Materials/Process Engineer

Swaminathan Venkatesan

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OBJECTIVE

To obtain a position as a Materials/Process Engineer in an industry leading environment valuing creativity, a passion for learning and a strong commitment to quality.

AREAS OF INTEREST

• Fabrication and Processing of Metals and Ceramic Materials

• Process Development, Optimization and Quality and Yield Improvement

• Characterization, Testing and Failure Analysis

EDUCATION

University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA

Masters of Science (Materials Science) August 2006 – May 2008

National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India

Bachelor of Technology (Metallurgy and Materials) September 2002- May 2006

PROJECTS

Course Projects- Masters Program

• Solid-state Fabrication (Wafer Processing) – Created a collection of semiconductor devices on a p-type 100 silicon wafer. The devices created were n-type MOSFET transistors, diodes, resistors, and capacitors. These devices were created in a class 100 clean room using a 4-mask process, which included standard wafer cleaning procedures, photoresist deposition and mask alignment, UV exposure, buffered HF acid etching, and Aluminum evaporation deposition. Sample devices from the wafer were tested and characterized. Used oxidation furnace for oxide growth, CVD and LPCVD for conformal coating, Profilometer and Ellipsometer for thickness gradients, Spin Coater and UV Beam stepper for Photolithography and e-Beam evaporator for Al metallization.

• Transmission Electron Microscopy– Studied in depth Bright Field and Dark Field Imaging and Selected Area Diffraction of single crystal Silicon. Analyzed HRTEM of Carbonized Graphite and Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy of Cd-Se nanocrystals.

Internships

 IIT Mumbai, India (May 2004- Aug 2004)

• Solidification structure of 4% Si Steel – Practical Training with casting in ingots and sand moulds. Study of Defects, Micro and Macro Structure. Electroslag Remelting of castings to minimize defects.

• Worked in a team consisting of Professors, fellow students, and technicians and successfully achieved a superior quality low defect product.

 Sterlite Copper Industries, India ( May 2003- Jul 2003)

• Practical Training which involved various processes involved in Copper Extraction- Ore Concentration, Classification, Smelting, Anodizing and Electrolytic Refining

• Worked with the team of engineers studying the by products of extraction. Utilized Spark Emission Spectroscopy to find out the chemical composition of precious metals.

Bachelors Project – NIT

• Surface modification of 316L Stainless Steel due to laser cladding of WC-Si-Ni – Microhardness testing using Vickers hardness tester, Surface Solidification structure analysis using SEM, XRD studies and analysis to find phases formed on the surface. Study of Microstructure and hardness gradient.

• Metallographic Examination of Heat Treated Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Alloys – Laboratory techniques such as Cutting, Polishing and Etching of samples, Structure Property relation of various types of steel and alloys of Copper, Aluminum and Titanium. Several heat treatment procedures were used such as annealing, air cooling, quenching and tempering before the microstructural analysis.

COURSE WORK

Thermodynamics of Materials, Crystals and Anisotropy, Quantum Mechanics, Solid State Physics, Dislocation Theory, Surface Engineering, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Diffusion Theory and Phase Transformation, Physical Metallurgy, Strength of Materials, Solid State Processing and Integrated Circuits Laboratory, Transmission Electron Microscopy, Introduction to bio-MEMS and Nanotechnology, Basic C Programming, MatLab programming and AUTOCAD.

TOOLS/SKILLS

• TEM, EDS

• SEM, Light Optical Microscope, Metallographic Examination

• CVD,LPCVD, Photolithography, Chemical Etching and Plasma Etching

• Vickers Hardness Tester, Sample Preparation, Tensile Testing

• Ball Mills, Jaw Crushers and Sieve Shaker

• Induction Furnace, Vacuum Furnace and Smelters

• MATLAB, C, VB Script and AUTOCAD

• MS Office- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio

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