Project: Gold Nanoparticle Chemiresistor Electronic Nose Sensor• Conceptualized, designed, and executed projects from inception to completion, including: scale-up of device architecture, flow chamber design, data acquisition and processing systems, and machine learning classification and regression, resulting in the continuation of grant funding• Integrated advanced pico-drop deposition technique to reduce device-to-device variability, increase yield, and expand chemical diversity; resulting in the successful detection and characterization of both volatile organic compounds and highly energetic materials with >95% prediction accuracyProject: Plasmonic Nanogap Antennas for Photodetection• Led collaborative project developing nanoplasmonic photodetectors, leveraged SEM and optical transmission data to guide nanofabrication, FDTD simulations, and device design, resulting in photodetectors with µA/mW responsivity• Applied semiconductor physics to model current transport mechanisms, extracting critical parameters, analyzing performance, evaluating fabrication quality, and driving innovation in photodetector developmentProject: Spatial Atomic Layer Deposition Reactor • Designed and developed novel spatial atomic layer deposition reactor tailored for large area deposition. Assessed deposited films via spectroscopic ellipsometry and utilized design of experiments to inform reactor improvement• Calculated mass and fluid transport with CFD; performed non-dimensional analysis on geometric and operating parameters, identified optimal operating regimes, facilitated the design of large-area reactorsProject: Yttria Plasma Enhanced ALD • Initiated and investigated a novel plasma-enhanced ALD process for yttria, intended as plasma corrosion-resistance coatings to improve lifetime of semiconductor equipment

-Synthesize photoactive catalyst via hydrothermal synthesis intended for decomposition of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAs) and subsequently characterized with XRD; improved catalyst production by developing semi-automatic process step with Arduino module-Assisted in PFAs degradation experimentation following the general PFAs sampling guidance to reduce cross contamination

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-Synthesized polyoxometalate compound required for further research on carbon dioxide reduction catalyst potential utilizing common organic chemistry laboratory techniques, opportunity resulted from National Chemistry Olympiad performance-Verified successful synthesis and gained experience in IR and NMR spectroscopy characterization techniques