Antonio Salvador Matar Renteria

Desgin, Implementation, and Prototyping of Hardware and Software for the construction of BioSensing Platforms for the detection of biomolecules (such as DNA) through functionalized cantilever biochips.

Internship at the Bionanomechanics Group, in Madrid’s Microelectronics Institute. Grant sponsored by European Union’s Leonardo Program for Recently Graduated. ACTIVITIES: Programming of FPGA Digital Acquisition Cards from National Instruments, for the sensing of DNA molecules via the Q-Control of micro cantilever signals. In-situ measurements with micro cantilever sensors.

Master’s Thesis at the Materials and Microsystems Department, in the Piezoelectric Materials Competence Field. THESIS TITLE: “Development of a Photolithographic Process to Pattern Conductive Pastes for Piezo Devices”. ACTIVITIES: Development of high resolution hybrid thick-film microsystems for external contacting of piezoelectric actuators. Structuring of photosensitive thick-film pastes via free form UV Laser microlithography. Electromechanical characterization of thick-film inks.

Internship at the Materials and Microsystems Department, in the Piezoelectric Materials Competence Field. INTERNSHIP TITLE: “Non-Linear Simulations of Piezoelectric Actuators.” ACTIVITIES: Simulations in COMSOL Software (FEMLAB) of piezoelectric beams. Non-Linear modeling of piezoelectric materials in 1, 2, and 3 dimensions.

Project Work: “Thermal Stability of Hydrophobic Self Assembled Monolayers (SAMs)”. ACTIVITIES: Experiments on SAMs deposition with the method of Molecular Vapor Deposition (MVD). Experiments on the degradation of the layers under stressed thermal conditions. Characterization of SAMs hydrophobicity via contact angle measurements.

Part time Student Job in the Varicaps Department. ACTIVITIES: Characterization and evaluation of varactor diodes. Measurements over wafers and finished products. Investigations over competence’s products. Generation of technical reports, results, and evaluations as an essential part of the development process.

Internship in a French research lab. Internship Title: “Integrated Niobium Thin Film Air Bridges as Variable Capacitors for Superconducting Gigahertz Electronic Circuits”. Activities: Improvement of MEMS fabrication processes in a clean room and MEMS Simulation.

Microelectronic Systems, Materials, Design and Technologies.

International Exchange Year at the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble (INPG) Student of the Faculty of Electronics and Radioelectricity (ENSEERG)

Design and Analysis of Digital and Analog Circuits, Control Engineering and Signal Communications.