Hewlett-Packard

Supply Chain Intern

June – August 2015

- Designed factorial experiment to determine overprint varnish and media interaction based on durability, physical and image quality.

- Proposed reducing varnish costs by proving varnish weight does not affect quality.

- Evaluated varnish viscosity, solids fraction, and compatibility with packaging materials.

 

Imperial College London
Visiting Researcher

October 2014 – June 2015
- Synthesized ionic liquids and measure thermal-physical properties such as density and viscosity.
- Conducted pretreatment reactions on biomass and use distillation and solid-liquid extraction to separate lignin and pulp.
- Investigated alternative materials and methods to be used in biomass pretreatment to improve pulp and lignin separation and recovery.

 

UC Berkeley, Thermal Hydraulics Lab
Research Assistant

June – October 2014
- Assisted post-doctoral researcher in writing standard operating procedures to use X-ray equipment.
- Analyzed experimental data for the heat transfer coefficient of pebble convection to coolant salt using a circulation loop.

- Developed a program on Origin to speed up calculation and analysis of heat transfer values using correlations.

 

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Research Affiliate

June – October 2014

- Assisted post-doctoral researcher in cloning bacterial cells using genetic recombination methods.

- Sequenced, replicated, and extracted DNA from bacterial cells before transferring to a new plant cell.

- Analyzed genetically modified plants’ efficiency in releasing sugars to test for lowered cell wall resistance.