Thomas Brubaker

About Thomas Brubaker

I am a senior engineer with 10+ years of microfluidic fabrication experience. I am very…

Experience

1. Staff Engineer

   Illumina

   Mar 2022 — Present · San Diego, CA, US

   Led a team of engineers in the design, experimentally validation, and implemention of new wash procedures to minimize run to run variability and increase product yield- Led lab wide protocol and recipe standardization efforts to minimize user to user variability- Conducted multiphase COMSOL fluidic simulations and experimentally validated model feasibility- Designed new flow cell geometries to better evaluate how a three immiscible phase fluidic system is influenced by physical perturbations- Utilized confocal microscopy techniques to quantify the heterogeneity of multiphase fluids within a flow cell- Led a team of engineers in the root cause identification of system wide contamination- Organized community events to promote inclusion, participation, and team building

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering

• Carnegie Mellon University

  Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering

• Carnegie Mellon University

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Engineering