Nov 2013 – Nov 2017 · 4 yrs · Austin, Texas, United States

• Led team of 15 engineers in high-volume manufacturing to reduce costs for non-process wafers
• from $24.7M to $8.1M per year over 3 years ($16.6M per year saved, 67% reduction in costs)
• Led team of engineers to create automation for non-process wafers in the factory, reducing the
• need for 340 work hours per day by setting up systems to handle the wafers automatically, saving
• $3.2M per year and positively impacting other factory metrics like stop loss, qualification time,
• OEE, and FOUP count
• Created systems and business processes for non-product wafer web-based ordering system,
• reclaim wafer supply chain, and many excel macro reports to identify and eliminate waste

Mar 2012 – Nov 2013 · 1 yr 8 mos · Austin, Texas, United States

• Ensured equipment/ processes/systems are ran effectively through Preventative Maintenance (PM), Change Point Management (CPM) and system maintenance, proactively improve process in future iterations
• Conducted failure analysis to troubleshoot and anticipate future failures
• Managed excursions: executive readouts on problem status and plans
• Qualified new tools for next node semiconductor manufacturing

Apr 2010 – Mar 2012 · 1 yr 11 mos · Rio Rancho, NM

• Process Engineer in Wet Etch Department
• Ramped and sustained high-volume manufacturing technologies
• Drove rapid, continuous improvements in safety, quality, yield, reliability, cost, process stability/capability, and productivity
• Sustained ownership of day-to-day operations, equipment troubleshooting, model-based problem solving and hands-on mentoring technicians across all shifts to deliver best-in-class results for tool availability, cycle time, defects and parametric performance

May 2006 – Apr 2010 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Los Alamos, NM

• MPA-11 Sensors and Electrochemical Devices Group
• Fabricated and tested high quantum efficiency polymer photoconductors using interdigitated electrodes as novel materials for radiation detectors
• Investigated effects of adsorption, added solvents, interdigitated finger spacing, and applied field on quantum efficiency of planar and bulk heterojunction devices
• T-1 Physics and Chemistry of Materials Group
• Created molecular simulations of supercapacitors based on single-wall carbon nanotubes for powering portable radiation detectors
• Used molecular dynamics simulation programs AMBER, LEaP, VMD, GaussView, GDis, and others
• Performed calculations on the modification of over potentials via the control of electrode geometry at the nanoscale
• Modeled lanthanide and actinide separation for nuclear spent fuel reprocessing
• N-1 Safeguards Science and Technology Group
• Worked in a team to test spreader bar radiation detectors on actual transportainers for Second Line of Defense (SLD)
• Evaluated detector efficiency, response mapping, false alarm rate, effects of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) on detection capabilities, effects of changing background on calibration, identification of industrial and Special Nuclear Material (SNM) sources, and many other tests
• Collected data in the field, performed analysis, and assisted in writing report of results

May 2004 – Aug 2004 · 3 mos · Delft Area, Netherlands

• Designed a particle concentrator for use in bioaerosol alarm
• Worked closely with the machine shop to create a prototype of the particle concentrator for experimental testing

Jan 2003 – Dec 2003 · 11 mos · Gainesville, FL

• Collaborated with the Particle Engineering Research Center and chemical engineering department at the University of Florida
• Prepared and analyzed nano-scale high aspect ratio copper platelets using analytical chemistry techniques

May 2002 – Jul 2002 · 2 mos · Paris, France

• Participated in a program which focused on the opportunities for women to have international careers in the engineering field
• Worked closely with people from more than 25 different countries
• Toured several international engineering businesses and interviewed managers and workers

May 2001 – Aug 2001 · 3 mos · Cape Canaveral, FL

• Worked in Applied Chemistry laboratory under the Senior Chemist (Dr. Clyde Parrish) in the Engineering and Sciences Division, Instrumentation Branch
• Conducted all colorimetry experiments for nitrate testing, as well as assisted with a variety of other projects

May 2000 – Aug 2000 · 3 mos · Daytona Beach, FL

• Sampled surface water sites to see which would be best qualified for reuse in sprinkler water. Tested for chlorides, turbidity, pH, total suspended solids, and total dissolved solids
• Wrote an in-depth report on the experiment, which was used by the county council to make water allocation decisions