Engineer Process

Pu Zhang

** ******** ** ● East Brunswick, NJ ****6 ● 573-***-**** ● *********@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Five years professional experience in polymer design, synthesis and processing. Familiar with extrusion,

injection molding and blow molding

• Solid background in polymer surface chemistry, with good understanding of material characterization,

structure-property relationship and utilization towards application development

• Adept, hands-on experimentalist skills on characterizing the polymers thermo-dynamic and rheology

properties using a variety of analytical methods

• Strong understanding of developing process engineering scopes for new processes

• Strong knowledge of Design of Experiment (DOE), Six Sigma principles

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO 8/2005-Present

Research Assistant

Project I: Synthesis of Novel pH and Temperature Responsive Polymer Material

• Developed and synthesized novel pH and temperature sensitive polyacrylic and polyacrylamide materials

using both free radical and thermal polymerization methods

• Investigated the dynamic swelling and collapsing behavior of the synthesized material with respect to pH

and temperature. Analyzed the molecular interactions to interpret the polymer swelling behavior

• Characterized the synthesized polymer materials structure with FT-IR. Evaluated the physical and

chemical properties of the resulting polymers with DSC and TGA

Project II: Carbon Nanofiber Reinforced Epoxy Based Polymer Composite Material

• Designed and built laboratory scale apparatus to synthesize a new carbon reinforced epoxy resin to

produce a high strength and thermal stability network

• Improved the cured polymer in mechanical property, demonstrated the enhancement of increased glass

transition temperature (Tg) and thermal stability.

• Elucidated the curing kinetics and reaction mechanism of the reinforced polymer composite material

CVD Equipment Corporation, Ronkonkoma, NY 5/2008-12/2008

Process Engineer

Project I: Process Development for ZnO Thin Film Growth on Photonic Application on a CVD System

• Created metal photolithography process on silicon wafer, developed new recipes for epitaxial CVD-grown

ZnO and GaN thin film; Optimized the thin film grow recipes as required to change film properties to meet

customer requirements (thickness, optical properties)

• Evaluated thin film microstructure by SEM, characterized thin film quality by SEM, AFM, XRD, PL and

found out oxygen flow rate played a critical role in forming high quality films

• Analyzed and documented all the data and images to establish process specification; Recommended best

sample preparation and characterization methodologies for project target

Project II: Investigated Chemical Synthesis Formula for Non-metallic Conductive Polymer Material for

ESD/EMI Application

• Investigated the development of an epoxy and bismaleimide (BMI) prepreg material; Developed a process

to integrate carbon fiber mat into epoxy and (BMI) resin system

• Optimized the aerial density of the carbon fiber mat with electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding

property based on customer’s requirements

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Pu Zhang

Yan Shan Refinery, SinoPec, Beijing, China 5/2004-8/2004

Process Engineer

• Perform routine engineering calculations (i.e., mass balances, energy balances, and conversion calculations)

• Analyzed and interpreted pertinent unit operations data to troubleshoot and optimize operating issues

• Assisted senior engineers on projects to improve unit yields and optimize energy consumption.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO 8/2009

B.E. in Chemical Engineering, China Petroleum University, Beijing, China 9/2001-6/2005

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Material Processing and Testing: Free Radical Polymerization, Thermal Polymerization, Spin Coating;

Tensile Strength and Young’s Modulus, Fracture Toughness, Thermal Expansion Coefficient

• Microscopy: Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Atomic

Force Microscopy (AFM)

• Spectroscopy: X-ray Diffraction (XRD), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Gel Permeation

Chromatography (GPC), Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), UV-visible Spectroscopy,

Gas Chromatography (GC), High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)

• Thermal Analysis: Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)

• Computer Skills: MATlab, Polymath, FEMLAB, and statistical software (JMP, Minitab, etc.), Microsoft

Office Suite

PUBLICATIONS

• P. Zhang, D. Henthorn. “Synthesis of Novel pH and Thermal Sensitive Polymeric Network”. In

Preparation.

• P. Zhang, D. Henthorn. “Comparison of Different Functionalization Routes for the Fabrication of

Enzyme-Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes Conjugates”. J. of Nanosci Nanotechnol, 9 (8), 4747-4752,

2009.

• P. Zhang, D. Henthorn. “Synthesis of PEGylated Nanotubes by a Photoinitiated Graft From

Polymerization”. AIChE Jounral. Submitted

• P. Zhang, D. Henthorn. “Fabrication of High Capacity Biomolecular Carrier From Dispersible

Nanotube-Polymer Composites”. Langmuir. Submitted

PRESENTATIONS

• P. Zhang, “Oral protein delivery utilizing pH sensitive hydrogel”. The American Institute of Chemical

Engineers Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, November 2008

• P. Zhang, “Fabrication of Highly Capacity Biomolecules Carrier from Dispersible Single Wall Carbon

Nanotube-Polymer Composite”. Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Fall Meeting, St.Louis, MO, Oct

2008

• P. Zhang, “Carbon Fiber Reinforced Epoxy-Naphthalene Material”. The American Institute of Chemical

Engineers Spring Conference, New Orleans, LA, April 2008

• P. Zhang, “Enzyme Functionalized Single Wall Carbon Nanotube for Use in Biotechnology”. The

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov 2007

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