Leo Tzyy-Chian Liu
+1(217)305-1491 | tliu46@illinois.edu; leonardo.ntu@gmail.com | 1012 W Clark St. Apt #31, Urbana, IL61801
Objective
Seeking an Intern position in 2017 summer to utilize my education and to build upon skills necessary for the industry
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC), Illinois 08/2016~12/2017(estimated)
Candidate for Master of Science, Department of Material Science and Engineering
GPA: 4.0/4.0 (2016 fall)
National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan 09/2010~06/2014
Bachelor of Science, Department of Material Science and Engineering
GPA: 3.55/4.3 (overall), 3.69/4.3 (major), 3.79/4.3 (Jr/Sr), 4.0/4.3 (Sr)
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC), Illinois 08/2013~12/2014
International Exchange Student, Department of Material Science and Engineering
GPA: 3.89/4.0 (overall)
Research Experience
Dillon’s Group, Dept. of Material Science and Engineering, UIUC, Illinois 12/2016~present
Advisor: Prof. Dillon, Shen, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Material Science and Engineering, UIUC, Illinois
High capacity Li-ion batteries, characterizing Li-ion cycling ex-situ and in-situ in the SEM
Biodegradable Polymer Lab., Dept. of Chemical Engineering, NTHU, Hsinchu, Taiwan 01/2016~07/2016
Advisor: Prof. Wang, Jane, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, NTHU, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Design, synthesis and characterization of biodegradable and bioresorbable polymer materials
Undergraduate Student Research, Mechanics of Materials Laboratory, NTU 09/2012~03/2013
Adviser: Prof. Hsueh, Chun-Hway, Distinguished Professor, Dept. of MSE, NTU
The Mechanical Properties of Metallic Glass, Shear Band Formation and its Behavior at Different Temperature
The Application of Recycled Coir Fiber
OLED LAB, Material and Chemical Research Laboratories, ITRI 07/2012~08/2012
Adviser: Dr. Huang, Heh-Lung, Researcher, ITRI
Synthesis of Fluorescent/Phosphorescent Compounds of red/orange OLEDs
Work Experience
Research Assistant, Biodegradable Polymer Lab., Dept. of Chemical Engineering, NTHU, Taiwan 01/2016~07/2016
Executed experiments, conducted administrative tasks, built and maintained lab’s website
Purchasing Assistant, Hsinchu District Prosecutors’ Office, Hsinchu, Taiwan 11/2014~10/2015
Held a position in purchasing, managing and organizing the assets
Research Assistant (Intern), OLED LAB, Material and Chemical Research Laboratories, ITRI, Taiwan 07/2012~08/2012
Executed experiments, maintained equipment and eliminated malfunction, searched and summarized of patents/publications
about the process of OLEDs
Team Leader, Hsinchu High Schools ALUMNI (NTU); Taipei, Taiwan 09/2011~06/2012
Helped high schools students from Hsinchu adapt to their college lives and held activities and camps
Private Tutor 09/2010~07/2016
Motivated and taught students (from high schools and colleges) Math, Physics, Chemistry, Calculus
Additional Information (*still learning)
•! Experiment Instruments: MTS, XRD, SEM, EDS, Nano-indenter (TI-950), FIB*, TEM*, etc.
•! Computer Skills: Microsoft Office, iWork, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver, Multimedia Editing (Adobe Premiere,
iMovie, Audacity, etc.), HTML, JavaScript, C/C#, Matlab, Python*
•! Languages: English(fluent), Mandarin Chinese(fluent), Taiwanese
•! Music: Piano, Violin, Guitar, Vocal (Tenor), Composition
•! Sports/Activities: Baseball, Basketball, Volleyball, Table Tennis, Swimming, Contract Bridge, etc.