More than 25+ years of professional experience in high volume manufacturing, process engineering, laboratory management, and quality assurance. Experienced in continuous process improvement, developing new processes, technical analysis and process review, technical problem solving, ISO 9001 quality management systems and auditing, customer complaints, employee supervision, coaching, employee training, heat treatment, new materials development, ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys, foundry, continuous casting, developing specifications, manuals, and in industrial safety. Taught graduate and undergraduate engineering programs including TQM, Six sigma, and lean manufacturing and engineering management.
Hands on experience in operating Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopes (TEM/SEM), optical microscope, X-ray diffraction, metallographic and polishing equipments, and various high temperature furnaces, and other engineering equipments, failure analysis, and nanomaterials analysis. Several years of professional experience in various fields of metalllurgical/materials science & engineering e.g. metals and alloys, rapid solidification, engineering ceramics, composite and semiconductor materials, precious materials, electroplating, coatings, chemical analysis, thin films, foundry, NDT, vapor deposition & target manufacturing.
Professional Experience:
Materion Corporation 11/11- to 03/13
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Senior Process Engineer, Advanced Materials Group
Accomplishments:
• Developed and wrote a new process steps for recovering gold from Aqua Regia solution.
• Developed and wrote new process steps for casting, rolling and machining of gold targets.
• Improved existing silver sheet and strip manufacturing processes.
• Developed new etching processes for cleaning gold target surface from diffused indium. This new etching and cleaning process will save hundreds of thousands of dollars for Albuquerque facility (more than $750,000 per year revenue).
• Developed and wrote new operating steps for de-bonding of gold targets from indium.
• Updated and wrote new indium bonding operating steps for rectangular large gold targets.
• Developed and wrote new operating steps for various tools and furnaces like: roll mills, slitter machine, Exo-gas generator, belt furnace, strip anneal furnace, etc.
• Improved safety, quality and production processes by addressing culture change.
• Created new materials numbers, bill of materials and new routers for production orders in SAP.
• Helped production floor operators on the day-to-day production issues.
• Conducted training programs on various tools, process steps and furnaces for production employees.
• Designed a new basket for cleaning gold target in Aqua Regia solution by using Teflon material.
• Improved 6” x 36” sterling silver process and reduced production time to 3 days from 5 days. This will save the company more than $110,000 per year revenue.
• Improved belt furnace annealing environment for various products by controlling furnace parameters.
• Reduced casting defects for continuous casting operations by changing operating parameters.
Arkansas State University (ASU) 09/07 – 5/11
Jonesboro, Arkansas
Associate Professor, Metallurgical Technology Program
College of Agriculture and Technology
Accomplishments:
• Developed a new undergraduate Metallurgical Technology program at ASU. This is the only program in the State of Arkansas. The new Metallurgy program started in the Fall of 2008. Developed 8 new metallurgy courses for this program and taught five of them. Also taught mechanical testing of materials.
• Developed two new Engineering Management core courses for a new Master of Engineering
Management Program, which started in 2008. Taught both the core courses for more than three years.
• Developed a Metallurgy/Metallography Laboratory for research and hands-on training class.
• Taught Technology courses like Quality Assurance, Motion & Time Study and Industrial Safety and Hygiene to Technology students.
• Wrote R&D technical papers in collaboration with other faculty members and published several papers in reviewed international journals.
• Advised both graduate and undergraduate students.
• Served as a member in various university and college committees.
• Organized conference, chaired sessions, attended technical conferences and presented papers.
• Established a new student chapter of American Society for Quality (ASQ) at ASU campus in Jonesboro.
Intel Corporation 09/00 – 09/07
Rio Rancho, New Mexico, Senior Analytical Engineer (04/03 – 09/07)
New Mexico Materials Labs (NMML), Transmission Electron Microscopy Group
Accomplishments:
• Was responsible for Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) analysis, data collection (imaging and EDS) and data reporting to internal customers. Provided analytical support to Virtual Factor (VF) development engineers during design and development of new products/processes. Helped identifying defects in silicon wafers by using TEM Analysis.
• Certified as Intel University Instructor for teaching Technical Structured Problem Solving, Inert Gases and Cryogen Hazards and Copper Awareness courses.
• Being the Chairman of the Lab Managers’ Council (LMC) in New Mexico Site, evaluated safety audits, ensured security of all the site Labs and promoted safety and security across the Virtual Factory. Intel has more than 90 laboratories across the Virtual Factory.
Senior Integration Engineer/Plant Copper Czar (09/00 – 04/03)
Fab11 Yield Engineering Department, FBE Integration/C4
• Worked as the Factory-11 Copper (Cu) Czar reporting to the Factory-11 (Fab 11) Integration Group. Was responsible for setting the foundation towards building the Fab11 copper culture and achieving copper certification. This includes developing training materials for Copper Awareness & Copper Response Team (CuRT), approving layout changes for Fab 11 Cu and non-Cu areas, leading/guiding the Fab 11 CuRT team and giving copper awareness training to employees.
• Being a Senior Far Back End (FBE) Integration Engineer in the Fab 11 Integration group: was responsible for on-time Level-1 Development (L1D) qualification and Process Certification of the Fab7/9 Controlled Collapse Chip Connectors (C4) new production line; Was responsible for effective excursion response, defining and driving FBE/C4 improvement roadmap, helping and communicating with stake holders, white paper coaching, training for process engineers and manufacturing technicians.
Osram Sylvania Products, Inc. 02/00 – 9/00
Towanda, Pennsylvania, Principal Engineer
Chemical & Metalurgical Products, Rod and wire Plant
Accomplishments:
• Developed and improved processes and updated existing specifications, wrote control plans for three manufacturing systems, improved two production processes for two tungsten alloys would save mil...
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