Steve developed a penchant for spectroscopy while performing laser-based experiments as an undergraduate working in the Lisy group at the University of Illinois. He has continued to use and expand this knowledge over the past 28+ years as a Project Manager/Senior Scientist at AECOM and its legacy companies (Radian and URS). In this role, Steve led a group of scientists designing systems and performing optical-based emissions measurements.
He travels the globe performing Optical Remote Sensing and FTIR-based measurements as well as training/mentoring others in spectral interpretation and measurements, and he has a powerful reputation in the semiconductor sector having performed a multitude of projects.
He is the co-author of the industry document on Tool Emissions Characterization which provided language (through the Semiconductor Industry Association) that is now part of the industry-wide GHG reporting rule (40CFR Part 98 Subpart I).