Armando Giannattasio

Experience

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  EL.MAN Circuiti Stampati SpA

  Feb 1998 - Jan 2000

  CAD/CAM Engineer

  Manufacturing of printed circuit boards (PCB). Technical support in the design of PCBs and in writing codes for the manufacturing line.

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  Università degli Studi di Cagliari

  Feb 2000 - Sept 2000

  Research Assistant

  Study and characterization of UV ligth photodetectors (based on silicon or GaAs materials) for medical applications and DNA sequencing.

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  University of Exeter (UK)

  Feb 2004 - Sept 2005

  Research Fellow

  Basic research on optical properties of metallic nano-structures, in particular silver nano-gratings for application in Plasmonics.

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  University of Oxford

  Sept 2005 - Jun 2007

  Research Associate

  Research on fundamental properties of some bcc metals, in particular the transition from brittle to ductile of Tungsten, for applications in next generation nuclear fusion reactors.

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  MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS SpA

  Jul 2007 - Jun 2019

  Associate Fellow, Crystal growth, R&D Project Leader

  R&D projects in the field of silicon single-crystal manufacturing. Crystal growth process and silicon product development, test planning, modelling, statistical data analysis, technical reports. Risk management tools (FMEA, etc.) and general Project Management knowledge. This work needed a good understanding of physics, materials science and mechanical/electrical engineering.

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  Zhongjing (Jiaxing) Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

  Sept 2019 - Feb 2022

  Director, Silicon Crystal R&D

  Start up a brand new silicon crystal manufacturing plant. Development and production of high-quality 300 mm silicon single-crystals and wafers for microelectronics.

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  JRH Microelectronics Co., Ltd

  Mar 2022 - now

  Deputy Director of Technology, Silicon Crystal R&D

  Continuing the strategic work started with ZhongJing/GuoJing Semiconductor: development of 300mm defect-free silicon single-crystals and wafer products for microelectronics