Design, support, and improvement of thin-film manufacturing processes for on-chip RF filter products.

Development of vapor phase, ultra-high vacuum, thin film deposition equipment

Development of advanced materials characterization capabilities.

Mentorship of multiple graduate students and their thin-film growth and characterization experiments

Development of research data database architecture and file transfer protocols

Synthesis and characterization of new nitride based thin film materials

Drafted, reviewed, and submitted work for publication in peer-reviewed journals

Presented in and attended meetings as needed for collaboration and education

Reactive co-sputtering of piezoelectric nitride thin films and dielectric materials

Use of combinatorial high-throughput methods for rapid investigation of processing/characterization space

Thin film materials characterization on spatially-resolved mapping systems

Characterization method development: hardware and software

PVD growth chamber maintenance, improvement, design, diagnostics, and repair

Wide-angle X-ray scattering beamline experiments at synchrotron facilities

Metallization via E-beam evaporation for device fabrication

Presented findings at local, domestic, and international conferences

Drafted, reviewed, and submitted work for publication in peer-reviewed journals

Presented in and attended CSM, NREL, and DMREF group meetings

Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) of dielectric layers

Investigated active processing parameters and established response of each parameter on film properties

Worked to develop new capabilities and outcomes from the chamber hardware

Prepared customer product demonstration, from understanding needs to delivery of films

Submitted service and repair requests, worked with lab technicians to diagnose/fix issues on tools

Presented findings at weekly meetings and working groups for various projects

Developed understanding of process and added capabilities of hardware to fulfill customer needs

Performed complex characterization of thin films and film stacks to support an international semiconductor memory company in research, development, and production

Analyzed thin films using SIMS, AES, XPS, and AFM to answer materials science questions

Characterized electrical properties of thin film using four point probe, mercury probe, and Hall measurement systems

Designed and constructed computer programs for data manipulation to improve lab efficiency and decrease cycle time

Submitted reports to manufacturing, research, development, and quality control engineers to explain and document the outcomes of their submitted study

Processed many compounds using solid state ceramic processing method

Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) of combinatorial thin film libraries

X-ray diffraction to verify phase, lattice changes, and film texturing

Neutron diffraction and GSAS refinement of bulk powders for structural determination

Drafted papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals

Measurement of resisitivity and Seebeck coefficients of bulk and thin film materials

Presentation of findings at annual SURF colloquium - 2013 & 2014

Solid state ceramics synthesis through powder ball milling and calcination

Designed, installed, and maintained high temperature furnace for ceramic sintering

Density and porosity measurements of green and sintered bulk ceramic pellets

X-ray diffraction of bulk powders to determine phase purity and structural parameters

Scanning electron microscopy of thermally-etched bulk ceramics to characterize porosity and grain size

Drafted and presented project poster - 2012, 2013, & 2014 BSU Undergraduate Research Conference

Presented project findings at MS&T conference 2013