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The document is a resume for Tsungchan Tsai that highlights his relevant experience, education, skills, and accomplishments. It summarizes that he has over 10 years of experience in plasma technology development, thin film fabrication, and software engineering. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University and has worked in both industrial and academic research settings, leading multiple projects and publishing several papers.
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- 1. Tsai resume, 1 Tsungchan Tsai (Cliff Tsai), Ph.D. Email: tctsai@gmail.com Website: https://clifftsai.wordpress.com/portfolio/ Phone: 979-422-8798 1294 Buckingham Gate Blvd, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 Fully authorized to work in US (green card holder) HIGHLIGHTS 3+ years of industrial experience in leading/managing R&D projects and working with cross-functional teams, including experts from marketing, regulatory, chemistry in a startup company. 6+ years of experience in non-thermal plasma technology development and fundamental research (e.g., characterization of plasma physical/chemical/optical/electrical properties). Hands-on experience in ultra-high vacuum system for nanofilm deposition and nanoparticle fabrication. Thin film/semiconductor fabrication including photolithography, wet etch, PVD, and PECVD. CMOS-MEMS device design (mask layout), simulation, fabrication, and testing. Software engineering, including application development, data processing, and GUI design using C++. Numerical modeling, image processing, controller design, and programming using MATLAB/Simulink. EDUCATION Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA Dec 2012 Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (Advisor: Dr. David Staack) GPA: 3.89/4.0 National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan Jul 2006 Master of Science, Power Mechanical Engineering (Advisor: Dr. Rongshun Chen) GPA: 4.0/4.0 National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan Jun 2004 Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.5/4.0 EXPERIENCE Senior Scientist Plasma Engineer, EP Technologies LLC, Akron, OH Dec 2012-present Founding Team Member o Joined company as the 2nd employee, set up the lab, led and participated in hiring processes, and demonstrated technical feasibilities of key focused areas by intensive hands-on experiments. o Create intellectual properties for new/unique biomedical devices or applications. Technical Project Lead o Led technical team to develop new surface modification and functionalization process on polymers using atmospheric-pressure cold plasma. o Lead technical team to develop novel decontamination approaches using plasma technology. o Work with marketing to define system specification, develop requirement, and test plans. o Participated in mapping out EPA and FDA regulatory pathways. Key Technical Contributor o Invent/develop/scale up various lab prototypes and design/execute studies using the prototypes. o Investigate the effect of plasma-induced electric field and chemical species on plasmaporation. o Measure pulsed-driven plasma electrical properties, including voltage/current pulse duration, rising time, amplitude, frequency, and charge transfer, using high-speed oscilloscope. o Characterize plasma-produced long-lived and short-lived chemical species using FTIR, UV-Vis, colorimetric assay, and fluorescent dyes and model the chemical reactions using MATLAB. o Characterize the adhesion property of plasma-deposited films on polymer parts using tensile testing. o Evaluate various chemical formulations (e.g., acid/H2O2/NO2 system) for rapid sporicidal efficacy. o Investigate the interaction between chemical species and cells (mammalian and bacterial cells). o Developed a Windows desktop application with required algorithm to automatically modify G-code files for 3D printing using C++ and MFC. o Incorporated JMP (DOE/Statistics software) in projects to randomize experiments and conduct significant tests. Key Accomplishments: Drove company growth from 4 people to 17 people. Pioneered rapid sporicidal methods with efficacy 90 times faster than the current technology. Lead inventor for 1 granted patent & 8 patent applications.
- 2. Tsai resume, 2 Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Dec 2009-Dec 2012 Dissertation: Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) on Living Substrates: o Developed a new thin-film deposition technique (AP-PECVD) to grow polymer films (e.g., PMMA) and metal film (e.g., copper) in open air conditions on temperature-sensitive substrates, such as porcine skin and fingernail, using helium plasma jets. o Characterized plasma deposited films using SEM, AFM, XPS, and FT-IR and correlated film properties to plasma processing parameters e.g., gas flow rate, power, and precursor concentration. o Measured ionization wave propagation, plasma breakdown phenomenon, excited species, and rotational/vibrational temperature using ICCD camera imaging and optical emission spectroscopy. o Investigated the effect of the precursor type and reactor configuration on the plasma mode change. o Performed voltage, current, and charge measurement using high-speed oscilloscope and created Lissajous curves for plasma power computation. o Applied plasma jets onto agar cultured with E. coli or B. glumae to study the antimicrobial efficacy and the bacterial inhibition property. Other Projects: o Fabricated carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles, and microstructured metal/polymer composite films. o Developed multiple plasma systems for continuous or batch processes to disinfect plant seed. o Modeled argon plasma using COMSOL and calculated particle motion, kinetics, and reaction rate in non-thermal plasma systems. o Determined process parameters in photolithography processes for fabrication of ultra-high frequency plasma switches. o Developed a GUI using Labview to read plasma-produced ozone concentration in an HVAC system. Key Accomplishments: Research results led to 1 granted patent and 4 peer-reviewed journal papers. Awarded NATEA-Dallas 2011 Scholarship Honorable Mentions. Full-Time Research Assistant, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Jan 2008-Jul 2009 Tool Owner of Ultra-High Vacuum Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) System o Dissembled and cleaned a molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system which had severe oil contamination. o Upgraded the MBE by purchasing a cryopump and installing it to the system. o Tested vacuum leakage on all the flanges and baked out the chamber to release the adsorbed particles. o Troubleshot any issues related to hardware such as manipulator, pump and ion gauge. Study of Magnetic Properties of Nanomaterials o Fabricated semiconductor (e.g., silicon, antimony, and bismuth) nanofilms and nanoparticles using e- beam evaporation and low-temperature K-cells in the MBE system. o Characterized the dimensions and structures of the nanomaterials using SEM and XRD, and investigated their room-temperature ferromagnetism using VSM (vibrating sample magnetometer). Key Accomplishments: The upgraded MBE can reach down to 10-10 Torr with liquid nitrogen and can be used to grow materials with low evaporation temperature. Published 1 journal paper. Graduate Research Assistant, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan Sep 2004-Jul 2006 Thesis: Design and Control of 2D Vertical Comb-Drive Micromirrors in an Optical-Tweezers System o Designed mask layouts for 2-D CMOS-MEMS vertical comb-drive micromirrors using Cadence. o Fabricated micromirrors using wet etching processes to remove the sacrificial layers. o Modeled micro-devices using CoventorWare and ANSYS to simulate their static, dynamic, and electrostatic performances. o Analytically modeled the micromirror system and designed and developed its non-linear controller based on sliding and adaptive control methods using MATLAB/Simulink. o Designed and developed a GUI software with a real-time image processing function for cell recognition in the optical-tweezers system using MATLAB. Key Accomplishments: MEMS layout designs accepted and implemented by TSMC 0.35袖m 2P4M CMOS MEMS technology. Honored with 2006 Phi Tau Phi Member (1st place in Mechanical Engineering masters program).
- 3. Tsai resume, 3 Undergraduate Researcher, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan Feb 2003-Dec 2003 Project: Development of an Excimer Laser Based Submicron Fabrication System and Its Application to Manufacturing of Metallic Free-Form Micro Mold o Developed a computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software which can display 3D models, allow users to zoom in/out and rotate the model, and simulate fabrication processes for an excimer laser micromachining system using C++/MFC with OpenGL. Key Accomplishments: 3rd place in the National Contest of Student Project. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS Programming/Design/Modeling Software C/C++, Python, MATLAB/Simulink, LabVIEW, Arduino, Cadence Virtuoso, AutoCAD, Pro-E, COMSOL, CoventorWare, ANSYS, PSPICE, PartSim Semiconductor/Thin-Film Process Mask Design, PECVD, Physical Vapor Deposition, Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE), Ultra-High Vacuum Technology, Wet Bench, Photolithography Metrology Oscilloscope, High-Speed ICCD Imaging, Profilometer, SEM, AFM, XRD, FTIR, XPS, UV-Vis Spectroscopy, Optical Emission Spectroscopy, Photomultiplier Relevant Courses/Trainings Fundamental Material Science Engineering, Thin Film Science & Technology, Polymer Physical Properties, MEMS Design, JMP PUBLICATIONS Y.-K. Jo, J. Cho, T.-C. Tsai, D. Staack, et al., A Non-thermal Plasma Seed Treatment Method for Management of a Seedborne Fungal Pathogen on Rice Seed, Crop Science, vol. 54, pp. 796 (2014). T.-C. Tsai, J. Cho, K. Mcintyre, Y.-K. Jo, and D. Staack, Polymer Film Deposition on Agar Using a Dielectric Barrier Discharge Jet and its Bacterial Growth Inhibition, Applied Physics Letters, vol. 101, pp. 074107 (2012). T.-C. Tsai and D. Staack, Characteristics of Precursor-Dependent Breakdown in Helium Dielectric Barrier Discharge Jet, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol. 40, pp. 2931 (2012). T.-C. Tsai and D. Staack, Low-Temperature Polymer Deposition in Ambient Air Using a Floating- Electrode Dielectric Barrier Discharge Jet, Plasma Processes and Polymers, vol. 8, pp. 523 (2011). T.-C. Tsai, Y. M. Lan, Y. C. Chi, M. S. Lee, K. L. You, and Y. Liou, Magnetism in Semiconductor Nanoparticles: Ge Nanopartilces for Example, Taiwan Nano Newsletter (2009). PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION Reviewer, Cellulose Guest Reviewer, Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry PUBLISHED/GRANTED PATENTS Kalghatgi S, Tsai T, Antonakas D, Gray R, inventers; EP Technologies LLC, assignee. Method and apparatus for intracellular and intercellular delivery of molecules, drugs, vaccines and the like. United State patent application, US20150209595 A1. 2014 Jan. 30. Kalghatgi S, Antonakas D, Tsai T, Gray R, inventers; EP Technologies LLC, assignee. Methods and apparatus for delivery of molecules across layers of tissue. United State patent application, US20150094647 A1. 2013 Sep. 27. Tsai T, Kalghatgi S, Antonakas D, Gray R, inventers; EP Technologies LLC, assignee. Methods and solutions for rapidly killing or deactivating spores. United State patent application, US20160022850 A1. 2013 Mar 15. Tsai T, Kalghatgi S, Antonakas D, Gray R, inventers; EP Technologies LLC, assignee. Methods and solutions for killing or deactivating bacteria. United State patent application, US20140271354 A1. 2013 Mar. 15. Staack D, Tsai T, inventers; The Texas A&M University System, assignee. Plasma Treatment and Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition onto Temperature Sensitive Biological Materials. United States patent, US8920361 B2. 2011 Apr 5.