• Energy harvesting: thermal to electrical using

pyroelectric materials

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National Institute of Materials Science Research

Fellow (under Director Masakazu Aono) Tsukuba,

Dr. Russeen Paul Wali

Japan

abhouq@r.postjobfree.com Piezoelectric and piezoresistive microresonators

626-***-**** for chemical vapor detection summer

2009

California Institute of Technology UG

Research (under Prof. Daniel Weitekamp)

Pasadena, CA

EDUCATION

Attempted to separate ortho and para nuclear spin

University of California, Los Angeles July 2005

isomers of water

– August 2010

2004 – 2005

Westwood, CA

PhD, Physical Chemistry

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

September 2010

University of California – Los Angeles Teaching

GPA 3.7/4.0

Assistant, physical chemistry

California Institute of Technology Sept.

physical chemistry laboratory (3 terms); chemical

2001 – June 2005

thermodynamics

Pasadena, CA

Teachin

BS, Chemistry June

g Assistant,

2005

general chemistry

GPA 3.0/4.0

chemical structure; chemical energetics and

change; thermodynamics, electrochemistry,

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

kinetics, and organic; general and organic

Intel Corporation Process

laboratory I; general and organic laboratory II;

Engineer – Dielectrics, Fab32 Chandler,

general laboratory I; general laboratory II

AZ

• Directed a crew of 4-6 manufacturing

AWARDS AND HONORS

technicians during night shifts as only

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engineer to sustain a dielectric plasma

Intel Fab32 AERO Inst./LM

deposition process over a fleet of 8 tools,

Factory Quality RTP Fellowship

improved tool availability from 60% to 85%

Award 2006-07

• Worked cross-shift to attend engineering

2012 Rockefeller

meetings, wrote daily reports to group and

Who’s Who in Scholarship,

senior management

America Caltech

• Automated data collection and analysis by 201*-**-****-**

writing queries using SQL Pathfinder and NSF EAPSI National Merit

scripts using JMP Fellowship Finalist (PSAT:

2009 232)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 1999

University of California, Los Angeles Graduate

Research (under Prof. James Gimzewski) SKILLS

Westwood, CA

• Advanced automation in laboratory

• Design, construction, testing of piezoelectric research setting and high volume

MEMS chemical vapor sensor system manufacturing setting

2008-2010

• Excellent analytical reasoning while

• Simultaneous acoustic and optical staying calm and data driven under pressure

microparticle detection in flowing water

• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Word,

2008

Excel, Powerpoint

• Optical measurement of nanoscale dental

• Experience and familiarity with Class 1

enamel demineralization

cleanroom practices and procedures

2007-2008

• Manufacturing software: SPC#, SQL

Pathfinder, KLArity, JMP

• Experience and familiarity with

basic lab electronics such as function

generators, oscilloscopes, power supplies,

filters, current pre-amplifiers, lock-in

amplifiers, NI DAQ

• Advanced programming in LabVIEW, some

Mathematica, some C++

• Experience with theoretical analysis and

experimental characterization of piezoelectric

MEMS resonators

• Familiarity with theoretical and

(practical) spectroscopy: magnetic resonance

(NMR) (EPR), rotational (microwave),

vibrational (IR), electronic (UV-VIS)

• Some experience with synthetic

chemistry equipment and techniques: glove

boxes, vacuum lines, rotary evaporators,

flash chromatography, HPLC, IC, GC,

titration, distillation, multi-step syntheses

• Technical writing of research reports, grant

proposals, equipment protocols, BKMs, RFCs etc.

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