Assistant Project

Mitchell T. Ong

Durand Building *** Stierlin Rd. Apt. #43

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Stanford, CA 94305 217-***-**** (mobile)

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EDUCATION

Aug. 2004Sept. 2010 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL

Ph.D in Chemistry 3.96 GPA

Ph.D Advisor: Todd J. MartInez

Thesis: The Photochemical and Mechanochemical Ring Opening of Cyclobutene from First

Principles

Sept. 1999Dec. 2003 University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA

B.S. in Chemistry (Computer Specialization) 3.508 GPA

Undergraduate Advisor: Emily A. Carter

Project: Energetics and Kinetics of Vacancy Diffusion in Shocked Aluminum

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Oct 2010PresentStanford University Stanford, CA

Postdoctoral Associate Department of Materials Science and EngineeringPrinciple Investigator: Evan J. Reed

Manipulation of graphene s properties for electronic and photonic applications

Ab initio calculations to demonstrate engineered piezoelectricity in graphene through

selective surface

adsorption of atoms

Nov 2004May 2010University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL

Research AssistantDepartment of Chemistry

Collaborated with experimentalists to design and screen new mechanically-active

polymers that show

beneficial chemical properties in response to external stress

Implemented ab initio steered molecular dynamics to simulate the effect of external

forces

Modeled the energetics and kinetics of mechanochemical reactions

Interfaced our ab initio molecular dynamics program with the Columbus software package

to study excited

state dynamics at a high level of theory

Jan. 2004Jun. 2004University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA

Research AssistantDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Modeled the kinetics of vacancy diffusion in aluminum with first principles quantum

mechanics

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Aug. 2006 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL

Lab AssistantMaterials Computation Center Summer School

Organized and helped students with lab exercises using the GAMESS electronic structure

program

Aug. 2004Dec. 2005University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL

Teaching Assistant Department of Chemistry

Chem. 442 (Fall 2004, 2005) Undergraduate Quantum Mechanics

Chem. 444 (Spring 2005) Undergraduate Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Assisted students in understanding course material and conducted review sessions for

exams

PUBLICATIONS

LEADERSHIP

Department of Chemistry Graduate Student Advisory Committee (DCGSAC)

Communications (2008) Responsibilities include promoting and organizing department

events,

maintaining website and conducting annual elections

COMPUTER SKILLS

Operating Systems: Linux/Unix, Windows, Mac OSX

Programming Languages:

o Experience with Fortran

o Familiar HTML, Python, C++, Ruby on Rails, JavascriptREFERENCES

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