Research Assistant Resume Example
Diligent polymer scientist highly experienced in photopolymers, additive manufacturing, and coatings. Proven track-record at developing novel and superior materials. Accumulated plentiful industrial experiences by working as research interns at Facebook Reality Lab (2019) and 3M Company (2016). Expected to graduate in Fall 2020.
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Chicago , NY
- Led a project on developing highly efficient thiourethane exchange reaction for its implementation in chemically recyclable thermosets. (1 first-author publication)
- Synthesis and designed oligomers for recyclable 3D printing photopolymers, which exceeded the performance of current state of art technologies. (1 manuscript in preparation)
- Championed methodologies to design and synthesis monomers for the thiol-Michael photopolymerizations. Demonstrated their implementations in applications including composite materials, coatings, and two-stage photopolymers. (2 first-author publication and 1 manuscript in preparation)
- Oversaw 2 undergraduate students supporting research into polymer studies.
Sorrento , CA
- Led independent research on new photochemistry in SLA 3D printing materials for next generation AR and VR devices.
- Connected 20 materials suppliers, tested 80 formulations, and identified 1 breakthrough technology for novel robotic devices.
- Filed 1 patent within 3 month internship; 1 manuscript in preparation.
Sterling Heights , MI
- Researched and implemented new resins for 2 patented dual-stage photo and thermo-curing optical coatings.
- Built prototype adhesive optical coatings with 300% increase in adhesion properties, 40% reduction in yellowness index, and 50% increase in curing kinetics.
- Optimized process of laminating adhesive films on optical devices in a cleanroom environment.
Colt , AR
- Illustrated novel approaches on controlling the morphology of cocontinuous polymer composite blends via interfacial jammed nanofillers.
- Demonstrated 100% efficiency in stabilizing the cocontinuous polymer blends with nanoparticles.
- Investigated the role of interfacial particles on the rheology of polymer composite blends; 2 publications in Macromolecules.
Advisor: Prof. Christopher N. Bowman
1 Huang, S.; Podgórski, M.; Han, X.; Bowman, C. N. ”Recycling poly(thiourethane) thermosets enabled by thiourethane bonds”. Accepted.
2 Huang, S.; Kim, K.; Musgrave, G.; Sharp, M., Sinha, J., Stansbury, J. W.; Musgrave, C. B.; Bowman, C. N. ”Determining Michael Acceptor Reactivity from Kinetic, Mechanistic, and Electron-density Analysis for the Thiol-Michael Reaction”. Submitted.
3 Huang, S.; Podgórski, M.; Zhang, X.; Sinha, J.; Claudino, M.; Stansbury, J. W.; Bowman, C. N. ”Dental restorative materials based on thiol-Michael photopolymerizations”. Journal of Dental Research, 2018, 97(5), 530-536.
4 Huang,S.; Sinha,J.; Podgórski, M.; Zhang, X.; Claudino,M.; Bowman,C.N.” Mechanistic modeling of the thiol–Michael addition polymerization kinetics: structural effects of the thiol and vinyl monomers”. Macromolecules, 2018, 51(15), 5979-5988.
5 Huang, S.; Bai, L.; Trifkovic, M.; Cheng, X.; Macosko, C. W. ”Controlling the morphology of immiscible cocontinuous polymer blends via silica nanoparticles jammed at the interface”. Macromolecules, 2016, 49(10), 3911-3918.
6 Huang, S.; Wallin, T. J. ”Ternary orthogonal photopolymer”. U.S. Provisional Patent, 2019
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sijia-huang-073bb84a/
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=xCApqOgAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
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School Attended
- University of Colorado
- University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Job Titles Held:
- Research Assistant
- Research Intern
- Technical Aide
- Undergraduate Research Assistant
Degrees
- Ph.D. : Chemical Engineering
Master of Science : Chemical Engineering
Bachelor of Science : Chemical Engineering
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