Chemical Engineering Assistant

Hsinyu (Sherry) Chen

Email: ****************@*****.***

Cell: 201-***-****

** ***** ****** **, ***** Laurel, NJ 08054

SUMMARY

2+ years of R&D experience in the organic electronics laboratory at Alcatel-Lucent Company

Development research of surface modified colloidal particles in water based solution/polymeric network

Conducted analysis of particles/polymer mixture using wet chemistry, Viscometer, TGA/DSC, Texture Analysis

EDUCATION

M.S., Chemical Engineering, City University of New York: June 2010

- Studied under Prof. Ilona Kretzschmar in the Nanoparticle Modification and Assembly Laboratory

B.S., Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan: June 2006

LEADERSHIP

Trained researchers on surface profiler and nanoindenter analytical instrumentations (2012-2014)

Advised undergraduate students on their chemical engineering research projects (2009-2011)

Taught Heat Exchanger session in Unit Operation Laboratory course (2007-2008)

EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, City University of New York, New York, NY (2010-2014)

- Fabricated (modified) SiO2 colloidal particles surface from hydrophilic to hydrophobic using dehydration, silylation, convective assembly, spin coating, PDMS stamping, or PVD methods

- Employed surface-modified-particles as surfactants in cottonseed oil/water mixture

- Tested the effect of external electric field on the movement and orientation of surface-modified-particles

- Formulated acrylate copolymers using UV curing and free radicals technique with cross-linkers and photo-initiators

- Statistically evaluated the physical, mechanical, electrical properties of polymer composite

Research Cooperative, Bell Labs Innovation (Alcatel-Lucent), Murray Hill, NJ (2010-2012)

- Prepared PDMS soft polymer using photolithography with Si wafer template

- Studied and Quantified micro-scale electro-mechanical actuator performance using optical surface profiler

- Demonstrated high dielectric additives enable increase of actuator compressive strain by 10 times

Research Assistant, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2006-2007)

- Fabricated different shapes of ceramic powders using sintering and hydrothermal method

- Characterized mechanical, electrical and optical properties of metal oxide

- First one to demonstrate strong visible emission (612nm) from neodymium-doped oxide systems

LABORATORY SKILLS

Formulation Skills: Dehydration, Silylation, UV curing, PDMS soft photolithography, Convective Assembly, Spin Coating, PVD, Sintering, Hydrothermal

Analysis Skills: Wet Chemistry, pH meter, Viscometer, Texture Analysis, Optical Surface Profiler, UV-Vis, XRD, FTIR, SEM, EDS, TGA/DSC, AFM Nanoindenter, Dielectric characterization, Optical Tensiometer

Software Skills: AutoCAD, Wolfram Mathematica, Matlab, Origin

PERSONAL/ WORK STATUS

Fluent in Chinese, Basic Proficiency in Japanese; Avid Snowboarder; Culinary Enthusiast

Legally authorized to work in US (green card holder/permanent resident)

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