KADEK W. HEMAWAN
420 Whitehills, Drive
Phone: (517) 333-0105,
E-mail: hemawank@egr.msu.edu
OBJECTIVE To obtain a full
time position in electrical engineering particularly in the area of plasma
processing, applied electromagnetics, and research and development
EDUCATION
Jan 2004 – May 2007 Doctor
of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering
GPA: 3.6/4.0
Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
Jan 2002 – Dec 2003 Master of Science in Electrical
Engineering
Masters’ Thesis:
“Numerical Analysis and Experimental Measurements of Material Loadings in
Cylindrical Cavity Applicators”
Aug
1998 - Dec 2001 Bachelor of Science in
Electrical Engineering
Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
PUBLICATIONS
Plasma-Assisted Combustion in a Miniature Microwave Plasma Torch Applicator, K. W. Hemawan, S. Zuo, C. L. Romel, T. A. Grotjohn, I. Wichman, E. Case and J. Asmussen, ICOPS 2005 Conference Presentation
Atmospheric Microwave Discharges for Plasma Processing of Fibers, Kadek W. Hemawan and Jes Asmussen, Journal of Applied Physics
A Miniature Atmospheric Microwave Plasma Torch, Stanley S. Zuo, Kadek W. Hemawan, Jeffri J. Narendra, Timothy A. Grotjohn, and Jes Asmussen, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Atmospheric Microwave Discharges for Plasma Processing of Tubes and Fibers, K.W. Hemawan, T.A Grotjohn, and J. Asmussen, ICOPS 2004 Conference Poster Presentation
Miniature Microwave Plasma Torch Applicators and Its Characteristics, Stanley Zuo, K. Hemawan, J.J. Narendra, T.A. Grotjohn, and J. Asmussen, ICOPS 2004
ANALYTICAL SKILS
Langmuir probes,
spectrometer, network analyzer, sweep function generator, oscillator, lock-in
amplifier, fluoroptics, pyrometer, fluke
infra red, mechanical and diffusion vacuum pumps, MKS pressure controller, flow
controller, stub tuners, RF transmission network components
COMPUTER SKILLS
Ansoft HFSS, Sonnet, AutoCAD, LABVIEW, MATLAB, Xilinx, Cadence, Pspice, Tspice, C/C++, HTML, Quick Basic, Assembly, Visual Basic,
VHDL, UNIX, Windows NT/95/98/2000/XP, MacOS, SunOS,
Microsoft Office, SAP, SPSS, TCP/IP internetworking
EXPERIENCE
01/2002
– Present Graduate Research
Assistant
Electromagnetic
& Plasma Laboratory, MSU-East
· Performed spectroscopy
measurements on the miniature atmospheric microwave plasma torch to obtain the
plasma discharge characteristics
· Conducted heating
experiments using microwave energy and plasma surface treatment for carbon
deposition on graphite fibers
· Designed mini plasma torch
system and created the assembly and all component drawings for patent
submission to the USPTO
· Performed plasma
diagnostics in microwave ECR using single and double Langmuir probes technique
to obtain plasma potential, plasma density, electron temperature, electron and
ion energy distribution functions
· Prepared poster
presentation “A comparison of the performance between low pressure magnetized
and non-magnetized microwave discharges,” for the American Vacuum Society
symposium, 2002
05/2001
- 12/2001 Undergraduate Research
Assistant
Engineering Research
Complex, Electrical Engineering Department, MSU
· Constructed and analyzed
computer-modeling simulation finite element method of rectangular and
cylindrical cavity resonators using Ansoft HFFS electromagnetic program
· Investigated
electromagnetic eigenmodes (TM/TE/TEM) and wave propagation properties inside
cylindrical microwave cavity resonators
· Conducted and compared
heating experiments on silicon wafers, integrated circuits, polyamide, and
magnetic materials using various sizes of microwave cavity applicators
01/2000
– 12/2000 Application Engineer
Co-op
TelGen Corporation,
· Provided technical support
to customers via email and telephone for the Lucent Ambassador family chips and
Lucent IP phone solution products
· Designed and maintained the
Lucent Ambassador family chips and the Lucent IP phone solution web sites
· Assisted personnel in the
process of manufacturing, editing, and testing printed circuit boards on the
production floor
HONORS & ACTIVITIES
· Recipient of Fraunhofer
scholarship assistantship, Jan-Dec 2003
· Member of Outstanding
student honor society, 2002-2003
· Recipient of Global Spartan
scholarship, 1998 – 1999
· Member of Phi Theta Kappa
International honor society, 1997-1998
· Member of the IEEE nuclear
and plasma sciences society
· Volunteered
for the S.E.T. Day, MSU, fall 2001- 2002
REFERENCES Available upon request