Engineering Chemical, Project Management Six Sigma, Root Cause Analys

Xiaochen Yu

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Chemical engineering new graduate with 4 year project management and execution experience.

SUMMARY

Skilled in process set-up, data analysis and performing proper lab research procedure.

Strong computer and mathematical skills

Highly interested to find a full-time position in chemical industry.

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering May 2013

EDUCATION

University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL

GPA: 3.56/4.00

Achievement Award from the College of Engineering, UF

Bachelor of Science in Biotech Engineering June 2011

TianJin University (TJU), TianJin, China

GPA: 3.38/4.00

Top 20% Student of 2010 in the Department of Chemical Engineering, TJU

EXPERIENCE Research Assistant January 2012-August 2013

Synthesis of Quantum Dot Cadmium Sulfide, Chemical Engineering Dep t., UF

Established a simulating kinetic model, processed data with Excel and Matlab, obtained desired

products with particle size in target range for further silica coating.

Calculated material balance, energy balance and equipment design parameters.

Disposed hazardous chemical waste under lab rules and environmental regulations.

Developed product formula, updated research process to adviser and presented reports after each

batch production .

Group Leader September 2010-June 2011

Production of Sophorolipid by Fermentation, School of Chem ical Engineering, TJU

Led and cooperated with 5 members to conduct the project.

Analyzed bacteria growth curve, studied the effect s of various nutrition ingredients on bacteria

concentration and product rate.

Fostered the production yeast in aseptic environment and sterilized glassware by high pressure

high temperature water vapor in an autoclave.

Increased 50% product yield by optimizing fermentation conditions.

Assistant Technician January 2010-June 2011

Fixed Carrier Composite Membrane, Key Laboratory of Membrane Science, TJU

Separated carbon dioxide from the automobile waste gas mixture.

Determined each gas composition of separated mixture by gas chromatography and evaluated the

performance of composite membrane for the separation task.

Production Operator June 2010-September2010

Dezhou Petrochemical Co., Ltd. Dezhou, China

Assisted professional chemical engineers to design the layout of chemical industrial plants by

using Auto CAD and to implant the set-up of the production process.

Planed the experiments, cooperated with other 10 members to prepare test samples for further

production use.

Calculated equipment parameters and designed distillation column

Computer: Micorsoft Office Suite, Matlab, ASPEN/UniSim, Auto CAD

SKILLS

Languages: Fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese

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