Paul

12/15/2014
Milpitas, CA

Position Desired

Materials Engineering
Anywhere in the U.S.
Yes

Resume

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:
Semiconductor Clean-room Processing, Solar cell fabrication,Thin film Deposition(Spin Coating, Sputtering Deposition, Thermal Evaporator, E-Gun, PECVD, Electro-plating), Semiconductor Process Equipments(Glove Box, Clean Bench, Photolithography, Reactive-ion etching (RIE), CMP(Chemical Mechanical Polishing)), Surface Measurement System(Atomic Force Microscopy, SEM, Optical Profiler, Optical Microscopy ), Materials Analysis System (XRD, XPS, UV/VIS Spectrometers, Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, materials degradation analysis, Photoluminescence, Raman Scattering, FTIR), Solar Technology ( PV module laminator, Solar simulator, Climate chamber, PV Module Fabrication, Solar cell Manufacturing)

EDUCATION
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, School of Engineering New York, NY
MS in Materials Science Engineering, Feb. 2011
NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY Tainan, Taiwan
MS in Electro-Optical Science and Engineering, Jun. 2006

WORK EXPERIENCE
Frontier Semiconductor Inc. San Jose, CA
Process Engineer Jan. 2012 to Present
• Set up a magnetron sputter and thermal evaporator systems.
• R&D on thin film lithium-ion battery fabrication (Thin film deposition, etching, lithography and testing).
• Use SEM, AFM and XRD for thin film characterization.
• Process optimization for CdTe thin film, CIGS and RIE-textured silicon solar cell.
Application Engineer Jan. 2012 to Present
• Perform field application development for leading equipment companies like AMAT to characterize their pilot deposition tool.
• Provide technical expertise through sales presentation and perform product demonstration on thin film stress/thickness, adhesion tests (four-point bending and modified-edge-lift-tests) and CTE (coefficient of thermal expansion), biaxial modulus and sheet resistance measurement.
• Work with mechanical and software engineer to design and optimize tools of the next generation.
• Provide FSM products installation& maintenance, field service and customer training.
• Technically supported customers at multiple sites in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China and USA.
• Conduct outdoor and indoor reliability testing on the pilot production of solar modules.
Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems CSE Cambridge, MA
Technical Engineer at PV Group Feb -Dec. 2011
• R&D on solar module fabrication and helped customer carry out high-volume manufacturing.
• Evaluated the electrical (I-V and power characteristics) performances and mechanical properties of PV modules by solar simulator and electroluminescence (EL) imaging.
• Applied FMEA techniques on device& material degradation tests, and carried out experiments to understand underlying failure mechanisms.
• Worked with clients, including PV module materials suppliers, equipment vendors, and module manufacturers to increase module efficiency, reduce costs.
Industrial Technology Research Institute Taiwan
Research Assistant Feb. 2008-May. 2009
• Designed an electro-magnetic wave sensor to enhance the sensitivity of the microwave measurement system for the instrumentation technology.
• Inspected electro-magnetic properties of the manufactures (LCD& LED) to see if they fit to the national standards.
• Reliability testing on semiconductor devices.
Taiwan National Army: Taiwan
Optical corporal Oct. 2006-Nov. 2007
 Led and trained the optical fiber group to design and integrated cables system on the Dong-Yin island.
 Maintained the communication system on the west side of the Dong-Yin island.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY New York, NY
“Development of a CdSe/C60 quantum dot solar cell” Oct. 2009- Feb. 2011
• Performed synthesis of size-controlled CdSe Nanocrystals by usi...

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