Skills:
Specialized Skills Extensive knowledge of commercial digital printing processes and industry, low surface energy coatings and process controls required for manufacturing, of conduction and formulation of polyurethane elastomers including carbon black dispersion and ion doping, of sol-gel synthesis of ordered composite materials, of surfactant behavior and utilization to template, of failure analysis and troubleshooting production level components, processes and customer returned materials, of surface functionalization and characterization, of coordinating vendors and establishing process controls for a robust and efficient manufacturing process (SPCs, Cpks, gauge R&R). Expertise in combinatorial optimization using Design of Experiments (DOE), in metallic coatings for anticorrosion and modifying surface energy, in characterizing electrical and electro-optical properties in organic materials such current-voltage curves and photovoltaic properties, in a wide variety of analytical methods such as transmission electron microscopy/diffraction, FTIR, UV-VIS, powder X-ray diffraction, TGA, SEM, TEM, NMR Experience with Robust Design and Taguchi array designs, with injection molding, with tensile and tear strength measurements, with hardness measurements, with cleanroom processing including photolithography, holography, reactive-ion etching, thermal evaporation, PECVD, e-beam lithography, fabrication of suspended silicon nitride membranes, with laser table alignment and measurements with both pulsed and continuous wave lasers, with manipulation of air/moisture sensitive materials and glovebox operation, with developing novel processing techniques for the production of nano and microstructures such as soft and nanosphere lithography, with synthesis of organic semiconductors such as perylenes and thiophenes, with high-vacuum operation and maintenance, with milling and grinding methods, with thin film processing and colloidal dispersions Familiar with electrochemistry and general nanoparticle preparation methods