Engineer Engineering

MICHAEL J. DISABB-MILLER

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mjmiller00@gmail.

com

State College, PA

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Education

Northwestern University-Evanston, IL

June 2007

. MS, Materials Science and Engineering (GPA: 3.8)

Cornell University-Ithaca, NY June 2004

. BS, Materials Science and Engineering (GPA: 3.5)

Work Experience

Gas Technology Institute-Principal Engineer February

2007-March 2010

. Managed DOT-funded project investigating steel pipe welding and

industry coating guidelines

. Lead a team to develop a new test method evaluating the quality of

plastic pipe butt-fusion joints

. Filed patent based on research of plastic pipeline sensing

materials

. Developed cold adhesive pipe repair methodology

. Executed ASTM and ISO test methods and participated in ASTM and AGA

committee

meetings

Northwestern University-Masters Thesis September

2004-January 2007

. Manufactured polymer-brush-coated AFM cantilevers via gold-thiol

and silane chemistries Created a testing setup to evaluate polymer

brush gas-sensing abilities

. Electro-polymerized pyrrole monomer for gas-sensing applications

. Thermally and electrically characterized MOSFET-embedded

cantilevers

Cornell University-Laboratory Researcher

February 2002-May 2004

. Senior thesis, based on nanoindentation of cancellous bone

. Performed and modified nanoindentation experiments on self-

assembled polymer-inorganic hybrids

. Took part in an REU through Cornell Center for Materials Research

(CCMR)

Lawrence Livermore National Lab-Undergraduate

Intern June-August 2003

. Helped configure and set up a Hysitron R TriboIndenter

. Investigated nano-crystalline nickel using nanoindentation

instruments

Skills

. Microscopy and spectroscopy: SEM, AFM, ToF-SIMS, FTIR, FIB,

Ellipsometry

. Microfabrication: UV-based photolithography, e-beam lithography,

sputter evaporation, reactive ion etching

. Software: Microsoft Office Suite, MatLab, ImageJ, Adobe Photoshop,

COMSOL

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