Assistant Engineering

YUQIN YAO

** ******** **, *** *# Tel: 774-***-****

Worcester, MA, 01609 E-mail: *********@*****.***

Objective

Seek for technical position in materials science or chemical engineering process

Experience

Intern, Agiltron Inc. Woburn, MA May 2012-April 2013

Performed lab development and research on multiple projects.

• Synthesis of VO2 nanoparticles -- utilized a hydrothermal method to synthesize VO2 (B) nanoparticles.

• Synthesis of α-MnO2 nanotubes Single crystal α-MnO2 nanotubes were synthesized by hydrothermal method to serve as catalyst for lithium-air batteries.

• Fabrication of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) based saturable absorber for femtosecond fiber laser Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) were introduced into a polymer matrix with low diffraction index to serve as a saturable absorber in a fiber laser system.

• Synthesis of graphene oxide for membrane separation Graphene oxide was synthesized by an improved method. The membrane was fabricated by vacuum filtration so as to separate alcohol and water.

Research Assistant, Dept. Material Science & Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA Feb. 2009 –April 2012

• Synthesis of TiO2 Nanoparticles for Biological Applications -Developed a sol-gel method to synthesize uniform nano-size TiO2 particles, and create a TiO2 thin film for biological tests.

• Fabrication of Carbon Based Nanostructured Materials -Synthesized graphene based materials (TiO2/graphene) to enhance lithium-ion batteries performance, i.e. Capacities and cycling life.

• Nanocomposite and Nanoimprinting Interface – Embedded CNTs into anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) templates study mechanical interfacial properties.

Research Assistant, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, China Sept 2005-Jun 2008

Adsorption to Recover Ethylene from Industrial Off-gas – Studied ethylene from industrial off-gas of ethylene oxide equipment by pressure swing adsorption(PSA), two different adsorbents, activated carbon, self-made adsorbent were researched.

Education

Ph.D., Material Science & Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. Jan 2014

M.S., Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, China Jun 2008

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, China Jun 2005

Special Skills

Very experienced in multiple analytic instrument operation, such as Scanning electronic microscopy(SEM), Transmission electronic microscopy(TEM), X-ray diffraction(XRD), Atomic force microscopy(AFM), Chromatogram, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FTIR), UV-Vis meter, and Computer Assistant Design (CAD)

Reference

Upon to request.

Publications

Journal Papers

Yuqin Yao, Boquan Li and Jianyu Liang, ‘Purification and exposure of carbon nanotubes by a novel two- step method’, submitted to Materials letters;

Yuqin Yao and Jianyu Liang, ‘An Improved Routine to Synthesize Graphene Nanosheets’; submitted to Journal of nanomaterials;

Yuqin Yao, Yinjie Cen and Jianyu Liang, ‘Fabrication of TiO2/graphene composite for enhanced performance of Lithium batteries’, Submitted to the Journal of Power Sources;

Changfeng Chen and Yuqin Yao, ‘Oil-Water Interfacial Self-Assembly of Aligned Silver Nanowires Films for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Application’, submitted to Nanoscale;

Quan Xu, Yuqin Yao, Jianyu Liang and Zhenhai Xia, “Interfacial Energy and Friction between Carbon Nanotubes and Polymer Matrix”, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and structures, Manuscript ID: UMCM-2011-0060

Quan Xu, Yuqin Yao, Zhijun Ma, Jianyu Liang and Zhenhai Xia, “Measurement of Interfacial Energy and Friction between Carbon Nanotubes and Polymer Matrix by a Micro-pullout Test”, Science of Advanced Materials, accepted.

Professional Activities

Conference experience: 2010 Fall Materials Research Society (MRS) Meeting, Boston, USA;

International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (iMAPS) Symposium, 2011, Massachusetts, USA;

2012 Fall MRS Meeting, Boston, USA.

Presentations:

Yuqin Yao, Quan Xu, Jianyu Liang and Zhenhai Xia, ‘Highly Controllable Fabrication of CNT Arrays for Interfacial Mechanical Properties Investigation’, 2010 Fall MRS Meeting, Boston, USA;

Quan Xu, Yuqin Yao, Jianyu Liang and Zhenhai Xia, ‘A New Method to Evaluate the Interfacial Friction between Carbon-nanotubes and Matrix’, 2010 Fall MRS Meeting, Boston, USA;

Yuqin Yao and Jianyu Liang, ‘Synthesis of Graphene Nanosheets’, 2nd Annual NanoWorcester Symposium, Worcester, USA

Yuqin Yao and Yinjie Cen, ‘Graphene-encapsulated TiO2 nanoparticles for improved Li-ion batteries performance’, 2012 Fall MRS Meeting, Boston, USA;

Contact this candidate