TIMOTHY MILLER
tmiller@optics.arizona.edu
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1999-2001: Senior Optical Engineer, Therma-Wave Inc., Fremont,
CA
• Developed $500k metrology tools
for the semiconductor fabrication industry, utilizing spectroscopy, reflectometry,
and ellipsometry.
• Engineered fiber-coupled diode laser
package: wrote specifications, managed designers, worked with vendors to
specify OEM parts, assembled prototypes and qualified them in extensive testing,
documented parts and procedures, transferred product successfully to manufacturing
floor, with the end result of producing 30 assemblies per month worth ~$2500
each.
• Worked as part of core R&D team
to develop prototypes for a new line of tools, under tight deadlines.
• Became local expert on our camera
and illumination subsystems; redesigned existing illumination mechanics
to improve camera SNR by >10x.
• Specified and managed variety of
components: laser diodes, lenses, beamsplitters, optical fiber, CCD cameras,
filters, polarizers, optical coatings, adhesives.
1999 spring: Optical Engineer, Teradyne Inc., Walnut Creek, CA
• Consulted on optical specifications
of manufactured machine vision system at major company; analyzed system,
qualified vendors for OEM subassemblies, worked with team to realize manufacturing
goals.
• Conducted seminar on applied optics
theory to group of design engineers.
• Created optical test bench, to develop
company’s machine vision system.
• In industry, learned to work towards
specific manufacturing goals, engineering products with manufacturing specs
in mind.
1992-1998: Staff Research Associate, Space Sciences Laboratory,
U.C. Berkeley
• Built variety of novel UV interferometers,
working towards potential space-flight experiments.
• Developed, constructed, and calibrated
subassemblies of space-flight astronomical experiments, including performing
critical survival tests.
• Created and qualified computer raytrace
models of various optical designs.
• Used and troubleshot wide variety
of equipment: spectral sources, lasers, micro-channel plate detectors, photomultiplier
tubes, signal processing modules, high-voltage power supplies, turbo and
cryogenic high-vacuum systems, micro-positioning devices, cleanrooms, machine
tools.
• Gained basic knowledge of electrical
and mechanical engineering.
• Developed solutions through self-motivated
literature searches.
• Trained and supervised undergraduates
and graduate students in variety of laboratory projects.
1992-1993: Intern, Department of Physics, U.C. Berkeley
• Wrote computer code for convenient
in-the-field display of data and monitors from airborne balloon astronomy
experiment.
EDUCATION
University of Arizona – working towards M.S. in Optics
(due May 2003)
University of California, Berkeley - B.A. Physics, 1992,
GPA 3.4
Additional Coursework:
“Principles of Optical Systems Layout”, Robert E. Fischer
(OPTICS 1, Inc.) - Jan. 2000
“Structural Adhesives for Optical Bonding”, John Daly
- Jan. 2000
“Design of Efficient Illumination Systems”, Bill Cassarly
(Optical Research Associates) - Jan. 2001
“Principles of Fourier Optics and Diffraction”, Jack
Gaskill (University of Arizona) - Jan. 2001
PUBLICATIONS
"Wide Band Dispersive Interferometric Spectroscopy", J. Edelstein, and
T.N. Miller.
Ultraviolet Optical Space Astronomy Beyond HST, ASP Conference Series 164,
p.333, ed. Jon A. Morse, J. Michael Shull, & Anne L. Kinney. Publication
Date: 1999
"Galmatheia: an FUV Imaging Spectrograph", J. Edelstein, W.V. Dixon, and
T.N. Miller.
Proc. SPIE Vol. 3443, p. 2 6, X Ray and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy and Polarimetry
II, Silvano Fineschi, Ed. Publication Date: 12/1998
"FUV Interferometric Spectroscopy", J. Edelstein, and T.N. Miller.
Proc. SPIE Vol. 3445, p. 107 109, EUV, X Ray, and Gamma Ray Instrumentation
for Astronomy IX, Oswald H. Siegmund; Mark A. Gummin; Eds. Publication
Date: 11/1998
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Member SPIE
Member OSA
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