Experience

American Chemet Corporation

• Mining
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior R&D Materials Engineer

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  Member of the R&D team at American Chemet. Responsibilities include R&D for new product development, R&D for developing and improving processes for the manufacture of metal and metal oxides and other chemicals in powder form for a variety of applications in the coatings, transportation, agriculture, building materials, medical and food industries. Member of the R&D team at American Chemet. Responsibilities include R&D for new product development, R&D for developing and improving processes for the manufacture of metal and metal oxides and other chemicals in powder form for a variety of applications in the coatings, transportation, agriculture, building materials, medical and food industries.



Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.

• United States
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Process Engineering

  • Jul 2017 - Aug 2020

  Directs all operations in process engineering (PVD tools, scriber laser tools, Silver screen printing tools, lamination tools) for production and R&D teams. My main responsibilities are to increase energy conversion efficiency in ASTI PV products and to lower production costs. Directs all operations in process engineering (PVD tools, scriber laser tools, Silver screen printing tools, lamination tools) for production and R&D teams. My main responsibilities are to increase energy conversion efficiency in ASTI PV products and to lower production costs.



National Renewable Energy Laboratory

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• • 2007 - Jan 2017

  • Directed the R&D operations of the CIGS group at NREL to create intellectual property, improve processes and PV products and develop new technologies (water splitting, energy storage, others). Managed a technical team of five scientists, four engineers, four technicians, two post-docs and two interns. • Led a $5,000,000 project to build an advanced robotic R&D thin-film lab including, the design, purchase, installation and commissioning of a UHV PV cluster tool that incorporates complete PVD capabilities to fabricate solar cells and mini modules in addition to the full integration of the tool to various analytical tools. • Developed high specific power concepts based on flexible, unbreakable, thin-film CIGS components (substrates, encapsulation materials) to obtain >300 W/kg • Developed test protocols, hardware, data collection and analysis for Potential Induced Degradation (PID) effects on thin-film CIGS modules• Developed 2D materials (Ga-Se, Mo-Se) for the lift-off of III-V and I-III-VI2 based materials• Developed and improved the energy conversion efficiency of wide band-gap CIGS materials Show less

• • 1992 - 2007

  • Worked toward objectives established by DOE/NREL regarding CIGS technology by creating new IP and improving materials and processes that led to world-record efficiency CIGS solar cells; collaborated and assisted US industry on specific industry led projects, published quality scientific results and papers. • Transferred CIGS technology to several start-ups and established companies (Global Solar, Solyndra, Solopower, Nanosolar, GE, Corning, JLNSolar, EPV, Lockheed Martin, Optony)



Solar Energy Research Institute

• Singapore
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Scientist

  • 1990 - 1992

  • Assisted lead/senior scientists in Group R&D projects • Assisted lead/senior scientists in Group R&D projects