Engineering Electrical

X.K. “Kai” Yang

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Williamsville, NY 14221 https://www.linkedin.com/in/xinkaiyang/ *******@******.*** Education Tulane University May 2018

Major: BSE Engineering Physics with Electrical Engineering Certificate GPA: 3.35 Minor: Mathematics

FE Exam Electrical and Computer CBT Verifiable Link: https://account.ncees.org/rn/1906113-1104748-227817a Work Experience

Tulane University Biomedical Engineering Department Sept. 2017-May 2018 Research Intern– Novel Microelectrode Array for Nerve-on-a-Chip electrophysiology

• Developed a patent pending custom microelectrode system for integration with another company’s product.

• Produced with electron-beam deposition, CAD modeling, oxygen plasma cleaning, and laser cutting.

• Constructed 3D hydrogel dorsal root ganglia (DRG) cells for in-vivo tissue simulation. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center–Physiology Jan. 2016-Jul. 2017 Research Intern–Yue Lab

• Heparan Sulfatase in cell recovery and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis research.

• Lab techniques: Human cancer cell cultures, BCA Protein quantification, qPCR, Western blotting, Cytotoxicity assay, Chemiluminescence imaging.

• Experiment Statistics: Graphpad Prism and SAS statistical tests. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center–Pharmacology Apr. 2015-Jan. 2016 Student Worker–Lazartigues Lab

• Daily updates to Quartzy to maintain database of chemical and biological agent inventories.

• Genotyped mice litters and updated records to streamline pairings and experimental subjects.

• Animal care certified for general maintenance of mice colonies.

• Performed aseptic surgeries on experimental mice and assisted with data collection.

• Mentored summer interns on standard operating protocols. Projects

Team Design-First Robotics Competition Swerve Drive and Chassis Aug. 2017-Present

• Designed and produced a swerve drive and chassis 50% cheaper and more maneuverable than stock.

• Prototyped with CNC milling, lathing, and 3D modeling in Tulane Makerspace.

• Used Labview and Solidworks to program and produce a robot for a FIRST team.

• Communicated with sponsor and local FRC teams for feedback. Undergraduate lab member– Perovskite & Thiol-Alkene Composite Thin Film Dielectric Capacitors

• Developing a composite ceramic and polymer dielectric thin film.

• Increasing energy density by boosting dielectric breakdown voltage though various production conditions.

• Utilized production techniques: Spin-coating, Thin film inkjet printing, photonic curing. Skills

Knowledgeable Solidworks, NI MultiSim, NI Labview, MatLab, Puredata, Inkscape, MS Office Familiar AutoCAD, Fusion 360, Python, SAS, Igor Pro, GraphPad Prism Extracurriculars Engineering Physics Chairman of Theta Tau-Nu Epsilon 2015-Apr. 2018 Engineers Without Borders- Tulane Internal Team 2017-Feb. 2018 Tulane Makers and Robotics Society 2016-June 2018

New Orleans- Santosha Village Project Aug. 2017-Jan. 2018 Tulane Effective Altruism-Graphic Designer 2015-2016

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