Engineer Mechanical

SHIH-HUI JEN

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Scientist / Engineer / Researcher

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Scientist with expertise in surface chemistry and physics; optical, molecular permeation, electronic

and mechanical properties, and fabrication of inorganic and organic thin film coating; optical

engineering and design, and optical and electronic microscope in nanotechnology study.

• Knowledge and experience in surface analysis technique, electronic microscopy, confocal

microscopy; verified interface interaction, particle stability and surface adsorption of molecules and

surfactants on polymeric and inorganic substrtae. Assessed applications in solar cell energy and

flexible electronic device.

• Training and graduate level education in material, spectroscopy, optics, high vacuum system, and

more.

• Top-notch communication and presentation abilities. Intuitive leader with acute scientific expertise in

mentoring, instruction/teaching, and authoring peer-reviewed publications and grants.

• Record of excellence in research, university-level coursework instruction (chemistry), and data

collection, analysis, and management.

• Innate scientist and engineer, expert at leading and managing graduate student teaching, research;

research study design, and optimizing resources.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

PHD - CHEMISTRY 2006

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia, PA

Thesis: Absorption Structure and Particle Size Effect in Second-Harmonic Generation from Colloidal

Particles

MS - CHEMISTRY 1999

NATIONAL TSIN HUA UNIVERSITY Taiwan

Thesis: Production of HCO from Propenal Photolyzed near 300 nm: Reaction Mechanism and

Distribution of Internal States of Fragment HCO

BS - CHEMISTRY 1997

NATIONAL TSIN HUA UNIVERSITY Taiwan

Thesis: Fluorescence Lifetime of Rovibrational States of H(4)-Acetaldehyde

NOTABLE HIGHLIGHTS:

• American Physical Society - Student Travel Award (2006)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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RESEARCH FACULTY Aug 2007 - Present

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO Boulder, CO

Comprising nine colleges and schools, the university offered over 150 academic programs and enrolled

28,988 students and granted 6,781 degrees in 2007

• Reporting to Dr. Steve M. George, leading research and development of ultra-low water and oxygen

permeable thin film using atomic deposition layer (ALD), and super flexible material using molecular

deposition layer (MLD).

• Utilized and applied polymeric coating technique for flexible electronic device and solar cell

packaging. Engaged numerous approaches in investigating molecular permeation and mechanical

properties of inorganic and organic layer thin film coating.

• Discovered mechanism of thin film cracking of ALD alumina coating.

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT Jun 2001-Dec 2006

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia, PA

A private research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Penn is the fourth-oldest

institution of higher education[3] in the United States .

• Reporting to Dr. Hai-Lung Dai, seamlessly identified molecular structures on surface of spherical

particles. Devised high resolution and super sensitive nonlinear optical tool for nano-scale research.

• Utilized Origin Pro, Igor Pro and Maple to attain nonlinear Rayleigh-Gans-Debye scattering theory

incorporation of experimental data and its application on particle properties.

STELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

A complete list of publications is available on request; it includes:

12 publications in scientific journals, 2 oral presentations and 3 posters at and international conferences

Jen, S.-H.; Bertrand, J. A.; George, S. M., Critical Compressive Stress for Cracking of Al2O3 ALD

Films, Atomic Layer Deposition Conference, 2009

Jen, S.-H.; Dai, H.-L., Second-Harmonic Generation from Nano Colloidal Particles: Theory and

Experiment, American Physics Society, March meeting, 2006

Jen, S.-H., Gonella, G., Dai, H.-L, The Effect of Particle Size in Second Harmonic Generation from

the Surface of Spherical Colloidal Particles. I: Experimental Observations, Journal Physical

Chemistry A 2009, Mar 11, 19278215

Jen, S. H.; Dai, H. L., Probing molecules adsorbed at the surface of nanometer colloidal particles

by optical second-harmonic generation. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2006, 110, (46),

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Member, American Physical Society

• Journal Reviewer, Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters

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