CURRICULUM VITAE

Mikhail KOZLOV

OBJECTIVE: Looking for Engineering position in areas of Product Applications and Support, Electro-Mechanical Design, Optics, Acoustics, Device Development, Test and Measurements.

ADDRESS: 7575 Frankford Rd., Apt. 3525, Dallas, TX 75252, Phone: 214-***-****; E-mail: acsdct@r.postjobfree.com

CITIZENSHIP: US citizen

EDUCATION:

1989 Ph.D. in Physics, Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Kiev, Ukraine

1982 Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering (Optics), National Technical University of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS:

108 journal publications and 11 patents/patent applications

WORK EXPERIENCE:

2015-present Nano Instrument Lab, Applications Engineering Consultant.

Commercialization of nanostructured systems.

R&D on advanced devices and technologies.

Proposal preparation, software development.

2003-2015 University of Texas at Dallas, Research Scientist.

Led small R&D Lab that provided electro-mechanical device designs, produced advanced data acquisition and control systems, fast 3D prototyping, materials fabrication. Its accomplishments were reported in over 50 papers and 6 patents.

Typical products included actuators, speakers, IR sensors, energy storage units.

Specialty product included unique high-tech system for major manufacturing company with great market value (is being patented).

Discovered conceptually new hybrid acoustic speakers, vertical electronics, junction array bolometers and torsional yarn actuators.

Prepared winning conceptual designs, wrote proposals and reports, provided personal training, hands-on fabrication, material and performance validation.

Created uncommon fabrication, test and measurement equipment, user-friendly measurement software.

2001-2003 JDS Uniphase Corp., Member of Technical Staff.

Developed fiber optics amplifiers for major telecom companies (Nortel, Lucent, Alcatel).

Built test bench for real time evaluation of fast transient processes in fiber optic systems.

Created software for automation of amplifier design.

1998-2001 New Jersey Inst. of Technology/Honeywell Inc., Researcher.

Participated in development of photonic band gap systems, various nanostructures and characterization of their electrical, optical, mechanical and electromechanical properties.

Created precise stress-strain measurement system.

Performed computer modeling of novel nano-devices (Unix environment).

1993-1998 Electrotechnical Laboratory, NIMCR, University of Tsukuba, Japan, Researcher.

R&D on superhard carbon materials (patented), fullerenes, magnetic carbon and their applications for all carbon electronic devices.

Professional expertize: electro-mechanical, electrical, acoustic, optical device engineering; signal generation and sensing; data acquisition and analysis; test, measurements and control; fiber optic and telecom systems; proposal preparation and negotiation; project management and technical writing; CAD design; advanced material fabrication; computational physics.

Recent projects: mechanical actuators; optical, infrared, magnetic, pressure, strain sensors; laser and robotic systems; computer vision; thermo- and photo-acoustics; 3D prototyping; finite element and structural analysis; nano-devices; embedded systems; energy harvesting and storage; PLC and computer interfacing; data acquisition and storage; scientific instrumentation. Over 20 year experience in the area of materials and advanced instrumentation design.

Equipment familiarity: SEM, FIB, AFM/SPM, DMA, TMA, DLC, Instron, laser systems, IR, Raman, optical, fluorescence spectroscopy, 3D printing, EDFA, Optical Power Meters, Optical Sources, Optical Spectrum Analyzers, Fiber Scopes, Oscilloscopes, Function Generators, Lock-in Amplifiers, Low/High Voltage Sources.

Software tools: Solidworks, Creo/ProE, AutoCAD, OpenSCAD, ANSYS, FEA, MATLAB, Automation of Measurements and Testing

Computer skills: Arduino, HTML/CSS, Javascript, jQuery, SQL, MongoDB, Python, Selenium, Java, TestNG and JUnit, ANT, Agile framework, QTP, Quality Center (ALM), Visual Basic, VBA, MATLAB, .NET, Microsoft Office.

AWARDS:

2007 Nanotech Briefs' Nano 50 Award in Technology category.

1996 Award of Sci. Fellowship by Japan Soc. Promotion of Science (JSPS)

1996 Award of Sci. Fellowship by Japan Soc. Promotion of Science (JSPS)

1995 Award of Sci. Fellowship by Japan Soc. Promotion of Science (JSPS)

1995 Award of Sci. Fellowship by Agency Industrial Sci. & Technol. (AIST)

1993 Award of Sci. Fellowship by Sci. & Technol. Agency of Japan (STA)

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