Yongcheng Zhang, Ph.D.

**F Lundy Drive, Starkville, MS 39759

Home phone: 662-***-**** Cell phone: 662-***-**** E-mail:

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SUMMARY

Specializing in new product development- polymer material synthesis,

formulation, manufacturing and analysis. Extensive experience in polymer

coating and composite materials from design to manufacturing by utilizing

excellent chemical, analytical, communication and teamwork skills.

PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS

. Three years industrial R&D in epoxy coatings

. Three years lab organic synthesis and purification

. Technical support to manufacturing and sales

. Polymer materials analysis: (1) mechanical testing (tensile, bending,

impact); (2) thermal analysis (TGA, DSC, DMA); (3) microstructure

analysis (SEM, TEM, XRD); (4) coating analysis (viscosity, gel time,

Tg, coating adhesion, coating impact, coating bending, coating water-

resistance, coating solvent-resistance)

. Organic synthesis, analysis and purification: NMR, FT-IR, UV-VIS, TLC,

Flash Column Chromatography

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GUANGDONG VANTICO POLYMERS CO., LTD. - Guangzhou, China 2000 - 2003

R&D Chemist - Responsibilities included new product development, existing

product modification, support to manufacturing and sales. Made significant

contributions to the following areas:

New Product Development

> Developed a latent-curing epoxy system, which was applied as an

electrical insulating material.

> Co-developed a hazy-resistant epoxy coating for applications in humid

environment. The product was sold to new customers in humid southern

China regions.

> Introduced and evaluated the application of local raw materials into

our product formulas to reduce costs.

> Continuously monitored and applied new raw materials to our products.

Technical Support

> Worked with the Production Department to scale up new product

manufacturing.

> Solved application problems from customers and gave process improvement

suggestions to the Production Department to ensure stable product

quality.

> Compared competitors' product performances for sales to make the proper

marketing plan.

Lab Management

> Established a new coating application lab including design,

coordinating the construction and setting up all the equipment.

> Annual instrument and equipment calibration.

> Lab chemical inventory management.

> Responsible for R&D lab's safety, environment and health issues as an

EHS committee member.

> Helped purchase new instruments such as new mixer, DSC, Brookfield

rheometer.

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ADDITIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY - Starkville, MS, USA 2009 - Present

Post-doctoral Research Associate - Modified carbon nanofiber and applied to

carbon nanofiber/vinyl ester composites.

> Modified CNF (carbon nanofiber) surfaces by oxidation, coupling and

graft polymerization.

> Prepared CNF/VE (vinyl ester) composites and optimized the preparation

process.

> Investigated different composite formulations, analyzed composite

mechanical properties and microstructures.

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY - Starkville, MS, USA 2003 - 2008

Graduate Research Assistant - Synthesized novel epoxy-functionalized

surfactants and applied them to modify clays. Investigated the effect of

modification and different epoxy curing agents on clay dispersion.

> Designed and synthesized new imidazolium surfactants with epoxy

functional groups.

> Purified the new compounds by flash column chromatography,

recrystallization and extraction.

> Identified the compound structures with NMR and FTIR.

> Prepared clay/epoxy composites with different formulas and

characterized the clay/epoxy composites with XRD, SEM, TEM, Instron,

TGA and DSC.

AWARDS

2007 Won proposal, "Structure characterizations for modified clay/epoxy

nanocomposites", Mississippi State University

2000 Technical Achievement of the Year Award, Fangda Group Co., Ltd

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Chemical Society (ACS) - Polymer Division

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA

M.S., Polymer Science, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China

B.S., Organic Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

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