Bob Song Wisconsin Local Candidate • 585-***-**** • acoekp@r.postjobfree.com

Development Chemist Qualifications and Technical Skills

* ***** ***** ********** ** powder, coatings materials fabrication, synthesis and characterization.

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4 years studies of raw materials testing, thin film analytical testing and finished product validation support.

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3 years hands-on laboratory experience on thin film coating and chemical compound controlling.

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Expert at chemistry lab settings including XRD, UV-Vis, FTIR, HPLC, GC, XPS, SEM, EDX and AFM. Proficient in

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Origin, LabVIEW, Mathematica, AutoCAD, C++, Visual Basic, Photoshop, Illustrator and Microsoft Office.

Rich knowledge of process development with Lean Six Sigma, Root Cause Analysis and Design of Experiments.

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Strong communication and interpersonal skills evidenced through daily lab work and group research meetings.

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Research and Professional Experience

University of Rochester Rochester, NY

Chemical Engineering Laboratory Research Assistant August 2013-Present

Research project “Thin Film Apatite Fabrication and Controlled Surface Modification” .

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Enhanced proton conductivity by electroplated highly dense c-axis oriented apatite coatings on metal substrate.

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Optimized fabrication process and reduced cost by modifying chemical composition and synthesis conditions.

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Engineered surface morphology, crystal structure and elements ratio by XRD, SEM, EDX and XPS.

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Executed drug delivery project to optimize in-vitro bacterial infection prevention performance. Deposited antibiotic

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nanoparticles into apatite crystals, controlled surface release kinetics by UV-VIS in simulated body fluid.

Extended 20% release duration to improve in-vivo bone integration biocompatibility.

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Amplified catalytic efficiencies and antibacterial activities by in-crystal metal ions exchange (Ag, Pd and Fe).

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Designed electrochemical process to synthesize doped-particle. Measured particle size and Zeta-potential by

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DLS.

Overcame the obstacle of coating hydroxyapatite on ITO-glass by optimizing chemical composition.

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Nanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing, China

Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory Research Assistant September 2010-December 2011

Research project “Preparation and Properties of Electrolyte of Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells”.

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Redesigned two new preparation processes for thin film LaSiO electrolyte by solid-state and sol-gel synthesis.

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Determined best electrical properties by heat sintered ceramic powder from 1350 to 1500 o C for varied time scale.

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Optimized ceramic phase transition performance by doping ions under DSC measurement.

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Assessed electrical properties including resistivity and ionic conductivity by AC impedance method.

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Boosted 15% ionic conductivity of SOFCs’ LaSiO electrolyte membranes with Al doping.

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Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China

Laboratory Research Intern July-August 2011

Research project “Heavy Water Splitting with Excess Heat Production”.

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Developed novel metal-hydrogen reaction system with new type of calorimeter to measure excess heat

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production.

Detected process conditions of heavy water electrolysis with metal electrodes in Pd-D 2O cell.

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Optimized production process and selected reactor’s material to prevent catalyst poisoning.

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Simplified results calculation by independently inventing an efficient C++ program, saving 70% time.

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Organized LabVIEW software and hardware to control system DAQ. Interpreted data by Mathematica and Origin.

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Projects University of Rochester

Study of Bio-inspired Materials: Self-Repairing Concrete April 2013

Detected and collected four most applicable innovative strategies of self-repairing concrete.

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Compared different types of strategies to realize most effective and reliable self-repairing method.

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Investigation of Multi-color Fast-switching Droplet Dye Laser November 2012

Studied constituent and properties of multi-color microfluidic dye laser operating in whispering gallery mode.

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Investigated the potential applications in on-chip spectroscopy and flow cytometry.

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Education and Honors

University of Rochester Rochester, New York, USA

Master of Science Degree, Materials Science July 2014

Master studies focused on nonmetallic materials. Enhanced knowledge of thin films, electrochemical devices and

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surface engineering. Tuition waiver by University of Rochester.

GPA: 3.74 (out of 4.0), Top 5%

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Core courses: Bioengineering and Biotechnologies; Fundamentals of Lasers; Production of Microelectronic

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Devices; Electrochemical Engineering and Fuel Cells; Optic Properties of Materials; Mechanical Properties.

Nanjing University of Science and Technology Nanjing, China

Bachelor of Engineering Degree, Materials Science and Engineering July 2012

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