2019 SVC TechCon

Robert G. Andosca

Advanced Energy Industries


Dr. Robert G. Andosca is the Director, Worldwide Applications Technology focusing on plasma-based deposition and etch of thin films materials for Advanced Energy headquartered in Fort Collins, CO, USA. He has 25+ years’ experience in the semiconductor, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and photovoltaic industries. At AE he is focused on coating applications for flat panel display and industrial (e.g. decorative and hard tooling) technologies. Dr. Andosca’s professional experience ranges from C-level to operational to engineering management, business development, and has been a scientist and engineer focusing on many thin film-based products. Dr. Andosca is the founder and former CEO of MicroGen Systems (acquired in July 2017), has held senior level positions at the Smart System Technology & Commercialization Center (formerly Infotonics Technology Center), Lilliputian Systems, Umicore, Corning IntelliSense, Clare (now IXYS; formerly CP Clare), Lockheed Martin and Irvine Sensors (partnership, co-located with IBM Microelectronics Division, Essex Junction, VT), and is an adjunct professor in the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Mechanical Engineering Department. Dr. Andosca completed his Ph.D. from The University of Vermont (www.uvm.edu) in Materials Science (multi-disciplinary program between EE, ME and Physics). His dissertation research was on theoretical and experimental studies of piezoelectric MEMS-based vibration energy harvester devices and sensors. He also holds an M.S. in Materials Science from UVM, and B.S. degrees in Mathematics and Physics from Keene State College. He is an author on twelve (12) published scientific papers and is an inventor on twenty-five (25) issued US and international patents and has another twelve (12) pending. Dr. Andosca has been an invited speaker and panelist worldwide (27X) on Internet of Things, energy harvesting and various thin film technologies, including piezo-MEMS.

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