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Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Leading Automation and Factory conversion project for manufacturing.• Defining manufacturing requirements.• Identifying and implementing dependent applications (new and existing).• Defining new business processes.• Coordinating training for engineering and manufacturing resources.• Integrating the factory into the larger Intel factory flow.• Driving alignment of needs for technology development and high volume manufacturing.• Tracking tasks across multiple business groups to ensure progress and timely completion.

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

• Co-led selection and specification closure of next-generation pick-and-place tool. • Developed data analysis infrastructure to implement and qualify an in-situ vision system for various media.• Worked with HW and SW suppliers to design and implement upgrades to stand-alone metrology tools.• Trained several engineers to take ownership of specific tool sets and processes.• Continuous development on New Product Introductions.

Hillsboro, Or

Manufacturing process development of next generation microprocessors• Coordinate and run experiments for development and troubleshooting• Detailed statistical analysis on a sustained and adhoc basis• Engineer coordinator for tool install and upgrades• Sustaining of tool fleet in a 24/7 manufacturing environment• Training of new Engineers

Davis, Ca

• Expand graduate research on femtosecond laser-induced plasmas inside transparent media• Map evolution and dynamic behavior of femtosecond laser-induced plasmas inside various transparent media• Investigate dependence of plasma characteristics on resulting modification, particularly modification resulting in high quality optical waveguides• Run and maintain a research laboratory • Oversee and guide research of students working in the lab

• Designed a novel, broadband pump-probe experiment to probe short time scale dynamics of femtosecond laser-induced plasmas inside transparent media• Fabricated optical waveguides in fused silica and phosphate glasses using kHz and MHz fs-laser waveguide writing• Aligned and maintained regeneratively amplified femtosecond laser system• Characterized microscopic changes to glass structure due to femtosecond laser modification through the use of confocal Raman and fluorescence measurements• Determined effects of thermal annealing on femtosecond laser written structures• Constructed and maintained a confocal Raman/fluorescence setup• Designed and oversaw construction of new laboratory space• Created Unix script package for analysis of large data sets

• Modeled electron beam dynamics in plasmas• Investigated ion-hose instabilities of electron beam irradiation of materials• Modeled particle accelerator dynamics using fluid dynamics and particle-in-cell codes

• Designed basic circuitry for aircraft power and controls• Analyzed power consumption and heat generation in large systems• Performed bench-top circuit testing to verify circuit performance

Bakersfield, California Area

• Wired electric motors, controllers and associated instruments• Troubleshot, programmed and wired PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers)• Control work on various projects that included food processing plants, and water treatment facilities

Phd, Engineering - Applied Science

Activities and Societies: SPIE, Optical Society of America, American Ceramic Society

Ms, Engineering - Applied Science

Activities and Societies: SPIE, Optical Society of America, American Ceramic Society

Bs, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Golden Key International Honour Society - Vice President, University of Arizona chapter