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Resume:
Fut Kuo Yang
Tel: (905) 479 - 8889
Mobile: (226) 600 - 7416
Chemical Engineer Bioengineer Programmer
Email: ***.****@*********.**
Highlights of Qualifications
Over five years of research and development experience focused on adhesives and coatings
Became a pioneer in the field of underwater adhesives within two years of study
Patented an underwater superglue and a chemical formulation for surface pretreatment
Collaborated with institution, industry, and government and won an Institutional Proof of
Principle Grant from the Ontario Center of Excellence
Led multiple research projects, producing results in a challenging environment
Education
University of Waterloo 2010 to 2012
Master of Applied Science, Chemical Engineering, GPA 3.6/4.0
University of Toronto 2004 to 2009
Bachelor of Applied Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, GPA 3.2/4.0
Minor: Bioengineering
Technical Skills
Applications: Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, CHEMKIN, Aspen
Programming: C/C++, Java, Matlab, Labview, Perl, PHP, mySQL, JavaScript, HTML, JQuery
Expertise: Adhesion and Adhesives, Interfacial Engineering and Characterizations
Analytics: UV-vis, Raman, FTIR, SEM, XRD, NMR, XPS, AFM, Contact Angle and Mechanics
Languages: English, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese)
Professional Experience
MASc Candidate / Research Associate, University of Waterloo Jan. 2010 to Oct. 2013
Invented an underwater superglue based on marine chemistry that can quickly and firmly
adhere most materials directly in water without surface pretreatments (US Pat. # 61/629,789;
WIPO Pat. # CA2012/050855; goo.gl/1jCm5)
Invented a chemical formulation that can quickly (i.e. less than 15 min) pretreat surfaces
underwater and enhance the interfacial bonding strength of these surfaces to hydrogel and
epoxy adhesives by up to 2 orders of magnitudes
Collaborated with institution, government, and industry to commercialize the technology
Won an Institutional Proof of Principle Grant from the Ontario Center of Excellence and the
project was ranked top out of more than 40 in Ontario
Built a micro-indentation system from custom hardware components with colleagues
Wrote a software program in Matlab to process raw data
Established research protocols for surface modifications and characterizations
Developed a novel microscopic technique that can precisely measure the properties of
nanoscopic thin films (published in Langmuir)
Coordinated and supervised multiple industrial projects, producing results and publications
Advisor / Consultant, Mendeley Ltd. Jul. 2011 to Sept. 2013
Provided consulting services to the company on the logistics of their products and services
Organized workshops to introduce their reference management software to university
Majority of participants decided to use the software after the workshop
Initiated negotiations between the university and the company for licensing of the software
R&D Engineer, ALSTOM Power (Switzerland) Ltd. Sep. 2007 to Sep. 2008
Contributed to the combustor research and development team assisting in tasks related to
the upgrade of the current fleet and to the development of new gas turbine engines
Investigated the reactivity of C2+ fuels, the effect of fuel diluents, and the impact of operating
conditions on the operations of gas turbines through CHEMKIN simulations
Led an experimental project with the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi to investigate the
laminar burning velocity of flame under different combustion conditions
Benchmarked the accuracy of different CHEMKIN mechanisms at predicting reactivity of
fuels and improved the mechanisms by adding characteristic chemical reactions
Documented technical notes and presented findings to managers
Research Assistant, University of Toronto Sep. 2005 to Sep. 2009
Conducted experimental and computational work for various research groups
Solved a problem posed by a postdoctoral research fellow by constructing a molecular
diffusion model in Matlab which predicted the time-dependent distribution of drugs in brain
from different drug-delivery vehicles and validated the model through experimentations
Designed, built, and tested a fully functional and industrial-ready software in Labview which
monitored the properties of a combustion system through an IR sensor, putting the theoretical
technology of a research into practice
Presented the software to industry (Stelco) and received a Millennium Scholarship from the
World Petroleum Council and the associated work was published in Metallurgical and
Materials Transactions B and was nominated for the Author Award by the ASM International
Publications & Patents
[1] F. K. Yang, and B. Zhao, “A novel robust primer for enhancing interfacial bonding:
compositions, methods, and applications,” Provisional Patent, filed on Sept. 2013.
[2] W. Zhang, F. K. Yang, Z. Pan, J. Zhang, and B. Zhao, “Bio-Inspired dopamine
functionalization of polypyrrole: conductivity, processability and adhesion improvement,”
Macromolecules, submitted on Sept. 2013.
[3] W. Zhang, F. K. Yang, Y. Han, R. Gaikwad, Z. Leonenko, and B. Zhao, “Surface and
tribological behaviors of the bio-inspired polydopamine thin films in dry and wet conditions,”
Biomacromolecules, Jan. 2013.
[4] F. K. Yang, Y. Han, W. Zhang, and B. Zhao, “Contact dynamics of marine mussel-inspired
polydopamine thin films,” BMES Annual Meeting: Biomaterials, Oct. 2012.
[5] F. K. Yang, and B. Zhao, “Composition, methods, applications of underwater adhesive or
superglue,” WIPO (PCT) Patent Application # CA2012/050855, Nov. 2012.
[6] F. K. Yang, W. Zhang, Y. Han, S. Yoffe, Y. Cho, and B. Zhao, “Contact of nanoscale stiff
films,” Langmuir, vol. 28, no. 25, pp. 9562-72, Jun. 2012.
[7] F. K. Yang, and B. Zhao, “Adhesion properties of self-polymerized dopamine thin film,” Open
Surface Science, pp. 115-22, Jan. 2011.
[8] S. Rego, R. Mani, F. K. Yang, R. Saari, and M. Thomson, “Real-time, optical measurement
of gas temperature and particle emissivity in a full-scale steelmaking furnace,” Metallurgical
and Materials Transactions B, Apr. 2007.
Grants & Awards
Academia
NSERC Student Research Award
Bridge Design Contest – 2nd place out of 500
C Programming Contest – 3rd place out of 500
Chem 13 Contest – national, 8th place out of 4000
Industry
Institutional Proof of Principle Grant from the Ontario Center of Excellence – 2012
Millennium Scholarship from the World Petroleum Council – 2008
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