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Milpitas, California, Us

Milpitas, California, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

Berkeley, Ca, Us

- Characterized the morphology, ionic conductivity and thermal properties of a block copolymer system containing lithium polysulfides- Designed experiments to study in-situ lithium-sulfur battery reaction mechanisms with a polymer electrolyte by coupling electrochemical measurements with spectroscopy techniques such as X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) and UV-vis spectroscopy- Explored the complexity necessary to compute physically representative optical spectra for solvated lithium-polysulfides using time-dependent density function theory (TDDFT) calculations- Imaged a nanostructured single-ion-conducting polymer electrolyte containing salty nanoparticles and block copolymers using salt-polymer structures with Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)

Berkeley, Ca, Us

- Theory of Electron Microscopy and X-ray Diffraction, MSE department

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Masters Program Research Project, advised by Professor Michael Bockstaller, August 2012 - May 2013- Evaluated the effect of adding of polymer grafted nanoparticles on the optical properties of glassHonor Research Project, advised by Professor Michael McHenry, August 2011 – May 2012- Studied the cation distribution of spinel structures in Fe3O4 – Fe2TiO4 pseudo-binary systems and developed a theoretical phase diagramCapstone Project, a collaboration with Magnetics, A Division of Spang and Co., Pittsburgh PA, advised by Professor Michael McHenry, Fall 2011- Cooperated in a group of four students to find the optimal processing temperature and pressure to produce magnetic nanocomposite ribbons with low electric power loss

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Teaching Assistant – Carnegie Mellon University- Materials Selection, MSE department, Spring 2013- Thermodynamics, MSE department, Fall 2012 - Probability, Statistics department, August 2010 – May 2013- Speaking Chinese, Modern Language department, Fall 2009, Fall 2011Peer Tutor – Carnegie Mellon University, January 2010 – May 2012- Held tutoring sessions on courses including Calculus, Physics, and Computer Science

- Contributed in developing a data analysis program using R to analyze user data

- Assembled the control cabinets for twin screw extruders and tested to work

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Materials Science And Engineering

Master'S Degree, Materials Science And Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Materials Science And Engineering, With An Additional Major In Statistics