Senior engineer for laser micro-machining division in the US.‧Integrated precision motion, vision, laser, optics, and in-situ metrology components tailored to customer's unique micro-machining requirements.‧Discovered often narrow process parameters for laser interactions with exotic materials.‧Designed and built specialized labs capable of adapting to the diversity of customer sample requests. The labs benefited from a forward-thinking modular design that permitted quickly… Show more Senior engineer for laser micro-machining division in the US.‧Integrated precision motion, vision, laser, optics, and in-situ metrology components tailored to customer's unique micro-machining requirements.‧Discovered often narrow process parameters for laser interactions with exotic materials.‧Designed and built specialized labs capable of adapting to the diversity of customer sample requests. The labs benefited from a forward-thinking modular design that permitted quickly switching back and forth between wildly different job types.‧Commissioned and serviced bespoke systems throughout North America. Show less

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‧Pioneered procedures for transferring magnetically patterned nanoparticles using peelable air-drying polymers, yielding repeatable ultrahigh precision over large scales (7 orders of magnitude). ‧Developed statistical topographic analysis techniques to ensure the stability of particle positions during the manufacturing process.‧Innovated chemical methods for selectively binding particles. ‧Optimized magnetic recording configurations for use on hard disk drive (HDD) media requiring… Show more ‧Pioneered procedures for transferring magnetically patterned nanoparticles using peelable air-drying polymers, yielding repeatable ultrahigh precision over large scales (7 orders of magnitude). ‧Developed statistical topographic analysis techniques to ensure the stability of particle positions during the manufacturing process.‧Innovated chemical methods for selectively binding particles. ‧Optimized magnetic recording configurations for use on hard disk drive (HDD) media requiring electrical and mechanical noise reduction, synchronous waveforms and capacitance sensing nanopositioners, along with custom machined parts. Show less

‧Designed and implemented optical arrangements of ultra-fast high power lasers for shock-wave transfer of metals and glass onto opposing substrates (LIFT technique). Multilayered thin films were prepared via evaporative deposition, sputter coating, or focused ion milling.‧Successfully reached objective only two weeks after uncrating the $500k femtosecond laser.‧Used atomic/magnetic force microscopy, electron beam microscopy, and various programming software (LabView, Igor) to analyze… Show more ‧Designed and implemented optical arrangements of ultra-fast high power lasers for shock-wave transfer of metals and glass onto opposing substrates (LIFT technique). Multilayered thin films were prepared via evaporative deposition, sputter coating, or focused ion milling.‧Successfully reached objective only two weeks after uncrating the $500k femtosecond laser.‧Used atomic/magnetic force microscopy, electron beam microscopy, and various programming software (LabView, Igor) to analyze and document each aspect of the project. Show less