Engineering Assistant

Charlotte (Shu-Yu) Chou

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Phone Number: 412-***-****

Email: abmmcg@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION Yale University New Haven, CT

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering May 2010

Overall QPA: 3.6/4.0

Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering May 2009

Double Major in Biomedical Engineering

Minor in Business Administration

Health Professional Program

Overall QPA: 3.4/4.0 Upper Division QPA: 3.7/4.0

PROJECTS Prof. Pfeffele and Prof. Haller's Lab, Chemical

Engineering, Yale University Spring 2010

. Synthesize single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT)

. Analyze the yield of carbon nanotube by subsequent

incorporation and grafting of Co-MCM-41 catalyst

Dr. Fahmy's Lab, Biomedical Engineering, Yale University

Fall 2009

. Examined cellular interactions with fluorinated dendrimers

for potential use as drug delivery agents

. Studied cell entry kinetics of surface modified dendrimers

with the help of flow cytometry, fluorescence

microscopy, and specific inhibitors

Unit Operation Lab Fall 2008

. Converted Biomass into cash by extracting cellulose acetate

from slash

. Created an up-scale centrifuge to separate cellulose acetate

Biomedical Engineering Design Fall 2008 - May 2009

. Designed a device, the "nanopen", that is more portable than

the EpiPen but just as effective in

order to improve user compliance among people at risk for

anaphylactic shock

Transport Lab Spring 2008

. Developed an automatic fertilizer and water feeding system

with on and off functions

. Minimized the use of both water and fertilizer while

bringing the plant closer to an optimal environment

Chemical Analysis Lab Spring 2007

. Determination of Aspartame in Food samples and benzaldehyde

produced from aspartame by

High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)

. Compared and analyzed the experimental data with the

reported data in the public market

WORK Biomedical Engineering Department, Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

EXPERIENCE Research Assistant Summer 2008

. Bioimaging, LANTECH Project - worked to perfect the process

involved in the automated

interpretation of fluorescence microscopy images

. Prepared cell culture for automated fluorescence microscopy

analysis, which was used to classify

the location of a particular protein

Academia Sinica - Institute of Biomedical Sciences

Taipei, Taiwan

Research Assistant Summer 2006

. Identified genetic factors related to human diseases within

functional genomics, comparative

and evolutionary genomics, human genetic diversity, and

germline genome instability

. Performed diagnostic and therapeutic analysis to dissect the

biological processes of a complex system

. Designed laboratory procedures to extract selected DNA and

analyzed results in computer genome programs

. Practiced instrumental skills such as PCR, Ligation, DNA

extraction, and Transformation

LEADERSHIP Taiwanese Student Association, Carnegie Mellon

University Fall 2005 - Spring 2009

& ACTIVITIES Vice President, 2007

Public Relation Head, 2006

Freshmen Representative, 2005

Biology Sciences Student Advisory Council 2005 - Present

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE) 2006 -

Present

Society of Women Engineers 2007 - Present

SKILLS Laboratory: Exp.Physics, Biomedical Engineering,

Chemical Analysis, Transport, Unit Operation, Org. Chemistry

Instruments: NMR, UV/VIS, IR, HPLC, GC/MS, Flow Cytometry,

TPR, N2 physisorption, TGA, Raman

Computer: Mathcad, Matlab (SimuLink), GAMS, Java Language,

MS Office, Origin

spoken languages: Fluent in Chinese (Mandarin)

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