Travis Helling Email & Phone Number

Fort Collins, Colorado

I am tasked with the challenge to find the root cause of failure of integrated circuit devices.• Electrical testing and characterization of the devices by using digital multimeters, programmable power supplies, curve tracers, oscilloscopes, semiconductor parameter analyzer (SPA)• Physical inspection through optical microscopes, laser microscopes, X-ray, Scanning Acoustic Microscopy (C-SAM), and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) • Physical deprocessing of IC devices through use of P-lapper, Ion cross-milling, REI etchers, and chemical etches• Using nano-probing tools and techniques to electrically analysis circuits during and after delayering the sample• Using CAD based software to analyses the circuitry for localization and physical FA• Knowledgeable on semiconductor physics• Work with state-of-the-art technology ranging from +100nm down to 7nm nodes• Major Tools used:o SEM: 4800 & 4700 serieso Dage: X-rayo InferRed Emission Microscope (IREM)o QFI Thermalo Thermo fisher Scientific Nano-prober III (tool owner and “super” user) Atomic Force Prober (tool owner and “super” user) Meridian and Emii• FA Techniques:o Defect localization PEM Thermal hot spot Dynamic laser stimulation Static laser stimulation / OBIRCHo Delayering Physical P-lapping Wet/Dry chemical Ion milling cross-sectionso Electrical analysis (during/post delayering) DC IV sweeps using nanoprobing / microprobes Nanoprober: Electron Beam Induced Current Change (EBIRCH) / Electron Beam Absorption Contrast (EBAC) SEM: Passive voltage contrast

Albuquerque, Nm

• Perform selected tasks and phases of routine studies and projects that require application of basic occupational field theory and principles in the technical area of engineering• Participate in conducting non-routine projects that studies Air Force requirements for the projects and researches and studies the current body of precedents and technical knowledge• Provide assistance in planning, monitoring, and conducting special studies, projects, and initiatives• Used DP (Development Planning) and project management to created and execute government projects• Researched, analyzed, and compare upcoming technologies that can and will be used for future projects• Learned the government role in contracts and engineering programs• Wrote and briefed programs to high ranking officials• Used networking to gather information for programs

Albuquerque, New Mexico

• Use the LAPSS (Large Area Pulse Solar Simulator) to test solar panels• Learned the process of manufacturing triple-junction solar cells• Planned and setup tests to calibrate the LAPSS tool• Use the ISMECA tool to remove CTJ cells from the wafer and places them in a ribbon for transportation• Supervise technicians when assembling solar panels• Inspected the technical attributes of the finished solar panels

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Electrical Engineering, Current Gpa: 3.518

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical Engineering Power Systems, Gpa: 3.35

• Dean’s List, University of New Mexico: Fall 2007, Spring 2008 • Academic Scholarship, 2005 – 2010