E.M.K. Davis

Erica M.K. Davis, Ph.D. 

Email: ericamkdavis (at) gmail (dot) com
Erica Davis Resume

Unique and effective combination of high-level technical expertise with outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, serving as an excellent liaison between technical and non-technical, at all corporate levels.  Efficient workflow organization and management for detail-intensive, rapid technology development, evaluation, and deployment.  Proven adaptability of intuitive problem-solving skills towards novel fields and technologies.



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Summary of Experience
+ R&D, process development experience:
- Molecular beam epitaxy (ultra-high vacuum system operation and maintenance)
- Novel semiconductor based optoelectronics and plasmonics using III-V and rare-earth monopnictide materials systems
- Materials characterization: transmission electron microscopy (sample preparation, HRTEM, HAADF/STEM, EDS), photoluminescence spectroscopy, transmission/reflectance spectroscopy, high-resolution X-ray diffraction
- DMD-based additive manufacturing/3D printing, highly-loaded ceramic slurries, UV-curable polymers
- Authored/co-authored 10+ academic journal papers, 20+ conference talks

+ Project management/Operations experience:
- Coordinating operations and R&D on multiple tools and managing day-to-day activities of multiple process technicians and interns
- Standardization of practices, development of written forms and operating procedures, materials qualification techniques
- Direct contact with vendors/customers, establishing and maintaining relationships
- Regular written and oral progress reports, both for internal use and for customer support
- Full documentation of procedures developed for the training of new employees/graduate students

Education
  • The University of Texas at Austin
    • Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering -- August 2013
      • Thesis: "Rare-earth monopnictide alloys for tunable, epitaxial metals"
    • M.S. in Electrical Engineering -- May 2010
  • Carnegie Mellon University
    • B.S. in Physics (Minor Hispanic Studies) -- May 2007

Publications

  1. E.M. Krivoy, S. Rahimi, H.P. Nair, R. Salas, S.J. Maddox, D.J. Ironside, Y. Jiang, G. Kelp, G. Shvets, D. Akinwande, and S.R. Bank, “Growth and characterization of single crystal rocksalt LaAs using LuAs barrier layers,” Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 101, no. 22, pp. 221908, Nov. 2012.
  2. E.M. Krivoy, H.P. Nair, A.M. Crook, S. Rahimi, S.J. Maddox, R. Salas, D.A. Ferrer, V.D. Dasika, D. Akinwande, and S.R. Bank, “Growth and characterization of LuAs films and nanostructures,” Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 101, no. 14, pp. 141910, Oct. 2012.
  3. E.M. Krivoy, A. Vasudev, S. Rahimi, R. Synowicki, H.P Nair, D.J. Ironside, G. Kelp, G Shvets, D. Akinwande, M.L. Lee, M. Brongersma and S.R. Bank, “Rare-earth monopnictide alloys for tunable, epitaxial semimetallic films,” in preparation for Nano Lett,  Feb. 2016
  4. N.T. Yardimci, R. Salas, E.M. Krivoy, H.P. Nair, S.R. Bank, M. Jarrahi, "Impact of substrate characteristics on performance of large area plasmonic photoconductive emitters," Optics Express, vol. 23, iss. 25, pp. 32035-32043, 2015.
  5. R. Salas, S. Guchhait, K.M. McNicholas, S.D. Sifferman, V.D. Dasika, D. Jung, E.M. Krivoy, M.L. Lee, and S.R. Bank, "Surfactant-Assisted Growth and Properties of Rare-Earth Arsenide InGaAs Nancomposites for Terahertz Generation," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol 108, iss. 18, pp. 182102, May 2016 .
  6. K.W. Park, E.M. Krivoy, H.P. Nair, S.R. Bank, and E.T. Yu, “Cross-sectional scanning thermal microscopy of ErAs/GaAs superlattices grown by molecular beam epitaxy,”Nanotechnology, vol. 26, no. 26, pp. 265701, July 2015.
  7. R. Salas, S. Guchhait, S.D. Sifferman, K.M. McNicholas, V.D. Dasika, E.M. Krivoy, D. Jung, M.L. Lee, and S.R. Bank, “Growth and properties of rare-earth arsenide InGaAs nanocomposites for terahertz generation,” Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 106, no. 8, pp. 081103, 2015.
  8. V.D. Dasika, E.M. Krivoy, H.P. Nair, S.J. Maddox, K.W. Park, D. Jung, M.L. Lee, E.T. Yu, and S.R. Bank, “Increased InAs Quantum Dot Size and Density using Bismuth as a Surfactant,” Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 105, no. 25, pp. 253104, Dec. 2014.
  9. S. Rahimi, E.M. Krivoy, J. Lee, M.E. Michael, S.R. Bank, and D. Akinwande, “Temperature dependence of the electrical resistivity of LaLuAs,” AIP Advances, vol. 3, no. 8, pp. 082102, July 2013.
  10. R. Salas, E. M. Krivoy , A. M. Crook, H. P. Nair and S. R. Bank. Proceedings of SPIE. 8106, 81060P (2011)
  11. B. Wang, E. Hinds, and E. Krivoy. Proceedings of SPIE. 7461, 746110 (2009)

Conference Talks

  1. S.D. Sifferman, R. Salas, S.J. Maddox, H.P. Nair, N.T. Sheehan, E.M. Krivoy, E.S. Walker, and S.R. Bank, “Surfactant-mediated growth of highly strained materials for mid-infrared applications,” 57th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Columbus, OH, June 2015.
  2. D.J. Ironside, E.M. Krivoy, V.D. Dasika, and S.R. Bank, “Dislocation-filtering with Rare-earth Monopnictide Nanoparticles Embedded in Metamorphic Buffer Layers,”International Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conf. (ICMBE), Flagstaff, AZ, Sept. 2014.
  3. K.M. McNicholas, E.M. Krivoy, R. Salas, and S.R. Bank, “GdAs Thin Films Grown By Molecular Beam Epitaxy,” 56th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Santa Barbara, CA, June 2014.
  4. R. Salas, S. Guchhait, S.D. Sifferman, K.M. McNicholas, V.D. Dasika, D.J. Ironside,E.M. Krivoy, S.J. Maddox, D. Jung, M.L. Lee, and S.R. Bank, “Properties of RE-As:InGaAs Nanocomposites,” 56th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Santa Barbara, CA, June 2014.
  5. E.S. Walker, E. Krivoy, M. Yogeesh, D. Akinwande, and S.R. Bank, “Semiconducting Bismuth Thin Films Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy for Device Applications,” 56th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Santa Barbara, CA, June 2014.
  6. (Invited) S.R. Bank, E.M. Krivoy, and S.J. Maddox, “Growth of epitaxial doped semiconductor and semimetallic plasmonic materials,” SPIE Optics and Photonics Meeting, San Diego, Ca, Aug. 2013.
  7. V.D. Dasika, E.M. Krivoy, H.P. Nair, S.J. Maddox, K.W. Park, D. Jung, M.L. Lee, E.T. Yu, and S.R. Bank, “InAs Quantum Dot Growth using Bismuth as a Surfactant for Optoelectronic Applications,” Conf. on Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, June 2013.
  8. E.M. Krivoy, A. Vasudev, H.P. Nair, V.D. Dasika, R. Synowicki, R. Salas, S.J. Maddox, M. Brongersma, and S.R. Bank, “Tunable, Epitaxial, Semimetallic Films for Plasmonics,” Conf. on Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, June 2013.
  9. K.W. Park, H.P. Nair, E.M. Krivoy, S.R. Bank, and E.T. Yu, “Thermal characterization of rare earth/III-V superlattice and nanocomposite structures using scanned probe microscopy,” 55th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), South Bend, IN, June 2013.
  10. S. Rahimi, E.M. Krivoy, J. Lee, S.R. Bank, and D. Akinwande, “Temperature and Thickness Dependence of Electrical Resistivity of LaLuAs,” 55th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), South Bend, IN, June 2013.
  11. R. Salas, S. Guchhait, H.P. Nair, E.M. Krivoy, S.J. Maddox, and S.R. Bank, “Carrier Dynamics and Electrical Properties of LuAs:InGaAs Superlattices,” 55th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), South Bend, IN, June 2013.
  12. E.M. Krivoy, H.P. Nair, A.M. Crook, S. Rahimi, Y. Jiang, S.J. Maddox, R. Salas, G. Kelp, G. Shvets, M.A. Belkin, D. Akinwande, and S.R. Bank, “Rare-earth monopnictide alloys for tunable epitaxial semimetals,”North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conf. (NAMBE), Atlanta, GA, Oct. 2012.
  13. (Invited) S.R. Bank, E.M. Krivoy, A.M. Crook, H.P. Nair, R. Salas, and V.D. Dasika, “New Epitaxial Metallic Nanostructure Materials for Photonic Devices,” SPIE Optics and Photonics Meeting, San Diego, CA, Aug. 2012.
  14. S.J. Maddox, H.P. Nair, V.D. Dasika, E.M. Krivoy, R. Salas, and S.R. Bank, “Molecular Beam Epitaxy Growth-Space Investigation of InAsBi and InGaAsBi on InAs,”International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors (ISCS), Santa Barbara, CA, Aug. 2012.
  15. V.D. Dasika, E.M. Krivoy, H.P. Nair, K.W. Park, E.T. Yu, and S.R. Bank, “InAs Quantum Dot Growth using Bi as a Surfactant,” 54th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), University Park, PA, June 2012.
  16. E.M. Krivoy, H.P. Nair, A.M. Crook, S. Rahimi, Y. Jiang, S.J. Maddox, R. Salas, M.A. Belkin, D. Akinwande, and S.R. Bank, “Rare-earth monopnictides films for tunable frequency transparent Ohmic contacts,” 54th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), June 2012.
  17. E.M. Krivoy, H.P. Nair, S.J. Maddox, R. Salas, S. Rahimi, Y. Jiang, M.A. Belkin, D. Akinwande, and S.R. Bank, “Growth of high-quality rocksalt LaAs on LuAs seeded templates,” 54th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), June 2012.
  18. S.J. Maddox, H.P. Nair, V.D. Dasika, E.M. Krivoy, R. Salas, and S.R. Bank, “Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth and Optical Quality of InAsBi,” 54th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), State College, PA, June 2012.
  19. R. Salas, A.M. Crook, H.P. Nair, E.M. Krivoy, S.J. Maddox, and S.R. Bank, “LuAs/InGaAs Photoconductive Materials for Heterodyne Terahertz Generation,”54th Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), University Park, PA, June 2012.
  20. E.M. Krivoy, S.J. Maddox, H.P. Nair, A.M. Crook, V.D. Dasika, D.A. Ferrer, and S.R. Bank, “LuAs films and nanostructures,” North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Conf. (NAMBE), San Diego, CA, Aug. 2011.
  21. R. Salas, E.M. Krivoy, A.M. Crook, H.P. Nair, and S.R. Bank, “Compositional Grading of InxGa1-xAs/GaAs Tunnel Junctions Enhanced by ErAs Nanoparticles,” Proc. SPIE, San Diego, CA, Aug. 2011.
  22. R. Salas, E.M. Krivoy, A.M. Crook, H.P. Nair, and S.R. Bank, “Compositional Grading of GaAs-Based Tunnel Junctions Containing ErAs Nanostructures,” 53rd Electronic Materials Conf. (EMC), Santa Barbara, CA, June 2011.



 


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