Mar. - Apr. 2016: Plasmonic Resonant ModulatorsTasks: •Simulated plasmonic nanostructures to assess their capability as modulators. •Designed an etching process to achieve a selective undercut in a 50 nm-thick layer. •Fabricated devices with a minimum feature size of 10 nm.Feb. 2015 - Feb. 2016: Plasmonic nanostructures for frequency modulation on photonic chips.Tasks: •Mask design for e-beam lithography •Nanofabrication •Optical and… Show more Mar. - Apr. 2016: Plasmonic Resonant ModulatorsTasks: •Simulated plasmonic nanostructures to assess their capability as modulators. •Designed an etching process to achieve a selective undercut in a 50 nm-thick layer. •Fabricated devices with a minimum feature size of 10 nm.Feb. 2015 - Feb. 2016: Plasmonic nanostructures for frequency modulation on photonic chips.Tasks: •Mask design for e-beam lithography •Nanofabrication •Optical and electrical device characterization Show less

Polymer waveguide technology for use in optical interconnects.Tasks: •Fabricated small- and large-scale samples on rigid and flexible substrates •Investigated coupling between silicon and polymer waveguides

•Designed and built a micro-dispensing inkjet printer for use with flexible substrates.•Optimized jetting of conductive, semiconducting and insulating inks.

•Synthesized a new organometallic polymer.•Characterized polymer samples using XRD and NMR.•Crystallized samples from solution using evaporation and diffusion methods.•Trained new colleagues in advanced, oxygen-sensitive chemistry techniques.

•Explored the sensitivity of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy to strain in III-V semiconductor thin films.•Characterized thin films at the Canadian Light Source (Saskatoon) and the Synchrotron Radiation Centre (Wisconsin).

•Performed Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 R2 server builds.•Experimented with new server backup solutions and documented findings.