Engineer Manager
Resume:
Alex Usenko
*** ********** **, **** ** Louis, MO 63367
******@*****.***
www.linkedin.com/pub/alex-usenko/2/374/901/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/A_Usenko/contributions
Summary
• Research Engineer/Scientist – Semiconductor/Solar Materials
• Entrepreneur and Manager – R&D. US citizen
• Innovator with dozens of patents issued, new products launched
Experience
SunEdison, StPeters, MO -Fortune 1000 Company, Semiconductor/Solar Industry 2013 - 2015
Senior Research Engineer Responsibilities: Si wafer process development
Accomplishments:
• Developed novel manufacturing processes for silicon-on-insulator and solar wafers, being
patented.
• Developed 300mm SOI wafer process for RF applications (handhelds and cell phones).
Resulting wafers far exceed existing products in RF performance (2nd harmonic
suppression). Company became first on market with 300mm SOI for RF product
Redwood Renewables, Corte Madeira, CA 2012 - 2013
Consultant Responsibilities: Develop antireflective coatings
Accomplishments:
• invented surface modification to form moth eye pattern on glass; resulting glass has
extremely low reflectivity; this antireflective coating is used in advanced solar cells
Nanocoating Plasma Systems, Fremont, CA 2011 - now
Consultant Responsibilities: Develop atmospheric plasma coating tool
Accomplishments:
• troubleshoot problems like clogging of 10-nm nanopowder in plasma torch feeder, etc.
Corning, Inc., Corning, NY 2008 - 2013
Research Associate Responsibilities: Develop solar related Glass products
Accomplishments:
• contributed to many photovoltaic projects – on silicon tandem solar cell (collaborative
project with Oerlikon), on superstrate and substrate glass for CdTe and CIGS cells, etc.
• solved problems of single crystal silicon layer transfer onto glass by modifying Smart-Cut
process. Silicon-on-glass substrate can be used to make, say, computer integrated with
display on a single sheet.
• suggested way as to add self-cleaning, fingerprint-repelling, and self-disinfecting property to
face surfaces of handheld devices – potentially can be used in all next generations handheld
devices.
• critically contributed to process of making solar silicon wafers directly from molten silicon
(kerf-free) – cost of silicon substrates for solar cells can be significantly reduced
MEC Tech, Toms River, NJ 2005 - 2008
Scientist Responsibilities: Lead development of new products
Accomplishments:
• developed process for making single crystalline silicon focus rings for plasma etching
equipment – significantly lowered cost
• chemical polishing of crystalline silicon thus enabling complicated shapes to be polished.
Results in better quality showerheads and focus rings for plasma equipment
Silicon Wafer Technologies, Newark, NJ 2000 - 2005
Co-Founder Responsibilities: Run high tech startup
Accomplishments:
• covered silicon-on-insulator (SOI) process with numerical patents
• fabricated prototypes of ultrathin SOI wafers useful for manufacturing of next generation
chips
Education
• PhD - Material Science, Physics, Moscow Technology University - Moscow, Russia 1988
• MSEE - Semiconductors, Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology - Moscow, Russia 1980
Technical Skills
• Thin film: PECVD, CVD, PVD, atmospheric plasma deposition, including TCO
• Semiconductor Processing: ion implantation, epitaxy, plasma and wet etch, cleaning, etc.
• Fabrication process of polycrystalline silicon solar cells
• Fabrication process of tandem (poly+amorphous) silicon film solar cells
• Superstrate and substrate glass for CdTe and CIGS solar cells
• Diffusion through thin films for encapsulation of silicon tandem solar cells, CdTe and CIGS
cells
• Glass, glass-ceramics and ceramics process technologies
• Modification of glass surface to add new functionalities:
• Lower reflectivity
• Lower Glare
• Reject fingerprints, anti-smudge
• Self-cleaning (superhydrophilic and photocatalytic)
• Self-disinfecting
• Scratch resistance
• Superhydrophobic or superhydrophilic (non-fogging)
Innovation
Proven record of innovation as evidenced by bringing new materials from concept to production,
as well as numerical patents
Publications and Patents
20+ Patents, many patents pending, 100+ total publications
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