NICK E. TRAN, PH.D.

**** ************* ***. **., ***, Washington, DC, 20036 202-***-**** accc48@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

** ***** ** ********** ** research scientist in material and nanomaterial development for energy and

biomedical applications.

Winner of the Navy’s most prestigious Edison Award in 2012 for patent with the greatest potential benefit

to the Navy and Nation.

8 years of experience in program management in private sector and government agency.

13 years of experience providing science and technology expertise to academic, private sector, and

government clients.

15 years of business experience as founder of technology companies.

Widely published in peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Polished invited speaker at national and international conferences and workshops, experience in

delivering briefings to senior government officials and C- level executives.

Inventor, very well connected to the NSBA (National Small Business Association) leaders and investment

and entrepreneurial communities in Washington DC Metro area and beyond.

Current Security Clearance: Top Secret (DoD).

EDUCATION:

The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry.

Lecturer of organic chemistry and physical chemistry; performed extensive research in inorganic

chemistry and electrochemistry of endohedral metallofullerenes and fullerenes for drug delivery.

The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; MS. Electrochemistry.

Taught and performed extensive research in chemistry and electrochemistry of metal anions in liquid

phase for industrial electroplating.

The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; BA. Chemistry.

Performed research and obtained training in chemistry and inorganic chemistry. Finished BA degree in

2.5 years and high-school in 1.5 years after dropping out of the 8th grade to escape the Communist

Vietnam by boat.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

NanoBMT, LLC, 387 Technology Dr. College Park, MD 20742 07/2012 – Present

Founder and CEO

Research and development of multifunctional, life-saving BACNA© BioMedical Products in

collaboration with the University of Maryland’s Technology Advancement Program (TAP, College Park,

MD), and the Naval Research Laboratory (Washington, DC).

Perform market and business evaluations of state-of-the-art bactericidal technologies for the investment

community.

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Develop cutting-edge research initiatives for the National Institute of Health (NIH), National Science

Foundation (NSF), Office of Naval Research (ONR), and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

(DARPA).

CSC, Falls Church, VA 12/2011 – 07/2012

Principal Scientist, The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Ft. Belvoir, VA

Delivered stellar technical and program management advice to several award-winning programs that

supported the needs of scientific research enterprise across the divisions, directorates, and agencies.

Provided state-of-the-science assessments of DTRA’s Chemical and Biological Defense Program’s

(CBDP) topics and proposals that have produced numerous, high-impact publications and patents, which

were regularly highlighted by the Technology Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JSTO-CBD).

Coordinated, integrated, implemented, and evaluated a large portfolio of advanced science and

technology (S&T) research programs for The Chemical and Biological Basic Research (CBS-BR) and

Chemical and Biological Technologies (CBT) Division within the CBD Directorate.

Coordinated and assisted in Program Build, POM (Program Objective Memorandum) Build, SWOT

(Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat) program analysis, and R-Form (RDTE Budget Item

Justification) submission process within DTRA’s CBDP.

Provided programmatic support to manage the flow of proposals during the BAA (Broad Agency

Announcement) and Intramural Service Call (IMSC) through DTRA’s structured and milestone driven

process to ensure that awards were delivered timely.

Coordinated and Assisted in selection, evaluation, and down-selection of research projects to ensure

adherence to CBD’s programmatic and fiscal plans.

Served as a cross-cutting subject matter expert (SME) in chemistry, biochemistry, chemical-and-biological

sensing, nanotechnology, and related fields for DTRA’s CBS-BR and CBT Division.

Coordinated and assisted with preparation of scientific and technical presentations, BAAs and IMSCs,

Reports to Congress and JSTO, briefings, and budgets for the CBD Divisions and Directorate.

Tauri Group LLC., Alexandria, VA, 08/2008 – 11/2011

Senior Scientist, DTRA, Ft. Belvoir, VA

Delivered technical and program management advice to award-winning programs that supported the

needs of scientific research enterprise within the CBD Directorate, including the CBS-BR program, Test

Integration (CBT-I) T&E program, and Individual/Collective Protection and Hazardous Mitigation

(CBT-PHM) program.

Coordinated, integrated, implemented, and evaluated a large portfolio of research programs for the CBS-

BR, CBT-I’s T&E, and CBT to ensure that the short-, medium-, and long-term objectives of the

programs were met.

Performed as Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) team leader to evaluate topics and proposals for

DTRA’s CBS-BR, CBT-PHM, and CBT-I Division.

Served as a cross-cutting subject matter expert (SME) in chemistry, biochemistry, chemical-and-biological

sensing, nanotechnology, and related fields for DTRA’s CBS-BR, CBT, and CBT-I Division.

Interacted with program managers from other agencies [DARPA, NSF, Office of Naval Research

(ONR), Army Research Office (ARO), etc.] and within CBD Directorate (Decontamination, Detection,

Protection, Threat Agent Science, Information Systems Technology (CBI) and Special Projects) to

coordinate and obtain cooperative participation.

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Provided on-site technical and programmatic evaluations of numerous performer organizations at the

Service Laboratories, Industry, and Universities.

Strategic Analysis Inc., Arlington, VA, 05/2007 – 11/2008

Advisory/Senior Scientist, DTRA, Ft. Belvoir, VA; DARPA, Arlington, VA

Delivered technical and program management advice to programs at DARPA and DTRA that supported

the needs of scientific research enterprise across the divisions, directorates, and agencies.

Served as Deputy Technical Area Manager (TAM) for DTRA’s Nanoscience Program, which received

the top award for the CB-BR Division in 2008 and led to a promotion offer for Program Manager

position (GS-1301-02).

Developed cutting-edge energy research initiative for DARPA’s Information Processing Techniques

Office (Personal on Demand Power Systems, IPTO-POPS) to reduce logistics and weight burdens to the

warfighters.

Served as a subject matter expert (SME) in chemistry, biochemistry, chemical and biological sensing,

nanotechnology, photovoltaic technology, and other related fields for DARPA’s IPTO Division and

DTRA’s CBS and CBT Division.

Assisted with the identification and evaluation of high-risk, high-impact, innovative S&T topics and

proposals for DARPA’s IPTO-POPS and DTRA’s Transformational Countermeasure Technologies

Initiative (TCTI), which seeks revolutionize defense capabilities for the warfighters.

Led efforts for SBIR and STTR research grant and contract solicitation, development, and coordination,

and facilitated the process for peer review of proposals, selection, and award.

George Washington University, Washington, DC 01/2007 – 05/2007

Adjunct Professor of Physical Chemistry

Taught Physical Chemistry and developed a special project for students’ publication, “Determination of

Zinc and Calcium Concentrations in Red and White Wines by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy.”

Developed theoretical treatment of the cavitational collapse of ionized liquid-vapor interface.

Developed new S&T approaches for CO2 extraction to recycle the greenhouse gas and combat global

warming.

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington, DC 12/2005 – 05/2007

Research Scientist

Performed basic and applied researches in the areas of synthetic hydrocarbon fuels, fiber-optic sensing,

cavitation physics, nanotechnologies, corrosion science, and hydrogen storage materials. The

hydrocarbon fuels synthesis research won the NRL’s most prestigious Edison Award in 2012 and was

awarded a patent by The United States Patent and Trademark Office (US 8017658 B2).

Led the development of novel materials and nanomaterials for hydrogen storage applications as a

Technical Manager for the DOE’s Freedom Car project.

Published extensively in peer reviewed journals and delivered presentations on scientific discoveries at

national and international meetings organized by professional societies, industries, and government

agencies.

Served as expert panel member of the ONR’s Fuels Working Group.

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Served as invited speaker and participant at DARPA’s workshops on Defense Energy Solution and

Global Warming.

Served as Session Chair for International Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering (ICCE, 2004-

2006)

Served as reviewer for peer-reviewed journals [Journal of Physical Chemistry (JPC), The American

Chemical Society (ACS- Langmuir), Journal of Alloys and Compounds (JALCOM), Journal of Materials

Engineering and Performance (JMEP), etc.)

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Washington, DC 03/2001 – 12/2005

ASEE Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Performed basic and applied researches in the areas nanotechnologies, hydrogen storage materials,

cavitation physics, and corrosion science for the protection of the U.S Navy fleet.

Delivered several award-winning proposals, patent applications, and reports.

Published award-winning articles in peer-reviewed journals and delivered invited presentations on

scientific discoveries nationally and internationally.

Served as mentor for academically talented high school students chosen by NRL’s Science & Engineering

Apprentice Program (SEAP) from 2001-2003.

Huston-Tillotson University, Austin, Texas 01/1997 – 12/1999

University Lecturer in College of Arts & Sciences

Taught General Chemistry I & II, Organic Chemistry I&II, and Physical Chemistry I&II.

Designed experiments and wrote laboratory manuals for General, Organic, and Physical Chemistry

classes.

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES:

Government Security Clearance: Top Secret.

Business Plan Development, Harvard Business School.

Systems Acquisition Management (101 & 201), DA University.

Comprehensive Cost and Requirement System, DTRA.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS & AWARDS:

Top Edison Award (2012, Naval Research Laboratory).

Promotion to Senior Scientist, from Advisory Scientist (Strategic Analysis Inc., 2008).

Promotion to Advisory Scientist, from Staff Scientist (Strategic Analysis Inc., 2008).

Naval Research Laboratory’s Invention Award (2008).

Naval Research Laboratory’s Invention Award (2006).

Naval Research Laboratory’s Outstanding Contribution Award (2005).

Naval Research Laboratory’s Invention Award (2005).

American Society for Engineering Education Fellowship, Office of Naval Research (2001-2004).

Robert A. Welch Teaching Award, University of Texas at Austin (1997).

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HELM Scholarship Award, University of Texas at Austin (1984).

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ACTIVITIES:

Technology Entrepreneurs Member of The University of Maryland’s Technology Advancement Program.

Member of The American Chemical Society.

Member of The American Physical Society.

Member of Sigma Xi Honor Society.

Member of The Optical Society of America.

PATENTS:

Nick E. Tran, Dennis Hardy, Samuel G. Lambrakos, John G. Michopoulos, "Synthesis of high-molecular

weight hydrocarbon-based fuels via catalytic reduction of CO2," USTO Patent No.: US8,017,658B2.

Nick E. Tran, “Pressure Differential CO2 Extraction,” patent application USPTO #12/139,722. Patent

pending.

Nick E. Tran, “Single-walled carbon nanotubes’ purification and defects elimination by thermal

reduction,” Navy case no. 84663; issued on 05/23/2003; approved for patent application by the Naval

Research Laboratory’s Invention Evaluation Board (NRL’s IEB). Patent pending.

Nick E. Tran, “CNT-based nanocomposite for hydrogen storage and fuel cell applications,” Navy case

no. 96139, issued on 02/17/2004; Patent Application serial no. 11/124642, filed on 05/04/2005. Patent

pending.

Nick E. Tran, Dennis Hardy, Samuel G. Lambrakos, John G. Michopoulos, “High-pressure membrane

extraction of CO2 from seawater,” Navy case no. 98075; approved for patent application by the NRL’s

IEB on 05/05/2006. Patent pending.

Nick E. Tran, “Pressure Differential CO2 extraction,” Oceanoco Inc., Patent application submitted on

02/27/2009.

Nick E. Tran, “Synthesis of Hydrocarbon Fuels Via Supercritical Hydrothermal Conversion of Biowastes

and Carbon-Based Materials,” Ecogents LLC, 05/2008. Patent application pending.

PUBLICATIONS:

N.E. Tran, “Mechanism of Photoemission from Cyclic Cavitation of Single Hydrated Microbubble” The

Eighteenth International Conference on Composites and Nano-Engineering, ICCE-18, (invited talk),

Anchorage, Alaska, 07/04/2010.

N.E. Tran, “UV Emissions from Sonoluminescing Microbubbles” Washington Academy of Sciences

Capital Science 2010 conference (invited talk), Washington, DC, 03/27/2010.

Nick E. Tran, Samuel G. Lambrakos, Joseph J. Lagowski “Analysis of Capacitance Characteristics of C60,

C70, and La@C82,” Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2009, 18, 95-101

Lambrakos, S.G., and Tran, N.E., "Inverse Analysis of Cavitation Impact Phenomena on Structures,"

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2007, 17(2), 202-209.

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Formal NRL Reports: Lambrakos, S.G., and Tran, N.E., "Inverse Analysis of Cavitation Impact

Phenomena on Structures," NRL Report, NRL/MR/9051 (2007).

S.G. Lambrakos, N.E. Tran, N. Lagakos, and P.P. Trzaskoma-Paulette, ”Inverse Analysis of Surface

Degradation using Optical Fibers,” Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2006, 15 (4), 484-

489.

N.E. Tran, S.G. Lambrakos, M. Ashraf Imam, “Analyses of Hydrogen Sorption Kinetics and

Thermodynamics of Magnesium-Misch Metal Alloys,” Journal of Alloys and Compound, 2006, 407, 240-

248.

J.G. Michopoulos, S.G. Lambrakos, N.E. Tran, “Toward coupled-Field Characterization and Design

Optimization of Single Wall Nanotube Composites for Hydrogen Storage Systems,” International Journal

of Multiscale Computational Engineering, 2006, 4, 351-362.

Nick E. Tran, Dennis R. Hardy, Samuel G. Lambrakos, and John G. Michopoulos, “Surface analyses of

Heterogeneous Cobalt-based nanocomposite catalyst for Hydrocarbon synthesis” 14th ICCE,

International Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering (invited talk/session chair), 07/03/2006.

N. E. Tran, Samuel G. Lambrakos, “Purification and Defects Elimination of Single-Walled Carbon

Nanotubes by Thermal Reduction Technique” Nanotechnology, 2005, 16, 639-646. (This paper was

honored by the Institute of Physics (IOP) as being one of the top ten percent most downloaded articles

of all the journals published by the IOP in 2005; in addition, it was also selected for reprint by the

Nanosprint’s Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology, Volume 1, 2005.)

N.E. Tran and S.G. Lambrakos, “Spectral Analyses and Correlation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes”

12th ICCE, International Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering (invited talk/session chair),

08/01/2005.

Lambrakos, S.G., Trzaskoma-Paulette and Tran, N.E., "A Preliminary Model for Correlation of Plasmon

Resonance Spectra with Adherence Properties of Corrosion Inhibitors," April 3, NACE Corrosion,

Houston, 04/03/2005.

Michopoulos, J, Tran, N.E. and Lambrakos, S.G., "A Data-Driven Multi-Field Analysis of

Nanocomposites for Hydrogen Storage," Simulation of Multiphysics Multiscale Systems, ICCS-2005.

Michopoulos, J, Lambrakos, S.G. and Tran, N., "Multi-Field Characterization of Single Wall Nano-Tube

Composites for Hydrogen Storage," IDETC/CIE 2005 Proceeding.

Book chapter: Michopoulos, J, Tran, N.E. and Lambrakos, S.G., "A Data-Driven Multi-Field Analysis of

Nanocomposites for Hydrogen Storage," published in “Lecture Notes in Computer Science.” ISBN 978-

3-540-26044-8, Publisher: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. pp. 80-87 (2005).

Encyclopedia article: N. E. Tran, Samuel G. Lambrakos, “Purification and Defects Elimination of Single-

Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Thermal Reduction Technique” Nanosprint’s Encyclopedia of

Nanotechnology, Volume 1, 2005.

N.E. Tran, S.G. Lambrakos, P.G. Moore, M. Ashraf Imam, C.S. Dulcey, “Prototype Reflectivity Analyses

of Hydrogen Storage Levels in Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes,” The Journal of Chemical Physics,

2004, 120 (21-102**-*****. (This paper was highlighted by the American Institute of Physics and

republished in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology in May 24, 2004 issue.

Nick E. Tran, S. G. Lambrakos, “Characterization of SWNT-Based Nanocomposite,” 11th ICCE,

International Conference on Composites/Nano Engineering (invited talk/session chair), 08/08/2004.

Lambrakos, S.G., Trzaskoma-Paulette, P.P., Tran, N.E., and Feresenbet, E.,”An Evaluation of Wash

Water Additives on the Corrosion Behavior of Metal Structures Exposed to Marine Environments,”

Corrosion, 2004, 60(7) 611.

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Lambrakos, S.G., Trzaskoma-Paulette, P.P, Cooper, K.P., Tran, N.E., “Properties and Effects of Rinse

Water Additives on the Corrosion Rates of Structural Metals,” Journal of Materials Engineering and

Performance, 2004, 13(6) 766-772.

Patricia Trzaskoma-Paulette, S.G. Lambrakos, Nick Tran, Kershed Cooper, and E. Feresenbet,

“Exposure Tests and Surface Analysis to Evaluate the Level of Corrosion Control and Potential Benefit

of Salt Water Rinse Additives” paper# 04263, NACE Corrosion, New Orleans, 03/28/2004.

N.E. Tran, J.R. Feng, M.A. Imam, “Evaluation of Hydrogen Storage Characteristics of Magnesium-Misch

Metal Alloys,” Journal of Alloys and Compound, 2003, 359, 225.

N.E. Tran, M.A. Imam, “Hydrogen Storage Characteristics of Magnesium-Misch Metal Alloys at High

and Ambient Temperature,” Proceeding of The National Hydrogen Association, Washington, DC,

03/04/2003.

N.E. Tran, S. G. Lambrakos, “Theoretical And Experimental Studies of the Hydrogen-Absorbing

SWNT-Based Nanocomposites,” 3rd International IEEE Conference on Polymers and Adhesives in

Microelectronics and Photonics (10/20/2003).

N.E. Tran, S.G. Lambrakos, “Hydrogen Sorption Properties of Mg-x wt.% Mm Alloys,” TMS MS&T

2003 conference, Chicago, 11/09/2003.

Lambrakos, S.G., Tran, N.E., and Trzaskoma-Paulette, P.P., “Effects of Inhibiting Washes on the

Corrosion Behavior of Metals in Diluted Seawater Environments,” paper # 03215 NACE Corrosion, San

Diego, 03/20/2003.

Invited Book chapter: Nick E. Tran and S.G. Lambrakos, “Hydrogen Sorption Properties of Mg-x wt.%

Mm Alloys.” Published in “Powder Materials: Current Research and Industrial Practices III.” ISBN: 0-

87339-5638, Fernand D. S. Marquis, editor. Publisher: TMS. pp. 79-90 (2003).

Formal NRL Reports: Lambrakos, S.G., Cooper, K. P., Tran, N.E., and Trzaskoma-Paulette, P.P.,

“Properties and Effects of Rinse Water Additives on the Corrosion Rates of Structural Metals Used for

Marine Corps Ground Vehicles,” NRL Memo Report, 2003.

N.E. Tran, J.R. Feng, S. E. Kooi, M.A. Imam, “Defect Density of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes

Synthesized by Various Technique,” Proceeding of Nanotube NT’02 conference in Boston, MA.,

(07/06/2002).

N.E. Tran, J. J. Lagowski, “A study of the synthesis of endohedral metallofullerenes and empty fullerenes

by the carbon-arc and RFICP technique,” Carbon, 2002, 40(6), 939-948.

N.E. Tran, J.R. Feng, M.A. Imam, “The Effect of Defects of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes on Their

Hydrogen Storage Capacity,” Proceeding of IEEE-nano 2002 conference in Washington, DC,

(08/26/2002).

N.E. Tran, J. J. Lagowski, “Metal Ammonia Solutions: Solutions Containing Argentide Ions,” Inorganic

Chemistry, 2001, 40(5), 1067-1068.

Dissertation: Tran N.E. “The Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrochemistry of Endohedral

Metallofullerenes.” Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, Dec., 2000.

MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATIONS:

The Cartesian Machine, a literary science fiction thriller based on neuro-quantum interface technology

(502 pages, ISBN-10: 147******* and ISBN-13: 978-1478315544, available on Amazon.com)

Reflection on the Day after 9/11, published by the Washington Post on Sunday Sept. 16, 2001.

PERSONAL INTERESTS:

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Writing: literary and science fiction novels.

Music: play piano, guitar, and alto sax.

Sports: running, tennis, basketball, and softball (Prince George League Champion, 2003).

Languages: French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Chinese.

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