ILVYDAS MATULIONIS, PhD

Recent Accomplishments

• Facilitated R&D-to-production technology transfer for polymer medical devices with an internal glass-like plasma coating.
• Traveled to Asia and Central America as a member of a 2-person team to install and qualify multi-chamber (cluster tool) vacuum deposition systems valued over $1M each.
• Acted as a key scientist for increasing solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of a-SiC based PEC (Photo-Electro-Chemical) devices to 6%.
• Developed monolithically integrated (interconnected) solar minimodule on transparent plastic foil using laser scribing.

Skills

• Vacuum system design and assembly with applications to PECVD, magnetron sputtering, and thermal evaporation
• Medical grade glass-like thin-film coatings on polymers/plastics
• Thin-film solar module fabrication
• Knowledge of software design for complex robotic vacuum deposition systems and production lines (PLC-HMI)
• Laser micromachining/scribing
• Semiconductor and plasma characterization: SEM, SQE, photoelectronic measurements, spectroscopy, etc.
• Technical, operator manual, and proposal writing
• Chemical treatment of semiconductor surfaces and ink-jet film deposition
• Some experience in SolidWorks and SQL
• Typically supervised 2-3 technicians
• Unshakeable positive attitude and leadership

Professional Experience and Education

SiO₂ Medical Products, Inc., Auburn, AL,   Process Engineer – 2014 to 2017

Contributed to development and research-to-production technology transfer of manufacture of polymer vials, syringes, and test tubes with a PECVD-deposited glass film on the inside of each article.  Performed SPC (statistical process control) of production lines and monitored FTIR, ellipsometry, and chemical testing on production pull samples.  Maintained high-vacuum (mass-spec) and laser diagnostic systems.

MVSystems, Inc., Golden, CO,   Research Scientist – 2006 to 2013

Contributed to design and sales of complex state-of-the-art multi-chamber vacuum systems for amorphous and nanocrystalline silicon as well as transparent conductor/dielectric material deposition.  Introduced a laser scribing approach for the manufacture of thin-film silicon photovoltaic panels.  Developed amorphous-SiC, CIGS, and tungsten oxide-based devices with up to 6% solar-to-hydrogen efficiency.  Collaborated with a number of companies in the U.S. and abroad in development of thin films for batteries, memory devices, transistors, and heterojunction solar cells.  Installed and maintained turbomolecular, roots blower, scroll, cryo, and rotary vane vacuum pumps.

CeraMem Corporation, Waltham, MA,   Research Physicist – 2002 to 2006

Lead an NSF project on nanoparticulate layers for CdTe solar cells (synthesis of chalcogenide inks, spray-deposition equipment, and testing of photovoltaic devices).  Developed Perovskite catalysts for gasification of carbonaceous feedstocks, which encompassed solid state reactions and BET/XRD/ICP characterization.  Other projects were related to ZnTe and CdSe devices: x-ray and terahertz detectors as well as thin-film transistors.  Device and reaction product evaluation methods were: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), and Gas Chromatography (GC).

The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH (USA)

Ph.D. in Physics (2002)

M.Sc. in Physics and Materials Science (1998)

Fabricated complete metal/CdTe/CdS/TCO solar cells and minimodules using plasma sputter deposition and high-power-laser-assisted integration.  Developed II-VI solar devices on metal foils.  Investigated doping of CdTe and properties of semiconductor-metal contacts.  Evaluated laser scribing for CdTe, CIGS, and a-Si photovoltaics.

ILVYDAS MATULIONIS

(USA - East Coast)

720-291-1076

igm@ilvydas.com

ilvydas@yahoo.com