Annie Hsu

AguaClara Team Lead at AguaClara Cornell
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Taipei, Taipei City, Taiwan, TW
Languages
  • Chinese Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Spanish Elementary proficiency
  • Japanese Limited working proficiency

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Experience

    • United States
    • Research Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • AguaClara Team Lead
      • Jan 2023 - Present

      - Serving as a mediator between the student project team and College of Engineering- Working with partnered organizations (AguaClara Reach, implementation partners, etc.) to facilitate and foster student research on campus- Addressing challenges encountered by subteam members by means of clear and efficient communication, and taking appropriate steps to overcome them

    • Recruitment Chair
      • Aug 2022 - Dec 2022

      - Attracted and sourced top candidates for our team by organizing recruitment events- Promoted the team through social media and social events- Provided resources and support for the new members through onboarding events and check-ins- Held information sessions and conducted interviews with the team leads

    • AguaClara Lab & Research Member
      • Sep 2021 - Aug 2022

      - Member of the Humic Acid Removal team, investigating the optimal dosage of coagulant to remove humid acid in influent water at different turbidity, pH, and temperature.- Member of the Activated Carbon team, testing the effect of powdered activated carbon on flocculation in particular and humic acid removal in general. - Assembled and completed the experimental setup in lab and connect all devices to ProCoDA.- Designed jar tests and preliminary experiments to estimate the efficacy of activated carbon.- Analyzed the effect of activated carbon in flocculation.- Collaborated with team members to develop an automated code to run experiments and collect data.- Documented changes, observations, and analyses in in-depth reports and presented findings in symposiums. Show less

  • Jiang Lab
    • Ithaca, New York, United States
    • Undergraduate Student Researcher
      • Jul 2022 - Present

      - Culturing cells from human cell lines (HEK293T) for engineered extracellular vesicles production - Performing PCRs, DNA gel purification, gel electrophoresis, and double digestion of plasmids on a daily basis - Cultured bacterial and yeast cells for the construction of a yeast library in July 2022 and currently for the research/production of circular mRNA and its delivery using engineered extracellular vesicles - Built basic data analysis tool using MATLAB - Wrote/derived protocols for mutagenesis experiments and wrote SOPs for usage of equipment - Cultivating research/lab skills Show less

    • Taiwan
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Private Tutor
      • May 2022 - Present

      - Tutoring high school students AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Calculus AB & BC, AP Computer Science A, and AP Psychology. - Offering SAT test prep. - Tutoring other high school science courses and basic scientific writing. - Tutoring high school students AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Calculus AB & BC, AP Computer Science A, and AP Psychology. - Offering SAT test prep. - Tutoring other high school science courses and basic scientific writing.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for BME 2000: Biomedical Transport Phenomena
      • Aug 2022 - Dec 2022

      - Held office hours to provide individualized support to students with questions on fluid mechanics and mass transfer - Graded assignments and provided constructive feedback to students - Communicated course material effectively to students - Concepts and topics covered: fluid statics, mass and momentum conservation, laminar and turbulent flow, microscale and macroscale analytical methods, mass transport with biochemical reactions, and applications to transport in tissue and organs. - Held office hours to provide individualized support to students with questions on fluid mechanics and mass transfer - Graded assignments and provided constructive feedback to students - Communicated course material effectively to students - Concepts and topics covered: fluid statics, mass and momentum conservation, laminar and turbulent flow, microscale and macroscale analytical methods, mass transport with biochemical reactions, and applications to transport in tissue and organs.

    • Clinical Observer
      • Jul 2021 - Aug 2021

      - Shadowed physicians in 4 ORs and in the divisions of family medicine, sports medicine, medical imaging, nephrology, gastroenterology, orthopedics, urology, and colon and rectal surgery for total of 60 hours - Attended all available examinations, treatments and procedures to take advantage of learning opportunities - Shadowed physicians in 4 ORs and in the divisions of family medicine, sports medicine, medical imaging, nephrology, gastroenterology, orthopedics, urology, and colon and rectal surgery for total of 60 hours - Attended all available examinations, treatments and procedures to take advantage of learning opportunities

    • Taiwan
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • SAT Summer Course TA
      • Jun 2021 - Jul 2021

      - Answered questions students had about their homework, quizzes, or practice tests. - Revisited with students the learning objectives and useful test-taking strategies. - Communicated with the teachers to better support the students. - Proctored study hall. - Answered questions students had about their homework, quizzes, or practice tests. - Revisited with students the learning objectives and useful test-taking strategies. - Communicated with the teachers to better support the students. - Proctored study hall.

    • Taiwan
    • Manufacturing
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Engineering Intern
      • Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

      - Assisted with product testing, requiring hands-on applications. - Collaborated with senior personnel during procurement and quality assurance reviews to support exceptional final results. - Wrote SOPs and SWIs for optical metrology equipment - Assisted with product testing, requiring hands-on applications. - Collaborated with senior personnel during procurement and quality assurance reviews to support exceptional final results. - Wrote SOPs and SWIs for optical metrology equipment

Education

  • Cornell University College of Engineering
    Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Biomedical/Medical Engineering
    2020 - 2024
  • Emma Willard School
    2016 - 2020

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