Muhammad Sajid

About Muhammad Sajid

Experienced surface physicist with 4+ years of both computational and experimental experience in the modeling, processing, and characterization of thin films that have applications in catalysis and electronics. 4+ years experience in material simulation using DFT for applications in heterogeneous catalysis and battery materials. Research-oriented professional with expertise in designing and executing experiments to ensure process improvement using both computational and experimental approaches. Experimental Skills- Expertise in the growth of thin films via e-beam assisted physical vapor deposition- Calibration, optimization, and troubleshooting of surface analytical tools- Utilization, maintenance, troubleshooting, and improvement of ultra-high vacuum systems/technologies- X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS), Low energy ion scattering spectroscopy (LEIS), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES)- Mass Spectroscopy (MS), Temperature programmed Desorption (TPD)Computational Skills- Research experience in chemical physics, condensed matter theory, and computational chemistry- Density functional theory (DFT)-based calculations with added vdW contributions- Nudged Elastic Band Calculations for the prediction of energy barriers- Expertise in using VASP package to predict material properties- Electronic structure predictions using Bader AnalysisSoftware- Microsoft Office Package (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)- OriginPro (Preparation of Data Plots)- Latex, Python, and Labview- CasaXPS and XPSPeak for XPS peak fitting.

Experience

1. Ltd Module Engineer

   Intel

   Aug 2022 — Present · Hillsboro, OR, US

Education

• Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad

  Master of Science - MS, Physics

  2012 — 2014

• Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad

  Master of Philosophy - MPhil, Physics

  2014 — 2016

• University of Central Florida

  Doctor's Degree, Physics