Electrical Engineering
Resume:
Tianboyu Xu
Northville, MI 48168, USA
ac579w@r.postjobfree.com
Ph.D Research Assistant with 6+ years of R&D experience with focus on novel optical system design, modeling and fabrication. Proven hands-on skills in design of experiment, sample characterization, data analysis and metrology techniques with a solid background in optical material science and thin films optics. Able to work in a high-stress, fast-paced environment as a team player and available immediately.
Skills
• Optical system simulation and modeling skills including COMSOL, CST Studio and Zemax. Strong numerical modeling, data processing and algorithm developing ability with MATLAB, Mathematica.
• Optical sample testing skills and experience with light source, test bench design, optical alignment, spectrometer, ellipsometer and camera.
• Sample fabrication process and measurement skills Including SEM/FIB (650hrs); photolithography (570hrs); thin film deposition/coating (260hrs); wet/ dry etching (135hrs); DC sputtering, spin coating, interferometry and optical imaging system.
Education
08.2014 – 05.2018 University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Ph.D thesis tittle: Light-Matter Interactions and Devices Enabled by Novel Photonic Media 08.2012 – 08.2014 University at Buffalo, The State University of New York M.S. in Electrical Engineering
08.2007 – 07.2011 Liaoning Shihua University, China B.S. in Electronic Engineering
Experience
08.2013 – 05.2018 Research Assistant
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
• Developed a new optical metamaterial enabled high resolution imaging hyper-lens with the ability to overcome the diffraction limit and improve optical photolithography process.
• Developed a new orbital angular momentum beam multiplexing nano-waveguide optical converter to be integrated in optical fiber to increase optical communication bandwidth capacity.
• Developed a new optical vortex based pattern-transferring system to induce novel optical transitions in semiconductor crystal for optical sensor probing.
• Developed a new algorithm to characterize targeted optical parameters by using MATLAB and Mathematica. Collected and processed optical sample scattering data from various sources to conduct and validate predictions for experimental outputs, error analyzing and data visualization.
• Analyzed, troubleshoot and solved technical issues and fab equipment failures in lab and cleanroom. Define and optimize device performance and its relationship to its fabrication processes. 2
• Mentoring and supervising master student in research project: Light-induced mass transport in surface azo- polymer films.
10.2011 – 05.2012 Internship Jr System Administrator Petro China Kunlun Co., Liaoyang, China
• Performed various hardware and software troubleshooting for Windows and Mac System and upgrades as necessary.
• Supported remote access, Terminal Services and Monitor LAN, WAN, and Servers.
• Provided technical support and responses to employees’ questions and technical issues.
• Installed, configured, and maintained all relevant software and on the organization's desktop computers and servers and perform upgrades as necessary.
Software
COMSOL Multiphysics; Zemax; CST Microwave Studio; MATLAB; Wolfram Mathematica; Microsoft Office; Origin; Auto CAD.
Publications
[1] T Xu, J Sun, NM Litchinitser, De-magnifying Hyperlens for Shrinking Optical Vortex, 2018. (In preparation for submitting)
[2] J Sun, T Xu, NM Litchinitser, Novel applications of hyperlens, Frontiers in Optics, JW3A, 2017
[3] J Sun, T Xu, NM Litchinitser, Experimental Demonstration of Demagnifying Hyperlens, Nano Letters 16 (12), 7905-7909, 2016
[4] NM Litchinitser, J Sun, T Xu, De-magnifying hyperlens: experimental demonstration and potential applications
(Conference Presentation), SPIE Nanoscience+ Engineering, 99210R-99210R-1, 2016
[5] NM Litchinitser, J Sun, MI Shalaev, T Xu, Y Xu, A Pandey, Structured light-matter interactions in optical nanostructures (Presentation Recording), SPIE Nanoscience+ Engineering, 954727-954727-1, 2015
[6] J Sun, X Wang, T Xu, ZA Kudyshev, AN Cartwright, NM Litchinitser, Spinning light on the nanoscale, Nano letters 14 (5), 2726-2729, 2014
[7] J Sun, X Wang, T Xu, AN Cartwright, NM Litchinitser, Twisting light using nano-waveguide arrays, Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014
Awards
• News of The Week, “Hyperlens lights a new path to nanofabrication”, C&EN, 2016
• Second place of Electrical Engineering department poster competition, University at Buffalo, SUNY, 2015
• Research Highlights, “Light beams with a twist”, Nature Nanotechnology, 2014
• Outstanding Undergraduate Student, Liaoning Shihua University, China, 2011
• Excellent Cadre of Student Affair Department, Liaoning Shihua University, China, 2009
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