400/9600, TEL Unity, and AMAT DPS.
• Implement new dry etch capabilities and process enhancements to improve key performance metrics such as yield, throughput, and cycle time.
• Ramp new R&D processes to volume manufacturing.
• Characterize and qualify new equipment, upgrades, and process technologies.
• Lead taskforces when critical for solving difficult production problems.

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

• Providing process development support for the Semiconductor Equipment Division (SED), which involves semiconductor dry etching/reactive ion etching (RIE) applications. Responsibilities involve:
• R&D of novel dry etch technology trends.
• Analysis of data, design and execution of experiments including DOE.
• Generate internal and external documentation for products, presentations, and technical reports.
• Interaction with customers to meet their needs for making process and dry clean adjustments (meeting defectivity and process stability specifications).
• Wafer demonstrations to fulfill customer requirements for current and future technology processes.

La Jolla, CA

Designed the mobile app interface for a wearable sensor that infers one's emotional and mental-being from heart data, including heart rate and heart rate variability.Worked on an interdisciplinary team to solve problems involving human-computer interaction, pertaining to the marketability and feasibility of our app.Presented the app prototype to a panel of.

La Jolla, CA

• Promotion from previous role as Cashier Sales Associate. The new role focuses more on complex issues related to order fulfillments and streamlining the customer service experience. Some responsibilities include:
• Troubleshooting customer and cashier inquiries or complications.
• Assisting in training new hires.
• Reinforcing quality standards.
• Collaborating with other departments to ensure accuracy of daily tasks.
• Maintaining customer satisfaction.

La Jolla, CA

• The UCSD Bookstore is a university shop that sells university merchandise, gifts, and supplies. Some of my duties included:
• Scanning items for purchase.
• Receiving payment in the forms of cash, credit or debit, student account, and faculty account.
• Managing book rental returns, item exchanges, and web order fulfillments.
• Setting up cash register to ensure adequate change.
• Cleaning out cash register when closing to compile revenue.

Costa Mesa And Arcadia, CA

• Beach Live is a restaurant that specializes in preparing fresh seafood with Asian flavors. During the summers, Beach Live would participate in special night market events, such as the OC Night Market and 626 Night.
• Preparing Uni and Poke bowls in a quick-pace and timely manner.
• Working in a team of 3 to push out 300-600 tickets a day.

Irvine, CA

• Cellese is a company that sells cosmetics based on anti-aging research involving stem cells. Work environment included a warehouse and a laboratory. Duties included:
• Constructing and assembling luxury skin care products that utilized research based techniques.
• Handling chemicals and products with required safety precautions.

Master'S Of Science, Materials Science And Engineering

Activities and Societies: VP Marketing of Jacobs Graduate Student CouncilGPA: 3.78 Graduate Coursework: Energy Materials and Applications.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering, Senior

Activities and Societies: President of the Club Tennis Team; Customer Service Lead, Cashier, and Model for the UCSD BookstoreGPA: 3.61.