Experience

ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Leader II

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Perform engineering and scientific analysis and conduct research on carbon management for carbon-based power generation and hydrogen Production. Perform engineering and scientific analysis and conduct research on carbon management for carbon-based power generation and hydrogen Production.



Carbon America

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Systems/Process Engineer

  • Nov 2018 - Jun 2021

  Responsible for energy storage system analysis and cryogenic carbon capture system analysis • Techno-economic modeling of thermodynamic systems; • Develop and use custom-built cost, physics, and cash-flow models; Document design requirements and communicate to component design teams; • Develop risk mitigation plans to inform analysis and testing plans; Communicate results to management and external clients. Responsible for energy storage system analysis and cryogenic carbon capture system analysis • Techno-economic modeling of thermodynamic systems; • Develop and use custom-built cost, physics, and cash-flow models; Document design requirements and communicate to component design teams; • Develop risk mitigation plans to inform analysis and testing plans; Communicate results to management and external clients.



Baker Hughes, a GE company

• Lead research engineer

  • Jul 2017 - 2018

  - Developed a novel Polyphenylene Oxide (PPO) based hollow fiber membrane and cryo hybrid small module system to achieve cost-effective CO2 capture from engine exhaust gas with target $50/ton CO2 price. Built a process model in Aspen HYSYS to simulate and optimize gas capture process. - Proposed and designed a hollow fiber membrane model based on permeability, selectivity and stage cut to find out optimal design point. - Designed a test protocol and built a membrane testing system to test different vendors’ membrane CO2 permeability and selectivity. Show less



GE Research

• United States
• Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• lead research engineer

  • Aug 2014 - Jun 2017

  - Project leader, leading a project to develop new applications for solid oxide fuel cells in the oil and gas field, managing budget, scope, deliverables, and resources. - Developed a novel membrane solution for small footprint oxygen supply of oxygen combustion. - Collaborated with different technology teams within GE to investigate novel solution for carbon capture and utilization. - Certified six-sigma training, Project Management training. - Project leader, leading a project to develop new applications for solid oxide fuel cells in the oil and gas field, managing budget, scope, deliverables, and resources. - Developed a novel membrane solution for small footprint oxygen supply of oxygen combustion. - Collaborated with different technology teams within GE to investigate novel solution for carbon capture and utilization. - Certified six-sigma training, Project Management training.



University of South Carolina

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Jan 2014 - Jul 2014

  -Performance study of solid oxide ion-air rechargeable battery, solid oxide fuel cell and gas separation membranes.- Tailor materials and methods for cathode infiltration develop at a button cell scale.

• Research assistant

  • May 2010 - Dec 2013

  • Solid oxide fuel cells: Mixed oxide-ion and carbonate-ion conductor (MOCC) have been prepared for the first time by the prefabrication of a stronger porous Sm doped CeO2 (SDC) matrix with a “template” technique and subsequent impregnation of molten carbonate. A MOCC consisting of such prefabricated SDC matrix and melt-infiltrated Li-Na carbonate eutectic exhibits the highest effective ionic conductivity reported so far among the similar systems, reaching 0.55 and 0.46 S/cm at 650oC and 600oC, respectively. • Porous structure: A combined co-precipitation and sacrificial template method has been applied to fabricate a unique structure material. The formed porous network is mechanically strong, homogeneous, interconnected and uniformly distributed across the entire sample. It is highly expected that the synthesized high-quality porous ceramics can find useful applications in catalysis, fuel cells and gas separation membranes.• Electrochemical CO2 separation membranes: A combined “co-precipitation” and “sacrificial template” technique has been demonstrated to produce a highly efficient three-dimensional porous ceramic network containing a vast number of intra- and interconnected channels for fast-ion transport. The performance of thus synthesized MOCC membrane is remarkable, showing a CO2 flux density two orders of magnitude higher than existing ceramic-carbonate systems fabricated with other methods.• Raman spectroscopy study of molten carbonate: First spectroscopic observation of dicarbonate ion in molten carbonate. Show less

• Teaching assistant

  • Jan 2012 - Apr 2012

  Teaching Assistant / Lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering for the core undergraduate course (EMCH 362) including introduces design of experiments with emphasis on confidence levels, dimensional analysis, correlations or experimental data, experimental variance, and uncertainty analyses.Good communication and leadership skills were needed to convey the information within the lab lessons.

• Teaching assistant

  • Sep 2011 - Nov 2011

  I am also a volunteer of the Thinking Globally (TG) program (university 101 class). In this program, I introduce China and Chinese culture to the incoming freshman.



Tongji University

• China
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2006 - Apr 2009

• teaching assistant

  • Sep 2007 - Jan 2008