Chuck L.

Experience

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  Westinghouse Savannah River Company / E. I. DuPont

  Sept 1988 - Oct 1990

  Engineer

  Provided technical support for fissile material production, storage, and movement operations: direct supervision of operations, occasional troubleshooting, review and revision of operating procedures and nuclear criticality safety controls, process safety reviews, and root-cause analysis of operating incidents

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  Matheson Gas Products / Bandgap Chemical Corporation

  Nov 1990 - Apr 1996

  Facilities Project Engineer / Process Engineer

  – Directed production personnel in the operation of a high-purity WF6 pilot-plant– Designed and supervised construction of the fluorine production sub-system for a new WF6 production facility – Assumed engineering responsibilities for the entire facility after plant start-up: process design and modification, specification and selection of equipment and materials, training and occasional supervision of operations personnel, process troubleshooting, and field installations– Represented engineering group as member of company Emergency Response Team Show less

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  Chinese Shao-Lin Center

  Sept 1993 - Mar 2008

  Student

  Enthusiastic student for over 14 yearsAchieved rank of 4th Degree Black BeltFrequent assistant with instruction and daily operationsAdded value to school by helping to create new product designs and by arranging for production and delivery of said products (Titanium Chopsticks, Sun & Moon Forks, Daggers)

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  MKS Instruments

  Apr 1996 - Mar 2009

  Heater Applications Engineer

  – Expanded HPS heater product lines to encompass more standard HPS components and a significantly larger range of piping sizes, facilitating entry into the Asian market.– Spurred the growth of HPS Heater product sales in Japan by fielding requests for quotation from MKS Japan and through persistent teamwork, working closely with MKS Japan’s applications engineer to enhance our understanding of Japanese customer requirements.– Led engineering project team for first $1M heater quote and sale through MKS Japan.– Contributed expandable modular functionality for Multiple Heater Control System product, adding to breadth of patent application. Patent US7932480B2 was awarded April 26, 2011.– Co-invented “Aluminum Adapter” concept and product to facilitate heat transfer into small and/or irregularly-shaped process components, enabling MKS to deliver process solutions for previously unconsidered portions of the semiconductor market.– Shortened customer wait times, from request to quote, by devising a comprehensive part-numbering system for our flagship heater product line.– Originated concept for manufacturing system productivity tools for entering new part numbers and bills of material, saving the company hundreds of hours of administrative data-entry time and engineering review time.– Conducted training for sales and applications personnel, increasing their comfort with the more technically challenging aspects of preparing customized Heater product quotes. Show less

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  Matheson

  Oct 2009 - Jun 2019

  Manufacturing Engineer

  UHP Equipment Manufacturing - Contract Manufacturing - Manufacturing of Ultra-High Purity Gas Delivery EquipmentDeveloper or Co-developer of:– New Product Introduction Process– Engineering Change Request System– Non-Conforming Material (Quarantine and Disposition) Process– Repair of Reworkable Non-Conforming Material (with subsequent validation)– Deviation Authorization and ControlExperience with:– Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams– Test Manifold Design and Fabrication– Test Equipment Component Specification– Automated Test Equipment Design, Performance, and Reliability– LabVIEW Test Sequence Editing (shamefully old versions, sadly)– Test Equipment Pressure Transducer Calibration– VIC MS40 Dry Helium Leak Detectors and Helium Leak Detection– Class 10 Clean Room Welding Operations– Fixtures for Creation of UHP Weldments with Check Valves– Class 1000 Clean Room Assembly Operations– Clean Room Environment Particle Measurement– Product Gas Stream Particle Measurement– Corrective and Preventive Action, Root Cause Analysis, Ishikawa (Fishbone) Diagrams, 5 Whys– FMEA– First Pass Yield Metrics– Lean Manufacturing, Kanban, 5S– Crimping (including contact and tool specifications, training, assembly records, and sampling for pull-testing) Show less

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  MKS Instruments

  Jun 2019 - now

  • Principal Mechanical Engineer

    Aug 2024 - now

  • Sr. Mechanical Engineer

    Jun 2019 - Aug 2024