System Engineer / R&D Scientist

Xiang (Alex) Wan

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Mobile: 408-***-**** * Email: ****.*****.***@*****.***

http://www.linkedin.com/in/xiangwan

SYSTEM ENGINEER / R&D SCIENTIST

Semiconductor Equipment / Yield Analysis and Process Control / Inspection Optical System Design Over 4 years in the semiconductor industry, solving technical and operational complex problems by collaborating with cross functional teams, with a hands-on approach, cost driven, strong customer focus and international experience in Asia and US. Core Strengths in:

* Lead Product Demonstration Project & Team

* Product/Project Engineering and Management

* Product Characterization, H2H & Field Project

* Pre-sales Engineering / Consulting & Marketing

* Customer Relationship Building

* Cross-Function Communication and Teamwork

* Yield Analysis and Root Cause Identifying

* Optical Inspection Strategies

* Inspection Optical System Design and Test

* Digital Imaging Processing and Analysis

* EM Filed Modeling and Simulation

* Troubleshooting and Problem Solving

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

KLA-Tencor Corporation, Milpitas, California 2006 – 2009

Senior Product Applications Engineer

* Won Q2FY09 General Manager Award for accomplishing KT 28XX evaluation project and generating $16M revenue at a critical customer site - Toshiba Yokkaichi F4 by successfully increasing the throughput 3 times with superior sensitivity of unique defect of interest types and signatures versus the product of record, reducing Cost of Ownership for customers.

* Won Q3FY08 General Manager Award for persistent contribution of managing 3 critical product demonstrations as project manager and executing 35+ product demonstrations as the key layer owner, generating $200M+ revenue.

* Accomplished KT 2800 evaluation project and successfully penetrating in Spansion at Austin, generating $8M revenue.

* Established KT 2800 as the product of record in TSMC F14 at Tainan and blocked the competitor’s penetration.

* Completed KT 28XX gap project in UMC at Tainan on critical production layers and strengthened the customer partnership.

* Lead the demo extractor project and provided the key information for the advanced demo learning and better product positioning.

* Acquired substantial knowledge of KT bright field inspection recipe optimization for Photo, Etch and CMP layers (both FOEL and BOEL) with nodes up to 22nm for Logic, DRAM and FLASH devices through 60+ projects.

* Expanded comprehensive understanding of alpha and beta phases in PLC through the characterization of the N+1 bright field inspection product.

* Accomplished 10+ Cross-Platform-Comparison (bright field vs. dark field, bright field vs. EBI) projects for the N+2 product development.

* Developed and published 4 Apps Best Known Methods, such as recipe optimization for photo layers, spectrum selection for prior level nuisance suppression and etc.

* Introduced Apps learning on the complementary inspection approach to the entitlement recipe to justify the methodology of customer’s Cost of Ownership optimization.

* Mentored 5+ applications engineers from intermediate to advanced level.

University of California, Davis, Davis, California 2000 – 2006

Research Assistant

* Identified two resonance frequencies by measuring the reflection and transmission of Dipicolinic Acid from 35 GHz to 140 GHz in a BWO scalar measurement scheme.

* Successfully characterized the resonances and built the dielectric spectroscopy of main constituents in bacteria from 45 MHz to 40 GHz for high power sterilization.

* Designed CPW-based system to investigate the dielectric properties of liquid samples such as water, alcohols, keratin and DNA, and Bacteria Subtilis solutions.

* Simulated and fabricated different configurations of transmission lines and microcircuits to optimize the liquid measuring system on printed circuit board.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1997 – 2000

Research Assistant

* Designed and tested the 1.5-cell-cathode RF gun for 17 GHz high-gradient electron accelerator.

* Doubled the efficiency of harmonic generation of mode-locked Ti:Sapphire laser beams in crystals by investigating dielectric properties of different crystals.

* Performed numerical analysis and modeling of pion-pion interaction based on experimental data from Jefferson National Laboratory.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts Spring 2000

Teaching Assistant

* Taught course 8.044 Statistical Physics I.

University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, China 1995 – 1997

Research Assistant

* Simulated and formulated the excited Raleigh, Raman and Brillouin scatterings in dusty plasma.

* Designed and built a static electron probe for measuring plasma temperature in Tokomak.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Degree, Electrical Engineering, University of California, Davis

Major in Microwave Engineering, Minor in Optical Electronics

Ph.D. candidate, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

B.S. Degree, Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

HONORS & AWARDS

* Q2FY09 General Manager Award for 28XX Evaluation project at Toshiba Yokkaichi

* Q3FY08 General Manager Award for WIN Demo Group as a key member

* Research Assistantship, UC Davis

* Research Assistantship, M.I.T.

* Excellent Student Scholarship, USTC

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