Shikhar Arvind

PhD

• Topic: Impact of plasma vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photons on ultrathin resists for EUV lithography
• Studying the impact of vacuum ultraviolet photons and Ar+ ions on ultrathin EUV resists during plasma etching.
• Investigating different resist platforms like CARs and MOR, with extensive physical and chemical characterization of these films.
• Collaborative project interfacing with lithography experts, dry etch experts, resist vendors and material analysts.
• Teaching assistant of Chemistry and Characterization of Surfaces and Thin Films course.

Siegman International School on Lasers

5-day laser summer school organized by Optica and University of Warsaw, Poland.

Master thesis

• Topic: Investigation of GaN based HEMTs for power electronic applications
• Evaluating the performance of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs (High Electron Mobility Transistors) with different designs and surface treatments by measuring output and transfer characteristics and capacitance curves.

ASML Best of Tech Business Course

Attendee of Best of Tech Business Course organised by ASML. The event introduced semiconductor manufacturing technology and the skills needed to work at the leading-edge tech company. Students worked together on case studies, joined Q&As, listened to presentations and spent time networking. The selection was 2 round process including a video interview.

ZEISS European Autumn School

Lithography optics

Attendee of the ZEISS online autumn school. It included talks by industry leaders on the state of the art technology in Photolithography, DUV lithography, EUV lithography, High NA EUV, Photomasks for EUV and Metrology for semiconductor optics. Certificate of Participation

Bachelor Thesis

• Topic: Encapsulation of Perovskite Solar Cells (PSC)
• Different encapsulation strategies were tested to increase the stability and lifetime of PSC.

Summer Research Internship

• Topic: Solvothermal Synthesis of Tellurium(Te) Nanotubes and Lead Telluride(PbTe)
• Economical methods (solvothermal) were used to synthesize PbTe nanotubes and were characterized using TEM to understand their growth mechanism.

Vijyoshi

National science camp organized by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.

Attended interactive lectures presented by professors from various universities worldwide, on modern research areas and techniques.

voluntary work

I volunteered to deliver talks and speeches at various schools in the city of Bijapur, Karnataka, India to increase the awareness among students and adults on pursuing "Research as a career in India" .

NoteBook Drive

Facilitator, NoteBook Drive (NBD) Programme, IISc :This is a student run voluntary organization to promote science education among students of the underprivileged sections of society in and around Bengaluru by creating awareness and motivating 10th standard students towards higher education.

Doctoral studies

Masters in Nanotechnology

GPA: 4.9/5 - via 120 credits

Bachelor of Science

CGPA : 6.5 /8

High School

12th Grade : 86 / 100

10th Grade : CGPA - 10 / 10