Engineering Chemical

Work Authorization

Permanent Resident, Authorized to work in US without sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Detail-oriented, results-driven research professional with over 8 years of proven experience in R&D of Enhanced Oil Recovery and chemical reaction engineering fields.

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills. A self-starter able to work independently and attend to myriad details without losing sight of the big picture.

• Recognized by senior management and promoted to increasingly responsible positions based on performance results, technical expertise and team work.

• Solid interpersonal as well as oral and written communication skills. Readily establish rapport with individual at all professional levels and from diverse backgrounds.

Area of Expertise

•Design of experiments (DOE) • Polymer synthesis and grafting • Organic chemistry

• Janus and Gemini (amphiphilic) surfactants • Emulsion and colloid• Enhanced Oil Recovery

•Design, synthesis and characterization of chemical materials• Reaction dynamics analysis

• Advanced microscopy • Rheology• TEM • SEM • XRD • GC/MS • IR camera

Education

• Postdoctoral Research Associate in Chemical Engineering 2011- 2012

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

• Doctorate in Chemical Engineering 2006-2011

University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

• Master of Science in Chemical Engineering 2003-2006

Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

• Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering 1998-2002

Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology, Jilin, China

Professional Experience

Texas A&M University Postdoctoral Research 2011- 2012

• Developed novel Janus and Gemini surfactants using organic polymerization and inorganic chemistry, with both the characteristics of nanoparticles and the amphiphilic property of normal surfactants, for applications in oil exploration and production.

• Studied on a synthetic route to functionalize both sides of the single layer with different hydrophilic and hydrophobic property.

• Investigated on nanosurfactants which offer extraordinary stability between two emulsions and strong adsorption energy at the oil-water interface, enhance the oil recovery efficiency.

University of Houston PH.D Research 2006- 2011

• Designed and developed of two kind novel energetic composite materials and thermite reactions for high efficient energy application and gas generation usage (energy and power).

• Implemented chemical kinetics dynamics study and thermite reaction mechanism analysis for Bi2O3/Al and I2O5/Al thermite reactions.

• Characterized and analyzed these composite materials and thermite reaction product by TEM, SEM, DSC, DTA, XRD, IR-Camera (Thermal graph) methods.

Tianjin University Master Research 2003-2006

• Designed and studied Pt, Cu/USY zeolite catalyst for 5-o-tolyl-2-pentene cyclization reaction, made the catalyst characterization by BET, XRD, XPS and FTIR methods. Optimized the best reaction composition, temperature, catalyst amount parameters.

• Developed a NaK eutectic mixture catalyst in the catalytic reaction by the sonochemical pretreatment, enhanced the catalytic conversion from 55% to 89% with the appropriate additive and optimized the reaction condition parameters.

Wuxi pharmacy R&D Tech Research Associate 2005-2006

• Designed, developed and synthesized organic pharmacy chemicals with 8 steps organic chemistry reactions.

• Purification and separation the organic chemicals, characterization of the synthesized pharmacy chemical by HPLC, NMR, GC/MC with extraction, chromatographic fractionation methods.

• Optimized the higher conversion and selectivity from lot of synthesis methods. Hands-on scale up the optimized reaction.

Publications

• The Behavior of Nanothemite Reaction Based on Bi2O3/Al, Journal of Applied Physics, doi:10.1063/1.3650262, 110, 074311, 2011.

• Novel Nanoenergetic System Based on Iodine Pentoxide. Chemical Physics Letters. doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2009.10.038, 483(1-3), 24, 107-110, 2009. (Citation: 5 times)

• Synthesis and Performance of Bismuth Trioxide Nanoparticles for High-energetic Gas-Generators, Nanotechnology. doi:10.1088/0957-4484/20/40/405609, 20, 405609, 2009. (Citation: 7 times)

[highlighted in http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/lab/40661].

• Nanoengergetic Gas-Generators: Design and Performance, Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics. DOI: 10.1002/prep.200800059, 34(6), 532-538, 2009.

• Fabrication of Bismuth Trioxide Nanoparticles for Gas-Generators Application, NSTI-NanoTech, 2, 82-85, 2009.

• Nanoenergetic Gas-Generators, published in IEEE Explore, 817-818, 2008.

• Ultrasonic Pretreatment of Liquid NaK Metal Catalyst for Side-chain Alkenylation of O-xylene with 1,3-Butadiene, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 13(3), 215-219, 2006. (Citation: 4 times)

• A Novel Technology for the Synthesis of 5-o-Tolyl-2-Pentene, Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, 1, 67-74, 2006.

• Development of High-efficient Nanoenergetic Gas-Generators, AICHE Annual Meeting, 16-21 November, 2008, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

• Development of Nanoenergetic Materials Based on Al/I2O5 System, NanoTech - 2010, 21-25 June, 2010, Anaheim, CA, USA.

• Tuning the Gas Pressure Discharge of Nanoenergetic Materials by Boron and Carbon Nanotube Additives, NanoTech - 2011, 13-16 June, 2011, Boston, MA, USA.

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