Zixiang Gao 412-***-****

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ab926a@r.postjobfree.com Pittsburgh, PA,15213

Education

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Pittsburgh, PA, United States Expected 12/18/2013

• M.S. in Chemical Engineering GPA: 3.5

South China University of Technology (SCUT), Guangzhou, China Graduated 7/10/2012

• B.S. in Chemical Engineering GPA: 3.5

Relevant Course

• Graduate Course: Computational Methods for Process Engineering, Chemical Process Technology and Industry

Structure, Advanced Process Systems Engineering, Computational Math, Process Systems Modeling, Operation

Research

• Undergraduate Course: Biochemistry, Physical Chemistry, Basic Design of Chemical Equipment, Chemical

Engineering Experiment, Chemical Industry Technical Economy, Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Analytic

Chemistry

Work Experience

Training Department, Sinopec, Guangzhou Branch Guangzhou, China

Operation Engineer Intern 6/1/2011–9/1/2011

• Monitored and examined the production processes including catalytic cracking, catalytic reforming, gas fractionation

• Collected and analyzed plant daily operation data

Management Office of Science & Technology, PetroChina Company Ltd. Dalian, China

Process Engineer Intern 3/1/2011–5/1/2011

• Assisted in developing the basic tower theory and simulated the model to analyze operation conditions

• Developed the process flowchart and conducted on-site survey of the towers

Chemical Industry Department, China Petroleum Chemical Corporation Jiujiang, China

Process engineer Intern 6/1/2010 – 8/1/2010

• Investigated the principles of polypropylene production process

• Designed the distillation column in separation process with Auto-CAD software

Wondfo Biomedical Co. Guangzhou, China

Project Assistant 8/1/2010-7/1/2012

• Synthetized the hapten of sulfonamides from sulfanilamide and succinic anhydride

• Coupled the hapten with Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA)

• Tested coupled result with indirect ELISA method

Project&Research Experience

Modeling the Desulfurization Unit for Flue Gas with Aspen Simulation Data Process Engineering Group, CMU

Project Leader 12/1/2012-present

• Modeled and optimized the operation conditions of a desulfurization unit for flue gas through computational methods

as part of the Carbon Capture Simulation Initiative (CCSI) project for National Energy Technology Laboratory

Analysis of Feedstock Routing in the ExxonMobil Downstream Sector Business School, CMU

Project Leader 9/10/2013-10/1/2013

• Identified the routing-design problem in ExxonMobil company; determined the advantages and limitations of the

model; analyzed the relation between capital cost and operation conditions

Synthesis of Artificial Antigens of Sulfanilamides for Colloidal Gold Rapid Detection Method SCUT

Project Leader 8/1/2010-7/1/2012

• Designed synthesis routing of artificial antigen

• Contacted collaborated company and successfully synthetized active articficial antigen

• Published First-author paper titled Preparation of Artificial Antigens for Sulfanilamides

Synthesis of Betaine Hydrogel with Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Method SCUT

Project Assistant 1/1/2012-7/1/2012

• Employed RAFT method to synthetized betaine hydrogel

• Characterized the structure of reagent with infrared spectrum (IR) and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)

Skills

• Software: Matlab, Aspen Plus, GAMS, Auto-CAD, Python, Visual Basic, MS office

• Laboratory instrument: Scanning Eletron Microscopy (SEM), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR)

Activities

Demonstration Volunteer, Science Center, Pittsburgh 4/10/2013

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Department Head, Union of Social Groups for Students, SCUT, Guangzhou 4/1/2009-4/1/2010

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Demonstration Volunteer, Science Center, Guangzhou 9/1/2010-9/1/2011

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