Young Gyu Nam
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Brookline, MA 02445 Email: acxuyw@r.postjobfree.com
www.linkedin.com/in/young-gyu-nam-967b4086
EDUCATION
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Conferred 2016 Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI Conferred 2014 Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea Conferred 2010 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering; Concentration in Thermal Science (ABET) WORK EXPERIENCE
Project Engineer Intern, Fraunhofer CMI, Boston, MA August 2016 - present
• Design, research and development of microfluidic blood diagnostic device
• Develop, Evaluate, and Assembly a rapid-prototype of high automation systems for pneumatic and electrical circuits, and programming the process logic for an Arduino
• Supervisor : Dr. Alexis Sauer-Budge, Dan Echeverria Student Technician, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX January 2016 - June 2016
• Design, fabrication, and characterization of hybrid nanostructured Si and carbon film for Li-ion Battery performance
• Battery assembly and electrochemical testing: battery cycle performance and impedance test
• Pursue to assist evaluating project schedule, research publication, and proposal writing
• Supervisor : Dr. Andreas A. Polycarpou, Dr. Haejune Kim Teaching Assistant, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX September 2014 - December 2015
• Advised students in the classroom, Prepared and presented lectures and discussion to students; aided lecturer as needed
• Grade all of assignments, quiz, and exams
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Mechanical Engineering – Research Assistant, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI January 2012 - January 2014
• Lead the development of a novel microfluidic platform for aqueous two-phase system for protein purification/cancer cell
• Conduct chip design, fabrication, experimental setup, biochemical sample preparation
• Evaluate uniform microdroplet generation and characterize the material interaction with mammalian cell in vitro
• Assembled and proposed paper-fluidic sensors using chip fabrication
• Compile and characterize material testing to generate negative/positive herringbone micro-mixer
• Training undergraduates researchers
• Supervisor : Dr. Woo-Jin Chang
Mechanical Engineering – Research Assistant, Chung-Ang Univ., South Korea April 2010 - April 2011
• In-vivo traceable stimuli-responsive micro particles for embolization based on microfluidic technology RELEVANT SKILLS
Research Skills
• SiO2 magnesiothermic reduction, Li-Ion coin battery assembly and electrochemical testing
• SU-8 mold fabrication, including photo-mask and photo-lithography, surface medication, PDMS molding, Clean room
• Cell culture, Flow Cytometry, Physical/Chemical Vapor Deposition, Contact Angle Measurement, Fluorescence Microscopy, Hot embossing, Injection molding, CNC machining, Laser Cutting, 3D printing, BSL2 Software and Office
• SOLIDWORKS, AutoCAD, Pro/E, Rhinoceros, C, MATLAB, CFD-ACE+, Microsoft office, Sigma Plot, Prism, Arduino PUBLICATIONS
[1] Nam Y. G. and W. -J. Chang, “Effect of junction geometry on monodispersed microdroplet generation in microfluidic aqueous two-phase systems”, International Symposium of Flow Visualization, 2016 WORK AUTHORIZATION
Eligible to work in U.S. without sponsorship for 36 months on OPT and will gain a green card (permanent resident)