ASHWIN VIJAYASAI

1102 S. Abel St., Milpitas, CA-95035 (806) 368-1881 ashwin.vijayasai@gmail.com OBJECTIVE

To secure a challenging position where I can apply my significant research and industrial experience with test and characterization of MEMS, nanocoatings and semiconductor devices.

SUMMARY
PhD graduate with 4 years of research experience with Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) design, test and characterization, Lab Manager - equipment installation/maintenance skills. Experience in developing automated test - characterization setups using LabVIEW and NI hardware. Experience with material characterization and failure analysis tools SEM, AFM, Goniometer, FTIR spectroscopy, Interferometric microscope, etc. Experience in deposition of CVD and ALD coatings, test beds including DMD 0.7XGA chip and MEMS tribogauge. DOE and data analysis on tribology studies. Wafer level parametric test development at Globalfoundries Inc. Over 2 years of Class-100 clean room experience (Texas Tech University and Fab-8, Malta, NY). Supervised and worked with a group of 17 Graduate Students and 20 industrial co-workers.

EDUCATION
Ph.D. candidate in EE Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas M.S. in EE Emphasis: MEMS Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas GPA: 3.83 2012 GPA: 3.80 2010

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Nanocoating process tool: Integrated surface Technologies - RPX-550; Surface cleaning techniquesplasma asher Harrick plasma #PDC-32G; UV/O cleaner Novascan #PSD-UV4. Test equipments: Agilent 4080 parametric tester, TEL prober, Texas Instruments Very Low Cost Tester (VLCT); Keithley 2400 source-meter; Agilient 6645A DC power supply; Agilient Oscilloscope - MSO6054A, MSO9254A; NI DAQ boards PCI 6024E, USB 6259, USB 6281, USB 6009; NI PCI IMAQ-1407, NI PCI-GPIB. Other characterization tools: probe stations; visual inspection optical microscope, interferometric microscope, SEM, TEM, goniometer; chemical inspection FTIR spectroscopy; scanning probe microscopy AFM, LFM, adhesion force, DMD discovery board 1100 and manual board. Finite element modeling tools for MEMS designs: ANSYS and COMSOL. Numerical computation software: MATLAB, SPARTAN, FORTRAN. Control software for automated testing: C, C++, LabVIEW. Statistical packages: JMP, Minitab, Origin. MEMS designing: AutoCAD.

EXPERIENCE
Product Engineer, Globalfoundries Inc., Malta, NY (Jan12 present) Wafer electrical test position. Learned usage of automatic test cell Agilent 4080 tester and TEL wafer prober. Performed parametric electrical measurements on various test devices fabricated by 32nm, 28nm technology including wafer level reliability testing. Test program development and debug for 32nm and 28nm products. Agilent SPECS-FA, Framework and Algorithm development. Test program automation and debug at wafer-die scale. Effective team player and responsible for conducting root cause analysis of service failures by working on the Test floor. Handle tasks and worked with senior staff in taking Corrective Action to solve customer issues. Research Assistant, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Texas Tech University (Aug 09 May12) Develop recipes and idealize process parameters for deposition of nanocoatings to MEMS devices. Working with Integrated Surface Technologies (Santa Clara, CA) for developing ALD and CVD based surface modification techniques. Developed test setup to understand the tribological phenomena in molecular thin-films. Characterization of various nanocoatings for surface micromachined MEMS. Worked on molecular modeling of self-assembled monolayer with respect to temperature gradient. Design, modeling test and characterization of MEMS devices (Jan 09 Dec11) Design, development and characterization of micro positioning system. Test and characterization of MEMS tribometer for in-situ characterization of nano-scale tribological parameters at sidewall interfaces. Developed multiple designs of long travel bi-directional electro-thermal actuation mechanism in SUMMiT V technology. Developed and utilized automated test setups that can be used to test and characterize the performance of electro-static and electro-thermal microsystems. Worked on design and layout of multiple MEMS chips (~ 6mm x 3mm) on AutoCAD for fabrication using SUMMiT V technology. Performed finite element modeling (FEM) of MEMS actuators in COMSOL and ANSYS. Developed automated test and characterization setups for studying reliability and accelerated lifetime testing of electro-thermal and electro-static actuators.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS/ SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarship Texas Instruments, Program for Semiconductor Product Engineering Aug10 May12 Secured 1st place in Sandia National Laboratories UAP MEMS design competition 2010 2012 Published four journal articles and six conference paper 2010 2012 Development of standalone MEMS gripper system 2010 2011

PUBLICATIONS
A. Vijayasai, G. Sivakumar, C. Anderson, R. Gale, and T. Dallas, In-situ nano-tribological study and ex-situ nanocoating process recipe characterization using a MEMS on-chip tribogauge, In J. Microelectromech. Syst., (submitted), 2012 . E. Collins, M. Pantoya, A. Vijayasai, and T. Dallas, Comparison of engineered nanocoatings on the combustion of aluminum and copper oxide nanothermites, In Surf. Coat. Tech., (submitted), 2012. A. Vijayasai, G. Sivakumar, S. Lacouture, M. Mulsow, and T. Dallas, Haptic controlled three degree-of-freedom microgripper system for assembly of detachable surface-micromachined MEMS, In Sens. and Act. Phys., June 2012. A. Vijayasai, G. Sivakumar, G.Ramachandran, C. Anderson, R. Gale, and T. Dallas, Characterization of a SAM coated MEMS tribogauge, In Proc. Of ICMCTF, Sandiego, CA, Apr. 2012. E. Collins, M. Pantoya, A. Vijayasai, and T. Dallas, Comparison of engineered nanocoatings on the combustion of aluminum and copper oxide nanothermites, In Proc. Of ICMCTF, Sandiego, CA, Apr. 2012. A. Vijayasai, G. Sivakumar, G.Ramachandran, C. Anderson, R. Gale, and T. Dallas, Characterization of a fluorocarbon SAM coated MEMS tribogauge, (8250-09) Proc. of SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 2012. A. Vijayasai, G. Sivakumar, G.Ramachandran, C. Anderson, R. Gale, and T. Dallas, Characterization of a nanocoating using a MEMS tribogauge, (8250-10) Proc. of SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 2012. E. Nixon, M. Pantoya, A. Vijayasai, G. Sivakumar, and T. Dallas, Effect of superhydrophobic coating on the combustion of aluminum and iron oxide nanothermites, In Surf. Coat. Tech., March 2011. A. Vijayasai, G. Sivakumar, S. Lacouture, M. Mulsow, A. Holness and T. Dallas, Haptic controlled 3axis MEMS gripper system, In Rev. of Sci. Instrum., Oct. 2010. A. Vijayasai, G. Sivakumar, S. Lacouture, M. Mulsow, A. Holness and T. Dallas, Mesoscale to microscale manipulation using haptic interface and MEMS microgrippers, (7593 -18) Proc. of SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 2010. G. Ramachandran, A. Vijayasai, G. Ramirez and T. Dallas, Development and Testing of a Remote Access MEMS Lab for Distance Education, In Proc. Of INEER, Jul. 2012

REFERENCES
Dr. Richard Gale and Dr. Tim Dallas, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University, TX, USA. Dr. Michelle Pantoya, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, TX, USA.