Sep 2011 – Present NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Evanston, IL
Bachelor of Science, Materials Science and Engineering; Expected June 2015
• GPA: 3.6 / 4.0
EXPERIENCE________________________________________
Jun – Sep 2013 3M St Paul, MN
R&D Intern (Corporate Research Process Laboratories)
• Investigated the fundamentals of aerodynamics in the melt blown process by systematically altering processing parameters related to air
• Monitored and analyzed resulting web properties (effective fiber diameter, basis weight, web solidity, fiber size, tensile strength, strain, web non-uniformity) with SEM, Fibermetric, Instron and 3M proprietary image analysis software
Jun – Sep 2013 PHILIPS-DUNLEE Aurora, IL
Materials Engineering Intern
• Combined SolidWorks simulation and analytical results to look at material tradeoffs and variations for x-ray targets.
• Conducted target microstructural analysis focusing on geometry and composition on SEM, EDS and EBSD images.
• Used ImageJ to quantify ball bearing contamination on inspected coated and uncoated balls
• Worked with outside lab, Perkin Elmer, to characterize plastic packaging material used for coated balls and bearing with FTIR.
Jul – Sep 2012 MATERIALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE Evanston, IL
Intern (Research)
• Conducted research on dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC): making cells out of Ti, Zn and natural dyes and testing efficiency.
• Created educational cartoon based videos in adherence to supplied curriculum.
• 2012 Meister Summer Research Awards recipient
Jun – Jul 2012 WHITE COLLAR Beijing, China
Intern
• Shadowed fashion designers of White Collar, learning the whole design cycle and process.
• Summarized press coverage for the leading Chinese fashion brand.
LEADERSHIP
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Dec 2011 – Present NUSTARS (Northwestern University Space Technology and Rocketry Society) Evanston, IL
Publicity Chair
• Liaison between NUSTARS and the student community, guest speakers and outside corporations.
• Create cooperate sponsor brochures for sponsors; Design flyers and posters to advertise events.
• Take part in designing and building the rocket for NASA USLI competition.
Oct 2012 – Present CSA (Chinese Students Association) ...
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