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Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Development of Sustainable Amine Catalyst Manufacturing Process and Support Commercial Plant Operation• Optimize lab-scale reaction/distillation processes and lead NPI process for commercial-scale manufacturing process • Improve energy/material efficiency and product selectivity of existing chemical processes• Lead troubleshooting of lab and plant operational issues• Support lab safety by leading and participating in DHR, MOC, and ORI

Newark, Delaware, United States

Advisor: Prof. Raul F. Lobo Project: Investigation and Development of Catalytic Upgrading/Deconstruction Processes of Polyethylene (PE) • Developed efficient heterogeneous tandem alkane metathesis reaction system for chemical upgrading of PE - Designed batch reaction process facilitating activation of oxygenate-sensitive silica-supported tungsten oxide catalyst - Substituted rhenium oxide with less costly & thermo-stable tungsten oxide resulting in remarkable efficiency gain - Optimized the reaction process with parametric studies (solvent type/loading, catalyst loading, reaction time etc.)- Investigated non-precious transition metal to substitute platinum (de)hydrogenation catalyst used in tandem catalysis • Investigated thermal/catalytic cracking of PE using lab-made semi-batch type high-temp. reactor - Built the reactor performing the thermal/catalytic cracking of PE at high temperature (500 °C) under inert gas - Investigating performance of Fe-Beta acid catalyst for PE cracking

Newark, Delaware, United States

• Quarterly management of lab chemicals• Annual audit management of chemical inventory

Newark, Delaware, United States

Advisor: Prof. Bingjun Xu Project: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Zeolite-Encapsulated Platinum Catalysts to Biomass Upgrade • Synthesized and characterized state-of-the-art zeolite-encapsulated platinum catalysts for biomass upgrade - Fast-paced teamwork enabled 4 publications over 1.5 yrs- Synthesized zeolites and silica-based materials via hydrothermal and steam-assisted synthesis methods (Zeolite-encapsulated metal nanoparticle, Beta, ZSM-5, MFI, MCM-22 zeolites, SBA-15) - Identified structure-property relationships that proves molecular proximity of metal/acid active sites using in-situ FTIR - Evaluated the degree of encapsulation of Pt nanoparticles within zeolite framework using a batch reaction

Korea

Ph. D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: • Hanyang ChemE Social Networking Gathering • Hanyang University Mentorship Program (for high school students) •.