Chad Nishimura Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Commerce, California, United States

• Manage projects developing new products from conception to validation to full production for potential clients• Specialized knowledge in medical-grade plastic film production, polyethylene processing, and co-extruded plastic films• Communicate with material and equipment support to coordinate and resolve technical problems and optimize processes

Ucla

– Directed a small team in managing social media, growing an account to over 300 followers– Wrote, designed, and edited annual year-in-review newsletter sent to members and alumni– Responsible for updating and sending weekly newsletter to current club members

– Helped oversee a team of 20 students to ensure library was properly serviced every day– Responsible for sorting, organizing, and maintaining large collections of books as well as opening and closing the library– Assisted patrons by locating and checking out books, helping them with library services such as printing/scanning documents, and providing additional helpful resources

– Responsible for setting up and managing a late-night study space at UCLA for students living at UCLA

Ucla

– Helped first-year undergraduate students adjust to engineering at UCLA by answering questions and providing resources about classes, extracurriculars, and student life

Ucla

– Worked with a team of nine students to design, build, and race a model, shoebox-sized car running on student-synthesized biodiesel in a modified RC internal combustion engine– Experience in identifying potential problems and implementing creative and innovative solutions– Designed, 3D printed, and assembled various parts using Fusion 360

Los Angeles, California, United States

– Designed and built an apparatus using existing, off-the-shelf materials following the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) guidelines to test physical properties of various adhesives– Designed experiments and collected data to study the physical properties of self-assembling polymer hydrogels for use as biological underwater adhesives– Compiled data and delivered a technical presentation at the American Physical Society March Meeting 2023

– Worked as a part-time peer tutor for high school students– Practiced effective communication and explanation of complicated ideas

– Worked as research intern for the Boedicker Microbiology Lab at USC for two consecutive summers– In 2018, collected, isolated, and analyzed wild bacteria samples, utilizing green fluorescent protein plasmids to identify species that exhibited quorum sensing capabilities– In 2019, modified the origin of a plasmid from a ColE1, a high copy origin, to SC101+ and SC101++ in order to reduce stress on the cell

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Chemical Engineering, Cumulative Gpa: 3.996

Activities and Societies: Chem-E-Car Team Member for the American Institute of Chemical Engineering and Publicity Chair of Tau Beta Pi

High School Diploma