ADAM CHALUPA / 아담 찰루바
Physics && Paint
Curriculum Vitae:
"Big whorls have little whorls that feed on their velocity,
and little whorls have lesser whorls and so on to viscosity."
Adam Chalupa
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Adamchalupa[at]live.com
Central Texas
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Currently located in Austin, TX.
Experience Keywords: painter, designer, illustrator, scientist, semiconductors, physics, engineer, cryokinetics, LSI semiconductor manufacturing, CFD.
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Education
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Master's (MSc) in Theoretical Physics
University of Edinburgh, Scotland UK
Sept. 2015 - Aug. 2016
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Bachelors of Science, Dual Majors in Physics and Mathematics (Summa Cum Laude)
Texas State University, San Marcos TX
Jan. 2011 - Dec. 2014
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Current Position:
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Samsung Austin Semiconductor, Austin, TX
Senior Equipment Engineer
March 2017 - Present
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Scientific Contributions:
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Chemical Uniformity Impacts on Electrodeposition
IEEE - 2023 34th Annual SEMI Conference on Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing
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Comparison of forcing functions in magnetohydrodynamics
Phys. Rev. Fluids 2, 114604 – Published 13 November 2017
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Using High-Speed Video Analysis for Defect Investigation and Process Improvement
IEEE - 2019 30th Annual SEMI Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC)
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Characteristics of Bose Glass in a Disordered Optical Lattice
December 2014 Texas State Honors College Thesis
Colleague presented at APS on our research: https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR15/Session/Q35.13
Exhibition CV:
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NLC Gallery, Student Exhibition, San Antonio TX; May 2010
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Edinburgh University Student Exhibition, Edinburgh Scotland; January 2016 – Aug. 2016. The exhibition extended the display of my pieces as a solo exhibition for the international Fringe festival 2016.
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Art Haus at Pour Haus, New Braunfels TX; Multiple showings in 2016/2017/2018.
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East Austin Studio Tour, #59, Motion Media Arts Center Austin TX; November 2019. Donated due EAST exhibition piece was sold as well.
Academic and Professional Awards
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ASMC Semi Conference 2019 Best Paper, May 2019. Presented on my usage of high-speed video in high-volume semiconductor manufacturing and was received as an innovative and highly-applicable topic; our work was also mentioned in the keynote unsolicited.
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1st Place, Internal Software Automation competition held across all of Samsung Austin Semiconductor.
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Director's Award, 2018, Samsung Austin Semiconductor for software automation efforts made in Cleans department.
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Distinction Honours level grading on Master's Thesis done in Magnetohydrodynamics using Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations on the Archer Cray XC30 Supercomputer. Click here to download a copy.
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Dec. 2014: Summa Cum Laude honors received with Bachelors degree.
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April 2013, 2014: Award for Academic Excellence; four separate times received between Mathematics and Physics department for high GPA (dual major).
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April 2013, Outstanding Beginning Physics Major. Awarded to physics majors who have completed the first core classes with high GPA.
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