{"id":949,"date":"2024-06-21T12:37:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T11:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/?p=949"},"modified":"2024-06-21T13:24:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T12:24:25","slug":"alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/2024\/06\/21\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni spotlight: In\u00eas Gomes P\u00e1dua"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Name: In\u00eas Gomes P\u00e1dua<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Degree:\u00a0MEng Materials Science and Engineering in the Department of Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n

Graduation Year: 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Current role: Heat and Mass Transfer Engineer at ASML San Diego<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is your current job?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I work as a Heat and Mass Transfer Engineer at ASML San Diego. ASML is a Dutch company based in Veldhoven, NL, with several offices worldwide. The San Diego office is responsible for developing the light sources of ASML\u2019s lithography machines.<\/p>\n

What do you do in your job?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I work on EUV (Extreme Ultra-Violet) light sources for the most advanced lithography machines that ASML produces. Specifically, I work in tin management: the light needed to achieve the EUV wavelengths is produced by aiming a powerful laser at minuscule droplets of tin to create a plasma. So, how do we ensure that only the light is transmitted to the rest of the machine and that the tin plasma, vapour and debris are properly disposed of? That\u2019s where my team comes in!<\/p>\n

Why did you choose a career in Materials Science and Engineering?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"I first became interested in Materials Science and Engineering because I wanted to understand what makes certain things more fragile than others or more susceptible to breaking and failure! This is only the smallest part of Materials Science and Engineering, as I would discover during my time at Imperial.<\/p>\n

Working in the semiconductors industry is very rewarding and, honestly, sometimes a little surreal. I work at one of the most important companies in the chipmaking supply chain. It\u2019s incredible technology. The kind of innovation supported by newer, more advanced microchips like the ones ASML helps to manufacture is, simply put, very cool.<\/p>\n

What did you enjoy most about the course at Imperial?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I really enjoyed the practical aspect of the MSE course. It\u2019s taught me how to handle laboratory and cleanroom work very well and manage all the unexpected problems that come with hands-on work. It wasn\u2019t always easy, and there were a lot of failed experiments in undergrad, but certainly where I gained the most from.<\/p>\n

What is the coolest thing you have done in your career so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have to say moving to California is pretty amazing. I\u2019m so grateful to work at such an international company and to experience a different work culture, a highly specialised team of engineers coming together to push the edges of engineering and physics. And then I can go surfing afterwards! I can hardly believe it myself.<\/p>\n

From a technical standpoint, the coolest thing I\u2019ve done so far is contributing to the development and production of the first high-NA EUV light source, which is currently at Intel\u2019s Oregon Factory.<\/p>\n

What is your favourite material (and why)?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bronze. Firstly, there\u2019s an entire era of humanity named the Bronze Age! As someone who works with tin and works with the consequences of tin reacting with other materials, I always find satisfaction in knowing that we\u2019ve conquered bronze.<\/p>\n

What advice would you give to your younger self?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Be a jack of all trades! Materials Science and Engineering is one of the most interdisciplinary degrees you can pursue at Imperial. It\u2019s at the crossroads of all sciences and engineering, bringing together a diverse group of minds, skills and ideas!<\/p>\n

My degree has enabled me to connect and learn from all my colleagues, correlate seemingly disconnected concepts, and discover new perspectives on problem-solving. Beyond the technical skills, take pride in your hobbies and passions and the skills you learn while playing sports, music, video games, etc. What are you learning could make you a better engineer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Name: In\u00eas Gomes P\u00e1dua Degree:\u00a0MEng Materials Science and Engineering in the Department of Materials Graduation Year: 2021 Current role: Heat and Mass Transfer Engineer at ASML San Diego What is your current job? I work as a Heat and Mass Transfer Engineer at ASML San Diego. ASML is a Dutch company based in Veldhoven, NL, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1481,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"\nAlumni spotlight: In\u00eas Gomes P\u00e1dua - Imperial Materials<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/2024\/06\/21\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alumni spotlight: In\u00eas Gomes P\u00e1dua - Imperial Materials\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Name: In\u00eas Gomes P\u00e1dua Degree:\u00a0MEng Materials Science and Engineering in the Department of Materials Graduation Year: 2021 Current role: Heat and Mass Transfer Engineer at ASML San Diego What is your current job? I work as a Heat and Mass Transfer Engineer at ASML San Diego. ASML is a Dutch company based in Veldhoven, NL, […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/2024\/06\/21\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Imperial Materials\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-21T11:37:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-21T12:24:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/files\/2024\/06\/Parul-2-1024x576.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kayleigh Brewer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kayleigh Brewer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/21\\\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/21\\\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kayleigh Brewer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4573d6c077ad01ca8b3d0b0fae5e3e5d\"},\"headline\":\"Alumni spotlight: In\u00eas Gomes P\u00e1dua\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-21T11:37:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-21T12:24:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/21\\\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":614,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/21\\\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/files\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Parul-2-1024x576.png\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/21\\\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/21\\\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\\\/\",\"name\":\"Alumni spotlight: In\u00eas Gomes P\u00e1dua - Imperial Materials\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/21\\\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/21\\\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/files\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Parul-2-1024x576.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-21T11:37:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-21T12:24:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4573d6c077ad01ca8b3d0b0fae5e3e5d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/21\\\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/21\\\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/21\\\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/files\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Parul-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/files\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Parul-2.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/21\\\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Alumni spotlight: In\u00eas Gomes P\u00e1dua\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/\",\"name\":\"Imperial Materials\",\"description\":\"Featuring posts from staff and students in the Department of Materials at Imperial College London\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4573d6c077ad01ca8b3d0b0fae5e3e5d\",\"name\":\"Kayleigh Brewer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6ef91e2750347d4bdbb34bc5fc656fecf49c1c25ac147e7844813a4ab54f5cf4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6ef91e2750347d4bdbb34bc5fc656fecf49c1c25ac147e7844813a4ab54f5cf4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6ef91e2750347d4bdbb34bc5fc656fecf49c1c25ac147e7844813a4ab54f5cf4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kayleigh Brewer\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\\\/materials\\\/author\\\/kbrewer\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Alumni spotlight: In\u00eas Gomes P\u00e1dua - Imperial Materials","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/2024\/06\/21\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Alumni spotlight: In\u00eas Gomes P\u00e1dua - Imperial Materials","og_description":"Name: In\u00eas Gomes P\u00e1dua Degree:\u00a0MEng Materials Science and Engineering in the Department of Materials Graduation Year: 2021 Current role: Heat and Mass Transfer Engineer at ASML San Diego What is your current job? I work as a Heat and Mass Transfer Engineer at ASML San Diego. ASML is a Dutch company based in Veldhoven, NL, […]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/2024\/06\/21\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\/","og_site_name":"Imperial Materials","article_published_time":"2024-06-21T11:37:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-06-21T12:24:25+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/files\/2024\/06\/Parul-2-1024x576.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Kayleigh Brewer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kayleigh Brewer","Estimated reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/2024\/06\/21\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/2024\/06\/21\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\/"},"author":{"name":"Kayleigh Brewer","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/#\/schema\/person\/4573d6c077ad01ca8b3d0b0fae5e3e5d"},"headline":"Alumni spotlight: In\u00eas Gomes P\u00e1dua","datePublished":"2024-06-21T11:37:46+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-21T12:24:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/2024\/06\/21\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\/"},"wordCount":614,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/2024\/06\/21\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/files\/2024\/06\/Parul-2-1024x576.png","inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/2024\/06\/21\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/2024\/06\/21\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\/","name":"Alumni spotlight: In\u00eas Gomes P\u00e1dua - Imperial Materials","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/2024\/06\/21\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/2024\/06\/21\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/files\/2024\/06\/Parul-2-1024x576.png","datePublished":"2024-06-21T11:37:46+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-21T12:24:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/#\/schema\/person\/4573d6c077ad01ca8b3d0b0fae5e3e5d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/2024\/06\/21\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/2024\/06\/21\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/2024\/06\/21\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/files\/2024\/06\/Parul-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/files\/2024\/06\/Parul-2.png","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/2024\/06\/21\/alumni-spotlight-ines-gomes-padua\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Alumni spotlight: In\u00eas Gomes P\u00e1dua"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/","name":"Imperial Materials","description":"Featuring posts from staff and students in the Department of Materials at Imperial College London","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/#\/schema\/person\/4573d6c077ad01ca8b3d0b0fae5e3e5d","name":"Kayleigh Brewer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6ef91e2750347d4bdbb34bc5fc656fecf49c1c25ac147e7844813a4ab54f5cf4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6ef91e2750347d4bdbb34bc5fc656fecf49c1c25ac147e7844813a4ab54f5cf4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6ef91e2750347d4bdbb34bc5fc656fecf49c1c25ac147e7844813a4ab54f5cf4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kayleigh Brewer"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/author\/kbrewer\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1481"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":968,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/949\/revisions\/968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/materials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}