christine cheng resume
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CHRISTINE CHENG Phone: (510)386-4123 Email: [email protected] linkedin.com/in/christinexcheng
EDUCATION California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Sep 2010-June 2014 B.S., Chemical Engineering (Materials), English (minor) (GPA: 3.3)
Select Work:
Fluid Mechanics Thermodynamics Heat, Energy, and Mass
Transport Phenomena Dynamics & Control of Systems Chemical Engineering Design
Computer Programming Complex Analysis Differential Equations Linear Algebra Statistics Scientific Writing
Plasma Microreactors Lab Micro/Nanofabrication Lab Classical & Quantum Mechanics Statistical Mechanics & Physics Spectroscopy Electromagnetism
Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA July-Sept 2014 Visiting Student: Advanced Programming (GPA: 4.0)
Stanford University, Stanford, CA Sept-Dec 2014 Center for Professional Development Student: Classical Dynamics, Compressible Flows (GPA: 3.7) WORK EXPERIENCE Northrop Grumman, Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA Electronics Engineer – Electronics & Payloads Directorate Jan 2015-Current Prof. Robert H. Grubbs (2005 Nobel Laureate, Chemistry) Research Group, Caltech, Pasadena, CA Roman Armaan Mack Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow June 2013-June 2014
Bio-inspired and Reversible Adhesive Polymers for Medical Applications • Utilized bio-inspired functional groups to overcome limitations of traditional synthetic adhesives • Explored and optimized novel polymer adhesive systems with reversible adhesion properties
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Howard Hughes Medical Institute Teaching Fellow Apr-June 2014 California Institute of Technology Undergraduate Teaching Fellow Apr-June 2013
Chemical Synthesis and Characterization for Chemical Engineering
Prof. Theodor Agapie Research Group, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Sidney R. and Nancy M. Petersen Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Mar-Nov 2012
Molybdenum Complexes Supported by a Terphenyl Diphosphine Pincer Ligand
Edward W. Hughes Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Mar-Aug 2011 Nickel Complexes of Redox-Active Protic Ligands for CO2 Reduction
JOURNAL PUBLICATION & LEADERSHIP • Buss, J.A.; Edouard, G.A.; Cheng, C.; Shi, J.; Agapie, T. “Molybdenum Catalyzed Ammonia Borane
Dehydrogenation: Oxidation State Specific Mechanisms.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 11272-11275. • Elected Vice-President of Caltech’s American Institute of Chemical Engineers chapter (2012-13) UNDERGRADUATE PROJECTS Plasma Microreactor: Planned and built a plasma microreactor for the conversion of methane to hydrogen, utilizing SolidWorks for reactor design. Analyzed conversion and combustion products via GC.
Convection Flow Modeling: Simulated time-dependent flows around 2D objects using COMSOL. Controlled material and environment parameters, computed and modeled isothermal contours.
Reaction Modeling: Used MATLAB to model various unsteady state reaction kinetic rate studies. SKILLS • Technical: MATLAB, Mathematica, C, Python, COMSOL, SolidWorks, HTML, MS Office, MestReNova • Chemical: air-sensitive & micro/nanofabrication techniques, NMR, IR, GC, GPC, X-ray crystallography