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Santa Cruz, CA, US

San Francisco Bay Area

• Served as a key member in the Advanced Engineering Group (one of nine) responsible for developing the world’s first under display fingerprint sensor in mobile: Clear ID.
• Led opportunity effort for a cost-down approach to the optics layer of Clear ID; including semiconductor grade material optimization and vendor site process development on wafer level packaging (WLP) laser tool – Micro.
• Led material selection and assembly for early stage and mature optical fingerprint sensors into critical mobile demos.–Characterized OLED displays and display panel materials (transmittance, luminance, scattering.
• Cross-functionally worked with Package Engineering Team on CMOS packaging and module integration on OLED displays.–Experience with rapid material testing for down selection, planning DOE’s and testing material.
• Managed relations and expectations for back-end wafer processing and device packaging for engineering modules.–Leveraged multiple vendors and provided statement of work documentation to meet expectations and scheduling.

San Jose

• Led material development in IR transparent colorization inks for optical fingerprint sensors under glass bezels.–Coordinated with ink suppliers to optimize pigment types and concentrations for spectral response and.
• Directed development of integrating a capacitive fingerprint sensor under the front cover glass in mobile phones.–Managed JDA with the top US glass manufacture and process development for thin glass (<.3mm) shaping.

San Jose

• Built the materials lab which focused on new product development in mobile phones (Validity was only in PC market).–Responsible for all mobile hardware prototyping, integrating Validity’s chip on flex fingerprint.
• Key player in the development of the capacitive fingerprint sensor inside a home button – early inventor–Leading efforts in home button design and integration of chip on flex fingerprint sensor. Keeping the customer’s.

• Designed, built, and integrated R&D equipment and managed facility: custom glove boxes, evaporation chambers, high vacuum curing chambers, cleanrooms, electronics, ovens, printers (gravure and screen), chemicals and.
• Developed materials for air stable optoelectronic inks and doped cathodes as well as processes for patterning ink to create a low-cost OLED. –Led process of record and DOE print runs; including, device testing (I-V.
• Led development effort on a low-cost encapsulation process, yielding a fully flexible OLED display.–Managed relations with suppliers and selection of materials: barrier films, metal foils and specialized adhesive films.
• Key role in transferring technology overseas due to acquisition by Sumitomo and responsible for laboratory closure: shipping and liquidating all equipment and supplies, including waste removal and certified clean.

Worked on increasing the external quantum efficiencies of PPV and PF based OLED's using blended and multi-layered techniques.Thesis: Electrical and Optical Properties of Multilayered and Blended PPV and PF Based Polymer LEDs.

Constructed a wiring harness for cryogenic particle detectors (10mK) used for the detection of WIMP’s (weak interacting massive particle) Designed and fabricated components used to integrate cryogenic particle detectors Lab Facilites: general maintenance, equipment maintenance, chemical waste

Ba, Physics

Ms, Physics