Malik Tahiyat, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

I am a Plasma Process Development engineer with more than 6 years of experience in non thermal plasma characterization, optical metrology (emission spectroscopy), experimental design, plasma modeling, CAD and prototype implementation. I am seeking positions in R&D Project Management and Application Science in the fields of Process Control and Plasma Physics because everything that I have done so far has prepared me to be the best candidate for these roles to achieve the most groundbreaking results: ■ I have planned, executed and troubleshot systems level project implementation resulting in 5 journal publications■ I have designed, analyzed performance and validated improvements of complex experimental prototypes leading to multiple grants from federal funding agencies like EPA, DOE on follow-up ventures.■ I have modeled nonequilibrium dc discharge in commercial software code to study instabilities source in Nitrogen plasma and drawn comparable experimental observations resulting in the discovery of instability initiating mechanism in dc discharge in polyatomic gases.■ I ensure documentation, explore cost optimization, and tailor experimental prototypes following stakeholders' guidelines and customer requirements leading to 5 on-field pilot scale implementation(s).■ I am flexible to modification existing designs by collaborating with foundries and negotiating with supply chain personnel leading to cost optimization that has been as high as 20% on experimental designs.■ I am strongly committed in dissemination of technical progress reports to external technical collaborators and stakeholders, resulting in 5 conference presentations and 3 external University collaborations■ My expertise in cross-functional collaboration, logical and concise communication skills, multi-project planning, leading multiple junior team members in different tasks leading to completion of several projects.■ I have ensure compliance with company and regulatory policies as well as documenting SOPs and safety guidelines as evidenced by certification of Quality Management System (ISO 9001:2008) Internal Auditor.■ Possess the ability to learn advanced plasma techniques like EUV and laser induced plasma sources.Software Literacy: ■ Word, Excel, PowerPoint■ SolidWorks■ Matlab+Simulink / Python■ COMSOLInstrumentation analysis■ SEM■ XPS■ GCMS■ NMRPlease accept my gratitude for visiting my profile.Please don't hesitate to contact me via email: mtahiyat@cec.sc.edu; Phone: +18033180274