Environmental Engineering

Chien-Cheng (Taylor) Pan

*** ******** ***., *** #*, Pasadena, CA 91106

626-***-****; *************@*****.***

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Objective

Seek engineering, analysis and design position in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, preferably in the area of air quality control and modeling, developing devices and technologies of waste treatment, process design, control, simulation and optimization.

Professional Skills

Experienced in data analysis by Matlab and statistical methods/ Process design of waste treatments and chemical production line/ Experienced in air pollutants sampling and air quality analysis/ Project management/ Cross-disciplinary communication between equipments and process optimization/ Experienced in processes of electrolytic and electroless plating

Academic/Professional Experience

University of Southern California, Department of Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles, CA

2006- 2008, Graduate Research Assistant

* Developed air quality model “Nonparametric Trajectory Analysis”

- Collection of air quality data

- Development of Multi-sites Back-trajectory model

- Analyzed data by Nonparametric Regression

- Identify and quantify the emission sources of pollution

- Error and Uncertainties Estimation

* Performed air quality data analysis and analyzed simulation results

- Data reading and screening

- Data fixing and optimizing

- Statistical meaning check

- Apply Matlab programming to analyze complicated meteorological data and pollutant concentrations

2004-2006, Graduate Teaching Assistant

- Assist professor’s teaching by preparing materials

- Hold discuss sessions, classes review and direct lab work

* Classes Taught

- Environmental Engineering Principles/ Applied Air Quality Management/ Energy and the Environment/ Statics/

Ecology for Environmental Engineers/ Fluid Mechanics/ Project Cost Estimating, Control, Planning and Scheduling

* Project Directed

- Prevention and control of scaling and corrosion on pipelines

- Subsidence estimation of oil fields

Courses and Projects

- Design and application of Air pollution devices/facilities

- Ecosystem and field trip investigation

- Electrobioremediation of soils contaminated with hydrocarbons and heavy metals

- Design of solid and hazardous waste engineering systems

Qualibond Technology Co., LTD., Taipei, Taiwan

2002- 2003, Process Integration Engineer/ Senior Specialist

* Electrolytic and electroless plating on units of connector/ TAB

- Electroless plating on TAB

- Electroplating various metal on USB/ Socket/ Pin/ Wire

- Laminate cooper on Polyester film

* Led a chemical analysis laboratory and assisted in a pilot plant

- Experiment client’s requirements and estimate preliminary prime cost

- Scale up and layout processes

* Coordinated technical issue between Process Engineering and Production Plant

- Sustain production line in good yield and well performance

- Coordinate troubleshooting matters and communicate between equipments and process optimization

* Provided clients technical service

- Offer technical troubleshooting

- Understand and improve client’s satisfaction

Military Service, Chung-Cheng Armed Forces Preparatory School, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

1999- 2001, Second Lieutenant Training Officer

* Trained and managed students with basic military skills and discipline

* Academic tutor in Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics

* Execute battle training and orders of superior officers for securing battalion

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan

1997-1999, Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant

* Classes Assisted

- Fluid Mechanics/ Fundamental Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics/ fundamental Chemical Engineering Kinetics

* Project Research

- Process and pipeline design of Water Supply and Sewage systems

- Design Immobile Bio-Catalyst on CSTR and Fluidized bed design for treating waste water

- Advanced treat various adsorbents to optimize adsorption capacities in treating basic dye waste water

1995-1997, National Tsing-Hua University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Hsinchu, Taiwan

* Project Research

- Automobile catalytic converter design and improvement

- Desalination plant layout

- Design of Distillation/ Adsorption/ Absorption towers

- Design of Pack bed/ Fluidized bed

* Activity

- Leader of a student club “The Love of Tsing-Hua”

- Captain of summer camp and day camp of “The Love of Tsing-Hua”

Education Background

2008, Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Dissertation “Identifying and Quantifying the Impact of Air Pollution Source Areas by Nonparametric Trajectory Analysis”

1999, M.S. Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

Master Thesis “On the Basic Dyes Adsorption by Activated Clay, Montmorillonite and Activated Carbon”

Publication “Shiau, C.Y., Pan, C.C., Adsorption of basic dyes from aqueous solution by various adsorbents, Separation of

science and technology. 2004, v. 39, 8, 1733-1750”

1997, B.S. Chemical Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Professional Exam

2008, Engineer in Training (EIT), State of California

Skills

Computer

MATLAB/ FORTRAN/ VISUAL BASIC/ AutoCAD/ Microsoft Office

Instruments

Gas Chromatography- Thermal Conductivity Detector (GC-TCD)/ High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/ Ultraviolet- Visible (UV-VIS) spectrophotometer/ Infrared (IR) spectrometer/ Atomic- Adsorption (AA) spectrometer/ BET- total surface measurement Meter/ Zeta-Potential Surface Charge Detector meter/ Polymerase Chain Reaction Thermocycler (PCR)/ Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

Language

Mandarin Chinese: Native/ English: Fluent

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