Experience

 

Assistant Teaching Professor
University of Washington
September 2021—present

I teach upperclassman-level classes such as Surfaces and Colloids, run the Chemical Engineering department’s shared instrument facilities, advise the student chapter of AIChE, and lead the department’s industry capstone program.

Senior Research Scientist
Toray Composites
March 2017—September 2021

I developed thermosetting composites and their manufacturing processes for the next generation of commercial aircraft.

Research Engineer
Toray Carbon Fibers America
July 2014—February 2017

I conducted fundamental and product-driven research on carbon fiber surface treatments.

 

Education

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, 2014

Thesis: “Improvement of Mechanical Properties of Polymeric Composites

B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester, 2008