From Chabot To Berkeley Baoying Zhang University of California, Berkeley Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

From Chabot To Berkeley

Baoying ZhangUniversity of California, Berkeley

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Timeline of MeSpring 2007 – Came to US, San LeandroSummer 2007 – Enrolled Chabot CollegeFall 2007 – Worked in Safeway’s StarbucksSpring 2008 – New position as booth clerkFall 2008 – Tutored chemistry in Learning CenterFall 2010 – Transferred to UC Berkeley Summer 2011 – Joined Prof. David Graves’ GroupFall 2011 – Co-op in Criterion Catalyst as Lab Technician

Life in Chabot

Take every class seriouslyThink independently Start early – homework and career as well Be a tutor or T.A. Finish as many as lower division classes

Transfer Informationwww.assist.org

A very important website !!!

T.A.G. --- Transfer Admission Guarantee Offer by 7 UC, including Davis and San Diego www. uctag.universityofcalifornia.edu

T.A.P. --- Transfer Alliance Project For Berkeley only and have income restriction www. cep.berkeley.edu/TAP

Life in Berkeley

Don’t feel bad on B’s Networking -- Join professional clubs or societiesLook for research position in school Look for internshipsUtilize the source in Cal

Laboratory

Distillation of EthanolGoal: To determine the efficiency of the distillation column and optimize a model with max yield.

DistillationColumn

from Textbook

Distillation Column in the Lab

Refinery in the Real World

Laboratory

How to: 1. operate the distillation column with various conditions, including flow rate, pressure and temperature. 2. estimate the efficiency of the column 3. build up a model with maximum product yield. Report: prepare a presentation to professor

Research Experience Goal: To investigate the Antimicrobial Effect of Plasma Activated Water

Research ExperienceHow to: Expose dH2O to low temperature plasma to generate Plasma Activated Water (PAW). What we have done: Confirmed the antimicrobial effect of PAW. Detected stable nitrogen-oxide species in PAW.Where are we: Characterize the antimicrobial effect of PAW. New project: UVA + Plasma

Research ExperienceResult (substract background and reset)

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wavel ength(nm)

absorbance

25mi ns**

24hrs**

47hrs**

143. 5hrs**162hrs**

Industrial Experience

What: Quality Assurance Lab TechnicianWhere: Criterion CatalystHow: Perform physical and chemical tests on catalyst samples Which: Density, Strength, Pore volume, Surface area, metal analysis

Industrial Experience

How: Perform physical and chemical tests on catalyst samples

Which: Density, Strength, Pore volume, Surface area, metal analysisAnd: Communicate with processing engineers to follow up out of spect results.

Questions for you

What are your greatest strengths?What are your greatest weaknesses?Why did you choose your major?Why did you decide to attend ____?What are your career plans?Describe your ideal job.

Contact Infromation

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