Engineering Chemical

Liyang Gan

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University of Southern California (August 2014 - December, 2015) Los Angeles, CA Master of Science, Materials Engineering Cumulative GPA: 3.82/4.0 University of Wisconsin-Madison (August 2010 - June 2014) Madison, WI Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering Cumulative GPA: 3.37/4.0 Relevant Coursework: Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Engineering Materials, Thermodynamics of Materials, Mechanical Behavior of Engineering Materials, Dislocation Theory and Application, Polymer Science and Technology, Process Design, Process Dynamics & Control

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• LAB EQUIPMENT: Optical Microscope, NMR, HPLC, GC-MS, SEM, XRD, and TEM

• SOFTWARE & PROGRAMMING: ImageJ, Proficiency in MATLAB, Microsoft Office, Aspen and LabView,

• LANGUAGES: Fluent in English and Chinese

EXPERIENCE

The Research Group of Professor Jin (December 2012 - June 2014) Madison, WI Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry

• Familiarized with SEM and XRD and operated the equipment skillfully.

• Successfully improved the synthesis of α-FeF3 3H2O nanowires, which enabled the research team to produce α-FeF3 3H2O nanowires in large amount consistently.

• Developed a new synthesis method for LiCoPO4 and LiMnPO4 nanowires. These nanowires now can be synthesized in two different types with different preferred crystal orientations. USDA Forest Products Laboratory (January 2014 - May 2014) Madison, WI Research Assistant

• Operated Torque Rheometer and Parr Reactor professionally.

• Research team determined the relationship between plastic viscosity and solid level for Rayon and Nylon, as well as the relationship between viscosity and fiber length for Rayon. UW-Madison 2014 Summer Research (May 2014 - July 2014) Madison, WI Undergraduate Researcher

• Operated distillation columns, PFR & CSTR, heat exchangers, humidification tower and pumps skillfully.

• Built a flow system with adjustable airflow rate for Citi 4P50 Combustible gas sensor to determine the impact of gas concentration and flow rate on sensor’s time of response.

• Built LCD cells to determine the relationship between transmittance and voltage input. UW-Madison Project Design (September 2013 - December 2013) Madison, WI Design Project Team Leader

• By using ASPEN, designed a facility including a high-pressure direct gasifier, an alcohol synthesis reactor, and ethanol separation & purification units, which converted switchgrass to 99.8% cellulosic ethanol.

• Conducted mass and energy balance calculations, as well as economic evaluations on sales of products, byproducts and operational cost for the process.

Sanofi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (December 2013 - January 2014) Hangzhou, China Quality Control Analyst

• Tested the chemical properties for different kinds of medicine (Plavix, Aprovel, Coaprovel and Depakine Chrono) and recorded the results to ensure that the test results were qualified for standards.

• Helped upgrade the Standard Operation Procedure, Certificate of Analysis files to the newest version for all medicine. IBM (July 2015 - August 2015) Shanghai, China

SWG Technical Sales

• Created a Social Knowledge Base page with colleagues in order to help other team members gain better access to all documents and files in the database.

• Developed the IBM Linker software with other coworkers to make internal communications more convenient between colleagues.

AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES

Donald O. Erskine Chemistry Award, Dean’s Honor List: 4 Semesters, Viterbi Graduate Mentorship Program, Engineers Without Borders USA Membership, Mork Family Department Master’s Student Association Membership

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