Baichuan Hu

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Huntsville, AL 35816, USA

Cell Phone: 256-***-****

Email: vl7dqt@r.postjobfree.com

Personal Profile:

Worked as a research assistant and teaching assistant in materials science and a computer professional for more than 5 years. Broad knowledge in materials science and metallurgy. Interested in pursuing a metallurgist or materials scientist position.

- Fundamental knowledge of materials properties and microstructures, material processing/analysis/test/synthesis, metals, ceramics, polymers, thermodynamics, chemical dynamics, statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics.

- Solid knowledge in metallography, metallurgy, welding, heat treatment, material mechanics, failure analysis, C/C++ programming, modeling, numerical analysis, Matlab, design and development of experimental apparatus.

- Considerable skills in interpreting and assessing the results of experiment and in chemical and physical characterization of materials, SPM, X-ray diffraction, SEM, TEM, Raman, as well as mechanical tests.

Education

2004 – 2009 Ph.D. in Materials Science (Physical Chemistry), The University of Alabama, Alabama, USA. GPA 3.87/4.

Received a Masters degree in Materials Science in 2007.

1995 – 1998 B.S., Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta,

Edmonton, Canada.

Major: Computer Science, GPA 7/9.

1991 – 1993 M.S., Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, New

Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, New Mexico, USA.

Major: Materials Engineering, GPA 3.8/4.

1979 – 1983 B.S., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai

University of Engineering Science, Shanghai, China.

Major: Materials Engineering (metallography, metallurgy, welding,

heat treatment)

Work Experience

2001 – 2002 Senior Network Analyst, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,

Maryland, USA. Implemented system/network monitoring,

performance tuning, and administration.

2000 – 2001 Network Engineer, Cisco Systems Inc., Research Triangle Park,

North Carolina, USA. Supported in administration of Cisco network

equipment in network management, and C/C++ programming.

1998 – 2000 Network Analyst, Lethbridge College, Alberta, Canada.

Performed Unix system administration, hardware/software

configuration, installation, upgrade, and maintenance on

Unix/Windows systems.

Teaching Experience

2004 – 2009 Teaching Assistant, Materials Science Ph.D. Program, The

University of Alabama.

Taught general chemistry, physical chemistry, and analytical

Chemistry lab courses and recitation classes for each semester

and summer session.

Responsibilities include teaching in the lab class, assisting students to perform chemistry experiments, grading assignments and exams, preparing solution sets for home work and exams, holding weekly office hours to answer student questions.

Concepts covered in the class include atomic model, intermolecular forces, crystallization, buffer solution property, heat of reaction, molecular weight and structure, rate of reaction, reaction mechanisms, phase diagram, thermal/electrical conductivity and electrochemistry theory.

A variety of qualitative and quantitative techniques were used including gravimetric analysis, solubility measurement, substance classification and separation, FTIR, GC-mass spectroscopy, HPLC, NMR and UV-visible absorbance spectroscopy.

Research Experience

2004 – 2009 Research Assistant, Materials Science Ph.D. Program, The

University of Alabama.

Thesis Advisor: Professor James K. Baird.

Thesis: The Universality of Critical Phenomena in Chemical

Reactions in a Binary Liquid Mixture.

My research involved investigating the critical phenomena in second order phase transitions such as binary mixtures of two different liquids, the ferromagnetic-paramagnetic transition, and the conducting-superconducting transition. We studied the effect of critical point phenomena on equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamic properties as well as reaction kinetics in liquid mixtures, the thermodynamic and kinetic theory and its consequences for describing phase transitions and critical behaviors in fluid systems, the divergent solubility behavior in the critical region of solution and the relation between the critical solubility behavior and the heat of solution, the divergent behavior in the rate of a chemical reaction and the reaction mechanism in the critical region. We examined the thermodynamic stability of the liquid mixture system and critical point shifting upon perturbation and applied the experimental observation to test the validity of the predictions of the principle of critical point universality.

Qualitative and quantitative characterization involved Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) spectroscopy, GC-mass spectroscopy, HPLC, NMR, UV-visible absorbance spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, etc.

1991 – 1993 Research Assistant, Department of Materials and Metallurgical

Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

Thesis: Structural and Adhesion Characterization of Chemical

Vapour Deposited Diamond films on WC-6 wt% Co Cutting Tool

Materials.

My research involved depositing diamond films on tungsten carbide substrates by chemical vapour deposition (CVD) method under metastable thermodynamic conditions. This research included determination of crystal nucleation mechanism, crystal morphology, growth rate, residual stress and texture in the film, phase identification of the synthesized films, practical adhesion between the film and the substrate, the diamond coating structures and qualities as a function of deposition conditions, and studying the relationship between microstructure and mechanical properties of the diamond coatings,.

Qualitative and quantitative characterization involved Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), X-ray Diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, Optical spectroscopy, and mechanical tests.

Publications

1. Baichuan Hu, James K. Baird, Randi Richey, and Ramana Reddy, “A chemical test

of the principle of critical point universality: The solubility of nickel (II) oxide in isobtutyric acid + water near the consolute point”, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 154505 (2011).

2. Baichuan Hu and James K. Baird, “Chemical Equilibrium and Critical Phenomena:

The Solubility of Iron (III) Oxide and Cobalt (II, III) Oxide in Isobutyric Acid + Water

Near the Consolute Point”, Int. J. Thermophysics, Vol. 31, Issue 4, page 717

(2010).

3. Baichuan Hu and James K. Baird, “Reaction Kinetics and Critical Phenomena:

Iodination of Acetone in Isobutyric Acid + Water Near the Consolute Point”, J.

Phys. Chem. A, 2010, 114, 355-359.

4. Baichuan Hu, Randi D. Richey, and James K. Baird, “Chemical Equilibrium and

Critical Phenomena: Solubility of Indium Oxide in Isobutyric Acid + Water Near the

Consolute Point”, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 54, 1537 (2009).

5. Baichuan Hu, James K. Baird, et al., “Diverging Thermodynamic Derivatives

Associated with Heterogeneous Chemical Equilibria in a Binary Liquid Mixture with

a Consolute Point”, Int. J. Thermophysics (submitted).

Affiliations

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS).

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