KATHRYN A. MINDER

1236 Chicago Ave • Unit 505

Evanston, IL   60202

(847) 431-3325 • kathryn@ieee.org

www.kathrynminder.com

OBJECTIVE

Experienced researcher and developer seeking a position in a semiconductor or optoelectronics field that will utilize my strong interdisciplinary skills that are inherent to the aggressive work environment of Northwestern University's Center for Quantum Devices.

EDUCATION

Northwestern University

2002-present

Evanston, IL

•   PhD candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Center for Quantum Devices (GPA 3.818/4.000)

•   Expected Graduation June 2007

Northwestern University

2000-2002

Evanston, IL

•   Received Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (GPA 3.545 /4.000)

Penn State University

1998-1999

University Park, PA

•   Electrical Engineering Major (GPA 3.67/4.00)

RESEARCH

Center for Quantum Devices (CQD)

EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant

2002-present

Evanston, IL

•   Specializing in III-Nitride semiconductor device processing and characterization

•   Processed and hybridized the CQD's solar-blind Focal Plane Array

•   Processed the CQD's record high power 280 nm, 265 nm, and 250 nm high power UV LEDs

•   Processed the CQD's record high quantum efficiency solar blind photodetector

•   Collaborated with Nanovation SARL to develop processing procedure for ZnO devices

•   Worked with other graduate students to maintain, troubleshoot, and repair CQD equipment

HONORS / AWARDS

•   Motorola Fellowship (2003-present)

•   Walter P. Murphy Fellowship (2002-2003)

•   Member of Eta Kappa Nu, Electrical Engineering National Honor Society

•   On Dean's List and Completed Coursework with Honors, Fall Quarter 2000

•   On Dean's List at Penn State for all three semesters

•   Member of National Society of Collegiate Scholars

•   Awarded National Scholarship for Army ROTC

PROFESSIONAL

Communication

SKILLS

•   Give regular lab tours and research presentations for visitors of various technical backgrounds at the CQD

•   Maintained continuous two way dialogue through entire independent project through weekly presentations at engineering meetings while at Cherry Electrical Products

Leadership

•   Mentored two summer interns and two graduate students at the CQD

•   Took responsibility for Base Stations and DIUs in Motorola Radio Network testbed

Teamwork

•   Continuously collaborate with material growth graduate students in order to have an effective feedback loop within my research group

•   Directly collaborated with other developers to efficiently finish the project on schedule at Bluecoat

•   Worked in a team environment for building and testing of the Motorola Radio Network testbed

Self Motivation

•   Have held several contract, work at home positions with no direct supervision

•   Self taught several programming languages

TECHNICAL SKILLS

•   Photolithography

•   Materials Wet & Dry Etching

•   Rapid Thermal Annealing

•   Semiconductor Wafer Cleaning

•   Electron Beam Evaporation

•   Thermal Evaporation

•   Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD)

•   Semiconductor Processing Mask Design

•   Testing and characterization of LEDs, LDs and photodetectors

•   Semiconductor wafer dicing

•   Die bonding

•   Flip-chip hybridization

•   Origin / OriginLab Coding

•   Linux / Unix

•   Mac OSX

•   Windows

•   Word / Powerpoint / Excel

•   PostgreSQL

•   PHP

•   Perl

•   Visual Basic / VBA

•   VI

•   HTML

WORK

Bluecoat Systems

EXPERIENCE

Contract Employee

2006

Evanston, IL

•  Assisted in the development of a dynamically created web page of network statistics using data from an existing security appliance, identified by Blue Coat to be a major hole in their appliance feature list

Edward-Scott

Senior Developer

2004-2005

Evanston, IL

•  Created a dynamic web page for downloading and uploading user files for a web-based English language learning system for crystalclearenglish.com

•  Created a web based facilities management system for the State of Illinois

Motorola

Intern

Winter & Summer, 2001

Schaumburg, IL

•  Assisted in system integration and testing of a new version of Motorola's Radio Network System

Cherry Electrical Products

Intern

Summer 2000

Waukegan, IL

•  Proposed and implemented an organizational system for intra-office engineering documentation system