physicist or process engineer Resume

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physicist or process engineer

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Ph.D. physicist with over 12 years experience in semiconductor wafer fab processing

Location
US-NH-Nashua (will consider relocating)

Posted
Feb-05-09

SUMMARY

Ph.D. physicist with over 12 years experience in semiconductor wafer fab processing. Moved a specialized thin film resistor process to a new facility for an integrated circuit manufacturer. Ability to communicate with varied levels of employees in a highly technical environment. Author and principle speaker on superconductivity and electrical transport properties of graphite intercalation compounds. University teaching experience.


EDUCATION

* Ph.D. Physics - University of Rochester, 1975
* M.A. Physics - University of Rochester, 1971
* B.S. Physics - University of Rochester, 1968
* Thesis: Superconductivity of Vanadium-based Alloys
Supervised by D.H. Douglass


HONORS

* New York State Regents Scholarship and Tuition Incentive (four years)
* University of Rochester Scholarship (four years)
* Dean's List - University of Rochester (four semesters)
* Teaching Assistantship and Graduate Fellowship - University of Rochester
(six years)
* Part-time lecturer (Post-Doctoral Research Associate) -
Physics Department, State University of New York at Binghamton
* Research Fellow, Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of
Pennsylvania
* Member, American Physical Society, (1976 - Present)


RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE

7/95 - 8/96 Senior Sustaining Process Engineer
UNITRODE CORPORATION, MERRIMACK, NH

* Enhanced atmospheric Ozone-Teos glassivation area.
* Designed and performed experiments to help control Ozone-Teos
deposition rates
on various substrates (Si, SiO2, Al, etc.).
* Qualified an APT 5800 Ozone-Teos deposition system for production.
* Worked on stress measurements of deposited glass using in-house
equipment.

1/84 - 7/95 Process Engineer
UNITRODE CORPORATION, MERRIMACK, NH

* Transferred and further developed specialized thin film resistors at 1000
ohms/square with low TCR's to a bipolar processing facility.
* Sustained and enhanced front and back metallization area of a bipolar 4"
wafer fab.
* Developed the scanning electron microscope area, wrote specifications,
established quality assurance tasks and helped to solve numerous
problems for wafer fab and other areas of the plant.
* Wrote in-house SEM inspection process for military/space products.
* Set up a total inorganic/oxidizable carbon analyzer in the plant DI water
system; handled outside analysis.

10/77 - 5/83 Research Fellow (Supported, in part, by NSF)
MOORE SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING,
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA, PA

* Studied and reported on electrical transport properties and
superconductivity of graphite
intercalation compounds (GIC's).
* Developed low temperature contactless techniques for doing resistivity and
magnetoresistance measurements of highly anisotropic GIC's.
* Discovered superconductivity in RbHgC8, KTl1.5C4, KTl1.5C8,
KTl1.35Hg0.15C4 and KHg0.9Pb0.1C8.
* Observed highly anisotropic magnetic properties and a Tc of 2.7 K in
KTl1.5C4, the highest Tc observed for a GIC at the time.
* Discovered new phase transitions in acceptor GIC's.

9/1975 - 8/1976 Post-Doctoral Research Associate (Part-Time Lecturer)
PHYSICS DEPARTMENT, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON

* Researched effect of high pressures on the superconductivity of porous
glass impregnated with various soft metals such as lead.

9/1970 - 9/1975 Graduate Student
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

* Surveyed the superconductivity of binary alloys spanning the A-15
compounds V3Si, V3Ga, V3Ge and V3Al and the pseudo-binary derivatives
of these stoichiometric compounds by studying samples prepared by r.f.
sputtering.
* Determined suitable r.f. sputtering conditions for forming A-15 V3Al and its
pseudo-binary derivatives.
* Extrapolated pseudo-binary trends to establish a maximum probable Tc for
V3Al of 11.7K.

RESEARCH BACKGROUND AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

* Wafer fab process development and sustaining experience in bipolar
technology (12 years)
* Thin Film Technology (8 years)
* Metallography (5 years)
* Crystallography and Micro-Analysis (10 years)
* Chemistry (2 years)
* Solid-State and Low Temperature Physics (11 years)
* Superconductivity (including work on "high Tc" A-15 compounds) (8 years)
* Hands-on SEM, EDX and WDX experience (8 years)
* Knowledge of computer application packages, SPC, DOE (6 years)
* Proposals, Reports and Reviews (8 years)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

9/1975 - 8/1976 Post-Doctoral Research Associate (Part-Time Lecturer)
PHYSICS DEPARTMENT, STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON

* Taught freshman-level discussion and laboratory sessions and designed
teaching laboratory experiments for the freshmen course.

9/1970 - 9/1974 Graduate Teaching Assistant and Research Associate
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

* Taught mechanics, electromagnetism and general physics (including
modern physics) at the undergraduate level (laboratory and recitation
sessions).

CONTINUING EDUCATION

* Completed Northeastern University State-of-the-Art courses:
Principles of Semiconductor Devices, Thin Film Deposition Techniques,
Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Integrated Circuit Fabrication.

Citizenship: U.S.

PAPERS
1. Variation of Tc of sputtered Nb3Ge
A.K. Gosh, L.A. Pendrys and D.H. Douglass
IEEE Trans. Magn. (USA) MAG-11, 225 (1975)
(1974 Applied Superconductivity Conference)

2. Superconductivity of V3Al
L.A. Pendrys and D.H. Douglass
Solid State Commun. 18, 177 (1976)

3. Studies of superconducting A-15 Vanadium-based alloys
L.A. Pendrys and D.H. Douglass
J. Low Temp. Phys. 23, 367 (1976)

4. Electrical transport properties of low-stage AsF5-intercalated
graphite
C. Zeller, L.A. Pendrys and F.L. Vogel
J. Mat. Sci. 14, 2241 (1979)

5. Electrical transport properties of natural and synthetic graphite
L.A. Pendrys, C. Zeller and F.L. Vogel
J. Mat. Sci. 15, 2103 (1980)

6. Electrical resistivity of graphite intercalated with SbF5
T.C. Wu, F.L. Vogel, L.A. Pendrys and C. Zeller
Mater. Sci. Eng. 47, 161 (1981)

7. Superconductivity of the graphite compounds KHgC8 and RbHgC8
L.A. Pendrys, R.A Wachnik, F.L. Vogel, P. Lagrange, G.
Furdin, M. El Makrini and A. Herold
Solid State Commun. 38, 677 (1981)

8. Superconductivity of graphite intercalated with thallium alloys
R.A. Wachnik, L.A. Pendrys and F.L. Vogel
Solid State Commun. 43, 5 (1982)

9. Superconducting mercury and thallium alloy intercalation
compounds of graphite
L.A. Pendrys, R.A. Wachnik, F.L. Vogel and P. Lagrange
Journal of Synthetic Metals 5, 277 (1983)

EXTENDED ABSTRACTS
1. Anomalies in the electrical resistivity vs. temperature of acceptor
intercalated graphite compounds
L.A. Pendrys, T.C. Wu, C. Zeller, H. Fuzeller and F.L. Vogel
Fourteenth Biennial Conference on Carbon, Extended
Abstracts, State College, PA, 1979, p. 306

2. Superconductivity of the graphite intercalation compounds KHgC8
and RbHgC8
L.A. Pendrys, R.A Wachnik, F.L. Vogel, P. Lagrange, G.
Furdin, M. El Makrini and A. Herold
Fifteenth Biennial Conference on Carbon, Extended
Abstracts, Philadelphia, PA, 1981, p. 58

3. Magnetoresistance of graphite-ferric chloride compounds
R.A. Wachnik, L.A. Pendrys and F.L. Vogel
Fifteenth Biennial Conference on Carbon, Extended
Abstracts, Philaddelphia, PA, 1981, p. 62

PRESENTATIONS
1. Variation of Tc of sputtered Nb3Ge
A.K. Gosh, L.A. Pendrys and D.H. Douglass
Bull. American Phys. Soc. 19, 229 (1974)

2. Electrical transport properties of AsF5-intercalated graphite
C. Zeller, L.A. Pendrys and F.L. Vogel
Bull. American Phys. Soc. 22, 220 (1978)

3. Studies of resistivity vs. temperature of low-stage AsF5-
intercalated graphite
L.A. Pendrys, C. Zeller and F.L. Vogel
Bull. American Phys. Soc. 24, 410 (1979)

4. Electrical resistivity of graphite intercalated with SbF5
T.C. Wu, F.L. Vogel, L.A. Pendrys and C. Zeller
Bull. American Phys. Soc. 25, 297 (1980)

5. Electrical transport properties of natural and synthetic graphite
L.A. Pendrys, C. Zeller and F.L. Vogel
Bull. American Phys. Soc. 25, 297 (1980)

6. Superconductivity of KHgC8 and RbHgC8 graphite intercalation
compounds
L.A. Pendrys, R.A Wachnik, F.L. Vogel, P. Lagrange, G. Furdin,
M. El Makrini and A. Herold
Bull. American Phys. Soc. 26, 443 (1981)

7. Electrical conductivity and superconductivity in graphite
intercalation compounds
F.L. Vogel, R. Wachnik and L.A. Pendrys
International Conference on Physics of Intercalation
Compounds, Trieste (July 6, 1981)

8. Superconductivity of graphite intercalated with thallium alloys
R.A. Wachnik, L.A. Pendrys and F.L. Vogel
Bull. American Phys. Soc. 27, 340 (1982)

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