Background
PhD // Electrical & Computer Engineering // Dartmouth College, Oct '21
BE // Biomedical Engineering // Dartmouth College, Mar '17
GED // High School Dropout, May '12
BE // Biomedical Engineering // Dartmouth College, Mar '17
GED // High School Dropout, May '12
Dr. Lee received his PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering with a focus on Electronic Materials & Devices in Oct '21 from Dartmouth College at the age of 26. For his PhD dissertation, he was selected as a DOE NNSA LRGF Fellow to work with Los Alamos National Laboratory and pioneered the concept of photon energy attenuation layers (PAL), a new competitor to conventional scintillators, which can dramatically enhance high-energy X-ray signals on semiconductor devices such as Si CMOS image sensors (CIS) as one of the many ongoing stockpile stewardship projects for the DMMSC / MaRIE facility. During this pursuit, Dr. Lee specialized in novel X-ray Si CIS fabrication process engineering, covering all steps including deposition, etch, and patterning with PAL integration.
In parallel, Dr. Lee also studied Monte Carlo methods for high energy density physics and solar-selective absorbers for concentrated solar power (CSP) systems for his doctoral dissertation work. As an undergraduate, he was trained as a biomedical device engineer and took part in inventing a novel cerebral shunt valve for hydrocephalus treatment.
After leaving academia and government, Dr. Lee has returned to Applied Materials, where he previously worked at and collaborated with during his graduate career for dry etch process development with the Varian Business Unit, and is currently with the Dielectric Deposition Products Business Unit as an Account Technologist, driving disruptive dielectric chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process and hardware projects for next generation advanced logic (GAA) and memory (3D NAND flash, DRAM) devices for Korea region semiconductor chipmakers.
In parallel, Dr. Lee also studied Monte Carlo methods for high energy density physics and solar-selective absorbers for concentrated solar power (CSP) systems for his doctoral dissertation work. As an undergraduate, he was trained as a biomedical device engineer and took part in inventing a novel cerebral shunt valve for hydrocephalus treatment.
After leaving academia and government, Dr. Lee has returned to Applied Materials, where he previously worked at and collaborated with during his graduate career for dry etch process development with the Varian Business Unit, and is currently with the Dielectric Deposition Products Business Unit as an Account Technologist, driving disruptive dielectric chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process and hardware projects for next generation advanced logic (GAA) and memory (3D NAND flash, DRAM) devices for Korea region semiconductor chipmakers.
Current Technical Interests & Expertise
- Carbon & oxide CVD / PECVD process for advanced logic & memory
- Dielectric CVD patterning application (gapfill & hardmask) process and capital equipment technology for advanced logic & memory
- CVD process integration in current & next generation devices
See CV for more details