Benjamin Stafford

Qualification of plasma induced damage to dielectrics and fast wafer level reliability

Responsible for forensic analysis of paints and coatings for the Irish criminal justice system.

• Editing & writing of science web content and scientific publications • Analysis and reporting of web data

Research in the field of additive manufacturing of biodegradable nanocomposite bone tissue scaffolds.

Matmatch is an online platform that helps product designers and engineers to find, evaluate and source materials. With a database of thousands of materials, an intuitive search tool, and supplier listings, it changes the way product teams find materials for their projects. As materials science editor I was responsible for creating and curating original, engaging and high-quality content on the latest technological and industrial developments in the fields of materials science and engineering.

- Led multi-year, €100k R&D project to develop innovative nanostructured thin film high-temperature superconductor wire with 2x performance enhancement. - Performed failure analysis & benchmarking of new & existing products vs industry competitors. - Communicated results via project reporting, presentations, conferences & publications. - Developed new electrical characterisation tool together with LabVIEW software for manufacturing quality control.

Investigation into corrosion of high temperature ceramic coatings for turbine blades via various thermal characterisation techniques.

Researching novel porous low-k dielectrics for interconnect technology.

Indroduciton of pinning centres to high-temperature superconducting tapes. Responsibilities included project management, experimental design, collaboration with external partners, preparation, characterisation, analysis of superconducting tapes & presentations at international conferences.

Another high level program in which I expanded on my knowledge to more practical applications and applied that to one industrial and three university research settings.

A very high level course covering the basics of a wide range of physical, chemical & mathematical subjects up to advanced topics in the physics and chemistry of materials. The degree was complemented with a thesis placement in the internationally renowned nanoelectronics research institute IMEC.