Alessandro Perego, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Remote

Corporate Research Analytical Laboratory

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Advisor: Dr. Fardin KhabazThesis: Microscopic Dynamics and Rheology of Vitrimers Using Hybrid Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo Simulations

Provo, Utah Area

Advisors: Dr. David O. LignellProject: “Hierachical Parcel Swapping (HipS) – Comprehensive Multiscale Subgrid Model for Turbulent Combustion” • Simulated turbulent reacting flows using computer programming (Python and C++)• Researched new modeling technique that provides predictive reliability of affordable turbulent combustion simulations• Experience with supercomputing and UNIX environment

Provo, Utah Area

Advisors: Dr. John Colton and Dr. Richard K. WattProject: “Fabrication of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Using Native and Non-Native Nanocrystals in Ferritin as the Dye". • Developed the first ever ferritin quantum dot based solar cell and optimize its efficiency by 30%.• Paper accepted for publication in the Journal of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters and awarded best paper in the engineering section.• Developed important technical writing skills by writing research papers and grant proposals.• Recipient of the ORCA Student Mentoring from Brigham Young University ($1500).• Technical oral presentations given at various conferences held at Arizona State University, University of Arizona, University of Utah, Brigham Young University, and New Mexico State University.• Awarded “Outstanding research paper” at the 2015 APS Four Corners Meeting in Tempe, AZ, Oct 2015 and at the AIChE Regional Meeting in Tucson, AZ, Nov 2015.

Provo, Utah Area

I supported the Physics and Astronomy Dept. general computing needs (Windows, Linux, and Mac) by installing, upgrading, and configuring workstations, laptop computers, software, servers, and printers.

Provo, Utah Area

My duties extended from assisting with chemical inventory, picking up waste (chemical, biological, universal, and radioactive) per request, classifying wastes according to EPA and DOT regulations and entering items into a database, bulking chemicals into 55-gallon drums, recycling solvents using onsite distillation units, operating the SSM150 for the sterilization of bio-hazardous waste, performing Chemical Inventory and data entry, aiding in answering basic hazardous waste questions from the campus community, preparing items for shipments, and completing other tasks assigned by the Hazardous Materials Specialist.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Developed important correlations between the surface energy of substrates and the stability of block copolymers thin films • Wrote a python program useful to measure the surface energy of solid substrates• Developed critical analytical skills using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) • Work presented at the 13th Annual Northeast Ohio Undergraduate Research Symposium

Merone, Italy

My position required the sampling and chemical analysis of Activated sludge and wastewater from different industries in the Como, Italy area and the operating of normal laboratory equipment and instrumentation like UV-visible spectrophotometry and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Polymer Engineering

Activities and Societies: Society of Plastics Engineers, Society of Rheology, ACS Rubber Division, American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Physical Society

Perito Chimico Ambientale, Chemistry