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San Jose

Servo-mechanical GroupBit Pattern Media: Process development for combining servo (E-Beam lithography) and data regions (Block co-polymer self assembly) into a quartz master template.Third stage micro-actuator: Design, fabrication and prototyping of third stage micro actuator made from PZT ceramic wafer for Bit Pattern Media disks. Helium sealed devices: Innovative process and sealing techniques for low cost hermetic sealing of individual hard drives and multiple drives in a storage system containing helium.

Santa Clarita, Ca

Leads Group:Design and Manufacturing of Paddle Leads and electrodes for Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) systems. Enhancing the surface area of electrodes to meet the maximum charge injection limits for platinum electrodes and studying various coatings like IrOx for the same.Other studies involved in the project include material characterization, electrode dissolution study, cyclic voltammetry , environmental stress cracking (ESC)in polymers and polymer degradation.

Palo Alto, California

Worked on Simulating a piezoelectric energy harvesting device for automotive tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) in Simulink.

Optimizing the efficiency of compressed air flow and compressors (Ingersoll-Rand) in primary and secondary manufacturing section of a FMCG plant.

Ms/Phd, Me, Mems

Projects Worked on: Wafer scale encapsulated MEMS Inertial Sensors with very wide gaps. Wafer scale encapsulated miniature MEMS.

Btech, Mechanical Engineering

Project: Non-destructive evaluation of physical properties of silicon using ultrasonic Lamb waves. Determined the velocity of fundamental.

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