Thomas Borel

• Leading projects to optimize and facilitate the introduction of manufacturing semiconductor products from development to sustainable & robust production

- Specialist in optimization and development of thin film manufacturing processes - Strong troubleshooting skills shown through multiple 8-D projects and leading 8-D crisis team - Ability to work under pressure, in a fast-paced environment, to meet tight deadlines - Strong knowledge and experience in semiconductor manufacturing control and quality (including SPC, six-sigma policy, control plan, lean manufacturing, PFMEA, MSA, MRB) - Currently developing skills in MEMS process flow integration

• I Fabricate and characterize solid state electronic devices in a class 10000 clean room, with a specialization in organic optoelectronics. • I developed a number of laboratory skills: thin film deposition using (PVD, PECVD, sputtering), spin coating, contact photolithography, dry & wet etching, wet bench skills, dye diffusion, Dektak profilometer, spectroscopy (UV-Vis, photoluminescence, electroluminescence), semiconductor parameters analyser, luminometer.

• Majors: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nanotechnology, Organic Electronics • Thesis: Top-contact Lateral Organic Photodetectors (OPDs) for deep ultraviolet applications. • Courses: Physics and Modeling of Semiconductor Devices (94%), Organic Electronics (97%), Characteristics & Applications of Amorphous Silicon (91%), Fundamentals of Nanotechnology (Solid State Physics and Chemistry (90%), Nanoscale Phenomena (87%)), Nanotechology Tools (Nanoscal Sensing (85%), Spectro-Microscopy (92%)). • Publication: T.Borel, Q. Wang, and H. Aziz, “Factors governing the dark and photo currents in top-contact lateral organic photodetectors.” (in process of submission in Organic Electronics). • Award: Waterloo for Nanotechnology Fellowship (10 000$) awarded to top graduate students pursuing nanotechnology research at UW

France’s top ten Grandes Ecoles with a multidiscipline engineering curriculum. Expected graduation: September 2013 One out of 250 students selected for MASc Double Degree program with the University of Waterloo.