Edwin David

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Education

BACHELORS OF SCIENCE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN MAY 2018

Dean’s List: Fall 2014 – Present GPA: 3.98 Major GPA: 4.0

Awards: Presidential Scholarship 2014) SAT Writing Award (2014) University of New Haven Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Award (2016) National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Award (2017) Alumni Endowed Scholarship (2017)

Research Experience + Other

RESEARCHER PARTICLE FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL – UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SUMMER 2017

One of twelve students selected for the National Science Foundation funded undergraduate research program

Studied reduction mechanism of cuprous oxide (Cu2O) to design and optimize better copper catalyst

oSynthesized copper thin films on an E-beam Evaporator to study the behavior of copper

oDeveloped a methodology to analyze real time data from Environmental TEM using FIJI (ImageJ)

oSelected to present my work for the 20th Annual Summer Undergraduate Symposium at Duquesne University

RESEARCHER SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP SUMMER 2016

Developed and Optimized a catalyst to covert biomass (Phragmites) into high valued product (furfural)

oSynthesized and characterized different base metal catalyst formulations

oDetermined the best catalyst based on measuring hydrogen adsorption and desorption energy

oOnly undergraduate student selected to present to the board of the engineering school on research findings

Developed and Optimized an adsorbent to captured carbon dioxide waste from power plant to convert to synthetic natural gas

Developed a new experimental set up for undergraduate research: combing Thermogravimetric Analyzer and a Differential Scanning Calorimetry (TA 600) with a Gas Chromatography (Inficon Micro GC Fusion Gas Analyzer)

oSelected to present this work at the Annual American Institute of Chemical Engineers conference at Minnesota in 2017

PEER TUTOR CENTER OF LEARNING RESOURCES SPRING 2017-PRESENT

Assist undergraduate students in chemistry, physics, general engineering, and chemical engineering courses

oTutor two to four hours a day and take up to six students at a time helping students with exam/quiz preparation, projects, and homework

Skills & Abilities

INSTRUMENTATION SKILLS

Thermogravimmetric Analyzer (TGA) Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF)

X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy (GC-MS) Environmental Electron Transmission Microscopy (E-TEM) Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) E-beam Evaporator

PROGRAMMING SKILLS

MS Office Suite + Excel with VBA Programming Python LabView ImageJ CHEMCAD AutoCAD

SYNTHESIS AND MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION

Incipient wetness Temperature Programmed Oxidation Temperature Programmed Reduction

Temperature Programmed Analysis In situ experiments

Safety and Chemical Engineering (SAChE) Certifications

Process Safety 101 Process Safety lessons taught from Experience The Importance of Process Safety Minimizing and Identifying Process Safety Hazards Basics of Laboratory Safety Chemical Reactivity Hazards Qualitative Methods and Hazard Assessment Safe Design and Operation & Equipment Hazards

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