1. SHINOBU
NAGATA
Citizenship:
United
States
(804)-­‐239-­‐7483
•
shinobs1@icloud.com
www.linkedin.com/in/shinobu-­‐nagata-­‐954b7327
SUMMARY
Senior
Scientist
with
5
years
of
experience
in
new
process
development
of
crystalline
solar
cells.
Applies
innovative
approach
to
data
parameterization
for
detail-­‐oriented
statistical
analysis
with
hands
on
fabrication
and
characterization
towards
new
process
development.
Core
competencies
include:
Silicon
solar
cells
×
Wet
Etch
and
Clean
process
development
×
Material
Science
×
Design
of
Experiments
(DOE)
×
Statistical
Process
Control
(SPC)
×
Thin
films
×
Passivation
×
New
process
development
INDUSTRIAL
AND
ACADEMIC
EXPERIENCE
NanoGram
Corporation
(subsidiary
of
Teijin),
Milpitas,
CA
Senior
Scientist
April
2016-­‐
Present
• Identified
process
limits
of
laser
pyrolysis
for
the
achievable
BET
surface
area,
XRD
crystal
size
of
silicon
nanoparticles,
and
production
yield.
• Identified
material
aging
and
degradation
with
Statistical
Process
Control
(SPC).
• Performed
Design
of
Experiments
(DOE)
with
JMP
to
generate
predictive
models
of
material
screen
printing
properties
to
reduce
actual
screen
printing
efforts.
Device
Engineer
September
2011-­‐
April
2016
• Planned
and
executed
DOE
to
identify
electrical/chemical
interaction
of
dopant/passivation
thin
film
stack
and
developed
wet
etch
process
to
achieve
wafer
carrier
lifetime
improvement
of
over
2ms.
• Characterized
nanoparticle
interaction
chemistry
between
various
solvents
through
SEM,
EDS,
and
XPS
to
identify
necessary
formulations
for
use
in
crystalline
silicon
solar
cells.
• Generated
Matlab
scripts
to
code
image
processing
software
and
reduced
full
day
optical
characterization
efforts
to
less
than
a
minute
allowing
efficient
statistical
process
control
(SPC)
in
production
phase.
• Present
experiment
results,
data,
and
recommendations
on
a
weekly
basis
to
chief
members
and
guest
collaborators
in
order
to
pipeline
team
progress
towards
successful
device
fabrication
and
product
development.
Energy
Conversion
Systems
Laboratory,
Richmond,
VA
Research
Assistant
June
2007-­‐
September
2011
• Demonstrated
the
first
MEH-­‐PPV:PCBM
based
organic
photovoltaics
in
nanofiber
structure
through
Electrospinning
towards
wearable
photovoltaics.
• Developed
co
planar
bi-­‐metallic
interdigitated
electrodes
through
photolithography
in
clean
room
for
spin
on
organic
photovoltaics.
• Developed
magnetic
TiO2
in
collaboration
with
visiting
Egyptian
scholars
for
organic
photovoltaics.
Virginia
Commonwealth
University,
Department
of
Physics,
Richmond,
VA
Research
Assistant
August
2005-­‐
June
2007
• Identified
spectrums
in
Raman
spectroscopy
to
correlate
lattice
mismatch
stress
of
GaN,
and
ZnO
thin
films.
Liquid
Crystal
Materials
Research
Center
(LCMRC),
Boulder,
CO
Professional
Research
Assistant
November
2003-­‐
August
2005
• Achieved
below
1%
detection
level
of
Enantiomeric
Excess
measurement
in
development
of
Chirality
detector,
a
high
accuracy
characterization
method
for
liquid
crystalline
nanoscale
medical
drug
measurement
system.
• Worked
as
a
resource
for
multiple
research
groups
to
prepare
nano
to
micro
scale
liquid
crystal
sampling
cell.
EDUCATION
Virginia
Commonwealth
University,
Richmond,
VA
PhD:
Mechanical
Engineering
July
2011
MS:
Applied
Physics
May
2007
University
of
Colorado,
Boulder,
CO
BA:
Physics
August
2004