WANLIN DU

Piscataway Township, NJ

732-***-****

acyfm1@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Over four years of epoxy based thin/thick film processing and characterization experience, three years of mentoring and student service experience with strong research, administrative and communicating skills. EDUCATION

Rutgers University New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (GPA 3.8/4.0) Aug.2013 May. 2017 Thesis: The influence of processing parameters and material compositions on actuation performance of dome-shaped piezoelectric actuators

Rutgers University New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, (GPA: 3.9/4.0) Aug.2011 May. 2013 Thesis: The influence of processing parameters on piezoelectric and dielectric properties of dome-shaped PZT-Epoxy actuators

Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin, China

Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering, (GPA: 3.7/4.0) Aug.2007 May. 2011 RESEARCH PROJECTS

Lead zirconate titanate (PZT)-Epoxy based 2-phase dome-shape composite thin film actuators

May. 2013-present

● Design experimental set-up of testing the actuation performance.

● Design the experiment to study the influence of epoxy’s concentrations on mechanical strength of the 2-phase composite.

● Investigate piezoelectric and dielectric performance of epoxy-based composite dome structure acting as actuator with different concentration of PZT.

● Optimizing actuation performance by varying processing parameters such as viscosity, curing condition, spin coating profiles, polarizing conditions and dispersing methods.

● Study the influence of employing multiwalled carbon nanotubes as conductive third phase on actuation performance.

Study the influence of piezoelectric polymer substrate (Polyvinylidene fluoride) on the cell growth

May. 2014-Presented

● Cooperate with researchers from biomedical department to study if the piezoelectric polymer substrate-- polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) will boost the growth of cells.

● Work in teams to design the set-up and steps of the experiment, mentoring new researchers.

● Characterization of PVDF polymer thin films on piezoelectric and dielectric properties. Barium titanate (nano)-Epoxy-Al(micro) 3-phase composite capacitive thick films

Aug. 2011- July. 2012

● Investigate percolation threshold of micron size aluminum dispersed in different volume fractions of nano-sized Barium titanate-Epoxy composites.

● Fabricating and analyzing flexible sensors based on these types of capacitive composites. SKILLS

Process: Spin-coating deposition, RF-sputter deposition (PVD), Material distribution, Particle Surface treatment, Corona poling technique, Fume hood operation Characterization: Transverse electromagnetic microscope (TEM), Scanning electron microscope (SEM), Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), Raman spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, Dielectric spectroscopy, Ferroelectric Hysteresis Measurement & Analysis, Interferometric analysis, Piezoelectric Analysis

CAD/computation: Matlab, Solidworks, ANSYS, Microsoft office, Origin Mechanical Tool: Machine shop training, Material testing (Instron) CONFERENCES

● K A Cook-Chennault, U. Sundar, W. Du, Investigation of Composite Dielectric Materials for Energy Storage, AVS 61 International Symposium & Exhibition, 2014

● S. Banerjee, W. Du, U.Sundar, K A Cook-Chennault, MWCNT Flexible Stacked Multimorph composite thick films with Graphene electrodes as piezoelectric energy harvesting devices, MRS Fall 2013

● KA Cook-Chennault, U. Sundar, W. Du, A Renganathan, S. Banerjee, PZT-Epoxy Bulk Composites with Al inclusions, Material Science & Technology 2013

● S. Banerjee, U. Sundar, W. Du, K A Cook-Chennault, MWCNT based flexible piezoelectric thick films with different electrodes, 8th Gotham-Metro Condensed Matter Physics, New York Academy of Sciences, November 2012

● Woodson, W. Du, U. Sundar, S. Banerjee, K A Cook-Chennault, Fabrication and Analysis of Thick Film Composite Piezoelectric Materials, RiSE Research Symposium, Rutgers University August 2012

● W. Du, U. Sundar, S. Banerjee, KA Cook-Chennault, BaTiO3-Epoxy-Al 0-3-0 Composite Piezoelectric Thick Film Fabrication for Applications in Energy Harvesting and Capacitor Materials, RS Fall 2012, Nov 27 JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

● S. Banerjee, W. Du, L. Wang, and K. Cook-Chennault, "Fabrication of dome-shaped PZT-epoxy actuator using modified solvent and spin coating technique," Journal of Electroceramics, vol. 31, pp. 148-158, 2013.

● S. Banerjee, K. Cook-Chennault, W. Du, U. Sundar, H. Halim, and A. Tang, “Piezoelectric and dielectric characterization of corona and contact poled PZT-Epoxy-MWCNT bulk composites,” accepted by Smart Materials and Structures, Article reference: SMS-103104.R1

EXPERIENCE

Mentoring/Administration Experience

Research mentor/ Program Staff REU and GET-UP programs June. 2012 – Aug. 2015 Research mentor/ Program Staff Research Experience for Teachers in Engineering (RU-RETE)

June. 2012 – July. 2015

Research mentor/ Program Staff SLAAM (summer learning and achievement in aerospace and mechanical engineering)

June. 2016-July. 2016

Research mentor James J. Slade Scholars Program May. 2014-May. 2016 Teaching Experience

Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ Sep. 2013-Present Dynamics, Vibrations & Controls, Alternative Energy I, Introduction to Computers for Engineers, Introduction to Mechanics of materials, Statics

HONORS

Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin, China

Excellent Undergraduate Student Scholarship Sep. 2009-May. 2011 Rutgers University New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ Society of Women Engineering travel Award Aug. 2011 NSF travel Award Nov. 2012

Rutgers Research/Teaching Assistantship Sep. 2013-Present

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