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Northbrook, Illinois, United States

Investigate failures of building materials and solve technically challenging problems in the built worlds as a materials scientist at Janney Technical Center.Apply various analytical techniques including chemical analysis, microscopy, thermal analysis, and physical testing to solve construction materials problems for pipes, sealants, waterproofing.

Aurora, IL

• Provide strategy and technical expertise for development, validation, and transfer of CMP pads with Ox/W/Ce slurries. Establish advanced metrology capabilities to predict end user performance and deliver solutions to.
• Developed polyurethane-based formulations (TSU, TPU, UV-curable) and processes for CMP pads.
• Delivered 3 new product design and resolved customer technical issues: Intel, Samsung, Hynix
• Built up new in-house capabilities of advanced metrology and improved quality control lab
• Managed collaboration with suppliers to improve quality and develop products, including raw materials, nanoparticles, adhesives, subpads, and conditioners
• Delegated to represent the company to CMP-C task force for SEMI standards and published 4 new standards for CMP pads

Chicago, IL

• Lead analytical efforts to ensure new product design and specification, manufacturability, quality and reliability. Perform constructional analysis and new product evaluation, validate materials, test, process, and.
• Achieved technical breakthrough by leading materials engineering for new components, materials, and processing in the area of display, imager, flex, IC, solder, connector, plating, electrical and electromechanical.
• Conducted failure analysis, improving quality by corrective actions and design reinforcement.
• Executed technical audit of major suppliers and manufacturing risk assessment for future product proactively, collaborated with suppliers and provided onsite technical support, improving process capability, DOE.
• Improved analytical capabilities by developing technical roadmap, evaluating top-notch metrology capabilities (spectroscopy, microscopy, thermal analysis, rheological), and introducing cutting-edge equipment (C-SAM.

Gaithersburg, MD

• Initiated and led scientific efforts of nanotechnology projects in polymers division. Identified industry needs and developed advanced metrology for physical, chemical, optical, and mechanical properties using.
• Delivered high-throughput enabling and 3-D structure forming fabrication methods of nanopatterns to semiconductor industry by developing atmosphere-controlled or surface-engineered processes with advanced metrology to.
• Provided innovative materials technology to improve energy storage device performance by controlling heterogeneous interfacial structures in fuel cell and battery systems for better water permeation and electron.
• Strengthened nanoimprinting technology by delivering thermo-mechanical measurement and interface detection methods of nanocomposite thin films.
• Pioneered nanoparticle application for medical device development by unraveling adsorption behavior on biological surfaces and creating UVO-tunable gradient wettability.

• Subject matter expert of advanced insulation materials and processing.
• Developed engineering resin-based insulation products (7 patents and IR52 Chang Young-shil award).
• Commercialized 2 next-generation electrical products; led product development and specification and met customer and regulatory certifications in railroad, marine, airplane, and defense.
• Advised Skill and Six Sigma teams on flame-retardant insulation materials and processing, resolving business-critical technical problems for cost reduction, quality, and reliability.
• Built 2 processing capabilities and introduced 3 testing capabilities; developed network with external expert groups and supervised analytical team.

Completed multiple projects for industry product development: aerospace, electronics, dental, construction, tougheners, membrane, gels- Developed new polymer composites and characterization techniques: microscopy, thermal analysis, rheology, mechanical testing, light scattering, acoustic- Particle synthesis and characterization, polymerization (radical and.

Research Fellow, Advanced Materials

Key integrator of engineering new materials for RGB true color display and developing characterization techniques. • Delivered materials.

Phd, Materials Science

Studied relationships between the microstructure and fracture behavior of polymer composite materials - Thermal and viscoelastic analysis.