Chemical Engineering Engineer

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VICTOR V TRAN

OBJECTIVE

Recent graduate seeking entry level process engineering or R&D position in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, fluid mechanics, controls, semiconductors or sustainable energy

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Matlab

Aspen

Chemical Process Design

Chemistry/Biology/Engineering lab

Loves creativity & challenges

Computational Fluid Dynamics

LabView

Comsol

HTML/CSS

Python

JavaScript & jQuery

EXPERIENCE

STUDENT - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

September 2013 – June 2016

Engineered an economical on-board Hydrogen fuel production process for a low emission fuel cell car at an estimated production cost of $100,000

Designed a microbial fuel cell for simultaneous water recovery and electricity production in developing communities at a cost of under $500 per unit. A collaboration with J. Craig Venter Institute

Optimized operating parameters for throughput and uniformity of a low-pressure CVD reactor by collaboratively studying fluid flow, diffusion, and Langmuir kinetics of Silane depositing over a Silicon wafer boat via Comsol software

Wrote an implemented a numerical scheme in Matlab to simulate and study vorticity in turbulent flow using Fourier spectral discretization and a low-storage RK3-Theta time marching scheme

Experimental research in: Chemical vapor deposition reactors, reverse osmosis, continuous rectification, liposome nanoparticles, photocatalytic reactors, plate heat exchangers

TEACHER’S ASSISTANT – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

September 2015 – June 2016

Coordinated with professor and other TA’s to assess student work and provide supplementary instruction in upper division engineering courses

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, M.S. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Emphasis on fluid mechanics and numerical techniques. Conferred June 2016

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO, B.S. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

GPA: 3.546. 3 Provost Honors. Member of Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. Thermal systems emphasis. Conferred June 2015

ENGINEER-IN-TRAINING, CALIFORNIA

Conferred May 2015. Certificate No. 155568

COMMUNICATION

Collaborated with peers and local industry partners in numerous academic projects, conducting research, designing chemical processes, writing formal reports, and presenting findings and designs

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