Assistant Engineer
Resume:
LUCY YUE HU
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Extensive experience in design, synthesis, purification and characterization of organic compounds and
novel structural polymers, skills in material characterization using NMR, HPLC, FT-IR, UV-VIS, GC-MS,
DSC, TMA, TGA, GPC, Viscometery, SEM, and TEM.
• Highly Skilled in polymerization methods and processing polymer composites, blends, coatings and
adhesives.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Flexibility, adaptability, and success at multi-tasking.
Extensive experience with independent work as well as in an interdisciplinary team environment.
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
04/2006 - 09/2009 AdaptivEnergy, LLC (High Tech Start-up), Hampton, Virginia
Polymer Scientist: product research, development, testing and manufacturing
• Designed and developed a series of novel hot melt adhesives, including conductive
adhesives, from prototype to high-volume production of laminated piezoelectric
actuators and energy harvesters.
• Provided critical guidance (processing parameters, etc.) for the design and
development of energy harvesters, and the volume production of piezoelectric
actuators through design of experiments, which accelerated life testing and reliability
testing.
• Authored three patents, contributed to developing data sheets and application notes of
energy harvester products for sales and marketing activities.
07/2004 - 03/2006 College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
• Visiting Research Assistant Professor in Department of Chemistry
• Researched on aliphatic and aromatic hybrid polymeric materials for radiation
shielding
08/1999 - 06/2004 College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
• Research Assistant in Departments of Chemistry and Applied Science
• Researched on molecular imprinting technology and polyimide materials
01/1999 - 08/1999 Novo Nordisk Company, Beijing, P.R. China
Chemist and Assistant Manager of Laundry Research and Technology Lab, R&D
• Assisted to set up company’s first global Laundry Research and Technology Lab
• Provided technical support to the Enzyme Development and Application Department
02/1998 - 12/1998 Procter & Gamble Technology Company, Beijing, P.R. China
Research Assistant in group of Laundry Technology, R&D
• Researched on synthesis/characterization/physical improvement of polyphosphate
• Responsible for the performance tests of the newly formulated detergent
08/1996 - 02/1998 Tongfang Technology Company of Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R. China
Engineer in department of Product Development
11/1995 - 07/1996 Membrane Separation Engineering Company, Hangzhou, P.R. China
Internship
EDUCATION
Ph.D. and M.A., College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
08/2000 - 07/2004 Ph.D. in Polymer Science
Dissertation: Binding Studies on Molecularly Imprinted Polymers
08/1999 - 07/2001 M.A. in Chemistry
Thesis: Preparation and Characterization of Molecularly Imprinted Polymer with
(S)-naproxen
B.S., Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R.China
08/1992 - 07/1996 B.S. in Polymer Science and Engineering
Honors Thesis: Research on the Formation Mechanism of HEPE Hollow Fiber
Microporous Membrane
Short Courses, American Chemical Society Short Courses, Durham, North Carolina
11/2007 American Chemical Society Short Courses: “Chemical Engineering and Process
Fundamentals for Chemists”
AWARDS
2002, 2003, 2004 Annual Conference Fund Award, College of William and Mary
06/2001 “Microporous Materials for Molecularly-Selective Surface Chemistry” Best Paper at the
AVS Mid-Atlantic Chapter 2001 Student Poster Competition, Newport News, VA
1999 - 2004 Scholarship and Teaching/Research Assistantship, College of William and Mary
1992 - 1996 Scholarship, Zhejiang University
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 Lecturer for Organic Chemistry Lab I, General Chemistry Lab I in summer school
08/1999 - present Teaching Assistant for General Chemistry; Organic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
02/1994 - 09/1995 Teaching Assistant for Physical Chemistry Lab and Polymer Chemistry Lab
PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS
1. Hu, Y.; Mastrangelo, J.; Edrington, A. “Polyimide/Copolyimide Films with Low Glass Ttransition
Temperature for Use as Hot Melt Adhesives”, PAR Technologies Patent Disclosure Letter, 2006.
2. Hu, Y.; Mastrangelo, J.; Edrington, A. “Toughened Composite Film for Hot Melt Adhesives”, PAR
Technologies Patent Disclosure Letter, 2006.
3. Mastrangelo, J.; Hu, Y.; Edrington, A. “Hot Melt Thermosetting Polyimide Adhesives Containing
Diacetylene Groups”, PAR Technologies Patent Disclosure Letter, 2006.
4. Hu, L. Y.; Besal, B. H.; Orwoll, R. A. “Preparation and Characterization of New Poly(ether imide)s with
5,5’-{4,4’-[2,2’-(1,4-phenylene)bis(propane-2,2-diyl)]bis(2,6-dimethyl-4,1-
phenylene)}bis(oxy)disobenzofuran-1,3-dione,” in submission.
5. Hu, Y.; Orwoll, R. A. “Characterization of the Molecular Imprinting Effect on 4-Hydroxybenzoic Acid
Imprinted Polymer by a Simple Two-Site Model,” in submission.
6. Hu, L. Y.; Yang, S.; Miller, A. K.; Park, C. S.; Plichta, K. A.; Rochford, S. J.; Schultz, M. E.; Orwoll, R.
A.; Jensen, B. J. “Aliphatic/Aromatic Hybrid Polymers for Functionally Graded Radiation Shielding,”
High Performance Polymers, accepted for publication, 2005.
7. Thibeault, S. A.; Wilson, J. W.; Clowdsley, M. S.; Kiefer, R. L.; Orwoll, R. A.; Boone, A.; Hu, L. Y.;
Huttenhower, H. A.; Besal, B. H.; Schulz, M. E.; Yang, S.; O’Neil, C. A.; Miller, A. K. “Shielding
Technology and the Bush Initiative – Shielding for Lunar and Martian Mission,” AIAA Space 2005
Conference, Long Beach, California, 2005.
8. Hu, Y.; Miller, A. K.; Park, C. S.; Plichta, K. A.; Rochford, S. J.; Schultz, M. E.; Yang, S.; Orwoll, R. A.
“Aliphatic/Aromatic Hybrid Polymers for Functionally Graded Radiation Shielding,” AIAA Space 2004
Conference, San Diego, California, Vol. 9, No. 20, 2004.
9. Hu, Y.; Yang, S.; Park, C. S.; Orwoll, R. A.; Jensen, B. J. “Synthesis of Polyimides Materials for
Radiation Shielding,” Polymer Preprint, 2004, 45(2), 673.
10. Hu, Y.; Orwoll, R. A. “Molecular Imprinting of 3-Hydroxybenzoic Acid: Specific and General Binding
Sites,” In Molecularly Imprinted Materials, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings Vol. 787,
Eds. Kofinas, P.; Roberts, M. J.; Sellergren, B., 2003, 41-46.
11. Hu, Y.; Orwoll, R. A. “Binding Studies on Resins Imprinted with ( S)-naproxen,” In Molecularly Imprinted
Materials Sensors and Other Devices, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings Vol. 723,
Eds. Shea, K. J.; Roberts, M. J.; Yan, M., 2002, 105-111.
12. Yuan, W.; Hu, Y.; Zhang, L.; Huang, Z.; Tian H.; Wu C. “ WC Particle High Speed Steel Composites
Manufactured by Ultrasonic Spray Forming,” Tsinghua Sci. & Tech. 1998, 3(2), 1044-1047.
Invited to review 20 papers in a variety of polymer field for the MRS Bulletin since 2001 and to review
manuscripts for Heteroatom Chemistry.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Chemical Society, Divisions of Polymer Chemistry and Polymeric Materials
Society for Molecular Imprinting
Material Research Society
References available upon request
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