Engineer Assistant

Baichuan Hu

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Huntsville, AL 35816, USA

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

Email: **************@*****.***

Personal Profile:

Actively seeking a position as a metallurgist, materials scientist/engineer

with an organization in need of a professional with broad knowledge in

materials science and chemistry, proven techniques and technological

skills, multitasking abilities, and drive to exceed corporate objectives.

- 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, fatigue and failure analysis, non-destructive

inspection, 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, (metallography, metallurgy,

welding,

heat treatment) GPA 3.8/4.

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.

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.

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.

Publications

1. 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).

2. 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).

3. 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).

4. 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.

5. 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).

Affiliations

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS).

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