Graduate Research Assistant

Posted on: 2007-10-22

JEANNE PANELS 2357 Slaterville Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 • (607) 351-7547 • [email protected] 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, 2008 • Dissertation Title: Electrospun silica and carbon nanofiber mats containing transition metal oxides Master of Science in Chemical Engineering January, 2006 University of Rochester, Rochester, NY Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering May, 2003 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 2003-2007 • 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 2006, 2007 • Teaching assistant Separation Processes - a core chemical engineering undergraduate class of 80 students. • Reviewed problems in recitation, held office hours, and graded problem sets. Intern, General Motors, Fuel Cell Activities, Honeoye Falls, NY Summer 2002, 2003 • Fabricated membrane electrode assemblies. • Built, tested, and analyzed single cells and short stacks. • Analyzed fuel cell data. • Lowered catalyst loadings by 50% of the current standards. • Worked with a team of engineers and technicians. Intern, Bristol-Myers Squibb Process Engineering, Syracuse, NY Summer 2001 • 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 2008 (to be submitted). • J.E. Panels*, V. Kalra*, Y.L. Joo, “Utilization of sol-gel synthesis for multi-axial jet electrospinning” Advanced Materials 2008 (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 2008 (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 2006, 2006, Article ID 41327, 10 pages. • J.E. Panels and Y.L. Joo, “Silica Nanofiber Mats containing Vanadium Pentoxide for Gas Sensing” MRS Proceedings 2005, 876E, R8.62. • H.A. Gasteiger, J.E. Panels, S. G. Yan, “Dependence of PEM Fuel Cell Performance on Catalyst Loading” Journal of Power Sources 2004, 127, 162-171. POSTER PRESENTATIONS • “Silica Nanofiber Mats containing Metal Oxide Crystals via Coaxial Electrospinning and Sol-gel Synthesis” Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2006. • “Silica Nanofibers Containing Transition Metal Oxides from Sol-Gel/Electrospinning Processes” Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 2005. 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. 60/744,023, filed March 31, 2006. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES • Engineering Graduate Student Association - Secretary 2006 • Graduate Chemical Engineering Social Committee – President 2005-2006 • Ithaca soccer and Ithaca frisbee leagues 2003-2007