Sebastian Wicklein Email & Phone Number

United States

United States

Guiding and developing corporate research and development strategy;Coordinating internal pre-competitive research projects and programs;Coordinating corporate R&D Projects with industry or government clientsCoordinating Corporate Business Development and R&D-Project AcquisitionCoordinating Fraunhofer USA’s business development activities across all its Research Centers;Initiating and managing Transatlantic R&D-collaboration efforts;Corporate Strategy process and intellectual property (IP)-portfolio development and coordination;Coordinating the activities of Fraunhofer USA’s Science and Technology Advisory Council;Representing the President of Fraunhofer USA on R&D, strategy and political matters;

United States

Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Santa Clara, California

Milpitas, Ca, Silicon Valley

Development and device engineering of future non-volatile memory technologies. Focus on understanding novel memory-cell device physics utilizing electrical testing and simulation tools (FE-tools, COMSOL, Density Functional Theory, Ab-initio, (Atomistics, QuantumWise) as well as numerical and compact models (Verilog-A, Python, HSPICE).By understanding the memory cell physics the cell can be tweaked to be employed in large memory arrays. My works spans single cell development and simulation to large array concepts.

Milpitas

Development and device engineering of future non-volatile memory technologies. Focus on understanding novel memory-cell device physics utilizing electrical testing and simulation tools (FE-tools, COMSOL, Density Functional Theory, Ab-initio, (Atomistics, QuantumWise) as well as numerical and compact models (Verilog-A, Python, HSPICE).By understanding the memory cell physics the cell can be tweaked to be employed in large memory arrays. My works spans single cell development and simulation to large array concepts.

Milpitas

Development and device engineering of future non-volatile memory technologies. Focus on understanding novel memory-cell device physics utilizing electrical testing and simulation tools (FE-tools, COMSOL, Density Functional Theory, Ab-initio, (Atomistics, QuantumWise) as well as numerical and compact models (Verilog-A, Python, HSPICE).By understanding the memory cell physics the cell can be tweaked to be employed in large memory arrays. My works spans single cell development and simulation to large array concepts.

Peter Gruenberg Institute

“Defect engineering of complex oxide thin films for ReRAM applications”The research focused on studying the formation and effects of defects in ultra thin complex oxide (SrTiO3) thin films and how these defects can be controlled. The electronic and especially the resistive switching properties of the complex oxide thin films were tested with respect to their defect structure. For this purpose a UHV cluster tool for the deposition and in-situ charaterization was installed and setup. The UHV cluster system comprises technologies like MBE-PLD, sputtering, E-beam PVD, RHEED, LEED, (LC)-AFM/STM, XPS, PEEM.

Regensburg

• R&D of MEMS – Vacuum and Motion Sensors• Project management and process developmentThe main goal of this project was to merge the usual vacuum measurement techniques into one single micro-device. Sub-devices were designed and their functionality simulated. Based on this complementary process, a complete micro fabrication process was set up. Therefore Lithography, CVD & PVD technologies as well as wet chemical processes were utilized and set up.

East-Lansing, Michigan, Usa

• Group leader of PVD-technologies• R&D of Diamond thin films & MEMSAfter completing my thesis concerning MEMS development, I was assigned as the group leader of PVD technologies and my responsibility was the development and supervision of various processes to customize various thin films and the development of deposition tools as well as micromachining techniques like (Sputtering, MW-CVD, E-beam PVD, Arc-PVD)

East-Lansing, Michigan, Usa

• MEMS development (Lithography, E-beam PVD, Electroplating)• Carbon and complex thin film development and characterization (MW-CVD)

Cologne, Germany

• R&D on thin film oxides for turbine blades in jet engines (PVD, SEM)

Ph.D., Materials Sciences, A

Dipl.-Ing. (Fh), Surface Engineering And Materials Sciences, College

Activities and Societies: • Vice Chairman of the Student Council of Surface Engineering and Materials Science • Vice Chairman of the local.