Industrial Tools and Training
- Statistical methods
- Six Sigma and lean principles
- ISO 9001:2000 process-based auditing
- 5S methodology
- Behavior-based safety
- Laboratory safety evaluation
- Sustainable product development
- Stage gate process for new product development
- Project management
- MS Office applications
- SolidWorks, AutoCad, engineering drawing
Troubleshooting and Root-Cause Determination
- Failure analysis
- Fault tree analysis
- Reverse Engineering
- FMEA
- Fishbone diagrams
- 5 Whys
- Process mapping
Metals, Ceramics, and Plastics Processing and Materials Development
- Mixing and dispersion
- Injection molding, compounding, and extrusion
- Process troubleshooting and optimization
- Spray drying
- Tape casting
- Lamination
- Embossing
- Electrostatic deposition, high-voltage safety
- Dry pressing: uniaxial and isostatic
- Sintering
- Design and fabrication of prototypes, fixtures, and laboratory-scale process equipment
- High-temperature furnaces (vacuum, controlled-atmosphere, and air) batch and continuous
- Highly experienced in handling and use of aqua regia, piranha solution, HF, and hydrazine
Analysis: Materials and Processes
- Optical microscopy: Metallography, hot-stage analysis of polymers, sample preparation
- Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), sample preparation
- Bond integrity testing
- Mechanical testing
- Electrical properties testing
- Microstructure analysis: ceramics, metals, plastics
- Metallography
- X-ray diffraction
- Reverse engineering
- Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
- Test procedure development
Microelectronics and Sensors
- Thick film and thin film processing
- Hermetic packaging: glass-to-metal seals
- Brazing: metals and ceramic-metal systems
- Anodic bonding (glass-glass and glass-silicon)
- Cleanroom procedures
- Screen printing- setup and optimization
- Hybrid microelectronic packaging development
- Photoresists, photolithography
- Cleaning procedures
- Multilayer ceramic capacitor process and test
- Soldering and board attach
- Electroplating