KADEK W. HEMAWAN

420 Whitehills, Drive East Lansing, MI 48823

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

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824

Jan 2002 – Dec 2003   Master of Science in Electrical Engineering           

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824

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

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824

 

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 Lansing MI 48824

· 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, Lansing, MI 48911

· 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