Engineer Engineering

WEI SUN

http://www.linkedin.com/in/weisun***

**** **** *** *; Seattle, WA 98108

Cell: 206-***-****

E-mail: ************@*****.***

Summary of Qualifications and Skills:

• Four years bachelor and two years master in materials science and engineering, solid knowledge of materials develop, process and test.

• Independent researcher plus interaction with a diverse team of up to 20 members.

• Strong analytical, organizational and communication skills in Chinese and English.

• Familiarity with laboratory clean room and manufacturing safety protocol.

• Materials characterization skills: AFM, SEM, TGA, XRD, Cyclic Voltammetry, DSC, DLS,

INSTRON Mechanical Characterization, Hg Porosimetry, Ellipsometry, FTIR, Agilent 4155C Electrical Characterization.

•Other processing skills: photolithography, E-beam lithography, soft lithography, liquid crystal

device fabrication, thin film deposition, nanoimprinting, RIE.

Educational and Professional Degrees and Certificates:

Aug. 2014 Master’s of Materials Science and Engineering

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Master’s thesis: “Processing and Microfabrication of Self-assembled Chitin Nanofibers and

Composites” (published in ProQuest).

July 2004 Bachelor’s of Materials Science and Engineering

Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, China

Bachelor’s thesis: “The effect of Sintering Aids on Microwave Attenuation Characteristics of

AlN-SiC Composites.”

April 2010 Certificate: Career Assessment -- Materials Engineer

granted by The Institution of Engineers Australia.

Nov. 2010 Training for liquid crystal device fabrication.

Hong Kong University of Technology and Science, China.

Professional Experience:

Sept. ’12–Aug. ’14 Research Assistant Process Engineering, Dep. of Materials Science and Engineering, UW, Seattle, WA

• Developed an easy and economic process to fabricate chitin scaffold for tissue engineering

measured in centimeter scale, which overcame the historical limitation in micrometer scale in the

lab. The resulting technical and unique pictures were included in several papers published in

various journals.

• Designed a new vacuum filtration method to produce uniform, transparent and homogeneous

chitin films which solved the consistency problems the lab was experiencing. Created the photos,

as well as the theme of the photos, of the resulting films which were then published as the front

cover of Journal of Materials Chemistry B.

• Demonstrated exemplary technical ability in operating AFM characterizing materials surface

profile, progressing quickly to the trainer of other users. Created all AFM images published in

the papers from our group during my term.

• Investigated the mechanical properties of chitin films, analyzed the causes of failure, determined the nanostructure and physical properties of chitin films.

• Developed photolithography processes in a clean room environment to produce flexible protonic

transistors.

Aug. ’10-May ’12 Researcher Process Engineer, NewLight Industries LTD, Spokane, Washington

• Managed “Electrically Variable Liquid Crystal Pretilt and Azimuth angle of Liquid Crystal Lens”

project using University of Washington Microfabrication Laboratory. The result of this project is

in the process of patent application.

• Mastered clean room facilities and semiconductor fabrication processes of E-beam lithography,

photolithography, nanoimprinting and metal deposition, etc.

• Technical translator and interpreter for business between China and NewLight Industries.

Jan. ’09-Dec. ’09 Research Assistant Process Engineering, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

• Sole researcher for the project “Coalescence (fusion and flow) of hydrocarbon oil, diesel fuel and

bitumen oil droplets”. Project was completed earlier than expected. A paper was planned but was necessarily abandoned due to relocation to the United States.

• Developed a high-speed camera setup with micro-volume liquid controller to study the dynamics

of coalescence. Performed experiments, analyzed data and wrote reports independently.

Aug. ’04–Aug. ’06 Materials Process Engineer, SuZhou Galaxy Laser Science and Technology, SuZhou, China

• Invented a new process using inexpensive ink printer to print anti-counterfeit labels with barcode

for a medicine company, making an impossible customer order be possible and increasing the company’s profit by tens of thousands of dollars.

• Provided daily technical support for production.

• Developed manufacturing processes; evaluated and reported on data and processes; implemented

improvements.

• Determined product specifications; estimated production time and material usage and costs.

• Created, maintained and updated product manuals; established standards for production.

Publications:

1. Mechanical Properties of Self-Assembled Chitin Nanofiber Networks(2013-2014, UW)

2. Chitin Nanofiber Micropatterned Flexible Substrates for Tissue Engineering(2012-2013, UW)

3. A biomimetic composite from solution self-assembly of chitin nanofibers in a silk fibroin

matrix(2012-2013, UW)

4. Two-Terminal Protonic Devices with Synaptic-Like Short-Term Depression and Device

Memory(2013-2014, UW)

Permanent resident of US. Work sponsorship is not required.

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