Engineering Project

Y uanchen Cui

Name: Yuanchen Cui

Personal Details

Nationality: P.R. C hina (born in Beijing)

Current Address: **** ****** **. ***, ******* Station,

Texas 77840,U.S.A.

Mob.: +1-979-***-****

E-Mail: ***********@*****.***

To seek a position t hat will help me u tilize my skills and

O bjective

abilities in Chemical Engineering, and will offer

p rofessional growth t hrough resources, innovativeness.

Education

Texas A& M Univ. Degree of Ph.D to be obtained

• Major in Chemical Engineering

Aug. 2008-now

• Current GPA 3.8

(to be graduated by 2013)

College Station,

Texas, U.S.A.

Tsinghua Univ. ( ? ? ? Degree of B achelor

?) • Major in Chemical Engineering and Industrial

B ioengineering

Aug. 2004- Jul. 2008

• GPA 3.6, Top 25%.

Beijing,

P.R. China

Research

E xperience

Center for Asphalt and Materials Chemistry

Depar tment of

C hemical Engineering, A ug. 2008- now

Texas A& M Univ.

College Station, Description

Research in Pavement Materials Chemistry Program with

Texas, U.S.A.

a focus on improving the durability, safety, and efficiency

of pavement materials and structures within both

economic and environmental constraints.

Responsibili ties

G raduate Research Assistant in project “Evaluation of

B inder Aging and I ts In f luence in Aging of Hot M ix

Asphalt Concrete”. The goal of this project is to develop

dependable procedures that are sensitive to age

hardening for measuring fatigue cracking and

specifications.

Key Achievements

• At tending 48th Petersen Asphalt Research

Conference 2011, giving a presentation

“ Introduction to a New, Fast, Binder Aging Test”

• At tending 49th Petersen Asphalt Research

Conference 2012, giving a presentation “An

Oxidation Study on Seal Coat Treated Pavement”

• Attending Pavement Performance Prediction

Symposium 2011, 2012

• Successful negotiating at national and

i nternational levels

Instruments

• Fourier T ransform I nfrared Spectroscopy

(FTIR)

• Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR)

• High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

( HPLC)

• Pressure Aging Vessel (PAV)

• Pressure Oxidation Vessel (POV)

The State Key Laboratory of Chemical

Depar tment of

C hemical Engineering, Engineering

J an. 2007- Aug. 2007

Tsinghua Univ.

Responsibili ties

Beijing,

Research Assistant in project “Direct synthesis of

P.R. China

M esoporous TiO2 and its Catalytic Performance in DBT

Desulfur ization”

Key Achievements

• The thi rd wri ter in paper "Direct synthesis of

Mesoporous TiO2 and i ts Catalytic Performance in

D BT Desulfurization" ( Microporous and

Mesoporous Materials, Volume 116, Issues 1-3,

December 2008, Pages 378-385)

• Developed research skills

• Gained capability of analytical thinking fervency

for research

Instruments

• Gas Chromatography (GC)

• M icroreactors

Membrane Technology and Engineering Research

Center

A ug. 2006- Sep. 2006

Responsibili ties

Research Assistant in project “Measurement of Gas

Separation Membranes Transmit tance”

Key Achievements

• At tended the Third Conference of Aseanian

Membrane Society

• Successful communication with national and

i nternational researchers in membrane society

My research experience has led me excel substantially i n

P rofile

academic projects at international levels. I have

experience in : pavement performance, membrane

i mprovement and catalyst development. M y own chemical

engineering background combined w ith a command of

k nowledge on construction materials from Civil

E ngineering ha s left me confident in handling inter-

discipline p roblem t hat requires the reconciliation of

d ifferent disciplines to otherwise common problems.

Mandarin: Excellent writ ten and oral skills

L anguages

English: Excellent writ ten and oral skills

Cantonese: Good listening skills

Dr. Charles Glover

R eferences

Associate Department Head and

Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering,

Texas A&M University,

College Station, Texas, U.S.A.

Tel:1-979- 845-3389

Email: *-******@****.***

Dr. Tingjie Wang Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering,

Tsinghua University,

Beijing, P.R. China

Tel: 86-10-627*****

Email: ******@****.********.***.**

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