EMPLOYMENT

Department Chair. PCC Microelectronics Program. 1998-present

Principle. Steaming Kettle Consulting. 1995-present

Faculty. PCC Microelectronics Program. 1995-1997

Associate Staff Member. MIT Lincoln Laboratory. 1993-1994

Assistant Staff Member. MIT Lincoln Laboratory. 1988-1993 

EXPERIENCE

Analysis & Presentation

Gathered and analyzed data in semiconductor product liability case. Authored report educating product insurer and outlining courses of action. Organized and directed industrial advisory board to Microelectronics program. Enlisted companies such as Intel, Wacker Siltronic, and Maxim to donate materials, begin scholarship programs, and enhance recruiting efforts. Developed four new courses, including advanced technology courses such as photolitho-graphy. Designed course materials and structures for a class taught by computer network. Lectured in courses from basic analog and digital electronics to robotics and semiconductor processing. Received favorable evaluations from traditional and returning students.

Supervision, Administration, & Management

Lead department of five full-time instructors with course offerings on multiple campuses. Scheduled course offerings, located and hired part-time instructors. Created positive relationships with microelectronics students, advised course selection, edited student resumes. Supervised a team of three full-time technicians. Trained technicians and fellow staff members in laboratory safety and procedures.

Semiconductor & Electrical Engineering

Fabricated electro-optic components including waveguides, lasers, microlenses, and photo-mixers. Conceived, designed and developed gallium arsenide quantum-effect devices, including device simulation and manufacturing processes. Managed operations of an electron-beam lithography system. Developed new chemical processes for electron-beam lithography. Designed masks for semiconductor devices and process development using UNIX-based CAD software.

Scholarship and Research

Authored laboratory manuals tailored for PCC’s new toolset. Spearheaded research in practical application of resonant-tunneling devices. Represented MIT at technical conferences. Co-authored various technical publications and meeting speeches.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

Communication

• Skilled and dynamic public speaker. Experienced with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Technical editor. Collaborated with National Science Foundation Center of Excellence on documents to train new college faculty.
• Authored popular articles, essays, and fiction.
• Experienced in customer-service management.

Computers

• Experienced with personal computers, both Apple Macintosh and Wintel systems, running word processing, spreadsheet, high-end graphics and advanced mathematics packages.
• Experienced with Sun, Hewlett-Packard, and Silicon Graphics workstations running UNIX.
• Daily use of MAGIC, SPICE, and other UNIX-based semiconductor design tools.
• Supervised students in use of laboratory computer systems.

Semiconductor Equipment Skills

• Experienced with semiconductor process tools including spin-coaters, optical steppers, evaporators, and wet and dry etchers.
• Experienced with semiconductor device characterization equipment including C-V measurement, conductivity/continuity testing, and S-parameter measurement.
• Familiar with many analytical tools including SEM, AFM and FTIR.
• Fluent with high-vacuum systems incorporating both turbo-molecular pumps and ion pumps.

Continuing Education

• 198th Electro-Chemical Society Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 1999.
• 34th Conference on Electron, Photon, and Ion Beams and Nanofabrication, Chicago, Illinois, 1998.
• Optical Society of America conference, Portland, Oregon, 1995.
• 5th Annual Conference on Negative Electron Affinity Materials, Portland, Oregon, 1995.

Publications Highlights

• Spatial modes of a concentric-circle-grating surface emitting, AlGaAs/GaAs quantum well semiconductor laser. T. Erdogan, O. King, G.W. Wicks, D.G. Hall, C.L. Dennis, and J.J. Rooks. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 60, No.15, 1992.pp. 1773-1775.
• Milliwatt output levels and superquadratic bias dependence in a low-temperature-grown GaAs photomixer. E.R. Brown, K.A. MacIntosh, F.W. Smith, K.B. Nichols, M.J. Manfra, C.L. Dennis, and J.P. Mattia. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 64, No. 24, 1994. pp 3311-3313.
• Accurate fabrication of anamorphic microlenses and efficient collimation of tapered unstable-resonator diode lasers. Z.L. Liau, J.N. Walpole, D.E. Mull, C.L. Dennis, and L.J. Missaggia. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 64, No. 24, 1994. pp. 3311-3313.
• Photomixing up to 3.8 THz in low-temperature-grown GaAs. E.R. Brown, K.A. MacIntosh, K.B. Nichols, and C.L. Dennis. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 66, No.3, 1995. pp. 3311-3313.
• Electronics Manufacturing. C.L. Dennis and D.A. Miller, Chapter VIII in IEEE Applied Electrical Engineering Handbook; Ed. S. Anwar; IEEE Press; Publication scheduled for Fall 2000.

Honors/Awards

• Best Student Presentation, 1993 International Device Research Symposium.
• 3rd Degree Black Belt, World Tae Kwon Do Association.

Education

M.S. Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, June 1994. Thesis title: Resonant-Tunneling Transmission Lines.

B.S. Physics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, June 1988. Minor in Asian Studies.