Experience

General Technical Services, LLC

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Materials Scientist/Engineer

  • Nov 2012 - Present

  • Member of the Nanoelectronics Team in the Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland • Establishing experimental procedures and optimizing growth processes for the synthesis of graphene, molybdenum disulfide, and 2D/3D heterostructures. • Responsible for designing and constructing additional chemical vapor deposition systems for the synthesis of molybdenum disulfide, boron nitride, and additional 2D materials. • Member of the Nanoelectronics Team in the Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, Maryland • Establishing experimental procedures and optimizing growth processes for the synthesis of graphene, molybdenum disulfide, and 2D/3D heterostructures. • Responsible for designing and constructing additional chemical vapor deposition systems for the synthesis of molybdenum disulfide, boron nitride, and additional 2D materials.



U.S. Army Research Laboratory

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Jun 2010 - Nov 2012

  • Responsible for the design and fabrication of ring-shaped spin-transfer torque random access memory (STT RAM) devices. • Established experimental procedures for the fabrication of a nanopillar and cap template using a combination of electron beam lithography (EBL) and deposition techniques. • Responsible for the fabrication of microelectromechanical (MEMs) flux concentrator systems and magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) sensors. • Assisting with the design and fabrication of non-erasable magnetic media and an accompanying reader. Show less



University of Canterbury

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Oct 2008 - Oct 2009

  • Responsible for the fabrication and characterization of Ag/ZnO-based superlenses. Tested capabilities of superlens structures utilizing photolithography (mask aligner). • Assisted with the growth of ZnO nanowires and VN thin films by pulsed laser deposition. • Established experimental procedures for the fabrication of nanoparticle arrays and nanopore templates utilizing nanosphere lithography. • Responsible for the fabrication and characterization of Ag/ZnO-based superlenses. Tested capabilities of superlens structures utilizing photolithography (mask aligner). • Assisted with the growth of ZnO nanowires and VN thin films by pulsed laser deposition. • Established experimental procedures for the fabrication of nanoparticle arrays and nanopore templates utilizing nanosphere lithography.



The Pennsylvania State University

• Civil Engineering

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2003 - Oct 2008

  • Established experimental procedures and optimized growth processes for the synthesis of GaN and GaSb nanowires utilizing metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) technique. • Carried out characterization of GaN and GaSb nanowires using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and photoluminescence. • Responsible for maintaining the nanowire chemical vapor deposition and photoluminescence systems. • Established experimental procedures and optimized growth processes for the synthesis of GaN and GaSb nanowires utilizing metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) technique. • Carried out characterization of GaN and GaSb nanowires using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and photoluminescence. • Responsible for maintaining the nanowire chemical vapor deposition and photoluminescence systems.



Albany International Research Company

• Intern

  • May 2003 - Aug 2003

  • Developed and implemented a design of experiments (DOE) for the integration of nanoparticles within a polyurethane resin. • Fabricated test samples for analysis of mechanical properties. Analyzed the mechanical properties of the polyurethane resin utilizing an Instron materials testing machine. • Assisted with the manufacturing of polyurethane-based test belts for paper making machines. • Developed and implemented a design of experiments (DOE) for the integration of nanoparticles within a polyurethane resin. • Fabricated test samples for analysis of mechanical properties. Analyzed the mechanical properties of the polyurethane resin utilizing an Instron materials testing machine. • Assisted with the manufacturing of polyurethane-based test belts for paper making machines.



Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Sep 2002 - May 2003

  • Assisted with the construction of an ultra-high vacuum magnetron sputtering deposition system. • Aided graduate students with their experiments involving the growth of thin films and nanostructures by glancing angle deposition. • Assisted with the construction of an ultra-high vacuum magnetron sputtering deposition system. • Aided graduate students with their experiments involving the growth of thin films and nanostructures by glancing angle deposition.