Joanne Forziati

Optimized tuneable optical devices for a variety government customers.

Spend time in Class 100 cleanroom working on TOD.

Research and development GVD. Working directly with development engineering. Coating, prototyping and development. Responsible for polymer chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system operations. Working with highly conformal dielectrics coating. Hydrophobic and lubricious

coatings, electrowetting and multilayer coatings.

Responsible for processing materials for customers' projects and complex devices. These include microfluidic pillar arrays and infra red sensors. Performed critical lithography. Ran metal system processes.

STS specialty etching systems as well. Very familiar SEM. Operated and certified on equipment in nanofab facilities at both Harvard and UML.

I was also Lead on safety and environmental requirements. Certified DOT and manifesting.

Responsibilities included - running waste water treatment. Deactivating ampules utilizing glove boxes. Cleaning of ampules using solvents and acid. Rebuilding ampules, leak test checking. Operation of high vacuum systems for process control requirements.

Performed critical procedures using pyrophoric chemical managing the associated safety requirements.

Research and development - dealt mainly with nanowires for Black Silicon solar cells.

Patents include:

10629759 - metal assisted etch combined with regularizing etch.

10269995 - screen printing electrical contacts to nanostructures.

9911878 - metal assisted etch combined with regularizing etch.

9783895 - double etched nanowire process.

9768331 - screen printing electrical contacts to nanowire area.