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Redmond, Washington, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Took portraits of kids and youths before beginning of school sports season.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Owned of reliability testing (RDT) and test facility. Designed and conducted experiments to increase understanding of failure modes, to accelerate RDT, to verify reliability model. Work with cross functional teams to improve product reliability.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Contamination control, new material development, qualification, selection, and integration into HDD mechanics as well as failure analysis. Tear down analysis, materials characterization, and cross-sectioning analysis to troubleshoot design, tolerance, and manufacturing issues. Collaborate with vendors, Mechanical design team and Supplier Quality Engineers to develop and qualify new materials and successfully integrated them into hard disk drives.• Managed metallography testing and test facility; installed new tools and microscopes, and kept them calibrated• Trained engineers on sample preparation, optical, SEM/EDS, and confocal microscopy analysis.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Studied the effect of size, composition, and crystal structure on the magnetic property of cobalt and FePt nanoparticles --> Milestones:•Synthesize nanoparticle and demonstrated a unique way to modify size and composition of nanoparticles; developed sample preparation procedure for nanoparticle characterization; developed nanoparticle annealing technique; measured size, shape, composition, and crystal structure using TEM, SEM/EDX, and X-ray diffraction; measured effect of change in size, composition, and crystal structure on the magnetic property of nanoparticles using SQUID and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM); Determined superparamegnetic temperature and coercivity of magnetic particles

Fremont, California, Us

• Suggested a possible corrosion mechanism in PVD and CVD units due to plasma cleaning. • Conducted failure analysis of semiconductor fabrication tool. • Interpreted and generated failure analysis data with FA team.

Vadodara, In

Developed a metallography laboratory and conducted failure analysis on brazed and solder joints between radiator fins and radiator tubes. Audited shop floor and suppliers to implement and verify various quality control measures. Inspected incoming materials, welding and brazing joints, performed radiator heat capacity analysis.• Cut failure analysis time and cost by 50%• Helped company achieve ISO 9001 certification by implementing quality principles and procedures

Engineer in-charge of copper smelting, converting, and refining. Responsible for copper casting, and effluent treatment area.• Youngest engineer in-charge of smelter department in company history • Managed 40 technicians and reduced smelting time by 15 minutes per batch by improving raw material charging and smelting processes.

Ms, Material Engineering

B Eng;, Metallurgical Engineering