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Ben Rathsack
Biography & Resume
Grad ChE

Email:
rathsack@mail.utexas.edu
Phone:
512-471-6364
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Interests

I am a native to Springfield, IL (Land of Lincoln and the Simpsons).  Now, I am a cow wrangl'n Texan.  I enjoy mountain biking, hiking and most sports that allow me to take advantage of good weather in Austin.   
Experience

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Austin, TX, 8/97 – present
Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. Candidate
GPA 3.9/4.0
Advisor: Professor C. Grant Willson

Photoresist characterization and optical microlithography simulation

Photoresist development rate and kinetics modeling for 365 nm laser photomask fabrication processes

Simulation based formulation of a non-chemically amplified resist for a new 257 nm laser photomask tool.

Manufacturing collaborations with ETEC Systems, Inc and the Dupont Photomask Reticle Technology Center. Skills: Lithography simulation, Labview, Visual basic, photokinetics and thin film polymers

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 
Champaign/Urbana, IL, May 1996
Chemical Engineering, BS, GPA 4.96/5.0

PROCTER AND GAMBLE
Cincinnati, OH, 6/96 –7/97

Research and Product Development: Full-time process development of Cascade dish washing detergent in the Laundry and Cleaning Products Division

HANRATTY RESEARCH GROUP 
Urbana, IL, 1/95 - 5/96

Undergraduate Research: Research in fluid mechanics on the development of an optical technique that measures spatial wave slopes at an air/water interfaces

3M COMPANY 
St. Paul, MN, 5/95 - 8/95

Process Engineering Internship: Process development of an electrostatic coating process for pavement marking adhesive tape in a manufacturing technology group of the Traffic Control Materials Division

PROCTER & GAMBLE 
Cincinnati, OH, 5/94 - 8/94

Research and Development Internship: Research on particulate (pigment/ iron oxide) stain removal with heavy duty liquid laundry detergents in a products research team of the Laundry and Cleaning Products Division

Graduate Accomplishments

SRC/ Texas Instruments Fellowship (1998) Best Poster Award at BACUS Fall (1999)

Co-leader of Chemical Engineering Graduate Student (GSEC) Fundraiser (1998)

Leader of Chemical Engineering Graduate Student (GSEC) Recruiting (1999)

UT/ College of Engineering Thrust 2000 Scholarship (1999)

Reference

C. Grant Willson
willson@che.utexas.edu
(512) 471-4342

 


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Phone: 512.471.6364
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rathsack@mail.utexas.edu

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