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PORTFOLIO

Production Senior Editor

Nonprofit organization Thực phẩm Cộng đồng, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Jan 2020- )

Main role: Editing content about food science and technology, providing health and medical information for Vietnamese citizens. Other duties include:

  • Managing different activities of the organization and improving public access to health information.

  • Preparing and editing media content on health-related and nutrional information.

Doctoral Research

Design and Evaluation of Hybrid Plasmonic Nanostructures towards Materialization of Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) Sensors (May 2014- Dec 2019)

Laboratory of Smart and Hybrid Materials (SHM), KAUST, KSA

Research Advisor: Professor Niveen M. Khashab

Population aging, increasing diabetes rate and lifestyle-related diseases lead to demand for point of care testing devices. Among the current biosensors, optical sensors offer fast and accurate analysis while remaining lightweight for portability. It has been demonstrated that optical sensor based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) process or SERS sensors offer unparalleled advantages such as fingerprint identification, minimum sample preparation and does not require vacuum for operation. The overall objective of the research is to offer rational SERS substrate designs and detection approaches which can advance the future commercialization of SERS sensors.

Major findings of the research were summarized below

  • High-throughput fabrication of SERS sensor based on semiconductor platform

  • Design of functional ligands for biomimetic SERS detection of optical impurities compound

  • A robust signal processing scheme for database storage of Raman responses, which enhance the efficiency of multiplex screening

The full text of this thesis will be available from the KAUST Library after embargo period.

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Undergraduate Research

Laboratory of Organic and Medicinal research (Jun 2012- May 2014)

Research Advisor: Professor Syed R. Hussaini

  • Synthesize different analogues of nicotine, an addictive ingredient in cigarettes

  • Optimize the efficiency of coupling between carbenes and thioamides for photochemical synthesis of enaminones

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Capstone Project

Dicyclopentadiene Recovery from the By-product of Naphtha Steam-cracking (Jan 2014- May 2014)

Research Advisors: Professor Francis Manning and Professor Keith Wisecarver

  • Optimize by-products processing scheme of a steam-cracking naphtha plant by HYSYS simulation

  • Estimate sizing of process equipment and provide an economic assessment (net present value, fixed capital cost, operating cost, and rate of return) for a ten-year operating plant

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Leadership and Community Services

 

Editor, Thá»±c phẩm Cá»™ng đồng Project, Hồ Chí Minh city, Vietnam (Jan 2020 – Present)

 

  • Supervise and publish health and medical articles in Vietnamese.

  • Manage workload and track progress for a group of 40 employee.

  • Create infographics, brochure to raise publich awarenes about health issues.

  • Content editor for books about health and wellness.

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Lab administrator, SHM laboratory, KAUST, KSA (Aug  2014 – Dec 2019)

  • Organize chemicals storage according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) hazard safety standard

  • Maintain an online record of chemical inventory for lab usage

  • Train new lab members on proper storage and handling of hazardous chemicals

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Language translator, Street School, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA (Jan 2012 – Jun 2012)

  • Provide language translation service for the juvenile delinquents and their parents in weekly behavior correction sessions

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Team member, Engineers without Borders (EWB) project, Cotani, Bolivia (Jan 2011 – May 2013)

  • Design and construct a solar water heater using solar power as an alternative for electricity in the remote area

  • Help organize a fundraising event for the project and provide training for local people to operate the system

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Skills & Expertise

Characterization techniques: Raman, FT-IR, ATR, NMR, powder XRD, DLS, ZP, ORD

Microscopy characterization: TEM, SEM, EDS

Laboratory: Synthetic organic chemistry, solvothermal synthesis of ZnO template, synthesis of plasmonic and organosilica materials

Application software: Competent with most Microsoft Office programs, Origin Pro, HYSYS, Labspec, MestReNova, ChemDraw, Power Automate

Infographic and brochure design: Canva, Photoshop

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Awards & Fellowship

  • Full scholarship, KAUST, KSA

  • Recipient of the Wilbur L. Nelson award for outstanding academic achievement in Chemical Engineering, TU, USA

  • Recipient of the Ralph J. Kaufmann award for outstanding academic achievement in Chemistry, TU, USA

  • BS Magna Cum Laude, with Departmental Honors, TU, USA

  • International leadership scholarship, TU, USA

  • Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge scholarship (TURC): financial aid for undergraduates to take honor courses and conduct research, TU, USA

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Posters & Presentations

Presentation of my chemical engineering Ph.D. thesis defense in KAUST, KSA

(26 Sep 2019)

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Poster presented at Noble Metal Nanoparticles Gordon Seminar, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

(16 June 2018)

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Poster presented at Noble Metal Nanoparticles Gordon Seminar, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

(28 Nov 2016)

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Poster presented at 245th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 

(8 Apr 2013)

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Oral Talks

  • Engineers without Borders - University of Tulsa Chapter

Contributed oral presentation at USA Regional Conference, Austin, Texas, USA (15 Nov 2011)

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Infographic and Brochure

  • Water treatment during a flood event

Infographic in Vietnamese (Phuong Hoang, Phuong Nguyen) (19 Oct 2020)

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  • Introduction to Thá»±c phẩm Cá»™ng đồng Project

Brochure in Vietnamese (Phuong Hoang, Lam Huynh, Thy VÆ°Æ¡ng) (13 Oct 2020)

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  • Drinks to consume in moderation

Infographic in Vietnamese (Khanh Trinh, Thu Nguyen, Phuong Hoang) (26 Sep 2020)

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  • Food safety during COVID-19

Infographic in Vietnamese (Huy Vo, Hai Nguyen, Phuong Hoang) (12 Sep 2020)

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  • Clostridium botulinum

Infographic in Vietnamese (Hai Nguyen, Phuong Hoang) (18 Nov 2020)

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