Stanford University

University of California, Berkeley

Material, Processes, & Physics Engineer at Boeing Research & Technology

Apple

Ecosystem Reliability Engineer

-FEA Engineer specialized in nonlinear stress reliability engineering and multiphysics finite element analysis 
-Develop FEA models on schedule-critical missions that led to corrective actions and revised operating parameters.
- Develop analytical models which directly impacted novel product design and review procedure.
- Develop nonlinear models involving empirical responses including creep, plasticity, visco-plasticity/elasticity,
contact, and friction.
-Perform failure analysis at first principle root cause segmentation on military grade electronic devices.

Boeing Research & Technology

Material, Processes, & Physics Engineer 

-Design, model and test novel MEMs structures for fingerprint sensor and biometric security technology. 
-Developed computation fluid dynamic (CFD) models of microelectromechanical actuator and transducers for acoustics

SITRI

MEMS R&D Intern

-Responsible for the daily operation and maintenance of a scanning tunneling microscope.
-Synthesize nanostructures using CVD, ALD, PVD, and in-situ clean and anneal.
-Perform STM sample preparation and morphology imaging. 
-Characterize synthesized structure’s electronic configuration and properties with spectroscopic techniques. 
-Produced, imaged, and characterized low dimensional materials such as carbon nanotubes, one-dimensional graphene nanoribbons, and two dimensional covalent organic frameworks.

Nicholas Kau