Assistant Engineering

SUQIN TAN

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Minneapolis, MN 55414 abifel@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a position in chemistry/materials science field. Free to relocate and travel as maybe required.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Scientific Techniques:

Rheometry; Scanning Electron Microscopy; Differential Scanning Calorimetry; Fourier Transform

Infrared Spectroscopy, Instron, Gel Permeation Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, High

Performance Liquid Chromatography, Thermogravimetric Analysis, Optical Microscopy.

Computer Skills:

Origin; Mathematica; ChemDraw; ImageJ; MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Photoshop; Efficient web-

searching strategies on scientific database such as SciFinder Scholar and Web of Science

WORK EXPERIENCE

Research Specialist (supervisor: Professor Chris Macosko) September 2010 – Present

Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Method development

• Investigate foam thermal conductivity aging mechanism

• Study gas composition change during aging using gas chromatography (GC)

Vermiculite/polyurethane rigid foam composite

• Study gas permeability of functionalized vermiculite dispersed polyurethane solid

Research Assistant (advisor: Professor Chris Macosko) May 2008 – August 2010

Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Soy-based polyurethane rigid (PUR) foam

• Formulate and characterize soy-based PUR foams

• Investigate the effects of surfactant, blowing agent and reaction kinetic on the foam properties

• Deep study of soy-based PUR foam fast thermal conductivity aging

• Develop strategies to reduce soy-based PUR foam fast thermal conductivity aging

Rheological study of Vermiculite/isocyanate dispersions

• Investigate the effect of the Vermiculite clay on the dispersion viscoelasticity and viscosity

properties

• Primary study of PUR foam/grapheme, PUR foam/vermiculite composites properties

Teaching Assistant September 2007 – May 2008

Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

• Lead and tutor general chemistry lab

Undergraduate Research Assistant November 2004 – June 2007

College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University

• Designed and synthesized Porphyrin derivations, noncovalent functionalization over carbon

nanotubes with Porphyrin derivations

• Purified single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs); functionalized the purified SWNTs using

diazonium salt then deposited Au nanoparticles over the SWNTs

• Successfully synthesized water-dispersible chiral multi-walled carbon nanotubes

(MWNTs)/polyaniline composites

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Chemistry August 2010

Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN

GPA 3.60/4.0

Thesis research: Soybean oil-based polyurethane rigid foams (paper in preparation)

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry July 2007

College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China

GPA 3.53/4.0

Thesis research: Synthesis of water-dispersible chiral multi-walled carbon nanotubes/polyaniline

composites

ACTIVITIES/ AWARDS

Laboratory safety officer 2009-Present

Member, American Chemical Society 2009-Present

Poster, “Soy-based Polyurethane Rigid Foam”, 3M poster session Oct 7, 2009/Oct 1, 2010

Poster, “Soy-based Polyurethane Rigid Foam”, IPRIME 2009 Annual Meeting

Nominated Outstanding TA 2008 Spring Semester

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