Summary
Mr. Davis is a founding Associate and Vice President of Vibro-Acoustic Consultants.  He is a 1998 graduate of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).  During his time at MIT, Mr. Davis held various positions at Bose Corporation, Lucent Technologies, and Panasonic Technologies, working primarily with microscale structures.  After graduation, he began working on vibration and acoustics in large structures.  Prior to helping found Vibro-Acoustic Consultants, Mr. Davis worked with customers to assess metrology tool performance at Applied Materials.

During his collegiate career, Mr. Davis worked on and managed a broad variety of projects involving dynamic load-bearing materials design, information systems design, thick-film plasma display panel manufacture and photonic crystals manufacture.  At Applied Materials, Mr. Davis has become proficient with semiconductor wafer inspection on the WF-736 / Compass platform (formerly of Orbot) and the SEMVision (formerly of Opal).

At Vibro-Acoustic Consultants, Mr. Davis leads projects involving detailed noise and vibration measurement, theoretical environmental noise modeling, in-situ acoustical treatments, HVAC design for acoustic performance, long-term noise and vibration monitoring, impact modal testing of structures, shaker-excitation dynamic testing of large structures and more.

Professional Experience
Summer, 1995 -- Bose Corporation; Framingham, MA
Summer, 1996 -- Lucent Technologies, Inc.; Mesquite, TX
1997 - 1998 -- Panasonic Technologies, Inc.; Cambridge, MA
1998 - 2000 -- Colin Gordon & Associates; San Mateo, CA
2000 - 2001 -- Applied Materials, Inc.; Santa Clara, CA

Education
S.B., Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
S.B. Thesis: Laser-Based Direct-Write Patterning for Thick-Film Plasma Display Panels

Project Experience
Recent interesting projects
Physical Sciences Facility (PNNL) - Acoustical, vibration design for 5-building research center
Freescale (Chandler) - Environmental noise modeling, control for boilers
Micron Technology (Mask Shop, NanoFab) - Vibration design experimental verification
200 Paul Ave, San Francisco - Environmental noise modeling and control
Texas Instruments Kilby Center (Dallas) - Multiple tool pedestal testing projects projects
Texas Instruments DMOS5 (Dallas) - Photo area floor retrofit
Novo Nordisk (Hayward) - Manufacturing tool vibration characterization

Specialty Projects (Sample)
UCSF Community Center, San Francisco, CA. Structural dynamic evaluation and design of a gym floor directly above an Auditorium
U of Washington Seattle, WA. Light rail system impact - evaluated and represented the university in determining the impact of underground rail system on the university vibration-sensitive research
  

*note: some projects listed were completed with other design firms.

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