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Newport Beach, Ca

• Project management for multiple customer programs• Managed technical customer interface in weekly meetings• Process integration for multiple MEMS processes (RF switches, bolometers, timing)• Took fabless customer designs, created a process flow and implemented in a manufacturing environment• Designed infrastructure and test structures for new processes and implemented in a manufacturing environment• Recommended changes for DFM of existing designs to move from low volume prototypes to high volume production• Created test programs and evaluated data • Conducted failure analysis and inline inspections to determine root causes of failure• Increased yields through systematic process and design improvements• Developed non-standard process modules from existing recipes to minimize disruption to production • Conducted window studies on critical parameters• Documented process for ramp-up to production• Transferred new modules to production team for execution

Rochester, New York Area

• Worked with a process transfer team to integrate a 9-mask MEMS process with an external manufacturing partner’s standard CMOS process for commercial production• Simplified MEMS processes in order to enhance manufacturability and reduce production cost and cycle time• Designed and maintained mask sets for 7 devices (approximately 30 masks created per quarter) including development of DRC specifications and documentation • Designed a computer model to simulate operation in the Kodak MEMS Fab, with an eye toward predicting processing times and enhancing lab efficiency • Examined existing external foundry processes for compatibility with device/process design requirements• Developed and maintained plasma etch and deposition processes • Designed and Fabricated fluidic and optical MEMS Devices• Led design and fabrication effort for a single device program within the MEMS Fab• Designed and built MEMS air tubes for use in STREAM devices (continuous inkjet printing)• Served on the MEMS Technical Team for layout, flow design, and tool selection of the Infotonics Technology Center in Canandaigua, NY• Developed electrostatic drop-on-demand inkjet printheads, both operational specifications and fabrication procedures for prototype fabrication• Designed a computer model to simulate operations in the Kodak MEMS Fab, with an eye toward predicting processing times, enhancing lab efficiency, and reducing waste• Examined existing external foundry processes for compatibility with device/process design requirements• Assisted with installation and qualification of cleanroom expansion

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering

Major: Fluid Mechanics Minors: Heat Transfer, Mathematics

Engineering And Applied Science, Mechanical Engineering