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