• Process & tool owner responsible for optimizing the formation of salicide materials via rapid thermal processing (RTP) for metal-semiconductor contacts. Primarily utilizing Applied Materials Vantage and Centura toolsets. • Implementing process optimization to improve production yields, recipe and rate efficiency and troubleshooting strategies by utilizing Fault Detection & Classification (FDC), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Design of Experiments (DOE), Statistical Process Control (SPC), and 5S safety philosophy• Working with other engineers, technicians, and development personnel to design and test new production sustainability strategies• Managing projects for qualification of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment in TI’s RFAB2 expansion

• Process & tool owner responsible for improving plasma etch quality for Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) on the Applied Materials Centura DPSII and Mesa platforms• Excursion Hardening Champion for the RFAB plasma etch team

• Process & tool owner responsible for driving manufacturing improvements for the epitaxial growth of silicon via chemical vapor deposition (using ASM Epsilon and Intrepid toolsets).

Acquired a Master of Business Administration. Projects included a variety of industry-facing corporate management & marketing consulting projects. These consultations allowed me to create, innovate, and present effectively to high-level business executives, while representing UNT professionally.• Developed decentralized business and administrative matrix/structure plans for global digital product implementation with top worldwide beverage and snack corporation PepsiCo• Drove user engagement for app utilization and boosted lead generation marketing for student-doctor connections with Ft. Worth-based telemedicine services company TimelyMD• Established improved marketing strategy for heightened online brand awareness among wider consumer demographic at Dallas-based confectionary supply firm CakeCraft USA• Created new sales automation plans and set new strategy for optimized new customer interactions and retention at nationwide automotive parts distributor Keystone Automotive• Generated Midwest city expansion plan project for Dallas/Love Field-based luxury airliner JSX, and was selected over three other consulting groups• Designed new HR strategies to recruit and retain new engineering graduates for truck manufacturer Peterbilt • Constructed Gen Z-focused marketing plan proposal for multiple custom product lines at Austin-based jewelry company Kendra Scott

Acquired a Master of Science in Materials Science & Engineering. Project through Bell Flight Manufacturing Innovation and UNT AMMPI; Advised by Dr. Dwight Burford. This is a collaborative technology-transfer research and development project that will see the new, innovative friction stir processing-based SBT technology implemented in real aerospace application, on the Bell V-280 Valor tiltrotor aircraft. My involvement on the project focuses on the following:• Innovated and optimized Submerged Bobbin Tool (SBT) technology for Friction Stir Channeling (FSC) on various high-strength aluminum alloys• Initiated process design to create mechanically stable and uniform subsurface channels for coolant/lubricant flow, wiring passage, heat exchange, etc.• Led and executed materials testing and process development to advance technology readiness • Developed skill with metallography, characterization equipment (X-ray microscopy, optical microscopy, profilometry, chemical etching, hardness (Vickers, Brinell, Rockwell) & tensile testing, precision cutters, etc.)• Generated materials and process performance data reports for Bell Flight engineers and manufacturing directors• Represented UNT in research presentations to Bell Flight, as well as UNT's Dean of Strategic Partnerships’ Industry Board, and morehttps://ammpi.unt.edu/sbt-tunneling-technology

Project through UNT's Nanomaterials & Device Laboratory in conjunction with the National Science Foundation REU Program; Advised by Dr. Wonbong Choi. This lab focuses on fabrication of 2D materials, battery technology, IC fabrication, thin film deposition, and more. My research focus and responsibilities as a tool owner are below:• Designed and synthesized biphasic MoWS2-based flexible piezoelectric devices for wireless joint integrity sensing systems for biomedical applications• Utilized magnetron plasma sputtering and chemical vapor deposition for scalable nanomaterial fabrication and design• Developed a robust wet-etching technique for defect engineering of samples, heightening piezoelectric response• Characterized samples using piezoelectric force microscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, etc.• Collaborated with electrical and biomedical engineering researchers on device testing and scalability improvements• As a tool owner, responsible for equipment upkeep, maintenance, troubleshooting, and training of new users on PVD and CVD equipmenthttps://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1936255&HistoricalAwards=false

Project through the US Army Research Laboratory. This research project involved the fabrication of porous alumina preform composite structures, using freeze-casting and directionalized magnetite inclusions for body armor materials. My involvements with the project were as follows:• Development of ceramic powder and slurry compositions with various additive concentrations (magnetite, B4C, etc.)• Performed freeze-casting of molded slurry under magnetic field, orienting magnetite particles and controlling homogeneity• Utilized vacuum furnaces to sinter freeze-casted preforms for performance testing• Underwent characterization and quality assurance of ceramic powder mixes via scanning electron microscopy