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New Product Development, Lean, Six Sigma Blackbelt, Semiconductors/MEMS
Expert has had extensive process engineering experience with a variety of types of CVD reactors, including atmospheric, vacuum/thermal, and plasma enhanced. He has developed copper CVD precursors, developed low-stress/controlled stress dielectric films, and metal films. He wrote a book on…
Digital System Design, High Speed Logic, Firmware, Software, Signal Processing, Video/Analog I/F
1. In vivo health monitoring ... has written s/w to continually monitor system characteristics related to fault conditions while operational (in background). 2. Has designed several JTAG boundary scan controllers which find/localize most opens/shorts on a board, program various devices,…
Machine Vision, Sensors, Analog & Digital Design, Communications
The circuit design approach that the expert uses begins with a system level point of view. He develops a detailed specification for circuit requirements in the context of the over all product. This allows him to optimize its partition among…
Forensic Electrical Electronic Engineering, Fire Investigations, Patent Infringement, Reverse Engineering, and Failure Analysis
Expert has worked in electronic forensics and patent infringement analysis. He specializes in all types of electronic devices, systems and products. Expert is a registered Electrical PE in the following states: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia,…
Industrial Hygiene, Occupational Health, Hazardous Materials Management, Emergency Response
He championed the implementation of a variety of strategies to reduce workplace accidents and injuries. Strategies included establishment of on site workplace health and safety teams. These teams included both management and labor employees who worked together to identify safety…
Advanced Semiconductor Lithography
Expert has worked in electron beam lithography research and application since graduate school. Specifically he developed new pattern generation techniques for improved throughput and accuracy. He also developed a new generation of electron beam mask writer. His work on the…
Plant & Warehouse Layout; MRP, ERP, & WMS Selection & Implementation
Expert has more than 30 years of extensive experience in all areas of production in the electronics equipment manufacturing industry and the medical device manufacturing industry, including discrete and continuous flow, manufacturing cell, manual and automated, as well as process…
Microcontroller-based Product Design
Most of the projects expert has been involved with have been real-time dependent. He has designed high-speed bit-slice-based data acquisition units for military aircraft radar, high-speed machinery controls, home automation, cordless telephones, fitness equipment, arcade games, and other consumer products.…
Electronic Reliability & On-Chip ESD Protection
Expert currently works on predicting the electric breakdown of silicon dioxide gate dielectric. He is knowledgeable of the electric breakdown characteristics of silicon and air. Additionally, he has studied the effects of electric field on the reliability of semiconductor devices.…
Integrated Circuits, Electronics, Sensors, and Systems
Expert has 40 years' experience in integrated circuits, electronics, start-up and management. He authored 70 papers, 11 patents, 2 books, and received 2 national awards (IR-100 and Best Paper). Expert is available as a consultant and interim executive. He has…