Fred Bertsch
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I am seeking a challanging position designing and implementing advanced software systems.
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Currently working on a Ph.D. in a micromechanics group at Cornell
University under Dr. Noel C. MacDonald.
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Expected graduation date: August 2000.
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Thesis: Modeling the Bosch Process using a
Fast, Distributed Finite-Element Plasma Etch Simulator
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Thesis work involves creating a simulation of a complex and poorly understood
plasma etch in order to substantiate some possible explanations of how the
etch works. The code was written from scratch in order to keep the speed,
flexibility, and reliability as high as possible.
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Cornell University: BS in Applied Physics (Honors), May 1994
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11 years of C++ experience
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Experienced in object oriented design, UML, client/server programming,
distributed computing, real-time programming, Window NT, COM, ATL,
ODBC, SQL, Java, Lua, Python, Mathematica, and more
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Can learn new systems rapidly
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Have designed, written, and maintained projects with 50,000+ lines of code
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Proficient in CGI programming: have written complex database-driven CGIs
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Clear, easily maintainable code a high priority when writing code
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Can easily develop and analyze complex algorithms
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Can take a challenging, experimental project and make it succeed
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Wrote real-time control code for a prototype glass factory at Textron Defense Systems
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1993
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Wrote real-time beam analysis software for Cornell's linear accelerator
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1991-2
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Sample code is available at
http://mems.ee.cornell.edu/Fred/Resume/CodeSamples/.
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Leadership and Collaboration:
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Lead programmer for a team of four people developing an advanced, experimental video game.
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Led a team to design, develop, and build experimental accelerometers for Ford Motor Company
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1996
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Senior instructor for Cornell Outdoor Education
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1995-
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Led many groups of 6 to 12 students on rock climbing trips with assistance
from other instructors
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Worked closely with several other researchers analyzing data, testing devices, processing wafers,
or developing theories
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Microprocessing and Micromechanics:
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Designed, characterized, and optimized processes to build MicroElectroMechanical
Systems (MEMS)
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Designed, analyzed, and simulated MEMS devices
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Tested devices using complex real-time LabView programs
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Experienced user of many processing tools including a thermal oxide tube, many RIEs,
an ECR etcher, an ion implanter, a PECVD system, several evaporators, an i-line
stepper, a g-line stepper, an IR backside aligner, a pattern generator, a e-beam
lithography system, several SEMs, and a FIB
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Publications and Patents:
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N. C. MacDonald, F. Bertsch, K. A. Shaw, S. G. Adams, Capacitance Based Tunable
Micromechanical Resonators, US Patent #5640133.
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S. G. Adams, F. Bertsch, K. A. Shaw, N. C. MacDonald, Independent Tuning of Linear
and Nonlinear Stiffness Coefficients, Journal of Microelectricomechanical Systems,
7, 172-180, 1998.
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S. G. Adams, F. Bertsch, K. A. Shaw, P. G. Hartwell, F. C. Moon, N. C. MacDonald,
Capacitance Based Tunable Resonators, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems,
8, 15-23, 1998.
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Y. C. Wang, S. G. Adams, J. S. Thorp, N. C. MacDonald, P. G. Hartwell, F. Bertsch,
Chaos in MEMS, Parameter Estimation and its Potential Application, IEEE
Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, 45 1013-1020, 1998.
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P. G. Hartwell, F. M. Bertsch, S. A. Miller, K. L. Turner, N. C. MacDonald,
Single Mask Lateral Tunneling Accelerometer, 11th Annual Intrntl Workshop on MEMS,
340-344, 1998.
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S. G. Adams, F. Bertsch, N. C. MacDonald, Independent Tuning of the Linear and
Nonlinear Stiffness Coefficients of a Micromechanical Device, 9th Annual Intrntl
Workshop on MEMS, 32-37, San Diego, CA, 1996.
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S. G. Adams, F. Bertsch, K. A. Shaw, P. G. Hartwell, N. C. MacDonald, Capacitance
Based Tunable Resonators, 8th Intrntl Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators,
1, 438-441, Stockholm, Sweden, 1995.
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J. E. Jackson, F. Bertsch, Conversion of Methanol to Gasoline: a New Mechanism for
Formation of the First Carbon-Carbon Bond, Journal of the American Chemical Society,
112, 9085-9092, 1990.
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