NuRoots Investment Group, LLC is a multifamily real estate syndication group focused on bringing quality and value to our investors and residents.• Create and manage pipeline of Multifamily Real Estate offerings for investors.• Design and execute systems to improve income and expenses of properties in order to add value.• Create educational content on multifamily real estate syndication for investors and residents.

• Maintained 24 hour coverage of photolithography scanner and reviewed daily qualification tests to ensure equipment performance and maximum operational time• Planned and scheduled tool maintenance to decrease impact on factory production performance• Developed equipment requalification procedures during malfunctions to ensure consistent quality after equipment is recovered• Analyzed trends and excursions to develop procedures that mitigate/prevent future tool downtimes in fleet• Operated manufacturing lines for the production of microprocessors• Analyzed and determined resolutions for products failures during manufacturing inspections• Coached and supported new hires and other scanner engineers• Queried and analyzed data using SQL, JMP and Python to resolve production issues

Directed Self Assembly (DSA) of Silicon Containing Block Copolymers (BCP)• Synthesized photoswitchable wetting surface treatments (PSTs)by free radical polymerization• DSA of lamellar phase BCPs on HSQ guided lines, isolated HSQ posts, and photo-sensitive polymers for non-volatile memory application • Modified the surfaces of silicon wafer with silanes and grafted photo-sensitive polymers• Performed electron beam lithography of photoresists (HSQ, ZEP, and PSTs) to generate block copolymer guide patterns• Electron beam metal deposition of chromium on developed ZEP patterns for SEM detection of block copolymer features• Developed procedures for quantifying the extent of DSA with ImageJSupervisor: Dr. C. Grant Willson, PhDBoron Nitride Nanotube (BNNT) Composites for Enhanced Heat Dissipation• Modified BNNTs surface various organic molecules and polymers by silane coupling, peroxide modification and atom transfer radical polymerization• Demonstrated enhanced thermal conductivity of organic matrix (e.g. polyimides and epoxies) by compositing with surface modified BNNTs by balling milling and freeze drying dispersion• Analyzed thermal composites of BNNT composites with MDSC and laser flash technique• Synthesized organic peroxide radical polymerization agents for surface modification of BNNTs• Determined surface modification of BNNTs with FTIR and TEM• Made polymer/BNNT composites with molds• Characterized peroxides with NMRSupervisor: Dr. C. Grant Willson, PhDNanomaterials Synthesis, Analysis and Purification• Synthesized high purity BNNTs with borazine catalyzed by Fe2O3 nanoparticles in horizontal tube furnace (HTF) at 1100-1500C• Designed methods for large scale synthesis of BNNTs by substitution of carbon nanotube in HTF at 1500-1600C• Developed methods with TGA for purification of BNNTs through high temperature oxidation, and solution based oxidation• Analyzed BNNTs with XRD, EELS, EDS, TEM, and SEMSupervisor: Dr. Brian A. Korgel, PhD

Zinc Based Electrochemical Cells• Designed microfluidic cells for insitu analysis dendrite growth characteristics in flow cell batteries• Operated macro-scale zinc based electrolytic flow cells in order to characterize dendrite growth• SEM of dendrites grown on electrodes

Center for Micro and Nano Technology – Activated Iridium Oxide Films (AIrOF) Electrodes for Neural Interfacing• Electrochemical reduction/oxidation of iridium electrodes to form AIrOFs used for neural interfaces• Developed programs for newly acquired potentiostat/galvanostat instrument for AIrOFs• Analyzed AIrOFs by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry• Analyzed AIrOFs quality with optical microscopy

Optical Properties of Nano and Micro-Materials• Analyzed optical properties of graphene using white light optical lasers• Computational analysis of optical properties of different silica array morphologies