Arcadia
High School, Arcadia CA, 1977
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
M.S. Physics: 1984
Ph.D. Physics: 1992
Dissertation Title: Perpendicular Ion Acceleration in Toroidal
Plasmas
California State University, Long Beach, CA,
August 1977 - May 1979
University
of California, Berkeley, CA
B.A. Physics: Spring 1982
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WORK EXPERIENCE
6/83
- 3/92: Research Associate, UCLA Tokamak Fusion Laboratory,
UCLA
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering.
Performed
experimental plasma physics research which led to a
doctoral degree in
Physics from the UCLA Physics Department, under the
joint supervision of Dr.
Robert J. Taylor (Lab Director) and Prof. George Morales
(UCLA Physics).
Duties included: plasma diagnostics operation and management;
tokamak
operation (occasionally solo); Ion Cyclotron Range of
Frequencies (ICRF)
Heating, Lower Hybrid Range of Frequencies (LHRF) Heating,
Electron
Cyclotron Heating (ECH), and RF Current Drive experiments;
pioneering
dissertation research in angular fast neutral flux measurements
in tokamak,
RF-produced and ECH-produced plasmas. Performed magnetic
confinement fusion
energy research on the Microtor, Macrotor and CCT Tokamaks.
Designed, built,
tested and operated a wide variety of diagnostic devices
including:
microwave scattering (off of ion-Bernstein-Wave-produced
plasma density
fluctuations), interferometry and radiometry; visible
light and UV light
detector arrays (to measure plasma position and density
profiles); fast
neutral spectrometer; Doppler spectrometry (to measure
ion temperature);
Rogowski coil current and loop voltage measurement;
Langmuir, B-dot,
electron and ion energy analyzer probes.
4/92 – 11/95 – Poker Tournament Director,
Huntington Park Casino, H.P. CA.
6/95
- 7/02: Research Engineer/Chief Experimentalist, UCLA
Low Temperature
Plasma Technology Laboratory (LTPTL), UCLA Dept. of
Elec. Engineering.
Experimental plasma physics and engineering research
with Prof. Francis F.
Chen, specializing in the physics and engineering of
low temperature
plasmas, particular as applied to plasma processing.
Designed, built and
operated RF produced plasmas including Inductively Coupled
Plasmas (ICPs),
Magnetically Enhanced ICPs, and Helicon plasmas, at
a wide variety of plasma
density (109-1014 cm-3) and electron temperatures (0.2
- 20 eV). Performed
scientific (NSF sponsored) and industrial (SEMATECH,
Applied Materials, PMT,
and PlasmaTherm sponsored) contract research leading
to numerous
publications. Participated in the training of several
graduate students, and
supervised laboratory personnel. Performed collaborative
research with Prof.
Selim Senkan's group at the UCLA Department of Chemical
Engineering and with
Prof. George Tynan’s group at the University of
California, San Diego, CA. |
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Experimental/Laboratory
Physicist/Scientist
Outstanding
Teaching Assistant: UCLA Department of Physics, Spring
1984.
Patent (Pending), Evans, J.D. and Pribyl, P.A., U.S. Patent
App #200030150710, 8/14/03.
Los Angeles Community College District Lifetime Teaching Credential,
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