Samsung Austin Semiconductor

Victor Smith is an industrial research analyst at Global Water Intelligence. Since joining GWI in 2024 he has conducted research on the market for water treatment chemicals and the chemical manufacturing industry. He is now looking at water-related opportunities and spending in data centres. Victor holds a BA in History and Economics and an MA in History from the University of Manchester.

Project engineer for UPW optimization and conceptual design projects addressing capacity and performance for semiconductor clients. Former UPW system owner at a large semiconductor fabricator.

FTD Solutions

Dr. Sriram (Ram) Ramamoorthy is a Supply Chain R&D Engineer/Technologist in Intel’s Fab Materials Organization managing specialty chemicals and filtration. Prior to this role, Ram was a senior process technology development engineer in Intel R&D fab in Oregon developing front end wet etch processes. Ram is an active member in IRDS and SEMI task forces and standards team. Ram received his Ph.D in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY).

Intel

Dave Buesser is the COO of FTD Solutions. He is a mechanical engineer from the University of Arizona, and he has spent his entire 27-year career driving advanced technology facilities forward. He began with a focus on semiconductor process piping design and proceeded to build likely the deepest experience in the industry on UPW distribution systems. He has led the design efforts for several UPW plants for greenfield semiconductor facilities and has also led many multi-discipline design teams on microelectronics facilities. Today, his focus is to bring world-class expertise coupled with unique tools to help solve the most pressing UPW and facilities challenges facing advanced industries.

Hyeongrak Cho is a water treatment expert and researcher at Kookmin University's Smart Water Environment Leading Laboratory (SWELL). Born in 1986, Cho obtained his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Kookmin University in Seoul, Korea, in September 2019. During his graduate studies, Cho focused his research on the treatment of water, wastewater, and desalination using membranes. In particular, he developed expertise in the treatment of highly concentrated salt wastewater, publishing a paper entitled "Effect of pre-treatment and operating conditions on the performance of membrane distillation for the treatment of shale gas wastewater" in Desalination (IF 6.035). Cho has conducted two successful projects on the treatment of highly concentrated wastewater. The first involved treating shale gas wastewater generated in Texas using the membrane distillation technique, and the second involved treating highly concentrated desalinated seawater using a semi-pilot MD instrument. Manuscripts from these projects are currently being submitted to high-impact water treatment journals. Cho's experience also includes knowledge of MF/UF, coagulation, and sedimentation for pre-treatment and chemical, physical, and ultrasonic washing for post-treatment. He has collaborated on desalination projects involving forward osmosis (FO), reverse osmosis (RO), reverse electrodialysis (RED), and capacitive deionization (CDI). In addition to his research, Cho is studying modeling for the automation of water treatment plants using Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Life Cycle Assessment for decreasing Carbon emission, Computational Fluid dynamics, and pipe analysis and design for Ultra pure water supply. Cho believes that his strong understanding of general and next-generation water treatment techniques and his experience in pilot operations make him a valuable asset to any research project.

I am a professional chemical engineer located in Kansas City. I focused on water and wastewater treatment design for the first 15 years of my career before transitioning into engineering and project management where I have mainly managed large water and wastewater projects for 10 years.

Kiewit

Gary Van Schooneveld is President of CT Associates, Inc. Gary has over 30 years of experience with high-purity fluid systems including chemical delivery and ultrapure water and the development and testing of their associated materials and components. He is the author or co-author of more than 45 technical papers and presentations. Gary is co-chair of the SEMI UPW Task Force and an active member of the IRDS UPW and IRDS Critical Components Task Forces. Gary as been a key contributor in the development and validation of SEMI specification for measuring filter retention below 15 nm (SEMI C79), particle shedding from critical components (SEMI F104) and extractables ion exchange resin rinse performance (SEMI C93). Gary has BS and MS degrees in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) and an MBA from the University of Texas (Arlington, TX).

CT Associates

Please see my LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sergei-shatsman/

Dominic is the Intel Director of Construction responsible for managing Intel’s latest leading edge Wafer FAB construction Program at Intel’s Ocotillo Campus Phoenix AZ. This program is part of Intel’s $20b investment on the campus.


Dominic has 35 years’ experience in EPCC project delivery. 16 years working with EPCC firms Costain, Jacobs, Fluor, DPS and 20 years within Intel.


Dominic holds a BSc in Construction Technology and an MSc in Project management.




Tina is a civil engineer working for Kokosing, a self-performing heavy industrial contractor in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. She holds a BS in CE from Case Western Reserve University and a MS in CE from Cleveland State University. Tina is a licensed PE in IL, IN, MI, PA, OH.

Kokosing Industrial

Senior Process Chemical Engineer with 30+ years of experience working in Facilities Operation Engineering and Design within the semiconductor manufacturing industry. He is a Subject Matter Expert in chemicals, chemical systems, and application for semiconductor manufacturing, pollution abatement, water and wastewater treatment and supporting HazWaste systems and operation.

Micron

After more than 20 years as water treatment engineer at Rousset plant (France), in charge of subcontractor team (2 engineers, 2 technicians), operating UPW plant and waste water plant, I'm water program manager, technical leader for Ultra Pure Water Water treatment for STMicroelectronics Front-End plants (France, Italy, Singapore) - Technical support (project and troubleshooting) - Quality and monitoring standardization - Water saving focus - Invest technical approval - UPW engineers team coordination Ultra pure water specialist.

Danielle Huynh

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