Research /Process Chemical Engineer - Chemical Engineering ...

Jun Fang
26 Marvin Drive, Apt C6, Newark, DE, 19713 • (847) 331-3381 • junfang@udel.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, December 2010 (GPA: 4.0)
Dissertation Topic: Processing-microstructure Relationships in Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline
Polymers: Experimental and Numerical Simulation Studies
Advisor: Professor Wesley R. Burghardt, Ph.D.
M.S. Process Control, Zhejiang University, China, April 2004 (GPA: 3.85)
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China, June 2001 (GPA: 3.95)
RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, July 2010 – present
• Investigated microstructures, dynamics and properties of nanoparticle colloidal systems by
combining rheological tools and optical techniques (neutron/light scattering, microscopy)
• Acted as a contact person between NIST neutron scattering facilities and the users at
University of Delaware to facilitate (ultra) small-angle neutron scattering experiments
Graduate Research Assistant, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Sep 2005 – May, 2010
• Designed a novel in situ X-ray scattering capable injection molding apparatus and mold cavities
to investigate real-time molecular orientation evolution of various polymer melts
• Studied the in situ bulk molecular orientation evolution during LCP injection molding via
synchrotron-based X-ray Scattering
• Investigated the surface orientation of injection molded LCP (Liquid Crystalline Polymer)
plaques utilizing Near-Edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (NEXAFS)
• Predicted the in situ and ex situ orientation distribution of LCP in injection molding using
MOLDFLOW®
• Tracked the ex situ bulk molecular orientation distribution on injection molded LCP plaques
• Predicted the orientation distribution of LCP during extrusion processing via finite-element
based computational fluid dynamics methods
• Studied the orientation distribution in a glass fiber suspension via small angle x-ray scattering
Research Assistant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, September 2004 – June 2005
• Developed molecular dynamics simulation codes with distributed computing capability
• Tested these simulation codes (microcanonical/canonical ensemble) on supercomputer clusters
Graduate Research Assistant, Zhejiang University, China, September 2001 – April 2004
• Adjusted a Raman Spectrometer used for on-line measurement of gasoline octane number
• Implemented machine learning algorithms in an on-line multi-parameter water quality analyzer
• Optimized soft-computing techniques (Neural Networks) in a gasoline octane number analyzer