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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Research - Chemist - Troy, NY

• Designed and synthesized novel fluorinated polybenzimidazoles under the guidance of polymer structure-property relationships. • Investigated fluorinated polybenzimidazoles as fuel cell membranes and electrode additives. • Examined the durability of PBI based membranes in PEM fuel cells with accelerated tests.

Avg. Salary: $46,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Agilent Technologies

Research - Chemist - Shanghai, Outside United States

• Created and delivered the solutions for gas chromatography GC6820 localization. • Designed and developed testing methods and application notes for GC 6820 and HPLC 1100. • Provided technical supporst for manufacturing projects (GC, GC/MS, HPLC and HPLC/MS). • Improved the efficiency and yield of existing testing processes with Six Sigma methodology.

Avg. Salary: $46,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Intertek Testing Service

Research - Chemist - Shanghai, Outside United States

• Developed testing methods based on ISO/IEC, ASTM/UL, and EPA methods with UV-VIS, FTIR, AAS, ICP, GC, GC/MS, and HPLC. • Managed a team of technicians to oversee the moderate to complex testing tasks.

Avg. Salary: $46,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Chattem

Research - Scientist - Chattanooga, TN

Avg. Salary: $78,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Kimberly-Clark

Research - Scientist - Neenah, WI

Avg. Salary: $78,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

PRA International, Inc.

Research - Analyst - Lenexa, KS

Performed SAS programming and quality control for analysis of data from various pharmaceutical research studies. Many of the results of the programming would be included in final reports to the FDA.

Avg. Salary: $65,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Quintiles, Inc.

Research - Analyst - Kansas City, MO

Helped design and create Global Integrated Database to allow for maintenance of data from 16 protocols; became lead programmer when previous lead left the company; created tracking system for all changes and updates to this database (there was none previously); programmed tables, listings, and figures from data for reports to the FDA.

Avg. Salary: $65,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

LabOne, Inc. (now part of Quest Diagnostics)

Research - Analyst - Lenexa, KS

Analysis, design, QC, and data modeling on laboratory system rewrite, and reporting, history, and billing system rewrites. Maintained customer information which drove which tests were performed on their patients, as well as pricing.

Avg. Salary: $65,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Stevens Institute of Technology

Research - Research Assistant - Hoboken, NJ

My major daily task is to develop data mining and machine learning algorithms. Specifically, I developed the incremental learning algorithm to identify characters in YouTube clips. I also developed the imbalanced learning algorithm for data set where one class of data is of particular interest but is over-dominated by the other classes of data. Both algorithms have been reported on high-profile journal publications. Besides...

Avg. Salary: $20,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Research - Research Assistant - Wuhan, Outside United States

My major daily task was to develop intelligent auto license plate recognition algorithms and adapt the algorithms in embedded Linux system. My auto license plate location algorithm has won me the outstanding undergraduate thesis award.

Avg. Salary: $20,000   ·    Company Rank: Not Available