Storytelling 

 Challenge & Selection 

 I am a process development engineer . I have many years of experience in developing new   semiconductor processes . One of the great things about this job is the fact that you have to invent the   answer , you can not look it up in a book or read a journal article . What you need to have is an   understanding of materials , chemistry , physics and data analysis . Along with those skills , you need to   have a belief that it is OK to fail occasionally , because that too is a learning experience . 

 Part of my responsibilities these days is to lead others and mentor younger engineers and scientists so   they can help develop new processes for future devices . 

 I use storytelling to convey the idea that the answer to a problem can come from the most unlikely   sources and all you need to do is have an open mind and listen . 

 Application 

 The biggest challenge in a process / product development environment is to actually get people to begin   a project . After a project is defined people like to have the tasks all laid out and so they can go from   point A to point B to … .point Z. Many times , the path is not clear and it is uncertain how to get there   even with thoughtfully designed experiments planned , so it leads to execution paralysis and an inability   to start a project . I use a story about a project early in my career about developing a process for a new   memory chip to illustrate the point that you do n’t need to have all the answers to the problems because   you will learn along the way . 

 We were working on a new lithography process that worked with a new chemical reaction sequence ,   with a new process step that had never been done before . It also required the coupling of two pieces of   equipment together that had never been done before . As we were working on this we started to get   good results , but they were highly variable . We systematically tracked down each component in the   equipment that we thought was contributing to the variability and replaced it or tightened the   specification .   In the end we inserted a time delay to get the process running and product produced . The   time delay was a stop gap measure that worked . 

 We were talking over lunch about our process problem and our stop - gap fix , when someone else   overheard our conversation and suggested that the source of variability was chemical contamination   from the normal room air . A fix was proposed , an experiment was designed to filter the contamination   out of the air and we then ran the experiment .   The experiment was a success as the filtered air allowed   us to get reproduceable results , remove our time delay and eventually identify and remove the   contaminant from the air . 

 Insight 

 The act of sharing this story over a lunch table and the fact that someone from a completely different   area was able to listen and suggest a possible cause and a solution proved the power of storytelling . 

 Had this not taken place it probably would have taken a few more years to identify and solve the source   of the process variations . 

 I use this story to coach and inspire a younger generation to move forward and implement new   processes even if they are not optimized in order to learn more along the way and to share their data ,   problems and difficulties in the hopes of getting insight from someone else . 

 I have used this technique many times and I am convinced that it is one of the contributing factors to my   professional success . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Storytelling 

 Challenge & Selection 

 I am a process development engineer . I have many years of experience in developing new   semiconductor processes . One of the great things about this job is the fact that you have to invent the   answer , you can not look it up in a book or read a journal article . What you need to have is an   understanding of materials , chemistry , physics and data analysis . Along with those skills , you need to   have a belief that it is OK to fail occasionally , because that too is a learning experience . 

 Part of my responsibilities these days is to lead others and mentor younger engineers and scientists so   they can help develop new processes for future devices . 

 I use storytelling to convey the idea that the answer to a problem can come from the most unlikely   sources and all you need to do is have an open mind and listen . 

 Application 

 The biggest challenge in a process / product development environment is to actually get people to begin   a project . After a project is defined people like to have the tasks all laid out and so they can go from   point A to point B to … .point Z. Many times , the path is not clear and it is uncertain how to get there   even with thoughtfully designed experiments planned , so it leads to execution paralysis and an inability   to start a project . I use a story about a project early in my career about developing a process for a new   memory chip to illustrate the point that you do n’t need to have all the answers to the problems because   you will learn along the way . 

 We were working on a new lithography process that worked with a new chemical reaction sequence ,   with a new process step that had never been done before . It also required the coupling of two pieces of   equipment together that had never been done before . As we were working on this we started to get   good results , but they were highly variable . We systematically tracked down each component in the   equipment that we thought was contributing to the variability and replaced it or tightened the   specification .   In the end we inserted a time delay to get the process running and product produced . The   time delay was a stop gap measure that worked . 

 We were talking over lunch about our process problem and our stop - gap fix , when someone else   overheard our conversation and suggested that the source of variability was chemical contamination   from the normal room air . A fix was proposed , an experiment was designed to filter the contamination   out of the air and we then ran the experiment .   The experiment was a success as the filtered air allowed   us to get reproduceable results , remove our time delay and eventually identify and remove the   contaminant from the air . 

 Insight 

 The act of sharing this story over a lunch table and the fact that someone from a completely different   area was able to listen and suggest a possible cause and a solution proved the power of storytelling . 

 Had this not taken place it probably would have taken a few more years to identify and solve the source   of the process variations . 

 I use this story to coach and inspire a younger generation to move forward and implement new   processes even if they are not optimized in order to learn more along the way and to share their data ,   problems and difficulties in the hopes of getting insight from someone else . 

 I have used this technique many times and I am convinced that it is one of the contributing factors to my   professional success .
### Output: 