Alberto Palacios Email & Phone Number

San Diego, California, United States

Lead test engineer in development of lithium-ion battery safety architecture. -Determining cell's thermal characteristics, capacity test -Testing cell's voltage & capacity performance utilizing MACCOR system. -Characterize commercial and prototype cells' heat capacity, & thermal stability with an accelerated heat calorimeter (ARC). -Developed ultrasonic.

San Diego, California, United States

Conducting operations of a petroleum test lab

Greater San Diego Area

• Performed experimental test of fluidized bed.
• Develop LabView software program to integrate control actuators and digital measuring instrumentation.
• Operate high precision microscopes to capture measurements and assemble micro components.
• Prepare samples for metallography analysis and electroplating materials.

Sorrento Valley, CA

• Working in a high pace chemistry manufacturing laboratory while delivering high quality.
• Prioritizing job tasks and processing final material to ensure timely delivery of customers’ orders.
• Keeping accurate documentation and recording clear hand-written notes.
• Interpreting analytical data from NMR, HPLC, spectrophotometers, and performing stoichiometric calculations.
• Operating HPLC instrumentation, rotary distillation, high speed centrifuges, pipettes, and common lab equipment.
• Performing chemical reactions, concentration adjustments and making buffers.

Department Of Pharmacological Science

• Collaborated in experiments aimed to study the cell’s repair mechanism against DNAcross-links. My contribution included:
• Assisted in the modification, amplification and verification of plasmid DNA using restriction enzymes, PCR and SDS-PAGE.
• Introduced modified plasmid into E. coli cell by electroporation, cell colony propagation in agar plates, and E.Coli growth in sterile medium.
• Cleaned glassware, sterilized lab equipment by autoclave and maintained a clean, organized, stocked lab.
• Recorded detail experimental procedures and observations while assisting in the development of an assay aim to detect of oral squamous cell carcinoma.
• Prepared human saliva at various buffer pH concentration.

Dr. Percy J. Russell Laboratory

• Participated in kinetic studies on the activity of glycolytic enzymes--phosphofructokinase (PFK-1) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)--in the presence of Vitamin C derivatives via spectrophotometer.
• Performed chemical synthesis of Ascorbic Acid-6-Butyrate (AAB) from raw materials using organic lab techniques such as: acid base reaction, extraction, distillation.
• Characterized chemical compounds via IR, NMR, & liquid chromatography.

Greater San Diego Area

• Installed water, waste, venting, and gas systems in wood and concrete structures per blue print specifications.
• Utilized hand and power tools such as: acetylene torch, jackhammer, drill press, and band saws.
• Working safely and following governmental and OSHA regulation.

Bachelor’S Degree, Chemical Engineering

Aa Chemistry, Aa Physics

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