Technical Experience

University of Chicago

March 2023 – Present        Hsu Group/ Wearable Transparent Thermal Radiation Shield

• Designed experimental protocols and fabricated transparent radiation shield specimens
• Characterized visible transmittance and mid-infrared reflectance of single-layered AgNWs networks

Jun 2021 – Jul 2022              MOF-199 for Carbon Dioxide Direct Air Capture (DAC)

• Responsible for synthesis of metal organic framework, HKUST, filter for low pressure direct air capture
• Filter designed for decentralization of carbon dioxide sequestration

Duke University

Jun 2019 – March 2023      Hsu Group/Vascular ENabled Advanced (VENA) Batteries

• Fabricating dual-porous graphite anodes for fast-charging, high-energy density batteries by increased materials utilization and lowered ionic tortuosity
• A cleanroom fabrication process could produce sacrificial 2D micro-sized templates. Magnetic alignment for orientation purposes and CAD designs permits a myriad of possible 2D structures
• Our approach for vascularized channels in electrodes may be applied to various energy systems

Jul 2020 – Jun 2021      Hsu Group/X-ray CT Battery Thermal Measurement

• Assembled several Li-ion battery coin (CR2032) and cylindrical (18650) cells with resistant temperature detectors to predict battery thermal gradients using x-ray computed tomography in collaboration with Dr. Cristian Badea and group

University of California, San Diego

Jun 2018 – Aug 2018     Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship/Supercapacitors

• Drop casted PEDOT:PSS and N2200 polymers onto electrodes for Type IV supercapacitors with Dr. Tse Nga Ng and characterized system utilizing three-electrode electrochemical cells and EC-Lab software

University of California, Merced

Jun 2017 – Aug 2017      Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship/Plasma Gasification

• Operated gas chromatograph and PeakSimple software to analyze producer gas of activated peach pits
• Researched effects of biochar steam activation and its resultant surface properties with Dr. Gerardo Diaz

A short video describing Vascular-ENabled Advanced (VENA) Batteries. Funding for the project was supported by NC Space Grant 2020 Faculty Research Grant.