From Chabot To Berkeley
Baoying Zhang
University of California, Berkeley
Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering
Timeline of Me
Spring 2007 – Came to US, San Leandro
Summer 2007 – Enrolled Chabot College
Fall 2007 – Worked in Safeway’s Starbucks
Spring 2008 – New position as booth clerk
Fall 2008 – Tutored chemistry in Learning
Center
Fall 2010 – Transferred to UC Berkeley
Summer 2011 – Joined Prof. David Graves’
Group
Fall 2011 – Co-op in Criterion Catalyst as Lab
Technician
Life in Chabot
Take every class seriously
Think independently
Start early – homework and career
as well
Be a tutor or T.A.
Finish as many as lower division
classes
Transfer Information
www.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 societies
Look for research position in school
Look for internships
Utilize the source in Cal
Laboratory
Distillation of Ethanol
Goal: To determine the efficiency of
the distillation column and optimize a
model with max yield.
Distillation
Column
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 Experience
How 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 Experience
Result (substract background and reset)
0.09
0.07
absorbance
0.05
25mins**
24hrs**
0.03
47hrs**
0.01
-0.01 230
250
270
290
310
330
350
-0.03
-0.05
wavelength(nm)
370
390
410
430
143.5hrs*
*
162hrs**
Industrial Experience
What: Quality Assurance Lab
Technician
Where: Criterion Catalyst
How: 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 analysis
And: 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
baoyingzhang@berkeley.edu