Materials Science Leader
Developed and led a high-caliber laboratory team in daily operations, including performance reviews, management. Championed, designed, and established a brand-new materials science lab with FE-SEM / EDS, XRD, XRF, metallography, particle size measurement, computerized optical quantification, and high temperature testing. Performed statistical experimental design, data science, analysis, and test monitoring (including DOE, SPC, ANOVA, Gauge R&R, and Detection Limits) using Design Expert, Minitab, and other software. Oversaw and directed research discovery, engineering, and scientific innovation. Specialized in polycrystalline silicon CVD, and providing customer and plant support. Employed failure mode analysis to effectively diagnose and initiate solutions for two separate electrode failure threats which could have caused catastrophic CVD reactor failures, in addition to conceptualizing and recommending hundreds of other industrial manufacturing plant solutions. Successfully invented & patented a robust test for high purity furnace materials enabling top grade HSC Semi Si production. Over the course of tenure, completed authorship of over six dozen internally published technical papers. Managed and supported experimental research on the oxidation of silicon, thermal effects, residual stress measurement and microstructural evolution in CVD polycrystalline silicon. Conducted thorough performance evaluations gauged against established Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Functioned as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for scientific results and testing methods, giving hundreds of presentations. Broke down complex science to people with little or no science background including international customers. Took the initiative to innovate, design, and develop new test methods such as high temperature stability and island crystals. Improved accuracy and sensitivity of SPC process monitoring using a mathematical transformation of non-gaussian data.
