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Recent graduate with Bachelor of Chemical Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from University of Minnesota. Aspiring, detail-oriented, and cost-conscious engineer looking for a career as process engineer, chemical plant operator, or laboratory chemist.

Specialties: 
-Process simulation and optimization (Aspen HYSYS, efficiency and profitability improvement)
-Process design (design of experiment, MS Visio PFD, pilot plant scale-up)
-Unit operations (evaporation, heat exchanger, gas flow meter, gas membrane separation, liquid-liquid extraction, ion exchange, distillation, non-newtonian flow, water cooling and humidification)
-Evaluate and identify operational issues, problem-solving, provide technical solution & report
-Engineering safety (OSHA, HAZOP, PHA)

-Analytical chemistry 
     -spectroscopy (atomic absorption and emision, UV-vis, FTIR, fluorescence, NMR)
     -chromatography (HPLC, GCMS, TLC)
     -calorimetry
     -voltammetry 
-Chemistry softwares (Gaussian09, SpectraSuite, GaussView, ChemBioDraw)
-Programming (C/C++, MatLab)

Resourceful team member with strong interpersonal skills to coworkers and clients. Demonstrated capacity for leadership and teamwork. Interested in a career connection and expanding professional experience.

-Designed shoebox-size car powered by chemical reactions with optimal performance and safety features
-Studied the kinetics of the clock iodine reaction and determined the capacity of the Zinc-Copper electrochemical cells

Member

-In charge of teaching Vietnamese for third grade class of 17 students and eighth grade class of 13 students
-Responsible for preparing and grading exams, reporting students' performance to school coordinator and parents
-Assist with planning Halloween, Christmas, and New Year events for children

Teacher

-Assist graduate students in biochemical research on bacteria
-Prepared cell culture, grew bacteria, performed gene knock out, performed Polymerase Chain Reaction and analyzed DNA gel electrophoresis results

Volunteer

•Tutored college students in science courses: Calculus, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Physics to help them finish their homework and assignments
•Explained conceptual questions from students and made sure they understand the subject

College Peer Tutor

-Helped second grade teacher to prepare class lessons and graded assignments for more than 30 students
-Looked after students, participated in outdoor activities and read books in the library with students

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