Dr. Fred O. Meyer III
1817 W. College
Sherman, TX 75090
Mobile Phone: 903-819-4416
Home E-mail: f3meyer@texoma.net
Professional Objective:
A responsible position as an engineering
manager, silicon engineer, silicon technologist or a quality engineer.
Skills:
- Silicon
wafer characterization, contaminant analysis, defect analysis,
- Silicon
wafer engineering, process and product development
- Management
of exempt and non-exempt employees
- 8D
Quality claim problem solving and statistical process control (SPC)
- Work
well in global, culturally diverse settings
- Strong
communications, math, and computer skills
Experience:
- September 2005-November 2005:
Contract Quality Engineer for Belcan Technical Services working at SumcoUSA
on epi resistivity measurement issues.
- November
2000-April 2005: Applications Engineering Manager for Komatsu Silicon America.
Responsibilities included being the direct customer contact for technical
and quality issues. Technical issues included specification review and wafer
production process capability. Quality issues included working through the
8D process to resolve customer quality claims. Worked with Sematech
contributing to the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors.
- July
1995-October 2000: Development Engineer (Member, Technical Staff) at
MEMC Southwest, Sherman
TX. Responsibilities
included characterization physical properties of silicon wafers, contaminant
analysis and defect analysis. Managed laboratory equipment and personel.
Developed and maintained product databases. Developed knowledge of wafer
cleaning and contaminant sources. Contributed to the International
Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors.
- February
1984 – July 1995: Development Engineer (Member, Group Technical
Staff) for Silicon Products Department, Texas Instruments, Sherman, TX.
. Responsibilities included characterization physical properties of
silicon wafers, contaminant analysis and defect analysis. Did wafer
problem solving for TI wafer fabs. Managed laboratory equipment and
personel. Was company wide expert on Oi characterization.
Did bulk microdefect simulations and modeling. Contributed to the National
Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors.
·
May 1980 - January 1984: Process
Engineer, then Engineering Section Manager in Silicon Products Department at Texas Instruments, Sherman.
Responsibilities included process engineering for sililcon crystal growth,
crystal prep, wafer sawing, and pre-polish wafer processing. Managed other
engineers and engineering technicians. Managed large diameter crystal growth and
crystal bulk property improvement projects.
·
August 1979 - May 1980: Visiting
Assistant Professor in Physics Department at North
Texas State
University, Denton, Tx 76201. Research topic: Rotation in
rigid internal rotor molecules.
·
August 1978 - August 1979: Post Doctoral
Associate at Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, TX.
Research topic: Extension of the Curvilinear Internal Coordinate formulation of
vibration-rotational energies in molecules.
·
July 1973 - December 1974: Process
Engineer in start-up of silicon crystal growth area at Texas Instruments, Sherman, TX.
Supervised engineering technicians. Also Production Supervisor in crystal
growth area with large crew of production operators.
Publications, Patents, Papers:
- 7
published articles, 1 patent, 8 presented papers. List available on
request.
Education:
- Doctor
of Philosophy in Physics from the University
of North Texas, Denton, Tx 76201 in December 1978.
Dissertation topic: Molecular vibration and Eckart Frame motions.
- Master
of Arts in Physics from the University
of North Texas in
May 1973. Thesis topic: Quantum size effects in thin films.
- Bachelor
of Science in Physics from Lamar University, Beaumont, Tx
in August 1970. Minor in mathematics.
Professional Society Memberships:
Electrochemical Society.