Electrical Mechanical

Tiandan Chen

Fremont,CA

Cell: 412-***-**** Email: ******@*****.***

Objective: A material science Ph.D. student (focus on ceramic) looking for

an entry level engineering position

Work Authorization: Green Card

Expected start date: Immediately

Highlights of Experience and Skills

- Fast learner with strong communication & problem-solving abilities

- Expertise on characterization & processing for ceramic and glass

materials

- Good knowledge of semiconductor, chemistry and polymer

- Hands-on experience with thin film characterization techniques: SEM,

EDX, XRD, AFM, knowledge of ellipsometer, FIB, and TEM.

- Mechanical processing and testing: surface grinding & polishing,

indentation, and flexus stress

- Ceramic processing: sintering, die pressing, slip casting, porous

film fabrication, pulsed laser melting

- Sputtering Deposition and Thin Film & Nanostructure processing and

characterization

- SPC, DOE and statistical software (JMP)

Education Experience

M.S. and Ph.D. in Prof. Ian Nettleship's group in Materials and Mechanical

Science Dept. at University of Pittsburgh (Dec. 2008, A+ grade on five

engineering courses)

- Proposed new concept of effective diffusion distance for sintering

of ceramic from both micro and nano powders. (Original contribution

in sintering field)

- Characterized isothermal sintering behavior of hydroxyapatite used

in biomedical devices

- Studied mesoscale microstructure evolution of zirconia during

pressureless sintering

- Investigated relationships among processing, microstructure, and

electrical properties of ZnO varistors (cooperation with Dr. Ewsuk's

group at Sandia national lab)

- Probed densification and microstructure evolution in fine grain size

alumina by means of the master sintering curve (cooperation with Dr.

Ewsuk's group at Sandia lab)

- Performed microstructure mining and empirical process modeling

(cooperation with Prof. Alice Smith's group at Auburn University)

B.E in Materials Science from Tongji University at Shanghai, China (July

2000)

- Bio-compatible porous phosphate glass ceramic as a drug carrier in

human body (Outstanding Bachelor Degree Thesis, awarded to 3 within

250 theses)

Peer Reviewed Publications

(1) T. Chen, I. Nettleship, R. McAfee, T. Hinklin and K. Ewsuk, "An

Experimental Measurement of Effective Diffusion Distance for the Sintering

of Ceramics", Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 92, 1481 (2009).

(2) I. Nettleship, T. Chen, and K. Ewsuk, "Characterization of

heterogeneous microstructure evolution in ZrO2-3mol%Y2O3 during Isothermal

Sintering", Journal of American Ceramic Society, 90, 3793 (2007).

(3) T. Chen, A. Finoli, J. Gerlach, and I. Nettleship, "Effective diffusion

distance for the isothermal sintering of hydroxyapatite" (submitted to

Journal of the American Ceramic Society)

(4) T. Chen, I. Nettleship, and K. Ewsuk, "A microstructure pathway for

sintering of ZrO2-3mol%Y2O3 from low green density". (in preparation for

Journal of European Ceramic Society).

(5) O. Dengiz,, T. Chen, I. Nettleship and A. Smith, "Effect of powder

forming method on the pull-out flaw populations observed on polished

surfaces of Alumina ceramics", Materials Science and Engineering A 427, 160

(2006).

(6) T. Chen, D. Wang and W. Huang "Preparation and in vitro drug release

behavior study of porous phosphate glass ceramic", the Journal of Inorganic

Materials (Chinese), 16, 1195 (2001).

Conference Presentations

(1) T. Chen, I. Nettleship, T. Hinklin, and K. Ewsuk, "An effective

diffusion distance for the sintering of ceramics", International Conference

on Sintering 2008, La Jolla, CA, November 2008

(2) T. Chen, I. Nettleship, T. Hinklin, and K. Ewsuk, "Effect of

aggregation on the relationship between microstructure evolution and

sintering kinetics for nanocrystalline powders", 110th Annual Meeting of

American Ceramic Society, Pittsburgh, PA, October 2008

(3) T. Chen, I. Nettleship, T. Hinklin, K. Ewsuk, "A new measure of

microstructural scale in sintered nanocrystalline powders", 109th Annual

Meeting of American Ceramic Society, Detroit, MI, September 2007.

(4) T. Chen, B. Ennis, I. Nettleship and W. Slaughter, "Effect of green

density on microstructural heterogeneity and pore elimination during

sintering", 9th International Ceramic Processing Science Symposium, Coral

Springs, FL, January 2006.

(5) T. Chen and I. Nettleship, "Mesoscale microstructure evolution of

zirconia ceramics during pressureless sintering", 107th Annual Meeting of

American Ceramic Society, Baltimore, MD, April 2005.

(6) T. Hinklin, K. Ewsuk, T. Chen, I. Nettleship, "Interdependence of

microstructure and densification in ultra-fine ceramic powders during

sintering", 31st International Conference & Exposition on Advanced Ceramics

& Composites, Daytona Beach, FL, January 2007.

(7) O. Dengiz, T. Chen, I. Nettleship and A. Smith, "Application of

microstructure mining to the relationships between surface damage and

materials processing for polycrystalline ceramics", 108th Annual Meeting of

American Ceramic Society, Cincinnati, OH, October 2006.

(8) M. Reiterer, I. Nettleship, T. Chen, and K. Ewsuk, "Densification and

microstructure evolution in fine grain size alumina studied by means of the

master sintering curve", 107th Annual Meeting of American Ceramic Society,

Baltimore, MD, April 2005.

(9) M. Reiterer, C. DiAntonio, I. Nettleship, T. Chen, and K. Ewsuk,

"Processing, microstructure, and electrical properties of ZnO varistors",

107th Annual Meeting of American Ceramic Society, Baltimore, MD, April

2005. and Gordon Research Conference, Solid State Studies in Ceramics,

Tilton, NH, July 2005.

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