Mudassar Iqbal
Thin-Film and Process Engineer | Changhua, Taiwan
Email: raimudassar001@gmail.com | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/raimudassar
Professional Summary
Master's graduate with fabrication experience specializing in multilayer TCO electrode structures, liquid crystal photonic devices, wet/acid etching, photolithography, optical metrology, and process troubleshooting for semiconductor and display roles.
Technical Skills
Thin Films: IZO, ZnO, ZTO, TCO multilayer stacks, spin coating, PVD, reduced O2 annealing.
Patterning: UV mask exposure, photoresist processing, lift-off, electrode patterning.
Wet Process: Acid wet etching, etch-rate optimization, chemical handling, defect review.
Metrology: POM, optical profilometry, electrical measurement, oscilloscope, function generator.
Research Experience
Process and Device Engineer (Research), Liquid Crystal and Photonics Lab, NCUE
Mar 2023 - Jan 2026 | Changhua, Taiwan
- Fabricated transparent TCO electrodes using multilayer stacking, PVD, spin coating, annealing, photolithography, lift-off, and wet/acid etching.
- Reduced TCO resistance from the greater than 100 MOhm range toward kOhm-range performance while maintaining greater than 95% optical transmittance.
- Developed LC photonic devices including 2D focal-shift LC lenses, polarization converter arrays, and stacked microstructured LC devices for speckle suppression.
- Contributed to process documentation, repeatability improvement, optical alignment, and metrology-driven troubleshooting.
Education
Master of Science in Physics, National Changhua University of Education
2023 - 2026 | GPA: 4.0 / 4.0
Focus: Photonics, semiconductor technology, thin-film processes, optics, liquid crystal devices, and optical systems.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, The University of Lahore
2018 - 2022 | GPA: 3.40 / 4.0
Focus: Material science, solid state physics, quantum mechanics, and experimental physics foundations.
Publications and Awards
- Che Ju Hsu, Mareena Antony, Mudassar Iqbal, and Chi Yen Huang, "Speckle noise reduction in laser projection using a liquid crystal device with stacked microstructured electrodes," Optics Letters, vol. 50, pp. 3812-3815, 2025.
- IDW '24 Outstanding Poster Paper Award, International Display Workshop 2024, Sapporo, Japan.
- Poster Presentation, Annual Meeting of Taiwan Liquid Crystal Society, 2023.