Graduate Research Assistant Resume
JEANNE PANELS
Slaterville Road, Ithaca, NY • •
Summary: PhD in chemical engineering. Particular expertise with processing and characterization of nano-structured, inorganic and polymeric materials containing transition metal oxides for sensing, catalytic and energy applications.
EDUCATION
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
PhD in Chemical Engineering
(expected)March,
• Dissertation Title: Electrospun silica and carbon nanofiber mats containing transition metal oxides
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering January,
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering May,
SKILLS
Technical Skills
• Electrospinning
• Transmission Electron Microscopy
• Sol-gel synthesis
• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
• Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Physi/chemisorption
• X-ray diffraction
• Superconducting Quantum Interference Device
• Thermal Gravimetric Analysis
Computer Skills
• Microsoft Office software including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Graphical & Image Analysis software - Tecplot, ImageJ
• X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy software
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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• Directly incorporated transition metal oxide precursors into silica and polymer solutions to produce multifunctional silica and carbon nanofiber mats for sensing, catalytic and energy applications.
• Designed coaxial and triaxial electrospinning set-up.
• Trained and supervised undergraduate students, graduate students, and high school teachers.
• Responsible for research group’s lab including keeping it organized and maintaining equipment.
• Wrote new group lab policy.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Spring ,
• Teaching assistant Separation Processes - a core chemical engineering undergraduate class of students.
• Reviewed problems in recitation, held office hours, and graded problem sets.
Intern, General Motors, Fuel Cell Activities, Honeoye Falls, NY
Summer ,
• Fabricated membrane electrode assemblies.
• Built, tested, and analyzed single cells and short stacks.
• Analyzed fuel cell data.
• Lowered catalyst loadings by % of the current standards.
• Worked with a team of engineers and technicians.
Intern, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Process Engineering, Syracuse, NY
Summer
• Reviewed P&ID’s and wrote and updated process flow diagrams.
• Drew schematics of heat exchangers and evaluated heat exchangers for replacement of a faulty heat exchanger.
• Wrote Standard Operating Procedures and Capital Appropriations Requests.
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
• J.E. Panels, J. Lee, Y.L. Joo, “Titanium Carbide Nanofibers via Electrospinning” Advanced Materials (to be submitted).
• J.E. Panels*, V. Kalra*, Y.L. Joo, “Utilization of sol-gel synthesis for multi-axial jet electrospinning” Advanced Materials (to be submitted). *Equal first authors
• J.E. Panels*, J. Lee*, K.Y. Park, S.Y. Kang, M. Marquez, U. Wiesner, Y.L. Joo, “Simple Fabrication of Magnetically Active Carbon Nanofibers with Hierarchical Pore Structures” Advanced Functional Materials (submitted). *Equal first authors
• J.E. Panels and Y. L. Joo, “Incorporation of Vanadium Oxide in Silica Nanofiber Mats via Electrospinning and Sol-gel Synthesis” Journal of Nanomaterials , , Article ID , pages.
• J.E. Panels and Y.L. Joo, “Silica Nanofiber Mats containing Vanadium Pentoxide for Gas Sensing” MRS Proceedings , E, R..
• H.A. Gasteiger, J.E. Panels, S. G. Yan, “Dependence of PEM Fuel Cell Performance on Catalyst Loading” Journal of Power Sources , , -.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
• “Silica Nanofiber Mats containing Metal Oxide Crystals via Coaxial Electrospinning and Sol-gel Synthesis” Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November .
• “Silica Nanofibers Containing Transition Metal Oxides from Sol-Gel/Electrospinning Processes” Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March .
PATENTS
J. E. Panels and Y.L. Joo “Nanofibers, Nanotubes, and Nanofiber Mats Comprising Crystalline Metal Oxides and Methods of Making the Same” U.S. Provisional application No. /,, filed March , .
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
• Engineering Graduate Student Association - Secretary
• Graduate Chemical Engineering Social Committee – President -
• Ithaca soccer and Ithaca frisbee leagues -
