Yingping Zhang

*** ****** **., ******, ********, 48188, USA

734-***-**** (home), ri2cit@r.postjobfree.com

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Experienced in new product development with strong capabilities of conducting polymer characterization and processing

• Strong process improvement and scale-up ability with intensive problem-solving and project management quality

• Combined background of polymer chemistry and polymer science & engineering

• Proficiency in engineering statistics (DOE) and experimental design

• Superior interpersonal and written/oral communication skills with the ability to relate well and cooperate with others

EDUCATION

09/00-06/05 Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo (UW), Canada

Ph.D. Dissertation: Analysis of Mixing during Polypropylene Blending in a Twin Screw Extruder using Polymeric

Reactive Tracers

09/96-01/99 M.A.Sc. in Chemistry and Engineering of Polymer Materials, Tianjin University (TJU), China

M.A.Sc. Dissertation: A Study on the New Type of Adhesives for Metal Hydride Electrode of Ni/MH Battery

09/92-07/96 B. Eng. in Chemistry and Engineering of Polymer, Tianjin University, China

HANDS-ON EXPERTISE

• Material Properties & Product Performance Characterization:

 Mechanical properties: ASTM - Tensile, Impact, Flexural, Hardness, Wear (Instron), Creep & Fatigue (Cenco), DMA

 Thermal Properties: HDT, DSC, TGA, TMA, P-V-T, CTE/TC/HC, Combustion Heat, Phase-Diagram

 Rheological Properties: Rotational (TA Instrument, AR2000), Capillary, Sliding Plate, Torque, Extensional Rheometers

 Spectroscopy: FT-IR, NMR, GPC, mass spectrometry, G/L-Chromatography, TEM, SEM, XRD, OM, , Fluoremetry

 Phys/Chemical Analysis: Photometry, Polarimetry, Potentiometry, E-Osmosis/Phoresis, Tensiometry, Ellipsometry

• Polymers/Composites/Chemicals Fabrications:

 Extrusion: Blown & Flat Film Extrusion; Pipe & Foam Extrusion, Fiber Spinning, Single & Twin Screw Extrusion, Haake Polylab Compounding System, Reactive Blending & Extrusion

 Molding: Compression Molding, Casting (Acrylics, Nylon, PU, Thin-Film), Injection Molding, Blow Molding, Foam Molding

 Batch Synthesis Techniques: Bulk, Solution, Emulsion, Suspension, Coordination, Free Radical and Ionic Polymerization

• Curricular / Seminar Specialty:

 Materials Technology: Polymer Blends & Alloys, Adhesives & Fillers, Thermoplastic Elastomer, Nanotechnology

 Scientific Methodology: Instrumental Analysis, Computational Methods, Continuum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics

 Designs in Plastics: Product Design, Process Design, Machine Design, Mold Design, Computer Aided Design

 Engineering Principle: Transport Phenomena, Process Dynamics & Control, Thermodynamics, Reaction Engineering

WORK EXPERIENCE

Research Staff Member at Technical Service of Thermoplastic Polyurethane, BASF Corporation, Michigan 06/08-08/10

• Conduct formulation and application development work to support business development in line with business strategy.

• Implement product launch and product transfers in coordination with sales & marketing team.

• Support production operations as required with technical issues for manufacturing optimization and improvement.

• Provide technical data for sales and market literature and establish technical relationship with key customers.

• Correspond to customers’ technical inquires and assist customers in selection and evaluation of products.

Post Doctoral Fellow at Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Ontario 01/05-09/06

• Industry project: reactive extrusion of polymeric composite of polyurethane and polypropylene

 Developed a reactive extrusion process for producing polypropylene resins containing amine chemical groups through melt phase amination of commodity maleated polypropylene resins; a reliable and accurate amine metering scheme was developed.

 Prepared TPU/Polypropylene composites using aminated PPs as a compatibilizer to increase polymer-polymer phase miscibility; determined mechanical properties of blends.

• Industry project: formulation and processing of biodegradable plastic composites with additives including polyactic acid (PLA)

 Designed experiments using engineering statistics principles; perform extrusion compounding and characterizations.

• Analyzed surface characteristics of anhydride functionalized polyethylenes by axisymmetric drop shape analysis - profile (ADSA-P).

• Provided technical and troubleshooting support on a daily basis to lab mates.

Engineering Researcher at Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo 09/00-12/04

• Developed a comprehensive hands-on experience in extrusion technology, such as mixing and reactive extrusion.

 Employed FT-IR measurement to track mixing performance during polypropylene extrusion process.

 Undertook experimental designs for process and product optimization; proficient in controlling process parameters of extrusion.

 Developed extrusion process simulation and mathematical modeling of degree of fill along twin screw extruders.

• Performed organic physical and chemical modifications and characterizations.

 Created a two-step functionalization technique to introduce silicone and anhydride functional groups to chain end of polyolefins.

 Innovated new methods of silicone addition to thermoplastics by hydrosilylation reaction with coordination catalysts in melt phase.

• Supervised a undergraduate research project on compounding of polypropylene and various carbon blacks using a co-rotating twin screw extruder for fuel cell research; responsible for maintaining personnel safety and laboratory status.

R&D Engineer, Tianjin Building Materials Research Institute, China 04/99-08/00

 Optimized the formulation of self-emulsifible acrylic resin; and implemented scale-up and product transition from lab scale to commercialization of self-emulsifible acrylic resin.

 Investigated spray-drying techniques and optimized the spray-drying conditions to produce re-dispersible resin powder.

 Performed physical and mechanical measurement of redispersible resin and self- emulsifible resin-modified cement mortar.

Graduate Internship (Project Engineer) in National Eng. Development Center of Energy Storage Materials, China 01/99-04/99

 Conducted plant trials and explored manufacturing technology (drying condition, compression condition, and surface treatment, etc.) of metal hydride electrode.

 Determined the effect of electrode adhesives on electrochemical performance of MH/Ni battery.

Research Engineer at Dept. of Materials Sci. & Eng., Tianjin University 09/97-12/98

 Functionalized SBS and SEBS elastomers with polar monomers (BA, MMA, VAc).

 Compared the physical and electrochemical performance of SBS adhesive with PTFE and HPMC, as well as the electrochemical performance of MH electrode with SBS as adhesive in different solvents.

 Performed physiochemical measurement of adhesives (SBS, modified SBS, PTFE, HPMC), including viscosity, tensile, shearing and impact strength, alkali resistance, FTIR, and SEM.

Project Engineer at Dept. of Materials Sci. & Eng., Tianjin University 09/96-09/97

• Participated in a NNSFC (the National Natural Science Foundation of China) project: antibacterial chitosan/viscose rayon blends.

 Developed a binary blend of chitosan/viscose rayon (Cs/VR) and a ternary blend of Cs/VR with carboxymethylated chitosan (CM-Cs) as compatibilizer, by blending pre-prepared chitosan emulsion with ripening viscose.

 Implemented characterization via various techniques, including FTIR, wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS), DSC, DMA, and TEM.

 Results of the TEM show that the addition of CM-Cs into the blend can improve the compatibility of Cs with VR.

Engineering Internship (Project Technologist) in TJU Tianhai Technology Development Co., Ltd. 01/96-09/96

 Initiated the random copolymerization of carbon dioxide (CO2) and epichlorohydrin (ECH) using rare-earth coordination catalysts.

 Implemented the tercopolymerization of carbon dioxide, epichlorohydrin and epoxy resin.

 Performed physical and chemical characterization of catalysts and polycarbonates by thermal gravimetry (TG), WAXS, IR spectra, and element analysis.

Teaching Assistant of Chemical Engineering (UW) and Polymer Sci. & Eng. (TJU)

 Organized and supervised Undergraduate Chemical Engineering labs in Fluid Mechanics. (UW, fall terms, 2002, 2003)

 Marked assignments for Undergraduate Chemical Engineering courses in Physical Chemistry and Fluid Mechanics. (UW, 01-03)

 Presented occasional lectures to undergraduate students on Chemical Reaction Engineering. (TJU, fall term, 1998)

 Marked assignments and exams for Undergraduate Chemical Engineering courses in Electrochemistry, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, and Chemical Reaction Engineering. (TJU, 1997-1998)

AWARDS & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2005 First Prize of Technical Essay Contest of Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE), Ontario Section

2004 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Graduate Scholarship, UW

2002 – 04 Engineering Graduate Scholarship and Women Incentive Scholarship, University of Waterloo

2000 – 2006 Member of Society of Plastic Engineers and Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSCE)

1999 Dingxin International Group Scholarship for Academic Excellent Graduate, TJU

1996 Alumni Gold Medal for Top Graduating Engineer and VP of TJU Student Associate, TJU

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