Optical Asset

Thomas Haw is an Optical Engineer with over 30 years of component & system optimization experience in the most demanding of industries (military, optoelectronics packaging, laser printing, medical lasers, optical fiber handling, semiconductor & material process thermal control, and biomedical fluorimetry). Through hands-on work, application of best practices, detailed system alignment & test, and quiet leadership, he has a breadth of understanding in realization of successful processes and product.

Non-imaging & Imaging System Utility

Metrology & In-Process Inspection

Component & System Reliability

Radiation & Laboratory Safety

Machining & Polish of Optical Components

Opto-Mechanical Design & Alignment

Hermetic Packaging Design & Assembly

High Power Lasers & Material Process

Spatial & Spectral Algorithm Realization

Test & Measurement Best Practice

Stray Light Abatement

Feedback Stabilization of Sources

Thermal Management & Pyrometry

Spectral Evidence & Discrimination

Security Clearance

Able to Obtain Secret Clearance. Previously held Confidential, last active 1986.

Education

M.S. Physical Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 1984, Advanced to PhD candidacy.

B.A. Chemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 1981, Senior Award from Chemistry Department.

Professional Experience

MicroOptical Engineering, Portland, OR October 2014 – June 2016

Consulting Engineer

Projects for a number of clients have included 9 mm packaging of laser diodes, medical side-firing sapphire tips for ophthalmology, sapphire non-imaging concentrators for laser diode pump geometries, side-coupled fiber optic satellite links, MEMS packaging and alignment, high S/N microfluidic fluorimeter system, nanomaterial telecom devices and development of a laser-mediated collagen-reduction system.

(Beam4, Optics Studio, AutoCad 3D, Excel, PowerPoint)

Sekidenko Inc, Vancouver, WA May 2000 – October 2014

Optical Engineer

Continual advancement from Optical Engineer to Engineering Manager, to MTS for this small manufacturer of process temperature sensors. Key technical actions to win multi-million dollar contract manufacturing with 3 large capital equipment manufacturers and 2 end-users, to win a multi-million OEM business in solar assembly, and to drive transceiver designs to new applications (film growth, contamination control, bulk crystal growth, quarzglas annealing, ultraviolet sensing). Rapid resolution of sustaining bottlenecks, establishment of optical fiber and sapphire polishing facility. Laser Safety & Safety Committee, Leadership Forum participation. Three patents, one with Applied Materials, and several proprietary innovations.

(Beam4, Zemax, TFCalc, SolidWorks, test scripts in RS232, module edits in C, VBasic in Excel, Excel)

Photonic Packaging Technologies, Beaverton, OR March 1999 – April 2000

Senior Product Engineer

Developed and finalized packaging and sub-micron assembly methods for customer devices (laser, detector, ELED) connected to optical fibers. Succeeded as primary contact role for customer technical interaction. Modeled and fabricated custom fiber ends for utility in optimizing coupling tolerances, GHz performance and polarization insensitivity. Developed diffraction methods for component placements.

(Beam4, Autocad, FEA edits, module edits in C)

Professional Experience (continued)

Photon Kinetics, Beaverton, OR August 1993 – March 1999

Manufacturing Engineer Manager

Beginning as a Manufacturing Engineer, successfully executed process and optical development tasks for this manufacturer of fiber optic test systems. Hired and grew a strong group of 5 engineers and technicians. Improved instrument yield and reduced service & warranty costs with mechanical and optical design innovations. Managed technical tasks in product introduction and technology transfer. Advised technicians and assemblers in dealing with Quality issues, and listened carefully to their needs. Actively involved in ISO9000 qualification.

(MathCad, Beam4, CadKey, Excel, module edits in proprietary scripts)

Oregon Medical Laser Center, Portland, OR March 1991 – May 1993

Lab Technical Director

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA March 1990 – March 1991

Laser Engineer

Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA March 1987 – March 1990

Senior Engineer

Lytel Incorporated, Branchburg, NJ October 1985 – March 1987

Engineer

Geo-Centers (Picatinny Arsenal on-site), Dover, NJ June 1984 – October 1985

Scientist

Publications

CW High Power Single-Lobed Far-Field Operation of Long-Cavity AlGaAs/GaAs SQW Laser Diodes Grown by MOCVD, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 1991

Double Clad High Brightness Nd Fiber laser Pumped by AlGaAs Phased Array, Optical Fiber Congress, PD7, 1989

High Power Laser Packaging, Optical Fibers Conference in San Diego, 1987

Single Shot Hydrogen CARS Spectrometry of Propellant Ignition and Combustion, Under Pressure, JANNAF Conference on Combustion at JPL, 1985

Miniature isotropic optical fibre probes for quantitative light dosimetry in tissue, Physics in Medicine and Biology 1983

Patents

9,228,878 “Dual Beam Non-Contact Displacement Sensor”

8,506,161 “Compensation of stray light interference in substrate temperature measurement”

8,254,767 “Method and apparatus for extended temperature pyrometry” joint with Applied Materials

5,671,314 “Illuminator devices for ultraviolet light delivery and methods of making same”

5,275,160 “Probes for radiance dosimetry”

5,254,115 “Coagulating scalpels”

4,989,213 “Narrow divergence, single quantum well, separate confinement, AlGaAs laser”

Additional Training

Vacuum Technology, Cadence Project Management, ISO9000, Digital Timing, Developing Products in Half the Time (Preston G. Smith), Imago Therapy Training, NHS Lacrosse Coach, Copy Exact! Training.

References

Michael Crocker, Senior Fellow at Intel, acydn8@r.postjobfree.com, 503-***-****

Bruce Adams, Senior Member of Technical Staff at Applied Materials, acydn8@r.postjobfree.com, 503-***-****

Richard Farmer, Electrical Engineer at Coherent, acydn8@r.postjobfree.com, 971-***-****

Jerry Mattison, Equipment Technician at Wafertech, acydn8@r.postjobfree.com, 360-***-****

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