Caesar Buie
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EDUCATION
**** - **** *.*., ********* Science and Engineering
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2013 - present Tokyo Electron - SEM Contractor: FA, Albany, New York
Successfully planning, prioritizing, and completing multiple failure
analysis requests for lithography, deposition, and Etch processes
Developing training process for new-hire SEM technicians
Planning, and initiating quality control system for Lab support requests
2012- 2012 Cornell University, Engineering Research Student - Ithaca, New
York
Planned, and implemented anion polymerization experiments of different
polymers
Growing polymer brushes via anionic polymerization
Characterized polymer brushes via scanning ellipsometry and optical
microscopy
2009 - 2012 Intel Corporation, Materials TD Engineer - Chandler, Arizona
Performed audits and risk assessments of industrial chemical supplier
processes
Managed chemical supplier projects for process sustaining and continuous
improvement
Organized, planned and implemented concurrent supplier process changes and
improvement projects
Provided technical support to materials development task forces, resulting
in $1.2M+ in cost savings
Achieved %50 reduction in management level PCS quality issues for key and
control parameters
2007 - 2008 The Ohio State University, Engineering Capstone Project
Researcher - Columbus, OH
Investigated Ni Ti Metal Alloy for commercial replacement of conventional
Ni Ti dental wire
Planned, and implemented x-ray diffraction, SEM, and Optical
Characterization or Ni Ti alloys
Presented insights of process chemistry to novel NiTi performance via
Denman competition (award)
2007 - 2007 Stanford University / IBM, Engineering Research Intern - San
Jose, CA
Characterized DNA Origami with Atomic Force Microscope(AFM) and Gel
Electrophoresis
Performed PCR fabrication of 3D DNA origami templates for site-specific
nano-particle attachment
Investigated methods of attaching gold nano-particles to DNA origami
2006 - 2006 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Research
Intern - Cambridge, MA
Planned, and Investigated the materials design of a Bio-suit and
Architectures for Mars Exploration
Wrote a literature review on advanced materials and structures research for
space applications
Presented research findings at MIT summer conference
2005 - 2005 The Ohio State University - Research Assistant, Columbus, OH
Developed 3D PLGA scaffolds for the purposes of skin and organ regeneration
Optimized bench-top process for achieving nearly 100% yield per batch
Presented research findings at several research conferences
2004 - 2004 The Ohio State University - Research Assistant, Columbus, OH
Characterized polyurethane foam samples for several industry
applications(SEM, thermal, mechanical)
Fabricated and helped to optimize process for fabricating polyurethane foam
samples
Fabricated layered composite fibers using large-scale Instron press
equipment
SUMMARY OF RELEVANT SKILLS
Materials Characterization (4yrs)
FMEA & Structured Prob. Solving (3yrs)
Scanning Electron Microscope (2+yrs)
Metallography
Mechanical testing
X-ray diffraction
Data Trend Analysis (3yrs)
JMP software & data analysis (4yrs)
Trade-off analysis via Grant (2yrs)
Spec design and validation (3yrs)
Change Control (3yrs)
Supplier Quality (3yrs)
Auto Cad & Inventor
CMP Clean-room Technician (1yr)
Continuous Improvement (3yrs)
Polymer Processing
Supplier Project Management (3yrs)
Chemical Mechanical Polish (3yrs)
Process Control Systems (3yrs)
Excursion Management (3yrs)
Trade-off analysis via Grant (2yrs)
Photo-lithography (2yrs)
Microsoft Office (8yrs)
Supplier Risk Assessments (3yrs)
Supplier Relationship Building
PUBLICATIONS
Metallurgical Characterization of a New Nickel-Titanium Wire for Rotary
Endodontic Instruments
Journal of Endodontics, Volume 35, Issue 11, November 2009, Pages 1589-
1593; Satish B. Alapati, William A. Brantley, Masahiro Iijima, William A.T.
Clark, Libor Kovarik, Caesar Buie, Jie Liu, William Ben Johnson
Directed Assembly of Gold Nano-particles on Modified DNA Origami;
Polymer Preprints ACS, 49(1),1117-1118, 2008, C. Buie, A. Fornoff, C.M.
Micheel, J.N. Cha
HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Former Member of the Ohio State Football Team
Classical Singer (1st & 2nd place competition)
Member of Lambda Psi Honorary Engineering Society(Treasurer)
Member of Ohio State TMS student chapter(Treasurer)
Member of Theta Sigma Mu Materials Engineering Honor society (2008)
Charity contributor to Saint Vincent de Paul