Data Assistant

Shuai Zhang

*****.***@***.*** *** Mclellan Dr, Apt 3111, South San Francisco, CA 94080 614-***-****

Summa ry

Seeking a Data Modeling Analyst position at Cychreus Technologies

Master’s degrees in both Statistics and Engineering; solid statistical skills and quantitative

analysis; proficiency in SAS, R, Excel, and other statistical and office software.

1.5 years’ experience in Design of Experiments and Data Analysis as a research assistant, detail-

oriented and strong problem-solving ability.

Best-speaker-winning leader of champion-winning college English debate team; excellent critical

t hinking, interpersonal, and organizational skills; good at teamwork, leadership, and multi-tasks.

Good verbal and wri t ten communication skills in English and Mandarin Chinese.

Education

Master of Applied Statistics

12/2012

Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Courses: p robability, statistical inference, regression analysis, stochastic process, t ime series

analysis, design and analysis of experiments, multivariate analysis, nonparametric statistics,

computational statistics with R, data management and graphics with SAS, statistical consulting,

communication and presentation.

Example Project: Time series analysis on monthly U.S. airline passengers from 1949 to 1960

(11/2012)

Used R to obtain logarithm and ACF, difference and MA(q) fil ter to de-season and de-t rend the

data, fi t ted a SARIMA{0,1,1}*{0,1,1} model with d=12 or a polynomial model, conducted

residual analysis in R to conclude models were good fits, predicted future values in R using the

models, compared to t rue values to show models were reliable.

SAS projects (08/2012-12/2012)

Creating, moving, modifying data sets in SAS; using ODS; applying SQL in SAS; generating

summary statistics; conducting analysis like linear and non-linear regression, hypothesis test,

g raphs and reports, etc. using SAS Macros, Templates, BASE and STAT.

M.S. Chemical Engineering

12/2012

Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

B.E. Polymer Ma te rials and Engineering

06/2009

East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, China

Experience

09/2009-06/2010,

Research Assistant

06/2011-12/2011

Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC), Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Served as designer of experiments, data analyst, and experimenter in polymer extrusion projects.

Designed experiments to study the effects of possible factors: temperature, pressure, extruder

rotation speed, air pumping rate, t raction rate, etc. on product size and strengths.

Produced novel polymer fiber foams via extrusion foaming in lab using new blowing agents.

Presented comprehensive data analysis that involved data collection & preparation, summary

s tatistics, ANOVA & multi-way ANOVA, scatter plot mat rix analysis, multiple regressions,

s tatistical modeling, etc.

Ini tiated charts, graphs, reports, and results presentations.

Activities, Awards & Honors

NSEC Fellowship, Ohio State University

09/2009-06/2010

President & Co-founder, English Debate Group, ECUST

09/2007-06/2009

The Best Speaker, University Students English Debate, Shanghai (out of 102 speakers)

12/2007

Champion, University Student English Debate, Shanghai (out of 34 teams)

12/2007

Additional I nformation

GRE Analytical Writing 4.0/6.0 (10/2007), TOEFL Writ ing 29/30, Speaking 26/30 (03/2008)

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