Chemical Engineering Safety

Sergio Rocha-Fernandez

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Watsonville, CA 95076 Linkedin.com/in/srocha53/

EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley GPA:3.1 / 4.0 Berkeley, CA B.S Chemical Engineering; Business & Management Concentration Expected: December 2020 Cabrillo College GPA:3.85 / 4.0 Aptos, CA

WORK EXPERIENCE

ENOVIX Corporation Fremont, CA

Packaging Process Engineering Intern May 2020 - August 2020

● Decreased variability of 3 lithium-cutting processes by over 90%using JMP statistical process control

● Implemented new process of record across multiple product platforms to improve lithiation buffer process

● Performed safety testing on package quality, failure analysis on pouch cells, and troubleshot processes Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Berkeley, CA

Undergraduate Researcher, Energy Conversion Group January 2019 – August 2019

● Lowered electrolyzer catalyst cost by decreasing the iridium loading by 90%through electrode fabrication and testing system optimization

● Conducted cyclic voltammetry and impedance spectroscopy to quantify electrode performance

● Created and gave biweekly presentations on my findings/results to senior staff scientists/engineers Penn State University State College, PA

Undergraduate Researcher June 2018 – August 2018

● Optimized a cost-effective organic catalyst for synthesizing polymer brushes that is up to 95%cheaper than metal-based catalysts

● Collected and analyzed data on polymer brush thicknesses using ellipsometry. University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA

Undergraduate Researcher June 2017 – August 2017

● Developed a novel transfer method for ferroelectric materials onto silicon using laser exfoliation

● Characterized various samples of ferroelectric oxides using x-ray diffraction for their transferability onto different materials.

LEADERSHIP & PROJECT EXPERIENCE

American Chemical Society Corporate Committee Berkeley, CA Corporate Committee Member September 2019 - July 2020

● Hosted info-sessions, career fairs, and educational workshops to assist students in networking

● Administered communications between the chapter’s corporate and society contacts Consulting Project - Microsoft AI For Earth Berkeley, CA Consultant August 2018 - December 2018

● Benchmarked and investigated successful indicators to help Microsoft select viable “AI for Earth” partners

● Organized and led weekly group meetings, created and delegated tasks. Engineering Abroad Club Aptos, CA

Delegate September 2017 – January 2018

● Increased access to drinking water in a rural Guatemala village by installing 3 water storage tanks

● Communicated with locals in Spanish to assess their needs, concerns, and specifications

● Decreased by 2 hours the amount of time locals spent collecting water daily. As a result, the number of children enrolled in school increased by 100

PUBLICATIONS

● Surface-Initiated Photoinduced Electron Transfer-Reversible Addition–Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization, Mingxiao Li, Michele Fromel, Dhanesh Ranaweera, Sergio Rocha, et al

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