JAMES H. YANG, PH.D., CHE

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SANTA ANA, CA 92704

ENGINEERING MANAGER / CHEMICAL ENGINEER

** ***** ** ********** ** the Industrial Gas Industry has allowed me to serve in two roles.

(1) Senior-level individual contributor, specializing in the following areas: non-cryogenic separation of landfill gas/biogas, syngas, air (for O2 and N2 markets), semiconductor exhaust, H2/hydrocarbon mixtures, and CO2/CH4 and bench-to-pilot-scale chemical synthesis. Four patents, 17 publications/presentations.

(2) Engineering Manager, focusing on aligning technical resources with business objectives, while also serving as Company representative on technical-related meetings with outside clients to generate new business.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CONSULTANT, Santa Ana, CA 2011-2012

PACIFIC CONSOLIDATED INDUSTRIES LLC, Riverside, CA 2004-2011

Global supplier of oxygen and nitrogen for medical, industrial, and Oil & Gas applications, $40 million in sales

Co-Engineering Manager / Research Engineer

Engineering Manager duties involve managing staff of 12 engineers, draftspersons, designers, and tech writers in support of Company’s business objectives. Particulars include the following.

Managing staff budget and resource allocation

Aligning day-to-day activities with business deliverables

Visiting clients for technical sales/partnerships

2009 Safe Manager of the Year

Research Engineer activities encompass the following.

Developing separation processes for low-BTU (renewables) gas purification and CO2 and H2O removal from syngas

Developing applications for portable acoustic cryocooler liquefaction technology

Reducing product costs by testing alternative separation media

Increasing and managing the Company’s intellectual property portfolio

Acquiring outside funding by writing grant proposals

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC., Allentown, PA 1993-2003

Global supplier of industrial gases and related process equipment, producer of specialty chemicals, $10 billion in sales

Senior Principal Research Engineer

Principal investigator in team environment to apply synthesis, separation, and chamber cleaning know-how to introduce new chemicals to market, reduce global warming emissions in semiconductor fabs, improve hydrogen production, and reduce clean times and process costs in semiconductor chamber cleaning.

Developed pilot plant for the synthesis of a low-k dielectric precursor for semiconductor low-k dielectric application. Participated in team to design plant for batch production of 1 kg of organic silane product using lithium hydride chemistry in diglyme solvent.

Researched and developed pilot-scale polymeric membrane unit to separate perfluorinated compounds from nitrogen for semiconductor greenhouse gas recovery application. Took project from concept bench-scale experiments on a single membrane module to a pilot-scale unit at customer site (Motorola).

Investigated novel methods of concentrating specialty gases to improve throughput and reduce costs in existing plants. Demonstrated capability to concentrate and dry gases using Nafion and polysulfone membranes.

Modeled behavior of trace moisture adsorption/desorption on stainless steel surfaces. Confirmed validity of model with drydown data.

Investigated optimum means of remote and in situ cleaning of semiconductor CVD chambers. Installed ASTRONex remote chamber clean unit used to dissociate perfluorinated compounds for chamber cleaning and reduced process clean times and process costs on Applied Materials DxZ chamber.

Scaled up development of nanoporous inorganic carbon membrane to allow larger molecules to permeate selectively over smaller molecules. Synthesized membrane by pyrolyzing polymer on ceramic support. Novel technology can increase hydrogen production by recovering hydrogen from refinery offgas fuel stream or from fuel stream in steam-methane reforming production of hydrogen.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. ChE, University of Minnesota (3.79 out of 4.00 GPA) 1993

Thesis: Selective Ion Exchange in a Microemulsion-Based Resin

Awards: U. of Minnesota Graduate School Fellowship (1986), Grace Fellowship, and Outstanding Department TA Award (1992).

B.S. ChE, Purdue University (completed in three years with 6.00 out of 6.00 in ChE Honors Program) 1986

Awards: National Merit Scholar (1983-1986), Henry Ford II Award as Purdue’s Top Third-Year Engineer (across all engineering disciplines, 1986), and the co-winner of the Lottes Award as Purdue’s Top Graduating Chemical Engineer (1986).

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