My Résumé

Stephen Keith Remillard

Applied Physicist

Grand Rapids, MI

Cell Phone: 847-274-2762

email: remillard@ieee.org

Research Interests

Microwave electrodynamics of superconductors, Applied superconductivity; Microwave response of dielectrics, for example the medical exploitation of dispersion in biological tissue.

Education

PhD (1993) Physics, Experimental Solid State

MS (1990) The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia

Prof. Harlan E. Schone, advisor

Dissertation: The Effects of Granularity on the Microwave Surface Impedance of High k Superconductors

BS (1988) With Honors in Physics, Minor in Math

Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Prof. David Van Baak, thesis advisor

Thesis: γ-γ Coincidence in Nuclear Decays

Professional Experience

Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI (2005-present)

Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics

Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI (2004-2005)

Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics

Agile Devices, Inc., Evanston, IL (2002-present)

President and Founder

Founded a company to develop microwave metrology of dielectric materials such as aerosols and biological tissues to the point of commercialization. Organized the corporation, provided seed capital, acquired capital equipment, established the facility, set-up the accounting system, developed a research program; coordinate collaborators, write proposals to government agencies, and oversee the R&D program.

ISCO International, Mount Prospect, IL (1994-2003)

Director of Engineering (1998-2003)

Senior Engineer (1994-2003)

§ Built a multi-disciplinary team of about 20 scientists,

engineers,and technicians responsible for

developing superconductive wireless front-end

products.

§ Provided project and technical leadership to EE, mechanical, RF and materials experts.

§ Innovated much of the company’s technology in the past several years, including temperature compensated cryogenic devices, device and system size reduction, and high RF power handling.

§ Managed the company’s large intellectual property portfolio.

§ Coordinated development efforts with team members located in different countries.

§ Involved in new business development in Asia and Latin America.

§ Contributed to the technical due diligence of two business acquisitions.

§ Technical task leader on a NIST funded Advanced Technology Program grant.

The Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC (1992-94)

Graduate student Contractor working on microwave/millimeter

wave resonators.

Bergische Universität Gesamthochschule Wuppertal,

Germany (1991)

Visiting scientist working on thin film physical vapor deposition.

Teaching Experience

Grand Valley State University (2005-present)

Calvin College (2004-2005)

· Electromagnetics

· Physics for Health Science

· Introductory Mechanics

· Classroom and Laboratory Instruction

ISCO International (1994-2003)

· While also performing engineering duties, I organized and taught courses for science and engineering colleagues, including an 8 week course on superconductivity.

· Mentored junior scientists and engineers.

The College of William and Mary (1988-1993)

· Served my faculty advisor by supervising undergraduate students engaged in senior research and REU projects. Developed the research plans with these students, collaborated with them, and supported them all the way through their thesis defense. Several of these students finished with high honors.

· Instructor for: Modern Physics Lab (2^nd and 3^rd year physics majors), general physics lab, analog electronics, digital electronics, physics for non-science majors.

Calvin College (1985-1988)

Undergraduate assistant in general physics lab, homework

grader, tutorial sessions.

Service and Memberships

· Referee for IEEE and other technical journals.

· Session chair at Applied Superconductivity Conference, SPIE Conference and HTSHFF.

· Grand Awards Judge, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

· Reviewer for National Science Foundation proposals.

· Member of American Association of Physics Teachers; American Physical Society; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; American Scientific Affiliation.

Technical Experience

nFamiliarity with materials science gained through interdisciplinary R&D.

nBackground in dielectric materials for microwave applications.

nFamiliar with the principles of vacuum and cryogenics.

nStatistical methods of reliability engineering.

nDesigned commercial microwave filters, such as bandpasses,

notches and multiplexers.

nMastery of RF and microwave test procedures.

nElectromagnetic modeling using HFSS and IE3D.

nCertain microelectronic device fabrication methods, such as wire bonding.

nCircuit design using EagleWare Genesys.

nTen years of experience with project management.

Other Experiences

§ NATO Advanced Studies Institutes: Microwave Superconductivity, France, Sept. 1999; Superconducting Electronics, New Hampshire, Aug. 1992; Superconducting Materials, Scotland, July 1991.

§ Los Alamos National Laboratory: Researched ceramic thick film fabrication, 1990.

§ Read, write and sometimes speak French; basic proficiency in Japanese.

§ Enjoy traveling and have considerable foreign travel experience.

Continuing Education Courses Attended:

· ASME/Northwestern U. NanoTech Training Bootcamp, 2004.

· Oakton Comm College Small Business Accounting, 2003.

· Georgia Tech RF and Wireless Engineering, 1998.

· UCLA Advanced Long-Life Cryocoolers, 1997.

· UCLA Electromagnetic Field Simulators, 1996.

Refereed Publications

Stephen K. Remillard, Piotr O. Radzikowski, Sean Cordone, David S. Applegate, Arun Mehrotra, J. David Kokales and Amr Abdelmonem, A Closed Slot-Line Resonator Filter, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, 14, no. 5, 234-236, (2004).

H.R. Yi, S.K. Remillard, and A. Abdelmonem, A Novel Ultra-Compact Resonator for Superconducting Thin-Film Filters, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 51, no. 12, 2290-2296, (2003).

S. K. Remillard, H.R. Yi and Amr Abdelmonem, Three-Tone Intermodulation

Distortion Generated by Superconducting Bandpass Filters , IEEE Transactions

on Applied Superconductivity, 13, 3797 (2003). [pdf 300KB]

H.R. Yi, S.K. Remillard, and A. Abdelmonem, A Superconducting Thin Film Filter of Very High Wide-Band Rejection Proceedings of the International Microwave Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, June 9-13, 2003, pp.1893-1896.

S.K. Remillard, A. Abdelmonem, D.S. Applegate, P.R. Radzikowski, and N.Lazzaro, Field Deployable Microwave Filters Made from YBa₂Cu₃O_7-_δ Thick Films, Journal of Superconductivity, 14, 47 (2001).

P.A. Smith, T.W. Button, J. Holmes, G. Dolman, C. Meggs, S.K. Remillard and J.D. Hodge, YBCO Thick Films for High Q Resonators, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 7, 1763 (1997).

T.W. Button, P.A. Smith, G. Dolman, C. Meggs, S.K. Remillard, J.D. Hodge, S.J. Penn, and N.McN. Alford, Properties and Applications of Thick Film High Temperature Superconductors, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 44, 1356 (1996).

M. Feng, F. Gao, Z. Zhou, J. Kruse, M. Heins, J. Wang, S. Remillard, R. Lithgow, M. Scharen, A. Cardona and R. Forse, HTS Resonators and Switches: Design, Fabrication and Characterization, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 44, 1347 (1996).

Stephen K. Remillard, L.J. Klemptner, James D. Hodge, Ted A. Freeman, Paul A. Smith, and Tim W. Button, Generation of Intermodulation Products by Granular YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x Thick Films, Proceedings of the SPIE Conference on High-Temperature Microwave Superconductors and Applications, 2559, San Diego, CA, USA, July 9-14, (1995).

G. Lenters, S. Platt, S. Remillard, J. Kooistra, and J.B. Van Zytveld, The Thermoelectric Power of Solid and Liquid Gadolinium, J. Physics: Condensed Matter, 6, 3653 (1994)

S.K. Remillard, M.E. Reeves, F.J. Rachford, and S.A. Wolf, The Surface Impedance of Granular High Temperature Superconductors in DC Magnetic Fields: Relationship to Frequency Dependence, Journal of Applied Physics, 75, 4103 (1994).

D.B. Opie, M.E. Read, S.K. Remillard, M.J. Brown, W.J. Kossler, H.E. Schone, T.W. Button, and N. McAlford, Magnetic Shielding by YBa₂Cu₃O_7--_δ Thick Films, IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 3, 189 (1993).

S.K. Remillard, P.N. Arendt, and N.E. Elliott, Electrophoretic Deposition of TlBaCaCuO and Bi₂ Sr₂CaCu₂O_x Thick Films, Physica C, 177, 345 (1991).

Pending Publications

“Superconducting Microwave Filters,” book chapter for a book on microwave filters currently being prepared by request, K. Zaki (U. of Md.), editor, anticipated publication in 2005.

S.K. Remillard and Sean Cordone, A Review of HTS Thick Film Microwave Filter Technology, Journal of Superconductivity, accepted for publication.

Other Publications

Stephen K. Remillard, Superconducting Filters Tackle Digital, Electronic Engineering Times, March 30, 1998, p. 122.

S.K. Remillard, The Effects of Granularity on the Microwave Surface Impedance of High κ Superconductors, Doctoral Dissertation, The College of William and Mary (1993).

Patents

Amr Abdelmonem, Stephen K. Remillard, Scott C. Bundy, Jonathan R. Scupin and Michael W. Cromar, Dual-Duplexed Tower Top Front End for a Radio Transceiver System; U.S. Patent number 6,959,206; October 25, 2005.

Amr Abdelmonem and Stephen K. Remillard, Duplexed Front-End for a Radio Transceiver System; U.S. Patent number 6,501,353; December 31, 2002.

Stephen K. Remillard, et al., Electromagnetic resonator; U.S. Patent number 6,208,227; March 27, 2001.

Stephen K. Remillard, et al., Aperture having First and Second Slots for Coupling Split-Ring Resonators; U.S. Patent number 6,137,381; October 24, 2000.

Stephen K. Remillard and James D. Hodge, Stripline Resonator using High-Temperature Superconductor Components; U.S. Patent number 6,021,337; December, 1999.

James D. Hodge and Stephen K. Remillard, High-Purity Polycrystalline Alumina Cryogenic Dielectric; U.S. Patent number 5,987,341; November 1999.

Stephen K. Remillard, et al., Aperture for Coupling in an Electromagnetic Filter; U.S. patent number 5,909,159; June 1, 1999.

Conference Presentations

S.K. Remillard and Sean Cordone, HTS Thick Film Filters Revealed, Invited Talk, High Temperature Superconductors in High Frequency Fields 2004 (HTS-HFF2004), Begur, Girona, Spain, May, 2004.

A. P. Zhuravel, A. V. Ustinov, K. S. Harshavardhan, S. K. Remillard, and Steven M. Anlage (presenting author), Imaging of RF Current Distribution and Intermodulation Sources in Superconducting Microwave Devices, American Physical Society, Montreal, Quebec, March Meeting, March 2004.

Alexander P. Zhuravel (presenting author), Stephen Remillard, Steven M. Anlage, Alexey V. Ustinov, Spatially Resolved Analysis of Microwave and Intermodulation Current Flow Across a HTS Resonator Using Low Temperature Laser Scanning Microscopy [pdf] Kharkov Symposium on Physics and Engineering of Microwaves, Millimeter, and Submillimeter Waves (MSMW’04), Kharkov, Ukraine.

A. P. Zhuravel, A. V. Ustinov, K. S. Harshavardhan, S. K. Remillard, and Steven M. Anlage (presenting author), Microscopic Imaging of RF Current Distribution and Intermodulation Sources in Superconducting Microwave Devices, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Dec. 2003.

H.R. Yi, , A. Abdelmonem, and S.K. Remillard (presenting author), A Superconducting Thin Film Filter of Very High Wide-Band Rejection, Proceedings of the International Microwave Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, June 9-13, 2003.

S.K. Remillard (presenting author), Sean Cordone, Piotr Radzikowski and Amr Abdelmonem, 3-Tone Intermodulation Distortion in HTS Filters, Poster presentation, HTS-HFF-2002, Woods Hole, MA, June 9-12, 2002.

S.K. Remillard (presenting author) and A. Abdelmonem, Cryogenic Front-Ends for Wireless Base Stations, Invited Talk, International Conference on Applications of Superconductors in Electronics, Communications and Computing, Boston, November, 2001.

S.K. Remillard, Field Deployable Microwave Filters Made from YBa₂Cu₃O_7-_δ Thick Films, Invited Talk, High Temperature Superconductors in High Frequency Fields 2000 (HTS-HFF2000), Capri, Italy, June, 2000.

Nan Chen (presenting author), L.J. Klemptner, Qiang Huang, Steve Remillard, C.L. Tremper, P.M. Winandy and J.D. Hodge, Reactive Sintering of YBa₂Cu₃O_X Thick Films on Silver-Plated Stainless Steel Substrates, The American Ceramic Society Conference, 1996.

S.K. Remillard (presenting author) and P.M. Winandy, Granular YBCO Thick Films in High RF Fields, Oral Presentation, American Physical Society, St. Louis, March, 1996.

S.K. Remillard (presenting author), M.E. Reeves, F.J. Rachford, S.A. Wolf, and M. Lavaur, Measurement of the Frequency Dependence of Microwave Surface Resistance with a Fabry-Perot Resonator, Oral Presentation, American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, March, 1994.