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This is my company and my sandbox. The primary focus has been on development of advantageously novel components for use in X-ray analytic systems. That effort has had mainly to do with the development of ultra-thin film-based X-ray transmission windows.1. Scientific instrumentation and methods development.2. Computational modeling.3. Software development.4. Product manufacture and test in clean room environment.5. Collaborative technical writing (grants, patent docs).

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Non-partner R&D role at ML3 Scientific.1. X-ray products research and development.2. Production equipment design, fabrication and use3. Analytical tools development.4. Computational modeling.5. I.P. development.

Provo, Utah, Us

Consulted with a privately-funded team of experts from academia in the field high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) in its formative stages. 1. Mechanical design.2. Test fixture design and fabrication (light machining, assembly).3. Marketing / branding.

Consultant for electron-optics and high-voltage enclosure design for compact X-ray devices targeting XRF, heavy-metals detection and Imaging applications. Consultancy with this technology startup began and abruptly ended in early/mid-2015, due to anti-competitive litigation initiated by another company against my client.1. Finite element analysis / electron-beam modeling.2. Test-fixture design.3. Prototype functional / destructive analysis.

Electron-optics design for miniature X-ray tubes potentially targeting one or more of the following applications, common to the industry: X-ray fluorescence (XRF), environmental and consumer-products heavy-metals detection, imaging, etc.1. Novel product concept development.2. Finite element analysis / electron-beam modeling.

Research in the area of propulsive and energetic technologies involving heavily-instrumented, energetically rotating bodies, laser interferometry and polarization studies. 1. Laboratory instrumentation development.2. Data acquisition and analysis.3. Software development.4. Computational simulations / studies.5. Technical writing.6. Technical presentations to science advisory board and other visiting parties.

A then unprecedented work in the field of digital archival optical data storage, giving rise to a new form of DVD-format media, immune to the effects of "data rot" (corruption) over comparatively-long timescales. The nominal longevity target was one-thousand years. The "M disc" is now an industry-standard product.1. R&D lab management, coordination of researcher activities.2. Inorganic optical materials research and DVD laser write-strategy development.3. Data acquisition, automation and tool development.4. Manufacturing support and environmental testing.5. Public representation, I.P. development, patents, white papers, publications.

Orem, Ut, Us

Overall, an exceptional experience in X-ray analytical products development including miniature X-ray sources and detectors.1. Electron optic design for miniature analytical X-ray devices.2. Failure analysis and design-driven yield enhancement.3. Finite-element analysis, electron microscopy, EDAX and XRF analyses.4. Semiconductor device (JFET) mask layer design scripting.5. I.P. development, publications.

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Valuable practical experience in the realm of electrical engineering as well as in the dos-and-don'ts of product development. Ultimately a significant and fateful distraction from my graduate studies, but an adventure in whimsical consumer-electronic product design.1. Circuit design, modeling, prototyping, functional and failure analyses.2. Autonomous battery test laboratory setup and management.3. Screen-room EMI spectral analysis.

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

An early career experience upon my return to Lexington from two years in post Soviet-era Eastern Europe. The focus was my role in a 5-member "think tank" department at Lexmark, in pursuit of novel printing technologies and investigative methods for their vetting at the R&D level. 1. Printing technology research and development.2. Particle charge-to-mass spectrometry tool development.3. FEA and BEA-based semiconductor printing device design.4. Time-domain simulation of experimental semiconductor printing devices.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

This is a treasured early-career experience, both as a full-time physics student and immediately following my graduation from the University of Kentucky department of Physics and Astronomy. 1. Electrophotography research and development.2. Experiment design, environmental chamber tests.3. Coordination of intern and technician work activities.4. Awarded for innovation of data-collection methods and devices.

Ms, Plasma Physics

Bs, Physics, Mathematics

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