Yaxin (Elizabeth) Zheng

- Developing and refining advanced processes for CMOS image sensors (CIS) - Working in close collaboration with silicon foundry, design engineers, and characterization engineers to define and improve CIS silicon, colour, and packaging processes and technology - Analyzing silicon characterization bench, and wafer level data, applied towards improving CIS fabrication processes

-Designed schematics, layouts (LayoutEditor, KLayout) for nanomaterials-enabled optoelectronics devices (LEDs, photodetectors, solar cells) -Fabricated nanodevices using photolithography (mask aligner, maskless/direct write) and microfabrication techniques; fabrication process completed in-house -Characterized, validated materials and devices using microscopy (SEM, TEM, AFM), optical (PL, UV-Vis, FTIR), electrical (I-V, EQE, photoconductivity) methods -Developed, refined, optimized processes for synthesis, fabrication of novel semiconductor nanomaterials and devices, based on results of materials analysis and device performance

- Onboarded new employees in $12M CAD, 14,000 sq.ft. R&D facility containing wet lab, clean room, pilot line; provided project management, supervision, safety and technical training to 15+ junior researchers - Developed, maintained technical documentation, SOPs for multimillion-dollar equipment; coordinated procurement and maintenance of equipment and facilities - Coordinated purchase, inventory, and disposal of chemicals, hazardous materials with vendors, suppliers, health & safety office, plant operations

- ECE 231/331: Electronic Devices - ECE 209: Electrical and Electronic Properties of Materials - ECE 106: Physics of Electrical Engineering 2 - Various 4 month contracts

- ECE 209: Electrical and Electronic Properties of Materials - Various 4-month contracts - Semiconductor physics, quantum mechanics, optics, chemistry, materials science

-Designed, fabricated QD/EVA polymer nanocomposite materials to enhance performance and durability of commercial silicon solar modules; cell efficiency enhanced by 1% -Analyzed performance of enhanced prototype modules under industry-standard stress, accelerated life, reliability tests -Performed cost analysis of manufacturing; documented results in technical reports, presented in review meetings with government, industry partners -In collaboration with Celestica, Silfab Inc., S2E Technologies

- Developed, fabricated, tested graphene-based supercapacitors for e-textile applications - Documented, gave high-level reports of research progress in English and Mandarin Chinese - Results presented in IEEE IMWS-Bio 2013, published in J. Mater. Chem.

- Created localization and validation test cases for multilingual versions of Enterprise Content Management software on Windows, Linux and Unix platforms - Corresponded with remote team (various international locations) to support manual validation testing of ECM software module localization releases

- Automated the testing of a CDMA OAM System, lab equipment using Expect, TCL and XML - Collaborated remotely with international team (Beijing) to validate, maintain manual sanity testing of an OAM System with frequent builds and releases

- Combined Master of Applied Science (MASc) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis: Scalable Synthesis of Less-Toxic Colloidal Copper Indium Sulfide Quantum Dots and Application to Optoelectronic Device Architectures

- Co-op program - Graduated with distinction