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David Chau is a chemical engineering student at UCSB. He has experience with software like Matlab and Aspen HYSYS. Chau has worked on projects designing an egg incubator for farmers in Burkina Faso and writing technical reports. He is expected to graduate from UCSB in June 2016 with a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering.

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David Chau is a chemical engineering student at UCSB. He has experience with software like Matlab and Aspen HYSYS. Chau has worked on projects designing an egg incubator for farmers in Burkina Faso and writing technical reports. He is expected to graduate from UCSB in June 2016 with a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering.

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David

Chau

555 Storke Road, Sierra Madre Apartment #2102, Goleta, CA 93117


dchau@umail.ucsb.edu

(805) 637-6387

Education
University of California, Santa Barbara

Degree:
B.S. Chemical Engineering (GPA: 3.11)
Expected: June 2016

Honors:
NSF-Funded 3-Year Scholarship for First Generation College Students

Coursework: Mass, Heat, and Fluid Transfer; Separation Processes; Analytical and Statistical



Methods; Quantum Mechanics; Polymers Science; Materials Science

Qualifications

Software: Skilled in Matlab, Mathematica, MS Word, Powerpoint, Excel; familiar with Aspen
HYSYS
Teamwork: Experienced in working with all types of people through work environments and
group projects
Writing: Technical writing skills nurtured and strengthened through writing memos and lab
reports with professor collaboration

Skills and Accomplishments


Programming
Designed programs and GUIs in Matlab to solve ODEs and manipulate plots
Numerically solved and plotted non-linear PDEs with Mathematica in order to model the velocity
and temperature of an experiment involving natural convection
Collected and performed statistical analyses of lab data using Excel
Designed a distillation tower on Aspen HYSYS to calculate separation efficiency

Projects and Teamwork
Collaborated with the National Society of Black Engineers and the Center for Black Studies to build
an easily reproducible egg incubator for farmers in Burkina Faso
Assembled the first egg incubator with a team of other scientists and engineers
Improved heat insulation of the incubator by using wood as the medium instead of Styrofoam and
calculating the heat flux out
Coordinated with social scientists to analyze the living conditions in Burkina Faso and adjusted
incubator design methods based on that information

Writing
Designed a solar thermal plant and wrote an executive summary detailing process specifications
and justifications for them
Authored technical reports with quantitative error analyses of labs, discussion of results, and
conclusions

Work History
Undergraduate Researcher, Michelle OMalley lab on Biofuels and Enzymes Oct. 2013-Feb. 2014
Science Staff Writer, Daily Nexus School Newspaper Oct. 2013-Present
Disabled Students Program, UCSB Student Note-taker June 2014-Present

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