Laura-Ann Chin, P.E.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Laura-Ann Chin offers over 12 years of international and domestic contract and hands on…
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Great culture builds great teams that produce great results! Excited to join in on the next team building event NEXA | EAM has!
Great culture builds great teams that produce great results! Excited to join in on the next team building event NEXA | EAM has!
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Experience
Education
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Villanova University
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Activities and Societies: AIChE, NovaCANE, SWE
Graduate Student in Chemical Engineering
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Activities and Societies: SWE, AIChE, EWB, Engineering Student Council, Engineering Ambassadors, WISE, etc.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
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Activities and Societies: chess club, girl scouts, red cross, debate team
High school student
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Activities and Societies: Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Chess Club, Table Tennis club, Debate team
Elementary Education
Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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Vice President Young Professionals
ISPE
- Present 7 years 2 months
Science and Technology
As Vice President of the Young Professionals Group, my role within ISPE DVC (Delaware Valley Chapter) is to stimulate and empower involvement among young professionals in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry for the mid-Atlantic region. With ISPE DVC sitting at the heart of the pharma-belt between the New Jersey & Cheasapeake Bay Area chapter, this chapter has consistently maintained its status as one of the most active chapters in the nation. My role within the organization is to continue…
As Vice President of the Young Professionals Group, my role within ISPE DVC (Delaware Valley Chapter) is to stimulate and empower involvement among young professionals in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry for the mid-Atlantic region. With ISPE DVC sitting at the heart of the pharma-belt between the New Jersey & Cheasapeake Bay Area chapter, this chapter has consistently maintained its status as one of the most active chapters in the nation. My role within the organization is to continue to boost involvement and participation among young professionals in biotech/pharma. Not only that, I consistently seek to challenge young professionals to extend their passion for engineering beyond the workplace, stay abreast on current issues within the industry and to keep up with ever evolving technology portfolio of this highly regulated field.
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Executive Board - Secretary, Continuing Education Committee Chair
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- Present 12 years 2 months
Science and Technology
As secretary for one of the most active chapters in the nation, I am highly involved in the integration of events planned by the Delaware Valley Section. I coordinate Professional Development Hour sessions with my team, plan networking events such as Oktoberfest and Plant Tours, judge on Student Awards & Papers, keep a record of the proceedings of the section along with preparing and issuing minutes for each Board of Directors meeting and any business conducted at Joint or Annual meetings of…
As secretary for one of the most active chapters in the nation, I am highly involved in the integration of events planned by the Delaware Valley Section. I coordinate Professional Development Hour sessions with my team, plan networking events such as Oktoberfest and Plant Tours, judge on Student Awards & Papers, keep a record of the proceedings of the section along with preparing and issuing minutes for each Board of Directors meeting and any business conducted at Joint or Annual meetings of the section.
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Employees Club of Philadelphia Leadership Team
Jacobs
- 2 years 10 months
Science and Technology
As part of the Jacobs Engineering Employees Club of Philadelphia, I serve as the role of a treasurer in which I am accountable for the employees club fundraising and finances. My group and I organize all major company events to boost company morale from our yearly spring barbecue, golf outing, holiday parties to ugly sweater and cubicle decorating contest. This role is highly engaging as it involves many aspects of event planning, knowing your audience and how one would cleverly market a…
As part of the Jacobs Engineering Employees Club of Philadelphia, I serve as the role of a treasurer in which I am accountable for the employees club fundraising and finances. My group and I organize all major company events to boost company morale from our yearly spring barbecue, golf outing, holiday parties to ugly sweater and cubicle decorating contest. This role is highly engaging as it involves many aspects of event planning, knowing your audience and how one would cleverly market a planned agenda without compromising attendance numbers.
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Committee of Young Professionals
Engineers' Club of Philadelphia
- Present 9 years 9 months
Science and Technology
As part of the committee of young professionals, my role in this group is to stimulate involvement of young professionals in the engineering community based on outreach, networking and civic service while intentionally promoting the significant role of engineers in a community.
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Women's Development Network Leader - Conshohocken Office
Jacobs
- 1 year 1 month
Science and Technology
As part of my section's local champion, I am involved in the leadership and execution of the newly revived Women's Development Network for the Jacobs Conshohocken office. The mission of this group is to empower women to be stronger working professionals in the workforce alongside building a solid network of mentors and sponsors and leadership skills.
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Graduate Student Mentor
AIChE
- 2 years 1 month
Education
Outreach to middle and high school students, chem e car competition, mentor, etc.
Publications
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Integrating Freshmen into Exploring the Multi-Faceted World of Engineering and Sustainability through Biofuels Synthesis from Waste Cooking Oil
American Society of Engineering Education
Solid first year courses are building blocks in helping a freshman navigate through and discover a new major. It is imperative for a freshman to be exposed to different engineering disciplines to experience first-hand the expectations and variations among them. Villanova University’s College of Engineering has strategized this teaching opportunity through a series of 7-week-long freshman mini projects, designed to introduce different engineering majors in the first two-semesters of…
Solid first year courses are building blocks in helping a freshman navigate through and discover a new major. It is imperative for a freshman to be exposed to different engineering disciplines to experience first-hand the expectations and variations among them. Villanova University’s College of Engineering has strategized this teaching opportunity through a series of 7-week-long freshman mini projects, designed to introduce different engineering majors in the first two-semesters of mandatory freshman engineering courses.
This paper focuses on the Biofuels Process and Sustainability mini project, which started in the Fall 2011 semester. This project was developed with the idea of exposing these young engineers to the latest advancements and technological developments in our society. In response to the need for decreased dependence on fossil fuels and other non-renewable energy sources, the concept of bioeconomy is introduced and emphasized. Through bioeconomy, vital sources of carbon and energy are obtained from biorenewable materials such as biomass. The need to embrace this transformation from non-renewables to an era of bioeconomy should be more important than ever if a significant change is to happen. Through this Biofuels Process and Sustainability mini project, freshmen are exposed to two fundamentals evolving around bioeconomy: the production process of liquid transportation fuels from biorenewables and the sustainability issues surrounding biofuel production and utilization. Specifically, the goals of this mini-project are to challenge freshmen to utilize basic engineering and chemistry principles in synthesizing and characterizing biodiesel made from a renewable resource such as waste cooking oil, to interpret and analyze experimental data in scaling up to a biodiesel processing facility and finally to assess the overall sustainability of the biodiesel production process.
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Automated Zebrafish Tracking System using MATLAB
University of Arizona
This project aims at using image processing techniques in MATLAB to track multiple baby Medaka and adult Zebrafish in real time and determine characteristics about their behavior. This system is used to qualitatively identify behavioral differences (mainly in swimming patterns) between normal fish and fish under the influence of neurotoxins or other test drugs. Since Zebrafish have been an increasingly popular model organism, such results could be used to learn more about various biological…
This project aims at using image processing techniques in MATLAB to track multiple baby Medaka and adult Zebrafish in real time and determine characteristics about their behavior. This system is used to qualitatively identify behavioral differences (mainly in swimming patterns) between normal fish and fish under the influence of neurotoxins or other test drugs. Since Zebrafish have been an increasingly popular model organism, such results could be used to learn more about various biological process within the human body.
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The Continuous Operated Shaken Bioreactor System COSBIOS as a fast and easy method to determine the effect of antibiotic selection on plasmid stability in genetically modified bacteria
ACHEMA Berichte
Plasmid loss has a substantial impact on the productivity of recombinant microorganisms. Without sufficient genetic stability even high initial recombinant protein synthesis rates can not guarantee good production rates. Antibiotics as a selection agent are costly, contaminate the waste water and pose an allergy risk if the product is intended for human use (e. g. pharmaceuticals). Therefore, an easy, fast and cost efficient method for testing plasmid stability is crucial for biotechnological…
Plasmid loss has a substantial impact on the productivity of recombinant microorganisms. Without sufficient genetic stability even high initial recombinant protein synthesis rates can not guarantee good production rates. Antibiotics as a selection agent are costly, contaminate the waste water and pose an allergy risk if the product is intended for human use (e. g. pharmaceuticals). Therefore, an easy, fast and cost efficient method for testing plasmid stability is crucial for biotechnological process development. If necessary, the concentration of used antibiotics should be as low as possible. This would reduce the disadvantages imposed by the use of antibiotics.
The continuous operated shaken bioreactor system COSBIOS enables parallel cultivation of up to eight microbial cultures on a lab scale shaking machine [1]. Continuous cultivation provides a controlled growth rate through the control of the dilution rate. With this system easy and cost efficient chemostat cultures are possible [2]. Production strains for biotechnology can be cultivated for a definite number of generations.
The effect of ampicillin as a selection agent on E. coli BL 21 (DE3) pLysS pRSET Interleukin-6-YFP was determined in continuous COSBIOS cultures. Already low concentrations of less than 10 μg/mL ampicillin showed a sufficient selection. Therefore a great reduction in ampicillin concentration is possible without sacrificing its beneficial effects.Other authors -
Courses
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C Programming
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Fluid Dynamics
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Graduate Biomass Conversion
CHE 8651
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Graduate Chemical Reaction Engineering
CHE 8550
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Graduate Climate Change and Impacts
CHE 7110
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Graduate Heat Transfer
CHE 8565
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Graduate Life Cycle & Impact Assessment
CHE 7111
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Graduate Nano, Catalysis & Energy
CHE 8531
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Graduate Polymer Science & Engineering
CHE 8570
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Graduate Separation Processes I
CHE 8571
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Heat and Mass Transfer
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Intro to Chemical Engineering
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Microbiology
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Numerical Methods & Analysis
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Process Control
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Thermodynamics
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Waste Water Treatment
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Projects
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Optimization and Characterization of Different Fractions of Biocrude Oil from Waste Biomass
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This project seeks to experiment with the optimum fraction of biocrude oil involving lignin and salt separations. Immediately after, this project follows up on the upgrading work through hydroprocessing and catalysis efforts including radical depolymerization.
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Automated Zebrafish Tracking System using MATLAB
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This project aims at using image processing techniques in MATLAB to track multiple baby Medaka and adult Zebrafish in real time and determine characteristics about their behavior. This system is used to qualitatively identify behavioral differences (mainly in swimming patterns) between normal fish and fish under the influence of neurotoxins or other test drugs. Since Zebrafish have been an increasingly popular model organism, such results could be used to learn more about various biological…
This project aims at using image processing techniques in MATLAB to track multiple baby Medaka and adult Zebrafish in real time and determine characteristics about their behavior. This system is used to qualitatively identify behavioral differences (mainly in swimming patterns) between normal fish and fish under the influence of neurotoxins or other test drugs. Since Zebrafish have been an increasingly popular model organism, such results could be used to learn more about various biological process within the human body.
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Chemical Car Project
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This project involved a team of 6 engineers who designed & built a car, of a shoe-box size to run solely on chemical reactions. Through continuous team efforts and brainstorming, the car built was competed in an AICHE competition for distance and engineering design.
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Honors & Awards
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Outstanding Alumni Award - Villanova University
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
The Outstanding Alumni Award recognizes the contributions of alumni to their universities, the profession and professional organizations and to encourage these contributions, especially among recent graduates.
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Young Chemical Engineer of the Year
American Institute of Chemical Engineers Delaware Valley Section
The Young Chemical Engineer of the Year Award annually recognizes an outstanding chemical engineer 35 years of age or under who has demonstrated leadership and made a recognized contribution to the engineering profession, as well as contribution and participation in charitable, civic, and technical affairs.
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Outstanding Chemical Engineering Graduate Student
Villanova University
Languages
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English
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Malay
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German
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Slovak
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Organizations
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Secretary
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