Principal Mechanical & Chemical Engineering Leader

JUNPEI ZHOU

Reading, MA 815-***-****

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PRINCIPAL MECHANICAL & CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Multidisciplinary engineer with 25+ years of progressive experience at the intersection of green energy, advanced materials processing, and semiconductor capital equipment. Dual degrees in chemical and mechanical engineering, with deep domain expertise spanning thermal-fluid systems, electrochemical processes, and plasma- based manufacturing technologies. Technical portfolio encompasses high-temperature superconducting power transmission systems, lithium-ion and liquid metal battery cathode production, advanced plasma etch and deposition platforms, thermochemical synthesis of metallic and ceramic materials, electrochemical surface engineering, waste-to-energy conversion, and ultra-pure filtration filter manufacturing. Proven ability to navigate the full product lifecycle — from conceptual process design and multi-physics simulation through detailed equipment engineering, system integration, and high-volume production ramp — with particular strength in bridging the critical gap between laboratory-scale proof-of-concept and commercial manufacturing. Skilled at distilling complex, multivariable process challenges into scalable, cost-effective engineering solutions through first-principles analytical rigor, disciplined project management, and cross- functional collaboration, with relentless focus on process robustness, yield optimization, and design-for- manufacturability.

High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) Application in Energy Industry

Cryogenic System Design and Analyis (50K-77K)

High/Medium Voltage Transmission and Distribution

Thermal-Fluid System Dynamic Simulations by Siemens’ Simcenter Flomaster Software

AI-Driven Design to Supercharge Complex Engineering based on First Principals in Physics and Chemistry

Renewable Energy Storage Solutions (Thermal Energy Storage TES)

Thermal Management Design and Analysis of Modern Data Centers

Design and Development of Digital Twins for Real Time Process Simulation

Solid State Magnetic Separation Process for Purification of Critical Minerals

Battery Cathode Material Manufacturing Process

Bulk Powder Characterization (XRD/XRF/DSC/EIS)

Design and Build of Thermal Process Equipment & Systems (High Temperature Industrial Furnaces)

Semiconductor Processing Equipment (Ion Implantation, PVD, CVD, Etch&ALD)

Industrial Facility/Infrastructure Design & Construction with leading EPC companies

Plasma Engineering & Processing Technologies

Heat Treating & Brazing Processes, Metallurgical Analysis

Mechanical Component Design and Analysis

Chemical Processing Equipment Design and Analysis

Ultrapure Liquid Filter Manufacturing Process

Fossil Fuel Power Generation System Design and Analysis

SOLIDWORKS, AutoCAD, MATLAB, COMSOL, ANSYS, Simcenter Flomaster 2

EXPERIENCE

VEIR Woburn, MA 11/2024 – 1/2026

Principal Heat Transfer Engineer – Heat Transfer Engineering Lead the new product design and development of nitrogen venting system for the 69KV Overhead High Temperature Superconductor Transmission Line Project, and the Dynamic Process Simulation of HTS Power Transmission Process:

• Concept design and front-end engineering development of an innovative liquid nitrogen based all passive thermal energy storage system (TES) by harvesting solar and geothermal energies; at remote and extreme weather zones; pending patent application.

• Concept design and front-end engineering development of an innovative multi-stage cryogenic system to recycle nitrogen vapor; pending patent application.

• Design and development of high voltage long distance electric power distribution system for service station and heating at point-of-use applications

• Process hazardous analysis of an open loop cryogenic liquid nitrogen cooling system for the high power HTS transmission application

• Dynamic simulation and process modeling of an entire HTS Power Transmission System with real time prediction of HTS tape temperature from the supply source to the load end under both transient and steady state conditions

• Adoption of AI-driven design tools based on the First Principals to supercharge the complex engineering prototyping process.

AMBRI Marlborough, MA 07/2022 – 10/2024

Principal Engineer – Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Lead the process development and capital equipment design for the manufacturing of liquid metal battery cathode electrode materials, from the lab scale device, through a pilot production system to high volume manufacturing plants:

• Conducting experiments and analyzing data on existing thermal electrochemical testing setup to optimize the process recipe.

• Developing and validating of new crucible construction materials to be compatible with corrosive molten inorganic salts in a high temperature environment.

• In charge of the development and detail mechanical design of a fully automated pilot cathode powder production system, a $6M project based on a multitube high temperature pusher furnace system under a super high purity inert atmosphere, from concept design, vendor selection, design review, P&ID development, HAZOP analysis, to final factory equipment acceptance.

• Developing new and innovative solid powder characterization techniques for the reactor model validation, as well as for the process and final product quality control of future high volume production system; including XRD for chemical phase identification, XRF for element balance, DSC for thermal analysis, and EIS for the in-situ measurement of electric properties such as conductivity and capacitance.

• Front-end engineering design and scoping of future high volume production plant (cathode electrode material), including process and equipment risk assessments ENTEGRIS Billerica, MA 07/2016 - 05/2022

Principal Engineer – Micro Contamination Control Division, Liquid Filter Manufacturing Acted as director of engineering, responsible for the design and construction of New Mega Plant in Taiwan

($400M+ project to be in operation by end of 2022), from the basis of design (30%), 60%, 90%, and to construction, including 15,000 FT2 Class 1000 cleanroom, 150 m3/hr UPW system, wastewater treatment system, advanced filter membrane cleaning systems with aggressive chemistries and super critical CO2, and the Central Utility Building (CUB), etc.

• Managed and drove the capital equipment projects within the liquid filter manufacturing department to support production demand increase and new product introduction: 3

• Led expansion of an ultrapure chemical cleaning process by using aggressive chemistries, from plant layout, equipment concept to final production, including a 2,400 ft2 Class 5 cleanroom buildup, a total of (11) pieces automated capital equipment.

• Designed and built of a fully automated filter particle shedding test stand, multi-station with dual liquid particle counters, integrated with advanced nano- & micro bubbles elimination technologies, from equipment concept to final production.

• Designed and built of an automated high temperature thermal bounding equipment for filter end caps bonding

• Designed and built of an automated high purity solvent filter dynamic cleaning system, from equipment concept to final production, including solvent purification, dispense, filling, and dynamic cleaning stations.

• Designed and built of a multi-bay high temperature ultrapure water filter flushing station, with end-point detection, from concept to final production.

• As an initiative of digital manufacturing transformation, developed and implemented a real time Track & Trace system for monitoring and tracking the filter dynamic cleaning process in real time on big screens, dashboards included safety alarms, tool operation efficiency, chemical consumptions, & auto reporting etc.

• Designed and developed an innovative tool fixture (Universal Filter Cradle), a key enable technology for the automation of filter manufacturing process that carries the filter from start to final packaging.

• Designed and developed of an automatic liquid sampling system for in-situ ICP-MS trace metal analysis, which converts the manual & batch trace metal analysis process into a fully automated inline process

• Designed and developed of a high temperature solvent and acid membrane roll cleaning system for high volume manufacturing process

• Assisted other BUs to develop automation solutions to convert current manual manufacturing processes into fully automatic integrated systems.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES, FAB 8 (AECOM) Malta, NY 11/2012 - 07/2016 Workgroup Lead/Construction Manager High Purity Process Chemical Discipline, at GF, Fab 8, Malta, NY

• Oversee the design and construction of ultra-pure chemical supply systems for a modern semiconductor foundry, from project inception through final closeout ($120M).

• Coordinate design team activities and bid/award activities throughout the entire design-build process between the customer system owners and other support groups, such as design institutes, construction contractors and equipment vendors, maintenance staff, environmental health and safety, security services; Activities including development of project scope, facility utility matrix (FUM) estimation and analysis, design specification generation and review, turnkey vendor selection, creating the initial work plan, lessons learned from previous projects;

• Manage the detail process and mechanical design of high purity liquid chemical delivery and dispense system, including the design and development of process flow diagram (PFD) and piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID), and process safety and environmental protection compliance review.

• Participate in project planning and review of issues including design and construction planning, logistics, project safety, schedule, budget, and constructability. Managing the work plan by monitoring schedule and budget;

• As part of Industrial Engineering team who responsible for the FAB capacity planning, facility infrastructure scoping and definition, equipment placement optimization inside cleanrooms. Utility consumption estimation for all FAB production and test/inspection tools, such as electrical power, HVAC loads, UPW & PCW, treated chemical exhausts, waste waters, chemicals and gases, etc. FAB utility consumption gap analysis for new construction, fit out of shell spaces and renovation of existing spaces. MKS INSTRUMENTS, INC. Wilmington, MA 8/2011– 10/2012 Product Marketing Manager – MKS AsTex On-Wafer Products (Microwave & Toroidal Plasma Sources)

• Overall responsibility for ASTeX’s on-wafer product line revenue, growth and profitability targets, product strategy and positioning definitions, product enhancements, requirements analysis, and pricing. 4

• Responsible for products lifecycle management, sales training, and pre- & post–sales technical and marketing support for both existing and new customers with product selection, specification, system design, process, reliability and quality.

• Drive internally the customers’ needs, specifications, and schedules to ensure customer satisfaction while maintaining the company’s business objective and profitability.

• Working with engineering, R/D, manufacturing, and sales to develop new applications and enhance existing products, monitoring competitive activity, and identifying customer needs

• New market development by using Microwave plasma technology for polymer/plastic surface modification

(life science), surface treatment of optic fiber, and synthetic of diamond from hydrocarbons. Principal Mechanical Engineer – MKS AsTeX Product Group 12/2009– 7/2011

• Ozone Product: Research & development of high concentration ozone generation system by dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) principle; Theoretical and experimental exploration of the mechanism of nitrogen doping and catalytic reaction of tungsten oxides (WOx); Mechanical detail design new mechanical components supported by new test results; Metals and oxides surface chemistry analysis via ESCA, FIB, FE- SAM and GD-OES; Nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission survey from high concentration ozone generator by FTIR; Marketing and feasibility studies of varies ultra-high concentration ozone concentrator technologies, such as adsorption, distillation, magnetic separation, supersonic quenching and electrolytic separation;

• ASTRON® Product: Responsible for the DOE to optimize gas injection pattern of newly developed Astron® toroidal plasma reactive gas generator (NF3/O2/N2/H2O) to maximize plasma ignition/operation window and to minimize plasma block erosion; Conduct thermal evaluation tests of plasma block and electronic circuit boards under varies operation conditions.

• R/D of new disruptive perfluorocarbons (PFCs) waste abatement system by using toroidal plasma source. Responsible for the detail mechanical and system design, experimental set up, test operation and post data processing.

• Responsible for the project to evaluate new plasma erosion resistant materials for applications involving halogen gases, pure hydrogen and water vapor, including DOE, vendor selection, test operation, and mechanical detail design of test apparatus.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

APPLIED MATERIALS (VSEA) Gloucester, MA 2008 – 2009 Principal Mechanical Engineer – Plasma Doping Tool Managed and drove continuous improvement programs (CIP) of RF plasma ion immersion implanting equipment for the semiconductor industry. Incorporated customers’ inputs into CIP programs, designed experiments, mechanical detail design, analyzed data, created reports and made presentations. Conducted reliability tests of new plasma ion implanting equipment. Worked on the development of new ion implantation tool through investigation of advanced plasma processing techniques, bringing designs from concept thru production. Mechanical detail design of sub-systems such as wafer E-chuck injection, arching free shield rings, and reactive gas shower head assembly.

IPSEN, INC. Rockford, IL 1999 – 2008

Vacuum Product Development Manager

Responsible for strategic product planning, develop technology roadmaps and sales of custom engineered vacuum thermal processing equipment for applications in aerospace, automotive, nuclear, energy, medical, solar cell, and chemical industries, such as carburizing, nitriding, boriding, brazing, diffusion bonding, isothermal forging, plasma surface treatment, physical and chemical vapor deposition (PVD/CVD), aluminum metallization, debinding and sintering, silicon block casting, and large integrated thermal processing systems. Competitive analyses and product positioning strategies to align and protect the leadership position in market share. Extensive contacts with customers in heat treating industries worldwide. 5

Assistant Engineering Manager

Supervised an engineering design group for custom engineered vacuum thermal processing applications. Performed project management from quotation to start-up.

• Provided engineering design and technical support for sales, marketing, manufacturing and field service groups.

• In charge of detail mechanical design and development of a fully automated prototype heat treating machine.

• Lead mechanical engineer for the design and development of Multi-Cell automated thermal processing systems

HARPER INTERNATIONAL CORP. Lancaster, NY 1996 – 1999 Project Engineer and Senior Application Engineer

In charge of the process development and equipment design of custom first-of-kind advanced thermal process systems, which included rotary calciners, mesh-belt furnaces, drum dryers, periodic box kilns with advanced atmospheric control, fully-automated push tunnel kilns with advanced atmospheric gas controls, and high temperature furnaces (up to 5,400ºF) for the applications of ceramic material sintering, metal oxides reduction, fiber optical material chemical processing, nuclear fuel thermal processing, and carbon fiber and ceramic composite fiber thermal processing. Worked with industrial combustion equipment selection and sizing. Performed project management of a multi-million-dollar turn-key system for the thermal processing of nuclear waste, from quotation to start-up.

Served as inventor, chief technologist, lead mechanical engineer, responsible for new product launch from concept to final production of:

High temperature rotary calciner for pigment manufacturing

High temperature boron-based oxidation resistant composite fiber manufacturing system (CVD process)

Fully automated high temperature nuclear waste incineration system EDUCATION

Master of Science (M.S.), Mechanical Engineering The Catholic University of America Washington, DC Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering Nanjing University of Chemical Technology, Nanjing, China PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

OCEAN MBA Short-Course Program MIT Cambridge, MA

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