Eric Tan, Phd Email & Phone Number

Grobbendonk, Be

Olen, Flemish Region, Belgium

Istanbul, Turkey

Established a new research lab and a research group.Current research: heat-responsive material synthesis, material selection (metallic, non-metallic, dielectric), design, fabrication and development of coating for window, broadband reflectors, bandpass filter, pyroelectric detector, optoelectronic characterization, and chemical-resistive sensors.

Nijmegen Area, Netherlands

•Lean six sigma/DMAIC methodology for continuous improvement of machine/product quality with machine manufacturer in the Netherlands.•Establish KPI for machine quality monitoring.•Capability analysis of processes and laser parameters for 6 sigma process control.•Develop laser dicing process for various semiconductor materials and applications; silicon, poly and mono-crystalline silicon solar cell, epoxy mold compound, gallium arsenide, polymer, memory, wafer level package, WLCSP… Show more •Lean six sigma/DMAIC methodology for continuous improvement of machine/product quality with machine manufacturer in the Netherlands.•Establish KPI for machine quality monitoring.•Capability analysis of processes and laser parameters for 6 sigma process control.•Develop laser dicing process for various semiconductor materials and applications; silicon, poly and mono-crystalline silicon solar cell, epoxy mold compound, gallium arsenide, polymer, memory, wafer level package, WLCSP, LED, etc.• Collaborate with universities, institutes and companies to develop next generation industrial solution.• Project management on various processes and qualification of industrial lasers and machines• Prepare reports on process development and process capability (Cp, Cpk) results, risk assessments, roadmaps for process improvements for various stakeholders including customers• Formulate and evaluate water soluble coating for the laser dicing process• Evaluate flexural stress of diced material to assess the mechanical strength of the material.• Making customer oriented decisions to define requirements on machine vision algorithms and software functionality.• Prepare, implement and coordinate project management plan for delivery of process, software upgrade, equipment, in a timely manner to the customer. • Coach and lead colleagues on process development, and statistical process for design of experiments. Show less

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

- Design and perform experiments with equipments such as nanosecond ArF and XeCl excimer lasers, pulsed dye laser, Nd:YAG laser, linear and reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer, pulsed nozzle, and high vacuum pumps.- Aligning of lasers and optics for second and third harmonic generation, difference frequency mixing to perform 3-laser experiments utilising REMPI, hole-burning, depletion, and delayed ionisation techniques.- Spectroscopic study of the intrinsic properties of… Show more - Design and perform experiments with equipments such as nanosecond ArF and XeCl excimer lasers, pulsed dye laser, Nd:YAG laser, linear and reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer, pulsed nozzle, and high vacuum pumps.- Aligning of lasers and optics for second and third harmonic generation, difference frequency mixing to perform 3-laser experiments utilising REMPI, hole-burning, depletion, and delayed ionisation techniques.- Spectroscopic study of the intrinsic properties of biological proteins’ chromophore and building block of molecular machine with multi-photon ionisation technique to discover the responses and motion upon light absorption.- Computational studies with DFT and TDDFT methods to simulate energy levels of molecules, conformational properties and Franck-Condon spectrum with quantum chemical calculation using Gaussian09 and Turbomole.- Teach and advise undergraduate and graduate students, and supervise their research.Publications:[1] Tan, Eric MM, et al. Fast photodynamics of azobenzene probed by scanning the excited state potential energy surfaces using slow spectroscopy. Nature Comm. 2015, 6, 5860.[2] Tan, Eric MM, et al. Excited-state dynamics of isolated and microsolvated cinnamate based UV-B sunscreen, J Phys. Chem. Lett. 2014, 5, 2464-2468.[3] Tan, Eric MM, et al. Molecular beam and ab-initio studies of Photoactive Yellow Protein chromophores: the influ-ence of the thioester functionality and single bond rotation. J Phys. Chem. B 2014, 118, 12395-12403. [4] Tan, Eric MM, et al. J Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117 (17), 4798-4805.[5] Tan, Eric MM, et al. Excited state dynamics of Photoactive Yellow Protein chromophores elucidated by high-resolution spectroscopy and ab initio calculations. Faraday Discussions 2013, 163, 321-240.[6] Smolarek, S; Vdovin, A; Tan, Eric MM, et al. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 4393-4399.[7] Smolarek, S; Vdovin, A; Tan, Eric MM, et al. J. Phys. Chem. B 2011, 115, 1275-1281. Show less

Malaysia

Worked in a semiconductor assembly and test packaging manufacturing. Responsible in yield enhancement management, quality and reliability assessment and setting up of six-sigma statistical process control.• Setting up six-sigma statistical process control for assembly manufacturing process.• Drive yield improvement projects together with product engineers, quality and reliability engineers by implementing early detection system and processes for production testing.• Define and… Show more Worked in a semiconductor assembly and test packaging manufacturing. Responsible in yield enhancement management, quality and reliability assessment and setting up of six-sigma statistical process control.• Setting up six-sigma statistical process control for assembly manufacturing process.• Drive yield improvement projects together with product engineers, quality and reliability engineers by implementing early detection system and processes for production testing.• Define and design experiments with statistical sample size to compare processes and to improve product yield.• Data mining of large test and manufacturing data of wafer fabrication plant and assembly plant to investigate root cause of low yield and to assess risk based on multiple regression.• Leading a task team to resolve customer issues and provide technical explanations to managers and customers. Show less

Malaysia

Worked in a 200mm wafer fabrication foundry manufacturing 180nm and 220nm CMOS technology. Responsible in the photolithography process of printing poly-silicon layer and worked closely in collaboration with diffusion, etching and yield department.• Sustaining and optimizing 200mm 0.18u and 0.22u CMOS technology photolithography process for the polysilicon and shallow trench isolation layer. Overlay and CD monitoring on the statistical process control charts and immediate reaction in the… Show more Worked in a 200mm wafer fabrication foundry manufacturing 180nm and 220nm CMOS technology. Responsible in the photolithography process of printing poly-silicon layer and worked closely in collaboration with diffusion, etching and yield department.• Sustaining and optimizing 200mm 0.18u and 0.22u CMOS technology photolithography process for the polysilicon and shallow trench isolation layer. Overlay and CD monitoring on the statistical process control charts and immediate reaction in the production line.• Qualifying ASML deep UV scanner, metrology tools and process recipe to meet process requirements for production.• Facilitates yield improvement projects with yield, etch and diffusion departments to design and execute experiments in the cleanroom, analyze and interpret results.• Characterization of iso, dense lines, sram process windows, validate inter and intra-field performance of different scanners, optimization of CDSEM and registration metrology parameters, comparison of new batch of photoresist and BARC.• Design process flow charts for manufacturing and technical personnel in the production line for lot disposition.• Ensure process capabilities with statistical methods. Show less

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Laser And Material Interaction

Research on the fundamental and intrinsic properties of photo-activated molecules that occur in the ultrafast timescale of picoseconds up.

Master Of Science (Msc), Nanoelectronics And Nanomechanics, Distinction

Designing and fabricating microcavity polariton electroluminiescence OLED. We investigated Forster energy transfer on a host-guest polymer.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electrical And Electronics Engineering, 3.5 Cgpa

Designing an ozonizer; a 20kV high-voltage circuit was designed and built to generate a plasma discharge between two discharge plates.