Joshua Chavez
Akron, OH *****
kae81q@r.postjobfree.com
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Education
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM
• Bachelors of Science in chemistry certified by the American Chemical Society, 2009
• Relevant courses include 10 semester hours of materials engineering, 12 semester hours of calculus, 10 semester hours of physics.
• Second place poster presentation award in analytical chemistry by the Central New Mexico American Chemical Society Chapter
• Won outstanding senior research and thesis award by outside members of the American Chemical Society
The University of Akron, Akron, OH
• Masters of Science in Chemistry, August 2011
• 28 semester hours in graduate level courses
• Successfully completed oral examinations________________________________________
Experience
Undergraduate Laboratory Developer, 2007-2009
• Developed undergraduate teaching laboratories at New Mexico Tech
• Made suggestions to enhance their feasibility and relevance towards students
• Wrote sections of the general chemistry laboratory manual used by undergraduate students at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Undergraduate Researcher, 2008-2009
• Organic synthesis in the development of green chemistry
• Won outstanding research and thesis award for senior thesis titled The Synthesis of Oximes and Amides Under Green Chemistry Conditions
• Presented a poster titled The Determination of Trace Gas Fluxes in Southwestern Soils at the 2006 American Chemical Society Regional Meeting in 2006.
Instrumentation
• Operational knowledge and evaluation ability on proton, carbon and 2-D NMR, IR spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy, and gas chromatography