Experience

RESINOPLAST

• France
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• R&D Engineer

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  • Participating in developing new and competitive PVC products • Homogogate and localize new raw materials for thermoplastics PVC compound • Processing and analyzing research data • Analyze the root causes and propose preventive and corrective actions for continuous improvement and/or customer complaints • Provide technical assistance to customers. • Assure finished products following medical standards (cytoxicity, US and European pharmacopedia), REACH, and RoHS • Participating in developing new and competitive PVC products • Homogogate and localize new raw materials for thermoplastics PVC compound • Processing and analyzing research data • Analyze the root causes and propose preventive and corrective actions for continuous improvement and/or customer complaints • Provide technical assistance to customers. • Assure finished products following medical standards (cytoxicity, US and European pharmacopedia), REACH, and RoHS



Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology

• Vietnam
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Lecturer

  • May 2017 - Sep 2017



Oak Ridge National Laboratory

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• R&D Scientist

  • 2014 - 2016

  • Demonstrated the ability to produce renewable, high strength thermoplastics and thermoplastic elastomers from lignin, a low-value residue from biorefinery operations. • Achieved melt-processable materials with lignin contents ≥50% and tensile strengths of more than 30 MPa which is a rivaling to many commodity materials like acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene. Successful commercialization of these novel renewable thermoplastics will open new paths for increased biomass use and will help… Show more • Demonstrated the ability to produce renewable, high strength thermoplastics and thermoplastic elastomers from lignin, a low-value residue from biorefinery operations. • Achieved melt-processable materials with lignin contents ≥50% and tensile strengths of more than 30 MPa which is a rivaling to many commodity materials like acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene. Successful commercialization of these novel renewable thermoplastics will open new paths for increased biomass use and will help conserve petrochemicals. • Modified lignin for producing carbon fibers via melt-spinning. • Combining lignin with graphene oxide to produce free-standing porous carbon material for supercapacitor application. • Conducted structural/chemical characterization using SEM, TEM, ATR-FTIR, TGA, DMA Show less • Demonstrated the ability to produce renewable, high strength thermoplastics and thermoplastic elastomers from lignin, a low-value residue from biorefinery operations. • Achieved melt-processable materials with lignin contents ≥50% and tensile strengths of more than 30 MPa which is a rivaling to many commodity materials like acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene. Successful commercialization of these novel renewable thermoplastics will open new paths for increased biomass use and will help… Show more • Demonstrated the ability to produce renewable, high strength thermoplastics and thermoplastic elastomers from lignin, a low-value residue from biorefinery operations. • Achieved melt-processable materials with lignin contents ≥50% and tensile strengths of more than 30 MPa which is a rivaling to many commodity materials like acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene. Successful commercialization of these novel renewable thermoplastics will open new paths for increased biomass use and will help conserve petrochemicals. • Modified lignin for producing carbon fibers via melt-spinning. • Combining lignin with graphene oxide to produce free-standing porous carbon material for supercapacitor application. • Conducted structural/chemical characterization using SEM, TEM, ATR-FTIR, TGA, DMA Show less



Drexel University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Researcher

  • Sep 2009 - Jun 2014

  • Fabricated nanostructured materials for energy storage Supercapacitors devices. • Successfully produce porous carbon nanofibers with extremely high specific surface area (up to 4000 m2g-1) and controllable pore sizes using a simple novel method through electrospinning technique. The materials were utilized as flexible free-standing electrodes and demonstrated a high power density performance while showing no significant loss in energy density. Achieve up to 200 F g-1 in ionic liquid with a… Show more • Fabricated nanostructured materials for energy storage Supercapacitors devices. • Successfully produce porous carbon nanofibers with extremely high specific surface area (up to 4000 m2g-1) and controllable pore sizes using a simple novel method through electrospinning technique. The materials were utilized as flexible free-standing electrodes and demonstrated a high power density performance while showing no significant loss in energy density. Achieve up to 200 F g-1 in ionic liquid with a potential window of 4 V. • Incorporate pseudocapacitve materials, such as polyaniline and manganese oxide, to explore the potential of nanostructured hybrid materials. Collaborate with other research group to monitor the transport of ionic liquids during charging/discharging supercapacitors. • Conducted structural/chemical characterization and electrochemical (device) performance testing of synthesized electrodes using SEM, TEM, XPS, EDX, X-ray scattering, FTIR, Cyclic Voltammetry, Charge-Discharge and Impedance Spectroscopy. • Integrated experimental work with computational molecular dynamics simulations to investigate kinetics and material assembly under elongational flow, a key characteristic of the electrospinning technique. • Actively engaged in other ongoing group research projects on organic solar cells and lithium air batteries to help and mentor other PhD and undergraduate students in the group. • Led collaborative projects with other research groups in the department. Show less • Fabricated nanostructured materials for energy storage Supercapacitors devices. • Successfully produce porous carbon nanofibers with extremely high specific surface area (up to 4000 m2g-1) and controllable pore sizes using a simple novel method through electrospinning technique. The materials were utilized as flexible free-standing electrodes and demonstrated a high power density performance while showing no significant loss in energy density. Achieve up to 200 F g-1 in ionic liquid with a… Show more • Fabricated nanostructured materials for energy storage Supercapacitors devices. • Successfully produce porous carbon nanofibers with extremely high specific surface area (up to 4000 m2g-1) and controllable pore sizes using a simple novel method through electrospinning technique. The materials were utilized as flexible free-standing electrodes and demonstrated a high power density performance while showing no significant loss in energy density. Achieve up to 200 F g-1 in ionic liquid with a potential window of 4 V. • Incorporate pseudocapacitve materials, such as polyaniline and manganese oxide, to explore the potential of nanostructured hybrid materials. Collaborate with other research group to monitor the transport of ionic liquids during charging/discharging supercapacitors. • Conducted structural/chemical characterization and electrochemical (device) performance testing of synthesized electrodes using SEM, TEM, XPS, EDX, X-ray scattering, FTIR, Cyclic Voltammetry, Charge-Discharge and Impedance Spectroscopy. • Integrated experimental work with computational molecular dynamics simulations to investigate kinetics and material assembly under elongational flow, a key characteristic of the electrospinning technique. • Actively engaged in other ongoing group research projects on organic solar cells and lithium air batteries to help and mentor other PhD and undergraduate students in the group. • Led collaborative projects with other research groups in the department. Show less



Rohm and Haas

• Chemical Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Research Engineer Internship

  • Jun 2008 - Dec 2008

  • Applied emulsion polymerization to encapsulate biocide for waterborne coating application. • Synthesizing homo-polymer or composite polymer derived from acrylic or styrene to obtain core/shell structure of biocide and polymer. • Using ATR-FTIR technique to measure the diffusion property of biocide through polymer matrix. • Analyzed properties of synthesized emulsion polymer with DSC, HPLC, Zetasizer. • Applied emulsion polymerization to encapsulate biocide for waterborne coating application. • Synthesizing homo-polymer or composite polymer derived from acrylic or styrene to obtain core/shell structure of biocide and polymer. • Using ATR-FTIR technique to measure the diffusion property of biocide through polymer matrix. • Analyzed properties of synthesized emulsion polymer with DSC, HPLC, Zetasizer.



Rohm and Haas

• Chemical Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Chemical Mechanical Polishing Pad Engineer Co-op

  • Apr 2007 - Sep 2007

  • Developed a new viscosity model for reacting polyurethane that is a function of temperature and molecular weight. • Researched in the fluid mechanics literature to solve flow instabilities observed under pad manufacturing. • Developed a multi-zone model of the casting polymer cake that quantified the key heat and momentum transfer effects. • Developed a new viscosity model for reacting polyurethane that is a function of temperature and molecular weight. • Researched in the fluid mechanics literature to solve flow instabilities observed under pad manufacturing. • Developed a multi-zone model of the casting polymer cake that quantified the key heat and momentum transfer effects.



Rohm and Haas

• Chemical Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Powder Coating Research Assistant Co-op

  • Apr 2006 - Sep 2006

  • Assisted senior chemists in setting lab reactors to synthesize new polyester. • Optimized powder coating formulas by evaluating new polymers, additives and cross linking agents.. • Applied physical and analytical tests to evaluate new powder coating formulas. • Assisted senior chemists in setting lab reactors to synthesize new polyester. • Optimized powder coating formulas by evaluating new polymers, additives and cross linking agents.. • Applied physical and analytical tests to evaluate new powder coating formulas.