Nima Rouhi

NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL)

Aug 2013 to 2000
Micro-devices Engineer, Postdoc
Novartis / Alcon
Lake Forest, CA
Jul 2012 to Aug 2013
MEMS Engineer
University of California
Irvine, CA
Jan 2012 to Jul 2012
Research Scientist

University of California
Irvine, CA
2007 to 2011
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
University of Tehran
2005 to 2007
M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering
University of Tehran
2001 to 2005
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
2013
PostDoc Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics

Cleanroom processes and equipment: Manufacturing tools, Etch (Wet, Dry), DRIE, RIE, Sputtering, Thermal / e-beam Evaporator, Photolithography, e-beam Lithography, CVD, PECVD, ALD, Metals, Yield, Failure, Reliability, Integration, silicon and Pyrex bonding, Chemical/Mechanical Polishing (CMP), Ashing, Micro-Fluidic Channel, PMMA, PDMS Casting, SEM, AFM, FTIR, Raman, Con-focal Microscope, 3D profilometer, Wyko, Dektak, Growth, Annealing, and Oxidation Furnaces. Electrical characterization: Oscilloscope, Spectrum Analyzer and Calibration Kits (S-param measurement), I-V and C-V measurements, Function Generator, Digital Multi-meter, etc. Programming languages: C++, MATLAB, and Macromedia Freehand. Simulation tools: L-Edit, Maxplus, PSPICE, HSPICE, Microwind, DSCH.

University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA
2007 to Dec 2011
Graduate Student Researcher
University of Tehran

2005 to 2007
Research Assistant

University of California
Irvine, CA
Jan 2007 to Jan 2011
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering

Clean room processes and equipments: Manufacturing, PECVD, e-beam Evaporator, Sputtering, Photolithography, e-beam Lithography, Metals, Yield, Failure analysis, Integration, RIE, SEM, AFM, MA-6 Mask Aligner, Trion, STS, Con-focal Microscope, Dektak. Electrical characterization tools: Oscilloscope, Spectrum Analyzer and Calibration Kits, Keithley apparatus for I-V and C-V measurements, Function Generator, Digital Multi-meter. Professional experience in carbon nanotube-based transistor fabrication and printed electronics and required measurements (data analysis). Professional experience in Graphene-based devices and Graphene membrane used for bio-devices. Professional experience in fabrication of Microfluidic channels using PDMS casting technique. Professional experience in Carbon Nanotube growth for carbon-based field emission transistors. Extensive experience in fabrication of low temperature thin film transistors (Oxide growth) by Hydrogenation assisted nano-crystallization. Experience in low temperature crystallization of a-Si using a novel hydrogen-assisted technique. Experience in Flexible Plasma Display Panels (PDP) on PET. Familiar with standard silicon fabrication technology. Thin-film processes and device fabrication steps, vacuum deposition facilities, UV curable adhesives, various kinds of etching, and flexible substrates. Material characterization: SEM, TEM, AFM, XRD, FTIR, Raman spectroscopy, RBS, Ellipsometry, C-V & I-V. Familiar with Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS). Programming Languages: C++, MATLAB, and Macromedia Freehand. Simulation tools: MicroWave Office, Maxplus, PSPICE, HSPICE, L-Edit, Microwind, DSCH. Programming Micro Controllers, FPGAs and CPLDs.