D Rogala

I've developed silicon-carbide microfabrication processes at NASA Glenn Research Center, improving nickel electroplating adhesion, stress, cracking resistance, and wafer-level uniformity for SiC device fabrication.

My work includes photolithography, deep RIE masking, thin-film deposition, metrology, and failure analysis using sputtering systems, SEM, profilometry, and JEOL Auger Electron Spectroscopy. I also installed an idonus shadow mask aligner and supported process development across fabrication workflows.

At New York Institute of Technology, I developed an “n+1” simulation method for open quantum systems that reduces qubit requirements and doubles resource efficiency versus conventional Kraus-operator approaches. I used Qiskit and IBM Quantum to validate theoretical derivations and authored a draft research paper on the work.

I'm also leading the design and fabrication of interdigitated micro-supercapacitors for wearable and biomedical sensors, focusing on electrode geometry, materials stacks, capacitance, ESR, leakage current, and scalable cleanroom fabrication.