Engineer Assistant

Andrea Kim

**** ******* ***** *** ****, Apt. ***, Tuscaloosa, AL

E-mail: *****@*******.**.***, Phone number: 205-***-****

OBJECTIVE

To apply for a materials engineer position in a manufacturing company.

EDUCATION

• Master of Science in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, May 2016.

Thesis: Optimization of Cobalt Electrodeposition from Cobalt Chloride Using Urea and Choline Chloride Ionic Liquid

• Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, May 2014

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Graduate Research Assistant

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, August 2014 to May 2016

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, January 2014 to May 2014

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Electrochemical property of the ionic liquid system (CoCl2-Urea/ChCl) using EG&G potentiostat/galvanostat

• Electrodeposition of pure cobalt metal from cobalt chloride in Urea/ChCl ionic liquid for the environmental friendly process

• Improvement of cobalt electrowinning rate (95% of current efficiency) by controlling temperature, applied voltage, and concentration of cobalt chloride

• Evaluation of thermodynamic properties of corrosion products from the Haynes230 alloy in fluoride molten salts at high temperature using computer software

• Assistance to operate the tube furnace to investigate the weight loss of the Haynes230 alloy in fluoride molten salts after the corrosion at high temperature

•Mechanical property using tensile and hardness tests of the indefinite chilled roll test coupon

SKILLS

•Analyses and Instruments

Scanning Electron Microscopy, Optical Microscopy, X-Ray Diffractometer, Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy, Potentiostat, Galvanostat, Microhardness Test, Tensile Test, Corrosion Analysis

•Computer

Solidworks, HSC Chemistry, FactSage, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint

PUBLICATION

Andrea R. Kim and Sung S. Kim, "Thermodynamic modeling of the UO2–CaO phase diagram," Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Volume 615, December 2014, Pages 542–545

PRESENTATION

Cobalt Electrodeposition from Cobalt Chloride Using Urea and Choline Chloride Ionic

Liquid: Effect of Temperature, Applied Voltage, and Cobalt Chloride Concentration on

Current Efficiency and Energy Consumption, TMS (to be presented on February 26, 2017)

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