Greg Guangming Li
Telephone/Fax:
(416) 978 0947;
Cell: (416) 803 3893 E-mail: gmli@mie.utoronto.ca
PERSONAL INFORAMATION
Citizenship: Canadian Citizenship.
Designation: Becoming eligible
for registration as a Professional Engineer in
SUMMARY OF SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
· Fundmental understanding in processing-structure-property relationship for
polymeric materials.
· Extensive hands-on experience and skills in the fields of advanced
polymeric materials processing (foam extrusion and injection molding).
· Solid experience with equipments, machines and extruders (mechanically
and electrically).
· Expertise in the thermodynamic research of polymers, polymer blends,
polymer/supercritical fluid systems (i.e. phase equilibria, gas transportation
in polymer).
· Proficient skills with using solid model design softwares, i.e. SDRC
I-DEAS and Soildworks.
· Extensive knowledge, and experience in the polymer chemisty, synthesis
including ionic polymerization and copolymerization etc..
· Hands-on experience on using analytical equipments for polymer
characterizations, i.e. HPLC, GPC, NMR, XRD, SEM ,TEM, DSC, TGA, UV, IR.and
various Rheometers.
· Pratical experience in material/product/technology development with biodegradable
polymers, polyolefins, and polystyrene.
· Assertive problem solving team worker with demonstrated leadership,
organizational and management skills.
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EDUCATION |
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2002-present |
Doctor of Philosophy,
Major:
Polymer Engineering |
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1999-2002 |
Master of Science, Chinese Major:
Polymer Chemistry and Physics |
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1991-1995 |
Bachelor of Engineering, Major:
Material Science
and Engineering |
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RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE |
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2002-present |
Research Assistant, ·
Designed and upgraded the extrusion systems (including the
mechanical design and electrical control) ·
Investigated the structure
property relationships (i.e., the effect of molecular weight, molecular chain
structure, chemical structure of copolymer, and composition of polymer blend
on solubility and diffusivity) ·
Thermodynamic study on phase
equilibria (VLE and LLE) in supercritical fluids/polymer system and phase
separation (binodal nucleation and spinodal decomposition) in supercritical
fluids/polymer systems ·
Researched on the gas
transportation phenomena in polymer melts ·
Researched on the kinetic
phenomena of supercritical CO2 induced crystallization in PC |
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1999-2002 |
Research Assistant, Chinese ·
Conducted research in polymer synthesis to find the new
biodegradable biomaterials with hydrophilic properties ·
Developed innovative
applications of biodegradable polymer in biomedical engineering field, i.e.,
biodegradable hydrophilic microsphere-based carrier for large scale cell
culture, etc. ·
Fabricated the new Drug
Delivery System employed for delivering the biological factors (protein and
growth factors etc..) |
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MANAGEMENT/COMMUNICATION
EXPERIENCE |
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2003-present |
Teaching Assistant,
· Instructed
on the application of solid model design software SDRC I-DEAS to the third year undergraduates in Manufacturing Engineering course (120 students per term) |
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1995-1999 |
Instructor, · Lectured two
undergraduate courses, i.e. polymer physics and polymer materials, to the
third year undergraduate students (30 students per term) |
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1996–1997 |
Production Supervisor,
Nestle (Shuangcheng) Co.Ltd · Oversee and manage
a production shift team with 15
staffs with the responsibility on the on-line product quality control · |
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ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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2005 |
Event Coordinator, International FOAM Workshop, · Successfully invited
over 20 industry representatives from 15 international plastic foam
manufactuers to join this event (Sealed Air, Owens-Corning etc..) |
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS |
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2003-present |
Member, Society of Automotive Engineers |
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2003-present |
Member, Society of Plastic Engineers |
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2002-present |
Highly qualified personnel, AUTO21 |
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AWARDS |
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2005-2006 |
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2004-2005 |
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2004-2005 |
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2002-2004 |
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2002-2006 |
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