Chemical Engineering

YIRAN (FRANK) CAO

Green Card Holder

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EDUCATION

Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ

Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering, May 2014

GPA 3.3/4.0

Highlight courses: Thermodynamic, Fundamentals of Polymer Science, Reactor Design, Design of Control Systems, Biofuels Engineering &Tech

Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering, June 2011

Vice President of Sports Department of the Student Union, 2009-2010

Managed to hold a very successful department-side basketball tournament with very limited resources

Started the very first cheerleading team in Chemical Engineering Department

Four years of laboratory experience

WORK EXPERIENCES

Sinopec North China E&P Company, Beijing, China

Junior Engineer 7/2011 – 11/2011

Integrated chemical plants and transportation information into an optimum transportation design to save an hour of transit time per day

Compiled and analyzed petroleum information from gas stations to set up and coordinate fuel distribution schedules to guarantee timely supply

BASF (China) Co., Ltd., Nanjing, China

Junior Safety Engineer 6/2008 – 7/2008

Enforced and maintained safety alerting devices for atmospheric and vacuum distillation unit

Arranged production processes which generates target products flow of 5 million ton per year

RESEARCH & PROJECT

Synthesis and Characterization of Mercaptoacetic calix[4]arene 3/2009 – 12/2009

Developed an optimized synthesis route through series of research to synthesize compounds

Obtained and observed characterization of the compounds according to the synthesis route by IR and 1H-NMR

Achieved a chemically modified electrode experiment with mercaptoacetic calix[4]arene and acquired characterization by CV and EIS methods

Design of Ethanol Synthesis Device 10/2008 – 2/2009

Calculated precisely detailed parameters of distillation unit and gas-liquid load with Aspen Plus

Simulated the 250 thousand tons per year process with PRO II and obtain the material flow rate

Drafted Piping and Instruments Diagram & Process Flow Diagram

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES

Family Promise of Bergen County, Hackensack, NJ 11/2013

Assisted in the annual Thanksgiving food drive for the homeless

Prepared and served hot meals to over 300 homeless people on Thanksgiving Day from 9 AM to 8 PM

Hoboken Historical Museum, Hoboken, NJ 11/2012

Greeted and ushered visitors into the museum

Introduced to them the history of Hoboken and helped answering related questions that they had

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Laboratory,

Chromatographic analysis, design of chemical unit operation, engineering drawing, electronic balance, infrared radiation analysis, 1 hydrogen-nuclear magnetic resonance analysis, transmission electron microscopy, gel permeation chromatography, ultraviolet-visible spectrometry, differential scanning calorimetry

Software,

Aspen Plus, PRO II Process Simulation Software, MATLAB, Polymath, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint

References Available Upon Request

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