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Richard M. Ness |
Education
M.S.E.E. 1983
B.S.E.E. 1981
1995-2007: CYMER, Inc. San Diego, California
2000-2007: Member of Technical Staff Engineer. Responsible Engineer for first 6 kHz rep-rate excimer laser pulsed power system. In charge of power systems design to support development of a Dense Plasma Focus system as an Extreme UltraViolet (EUV) light source for Lithography. System includes a High Voltage Power Supply, Resonant Charger, Pulse Generator and Magnetic Pulse Compressor, and a Pre-Ionization System.
1996-2000: Manager of Engineering Power Systems Department. Responsible for coordinating 5 engineers and 1 technician working on all HVPS and SSPPM development projects in support of multiple excimer laser programs. Work spanned over 6 generations of laser designs operating at rep-rates of up to 4 kHz.
1995-1996: Senior Electrical Engineer in Engineering Department. Responsible for engineering of initial iteration Solid State Pulsed Power Module (SSPPM) for 1 kHz Excimer Laser using solid state switching and magnetic pulse compression. Worked with outside vendor to develop high regulation (<+/- 0.25% pulse to pulse), capacitor charging, high voltage power supply. Responsible for AC Distribution module design. Set up volume manufacturing of SSPPM modules (over 2800 manufactured to date).
1983-1995: Maxwell Technologies (Now Titan Pulse Sciences Division) San Diego, California
1993-1995: Technical Group Leader in Pulsed Power Technology and Product Development Department. Program Manager and Technical Leader for a $1.4M compact pulse generator program. Program Manager and Technical Leader for a $6.1M program for the Superconducting Supercollider Laboratories consisting of 16 pulsed thyratron modulators for driving two types of klystrons in the linac portion of the accelerator.
1986-1993: Senior Staff Engineer in Pulsed Power Technology and Product Development Department. Program Manager and Technical Leader for a $2M, 600 kV, 870 A, 50 Hz, 350 kW average power pulsed thyratron modulator. Principal Engineer for design of 7.2 MW (average power), 120 kV hard tube regulators on Boeing RF Free Electron Laser program. Principal Engineer on a program to develop a 750 kV, 3 kJ, 20 ohm, compact (200 pounds, 25 cubic feet) pulser system with 15 kW charging power supply. Project Engineer for a 0.5 MW (average power), 60 kHz, rep-rated solid-state modulator and high voltage power supply system designed and delivered to LLNL Laser Isotope Separation Program. Obtained DOE Q clearance.
1983-1986: Staff Engineer in DNA Programs Department. Responsible for design, construction, checkout, and operation of a 24 channel CAMAC digitizer, IBM PC based computer-controlled data acquisition system in support of the CHECMATE railgun experiments. Assisted in integration and checkout of a 1.5 MVA high voltage power supply into the CHECMATE controls system. Responsible for design, construction, checkout, and operation of a $2.5M, 60 channel, fast digitizer, PDP-11/44 computer-controlled data acquisition system in support of two concurrently-running major experiment facilities studying radiation and EMP effects. System manager and operator for VAX-11/750. Obtained DOD Top Secret CNWDI clearance.
1981-1983: Texas Tech University Lubbock, Texas
Graduate research assistant in pulsed power switching laboratory. Assisted in construction, modification, and testing of several spark gap switches, pulse forming networks, vacuum systems, and diagnostic equipment for mass spectrometry, spectroscopy, and streak photography. Set up and operated a computerized CAMAC data acquisition system for use with high voltage and high current probes. Also built and tested a small (1 m. long) railgun.[BACK][HOME][PUBLICATIONS][LINKS][CAPABILITIES][TECH DATA]
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