Graduate Research Student Resume Cleveland, OH - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Honed my written and oral communication through the coauthoring of 11 research publications and numerous presentations; highly proficient in MS Word, Powerpoint and Excel.
Management of up to 4 projects simultaneously; Cultivated leadership by managing 9 undergraduate research projects; Experience in new product development; Experience working in a cross - functional team - material suppliers, customers, purchasing department and interdisciplinary scientists and engineers.
7 years of experience in material development and processing (co-extrusion, compression molding, twin screw blending, and spin coating) of a wide array of polymers - olefins, polyesters, fluoropolymers, acrylics, elastomers, liquid crystals.
Extensive experience in a wide variety of characterization skills, such as: Atomic Force Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Optical Microscopy, Themogravimetric Analysis, Differential Scanning Calorimetery, Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis, UV-VIS Spectroscopy, Fluorescence Spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy, Melt Flow Indexing, Gel-Permeation Chromatography and Instron/MTS Mechanical Tester.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential Winter Park, FL

Research Internship

Demonstrated adaptable cholesteric liquid crystals that protect people or systems from light radiation.
Implemented new product development and structure-property relationshipsof thin film polymerizable liquid crystal coatings and photoalignment materials possessing a high degree of optical anisotropy for the display industry.
Developed a patternableprototype liquid crystal sensorthat changed from a cloudy state to a clear state with body temperature for a 1 billion dollar contact lens industry.
Managed 4 projects; cultivated teamwork and leadership skills working in a cross-functional environment.

Confidential Cleveland, OH

Graduate Research Student

Structure-property relationships of dye doped multilayered films using glassy polymers, blended polymers and elastomeric polymers with applications in optics, photonics, interphase and interface science and mechanical sensors; resulted in many research publications and awards.
Cultivated leadershipthrough 5 project collaborations with Youngstown State University, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Northwestern University and Physics at CWRU.
Broadened my knowledge of polymeric systems by assisting in other layered film research platforms spanning applications in gas barrier, selective permeability membranes, mechanical reinforcement, and dielectrics.
Managed and maintained a laboratory with several processing and characterization equipment.

Confidential Cleveland, OH

Graduate Teaching Student

Developed valuable communication and leadership skills by mentoring and supervising 9 undergraduate students and 3 high school students in structure-property polymer science research.

Confidential Seattle, WA and Oakridge, TN

Undergraduate Research Student

Developed deeper understanding of crack propagation in ceramic composite materials leading to 1 joint publication.