Working to qualify new power die products in state of the art 200mm SiC fab

• Improved key customer parameter by over 70% as lead process engineer in DRAM plasma etch demo project• Led root cause analysis for months-long customer defectivity escalation to improve die loss from 100% to <1%• Designed and verified model for residue defect formation in EUV photoresist during plasma etch, including fundamental mechanisms and mitigation options for customer consideration• Responsible for all aspects of customer engagement as principal engineer, including experiment design, execution, data analysis, and weekly presentation of results to customer counterparts

Participating in prestigious CoRE rotation program consisting of 3 full-time rotations at Lam as well as leadership development programming that includes presentation to company executives.Process Engineer, Conductor Etch Memory Group:• Leading startup of new DRAM EUV bitline contact etch application demo, with ownership over pathfinding process from conceptual stage• Working directly with customer team onsite to align on project priorities and DOE planning• Participated in qualification of NAND AHM mask open etch for future customer technology nodeProcess Engineer, CVD/ALD Metals C&F Group:• Focused on delivering preclean approach that met customer's needs for metallization of future technology nodes• Organized cross-functional qualification of novel vapor etch preclean tool for business unitProcess Engineer, Surface Integrity Group (Selective Etch):• Supported process R&D for 10 different customer dry/vapor etch applications• Provided same-day results turnaround to customer action requests in high pressure tool qualification process

Involved in collaborative and individual research projects over duration of PhD studies:• Developed novel thin film synthesis techniques for hybrid nanomaterials with applications in solar cells and LEDs using a Matrix-Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation (MAPLE) system• Developed first-of-their-kind synthesis guidelines to promote stability and reliably increase solar cell efficiencies from 0.1% to over 12%• Quickly obtained expertise in benchtop manufacturing techniques for R&D-scale photovoltaic devices, including fumehood nanoparticle synthesis and glovebox wet/dry deposition & assembly• Organized and participated in regular project meetings with local, national, and international collaborators to review data analyses and align on Design of Experiments (DOE)• Trained and mentored 10 undergraduate and graduate students in scientific and lab safety methods

Worked under the supervision of senior PhD students performing research for two projects:(1) Applied optics research for the characterization of aircraft coating defects:• Pioneered the usage of light polarimetry to monitor condition of military aircraft ceramic coatings• Published 2 peer-reviewed articles describing the broad applications of polarimetry technique• Worked independently in graduate optics laboratory environment with little supervision• Performed extensive data analysis on over 100 samples using MATLAB software(2) Materials research for the creation of a microfluidic biomedical device:• Used soft lithography processing techniques to prototype a microfluidics biomedical device• Designed experiments to fill sample space as broadly defined by mentoring PhD student• Defined priorities efficiently to maintain scientific output while participating in full-time coursework