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New Milford, CT, US

Brookfield, Connecticut, United States

• Lead the LAM (large area mask) section of the laboratory by implementing process improvements in photolithography techniques, focusing on precision in photomask exposure, development, and metrology processes
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in photolithography, leveraging Lean Six Sigma methodologies and statistical process control (SPC) to enhance efficiency and maximize yield
• Execute rigorous quality control measures to verify photomask integrity, including exposure dose maintenance, chemical process regulation, and registration monitoring to ensure high-quality semiconductor products
• Collaborate with equipment engineers to ensure seamless installation and commissioning of manufacturing equipment, allowing for efficient and effective integration into the production line
• Employ advanced troubleshooting techniques to swiftly identify and resolve process-related issues in the fabrication plant, minimizing downtime and ensuring the consistent achievement of production targets

Brookfield, Connecticut, United States

• Oversee the daily production operations of the two Heidelberg lithography tools. This entails having proficiency in preparing and loading a plate onto a lithography tool for exposure, including loading a photomask onto.
• Maintain and troubleshoot both Heidelberg tools when issues such as machine or program failure arise. Collaborate with other field service engineers on various ongoing projects such as investigating electrical failure.
• Perform preventive maintenance on both Heidelberg tools. Can evaluate engineering test plates by recognizing patterns to look for under a microscope in order to determine the optimal value for each of the parameters.
• Have developed a good understanding of the chain of operations involved in the manufacturing of a photomask and am able to contribute to many different steps in the process from unboxing a blank to shipping the mask as.

Storrs, Connecticut, United States

• Gather data to determine the buildings, processes and equipment that represent the largest water usage on the Pfizer Groton site
• Identify candidate process changes or technologies that could potentially reduce water usage and create cost savings
• Develop high level simulations that estimate the amount of usage reductions and model opportunities for water reuse

Storrs, CT

• Identify the economic impacts of ground-level ozone concentrations on state and national soybean crop yield
• Develop a code using the R programming language to map data for percent change in soybean yield from the pre-industrial era to 2015
• Utilize Microsoft Excel to create figures displaying lost soybean bushels per acre with year for all U.S. counties

Storrs, Connecticut, United States

- Enhance student learning by optimizing a wide range of instructional approaches during weekly office hour sessions- Provide effective, timely, and appropriate feedback and guidance to 60+ chemical engineering students through grading homework assignments

Groton, Connecticut, United States

• Identified nearby composting facilities that are available to manage composting waste from the Pfizer Groton site
• Understood the requirements of each potential vendor: ratios of compostable material, segregation requirements, quality of acceptable material, transportation, acceptable and required volume
• Researched other successful composting programs and define how and where on these facilities the materials are collected and segregated
• Developed employee communication tools that will allow Pfizer to train and get buy-in from the onsite people that are needed to support a successful program
• Provided recommendations and ideas and aesthetic design for receptacles that could be used for collection and segregation at the eatery locations on site
• Offered concepts for location of collection points and development of management methods necessary for storage of the amassed materials awaiting transport

Wallingford, Connecticut

• Utilized the PI ProcessBook graphics package to design interactive displays for monitoring total well water usage and R-200 vacuum system functionality
• Enhanced plant’s operating efficiency through designing motor control center labels for all current equipment
• Communicated daily with lab technicians and plant operators to record errors in batch manufacturing instructions
• Updated piping and instrumentation diagrams to assist operators in maintaining the plant control system
• Used Microsoft Excel to correlate tables of plant instrumentation data to aid visiting contractors

Master Of Engineering (M.Eng.), Chemical Engineering

Courses taken: Advanced Chemical Engineering Fundamentals, Uncertainty Analysis, Robust Design, and Optimization, Professional.

Bachelor Of Science In Engineering - B.S.E., Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: School of Engineering Open House Volunteer, Engineering Ambassadors, International Society of Pharmaceutical.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Concert Band, Boys Tennis