Senaka Krishna Kanakamedala

1 7 1 3 S c h u l t e Dr San Jose, CA 95133 Email: senaka.kanakamedala@gmail.com Ph: (318)-607-7716

Objective
Seeking a process engineer position in a leading semiconductor industry to utilize 4 years of experience in semiconductor device design, fabrication and characterization

Summary
4 years of experience in MEMS device design, fabrication and characterization while working in Class 100 clean room 3+ years of experience in developing organic field effect and electrochemical transistors Strong understanding of semiconductor device physics and understanding knowledge of DOE and SPC Self-motivated individual with excellent interpersonal and team leading/player skills

Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Engineering (Electrical) Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA Master of Science, Engineering (Electrical) Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA Bachelor of Technology, Electronics & Communications Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India GPA: 3.84 GPA: 3.84 GPA: 3.70 Nov 2011 Nov 2011 May 2006

Technical Skills
Design and Simulation: L-Edit, Solid Edge, CoventorWare, COMSOL, T-CAD Solid Works, P-SPICE, MATLAB, AutoCAD

Micro & Nanof abrication : Photolithography, Dry etching (ICP, RIE), Wet etching (BOE, Piranha & KOH), Soft Lithography, Layer-by-layer Nanofabrication Device and material Characterization : Electrical Probe Station (I-V, C-V, and MOSFET) Surface Profilometer, Fluorescence Microscope, UV-Vis and Fluorescence Spectrophotometer Analysis & Productivity: SigmaPlot, Image-Pro Plus, ImageJ, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Professional Experience
Graduate Research Assistant, Institute for Micromanufacturing Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, USA

Nov 2007 Nov 2011

Dissertation : Micromixers and Polymer Based Transistors for Biosensor Applications

Developed a MEMS based lab-on-a-chip (LOC) for biosensor applications as a part of multidisciplinary multi university collaborative project Developed a novel omega channel micromixer that is capable of mixing 150 nL volume samples

Optimized the micromixer designs using COMSOL and CoventorWare simulation tools Fabricated microfluidic devices in Class 100 clean room using photolithography and ICP etching Developed a flexible and disposable micromixer with 97% mixing efficiency Fabricated and characterized polymer based field effect transistor Developed simple, robust and cost-effective electrochemical transistors on flexible substrate Engineered a novel inexpensive one-step method for transistor fabrication Optimized the transistor design to yield an ON/OFF ratio of 500 Developed a miniaturized glucose sensor with a wide dynamic range of 1 M 10 mM Developed a low-cost novel glutamate sensor with a dynamic range of 1100 M S. Kanakamedala, H. Alshakhouri, M. Agarwal, M. DeCoster, A simple polymer based electrochemical transistor for micromolar glucose sensing, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Vol. 157, P 92-97, 2011. S. Kanakamedala, H. Alshakhouri, M. Agarwal, J. Fang, M. DeCoster, A simple enzyme based biosensor on flexible plastic substrate, Proceedings of SPIE, 7759, San Diego, CA, 2010. S. Kanakamedala, H. Alshakhouri, M. DeCoster, An organic electrochemical transistor based biosensor for glutamate release from brain cells, under review. S. Kanakamedala, J. Fang, M. DeCoster, A flexible disposable micromixer, under review. S. Kanakamedala, H. Alshakhouri, M. Agarwal, J. Fang, Y. Lvov, M. DeCoster, Development of Immunosensor on plastic substrate, Proceedings Louisiana EPSCoR RII Cybertools/Science Drivers Symposium, Baton Rouge, LA, 2010. S. Kanakamedala, J. Fang, M. DeCoster, A flexible plastic micromixer for immunosensor application, Proceedings LA EPSCoR RII Cybertools/Science Driver Symposium, LA, 2010. M. Ali, R. Blake II, N. Zhang, J. Jayawickramarajah, M. DeCoster, S. Kanakamedala, H. Taher, J. Fang, D. Blake, Coupling antibody binding to enzyme activation in a miniaturized immunosensor, Pittcon Conference and Expo, Orlando, FL, 2010. M. F. Ali, S. Kanakamedala, M. A. Decoster, R. C. Blake II, D. A. Blake, Electrochemical labon-a-chip: Antibody Ligand binding event s coupled to enzyme reactivation, Proceedings Louisiana EPSCoR RII Cybertools/Science Drivers Symposium, pp. 101-105, LA, 2009. X. Du, S. Kanakamedala, S. Dua, J. Fang, M. A. Decoster, Quantitative performance evaluation of micromixers, Proceedings Louisiana EPSCoR RII Cybertools/Science Drivers Symposium, pp. 193-197, Baton Rouge, LA, 2009.

Publications

Accomplishments & Affiliations

2009 Best Research Poster Award: LA EPSCoR RII Cybertools/Science Drivers Symposium, LA Presented biosensor research to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (2010) Obtained scholarship from government of India for Bachelor of Technology degree (2002 2006) Served as active member of - BMES, SPIE, IEEE

References
Dr. Mark DeCoster (Email: decoster@latech.edu , Ph: 318-257-5118, Associate professor, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA, USA) Dr. Yuri Lvov (Email: ylvov@latech.edu, Ph: 318-257-5114, Professor, Louisiana Tech University) Dr. Mangilal Agarwal (Email: agarwal@iupui.edu , Ph: 317-278-9792, Associate director of research development, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA)