High School Engineering

Jennifer M. Knipe

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Austin, TX 78757 Office: 512-***-****

Mobile: 724-***-****

E DUCATION

Sept. 2010- PhD, Chemical Engineering

Present The University of Texas at Austin

Laboratory of Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Bionanotechnology, and Molecular Recognition,

PI: Nicholas A. Peppas

Relevant courses: ChE graduate core classes, Advanced Biomaterials, Mass Transfer through

Polymers, Macromolecular Chemistry, Polymer Science

Overall GPA: 3.86/4.00

BS, Chemical Engineering

Aug. 2006-

West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

May 2010

Undergraduate Certificate in Biomedical Engineering, Minor in Mathematics

Cumulative GPA: 3.89/4.00

R ESEARCH E XPERIENCE

Sept. 2010- Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering, UT-Austin

Developing a bi-component polymer system for the oral delivery of small interfering

Present

siRNA to the intestine. Currently characterizing the system and testing loading efficiency

and cytotoxicity in a human cell line.

Developed an emulsion polymerization technique for the synthesis of copolymer

nanoparticles with promising characteristics for oral drug delivery.

May 2007- Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University

Identified and quantified antigen surface markers during murine dendritic cell

May 2010

differentiation and activation.

Worked to develop a model of dendritic cell differentiation as a function of time.

T EACHING E XPERIENCE

Sept. 2011- Laboratory Teaching Assistant, ChE 264 Chemical Engineering Process & Projects, UT-Austin

Nov. 2011

Instructed students on the theory, operation, and control of an industrial-scale distillation

column. Ensured good safety practices during the laboratory experiment.

Reviewed and graded technical laboratory reports.

W ORK EXPERIENCE

June 2009- Project Management Intern, U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology

May 2010 Laboratory, Morgantown, WV

Coordinated grant application submissions and managed awarded project progress; used

technical knowledge to act as a liaison between the DOE and project PIs.

P OSTERS

Knipe, J.M. and Peppas, N.A. Synthesis and Characterization of Composite Hydrogel

Particles for Oral Delivery of Small Interfering RNA, Biomaterials Day, Houston, TX. July

27, 2012.

Knipe, et al. Principal Component Analysis of the Differentiation of Dendritic Cells,

AIChE National Conference, Philadelphia, PA. November 17, 2008.

Knipe, et al. Identifying the Differentiation Program of Dendritic Cells, AIChE National

Conference, Salt Lake City, UT. November 5, 2007.

P RESENTA T IONS

Knipe, et al. Principal Component Analysis of the Differentiation of Dendritic Cells,

AIChE Mid Atlantic Regional Conference, Hampton, VA. April 18, 2009.

A WARDS

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recipient, 2010- present

Cockrell School of Engineering Thrust Fellowship recipient, 2010-present

West Virginia University Outstanding Senior Award, 2010

West Virginia University Bucklew Scholar

S ERVICE AND OUTREACH

Member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2008-Present

Member of Society for Biological Engineers, 2010-Present

Member of UT-Austin ChE Graduate Women s Group, 2010-Present

Member of UT-Austin Society of Women Engineers Graduate Committee, 2011-Present

Chair of ChE Graduate Student Executive Committee, 2011-2012

Coordinated UT-Austin Graduate Research in High School Hands (GRiH2) Program,

Summer 2012

Volunteer as STEM tutor at Reagan High School, Austin ISD, Spring 2011

S KILLS

Laboratory: polymer synthesis, polymer characterization including dynamic light scattering,

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy, mammalian

cell culture, flow cytometry

Programming Languages: R

Software: Microsoft Office, MATLAB, ChemCAD

Communication: oral presentation, technical writing

C ITIZENSHIP

U.S. citizen

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