Sean Clancy

Lead the Materials Science initiatives in metrology for coating characterization and performance; serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the organization; drive technical engagements with current and prospective users; and represent the company at technical conferences, with online webinars, and as an invited podcast guest. Department head for Materials Science: Managed a group of mostly senior engineers (regular staff and consultants) focused on metrology for coating characterization and performance, including the selection of materials precursors and deposition processes of protective coatings for corrosion mitigation and reliability enhancement of electronic devices. Develop technical materials for direct and executive interactions with Fortune 50 users.

Serve as an advisor to faculty, students, and the Materials Characterization Lab (MCL) in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). 

Department head for Coating Technology: Managed a group of mostly senior engineers (regular staff, consultants, and student interns) focused on developing new and optimizing existing conformal coating materials and processes.

Project lead: Serve as a technical resource and the resident SME on coatings and electronics manufacturing industry best practices in cross-functional teams, providing leadership in failure analysis, and customer projects in qualification testing, surface preparation before coating, adhesion promotion, and post-coating surface chemistry modifications.

Provided consulting services in the STEAM fields (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) with practical solutions to development, manufacturing, and process issues, as well as advice, instrumental analysis, teaching materials, and training services.

Managed the Materials Characterization Lab, including staff, scheduling, laboratory analysis, training, and billing.

Designed experiments, ran equipment, and trained users on metrology tools and methods, plasma cleaning, adhesion promotion, and Parylene depositions; served as resident subject matter expert (SME) on coatings and electronics manufacturing industry best practices in cross-functional teams.

Managed high-value projects in electronics manufacturing for the US Navy and managed laboratory services for commercial customers, which included building and managing diverse, multidisciplinary teams, coordinating and planning analyses, and developing and selecting test methods in an ISO 9001 Quality System registered facility, and according to ASTM, IPC, JEDEC, MIL, and other standards.

Designed, synthesized, and analyzed small molecule organics, self-assembled monolayers (SAMs), and polymers for functional coatings and surface modifications of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and other electrodes on integrated circuits (ICs) serving as electrochemical sensors for analytes in aqueous solution.

Designed, synthesized, and characterized electron-deficient (n-type) heterocyclic monomers and polymers for use in electro-optical applications, such as advanced charge storage devices.

Designed, synthesized, and characterized conjugated polymers, metal coordinating ligands, and lanthanide complexes for light-emitting applications, such as organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, chemical sensing, and optical signal amplifiers for telecommunications.

Designed, synthesized, and characterized conjugated polymers, metal coordinating ligands, and lanthanide complexes for light-emitting applications, such as organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, chemical sensing, and optical signal amplifiers for telecommunications.

Synthesized and characterized diagnostic tools and therapeutic candidates for muscular and neurodegenerative diseases in the form of carbohydrates, amino acids, peptides, monomers, and oligomers of peptide nucleic acids via solution or solid-phase synthesis, which led to multiple publications for the primary investigators.