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•Integrated Project Team lead on ground-breaking research and development project for government program -Through comprehensive research, error analysis and sensor trade studies, specified a high precision custom strapdown inertial measurement unit requiring astronomical preliminary alignment -Oversaw development of Extended Kalman Filter -Performed requirements analysis and development, ConOps development and system functional decomposition •Researched and created Finite Element Model of gas diffusion through soils and developed a separate numerical model to validate the FE Model •Researched and developed psychrometric models of airflow through large underground structures and for validation of customer’s experimental results on mine refuge chambers. •Designed, built and tested an articulating camera mount for an experimental remote underwater vehicleOther responsibilities and duties include: Design and development of underground structures; fluid, thermal and structural FEA; Design of experiments

•Technical project lead on the design of vacuum loadlocks and multi-axis robot -Designed planar cam and 4-bar mechanisms—performed kinetic and kinematic analysis of both mechanisms -Designed rotary shaft assembly consisting of 4 coaxial shafts—performed bearing load and life analysis -Designed, thermally analyzed, and tested vacuum cold plates to cool 800oF silicone wafers to room temperature. Analysis included critical radiation cooling as well as convection and conduction. -Performed reliability analysis and testing of loadlocks -Sized and selected servo-motors, ball screws and belts for robot actuation -Reduced initial costs by 50% -Solved critical supplier quality issues with rotary vacuum seals -Configured, managed and procured entire product BOM•Designed and both structurally and thermally analyzed quartz windows and other components for vacuum applications•Designed and tested compression and extension springs for cam return mechanisms and lift pins. Springs reliably see greater than 2 million cycles. Other responsibilities and duties include: design, prototype and release to manufacturing of semiconductor capital equipment; pump and mechanical component specification and selection; system specification and validation criteria documentation; materials management, training of key manufacturing personnel

•Designed gas delivery system for highly explosive gases used in multimillion dollar ion beam depostion systems•Designed rotary vacuum stages for processing of thin-film substrates•Designed and/or specified various types of shaft, fluid and electrical feedthroughs•Sized and selected electromechanical components including stepping and servo motors and controllers, bearings, encoders, belts, ball screws, couplings•Performed thermal analysis of cooling platen as well as structural analysis of large cantilevered loads•Solved critical helium gas cooling issues with ion-beam etched substratesOther responsibilities and duties included: worked closely with R&D to improve ion source design and manufacturability; designed vacuum and gas manifolds; performed stress analysis of vacuum chambers and various other products; selected and sized vacuum pumps, gauges and manifolds

Masters, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering