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                              Candidate's Name , PhD      E-mail address:  EMAIL AVAILABLE                       CellPhone:      PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLENationality:           American|EDUCATION                                                                          |    . Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, January      2014      Dissertation: Synthesis, Characterization, Membrane Fabrication and      Gas Transport Behaviors of Liquid Crystalline Materials.    . Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech      University, Blacksburg, VA, Spring 2012    . Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University of Houston-      Main Campus, Houston, TX, Fall 2007|WORK EXPERIENCE                                                                    |Research Associate, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry (January 2016 -July 2016)    . Synthesize and fabricate composite films comprised of liquid crystals      and functionalized grapheme sheets.    . Fabricate and characterize films based on the exfoliation of grapheme      platelets by dispergation in polymer matrices.    . Measure and evaluate the gas permeation properties of the fabricated      films.Product Development Engineer, American Ingenuity, Houston, TX (January 2014- December 2015)    . Established a laboratory for the testing and manufacturing of      proprietary E-liquid    . Developed different formulations of the product    . Developed an extraction process to extract the flavors from tobacco      leaves and coffee beans    . Developed a system for the large scale production of E-liquid for      commercial purposes    . Hired and trained marketing personnel for the promotion of the new      productMetallurgy Scientist, Tetra Technologies, Woodlands, TX, (May 07 -September 07)    . Appointed as head metallurgy coordinator and researcher for the SCC      (Stress Corrosion Cracking) project.    . Designed and developed a new optimized system for the testing of metal      alloy integrity to corrosive conditions. New design increased      measurement accuracy by 40%.    . Modeled new system using Daisy Lab to ensure measurements properly      correlate to material responses to various environments.|RESEARCH EXPERIENCE                                                                |Graduate Research Assistant, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, (Spring 2008-January 2014)    . Built a membrane separation pilot plant that determines both single      and mixed gas permeation and measures transient transport regions for      solubility and diffusivity determination.    . Modeled and automated permeation pilot plant components by integrating      several process control instrumentation with LabView software.    . Developed and characterized a two-phase liquid crystal/polymer system      (polymer dispersed liquid crystal membranes, PDLCM) for paraffin and      olefin separations.    . Synthesized and characterized novel "comb-like" co-polymer acrylate      liquid crystals that are easily varied for specific gas transport      applications.    . Fabricated membranes using linear polymer liquid crystal material that      lead to the realization of deviation from conventional liquid crystal      gas separation.    . Prepared polymer liquid crystals via radical addition of LC thiols      onto double bonds of diols and thermally characterized the polymers      that included a time-temperature superposition of their thermally      dependent rheological properties.    . Fabricated and characterized chiral liquid crystals membranes, which      lead to the development of an enantiomeric selective membrane using      chiral liquid crystals.    . Fabricated the first cross-linked liquid crystal polyacrylate membrane      where all other research resorted to linear polymers.    . Discovered a dual gas permeation mechanism for liquid crystal      polymers.    . Purified, cut, functionalized CNTs and tested their single gas      sorption and permeation, which lead to the development of oriented CNT      membranes.    . Lead a team of undergraduate researchers to investigate the fluid      dynamic fundamentals of polymer extrusion processes.    . Used solid-phase peptide synthesis to functionalize aluminum oxide      surfaces.    . Managed a team of undergraduate researchers to study enantiomeric      selectivity using an aluminum oxide membrane with covalently bonded      peptide sequences.    . Managed several teams of undergraduate researchers to assist with      membrane fabrication and gas transport projects.    . Instructed Unit Operations lab courses for 7 summers.    . Frequent substitute lecturer for Fluid Dynamics.  Teaching assistant      for Kinetics, Heat Transport and Fluid Dynamics courses.|SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE                                                             |    . Modeling Techniques: Aspen Plus, Aspen Dynamics, Daisy Lab, Lab View,      and Polymath    . Membrane Transport: Strong fundamentals on constituent transport      through media; Gas Sorption Analysis (GSA); Gas and Liquid Membrane      Permeation    . Microscopy: Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM); Transmission Electron      Microscope (TEM); Polarized Optical Microscope with temperature      controllers (POM)    . Spectroscopy: Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR); Nuclear      Magnetic Resonance (NMR); Mass Spectroscopy  (Mass Spec); UV-Vis      Spectrophotometer (UV-VIS) ; Elemental Analysis    . Thermal Analysis: Dynamic Scanning Calorimetry (DSC); Dynamic      Mechanical Thermal Analysis (DMTA)    . Scattering: X-ray Diffraction (XRD); Dynamic and Static Light      Scattering (DSLC)    . Chromatography: Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC); Gel permeation      chromatography (GPC); Flame Ionized Detector (FID); Gas Chromatography      (GC); Liquid Chromatography (LC)    . Biological Techniques: Microwave Peptide Synthesizer; MTT assay; Cell      Culture; Gel Electrophoresis    . Synthetic and Processing Techniques: Experienced in many polymer      synthetic, polymerization and purification techniques and polymer      extrusion.   |SELECTED PUBLICATIONS                                                              |   1. Rabie, F.; Polakova, L.; Sedlakova, Z.; Marand, E.; Martin, S.;      "Temperature-Dependenct Gas Transport Properties of Cross-linked      Liquid Crystalline Polyacrylate Membranes", manuscript submitted to      Polymer   2. Rabie, F.; Martin, S.; Sedlakova, Z.; Marand, E.; Polakova, L.;      "(Meth)acrylate Liquid Crystalline Polymers for Membrane      Applications", J. Poly. Sci., Vol. 132 (43), 2015   3. Polakova, L.; Rabie, F.; "Dynamic mechanical and thermal behavior of      novel liquid-crystalline polybutadiene-diols with azobenzene groups in      side chains", J. Rheol., Vol. 57 (5), 1297, 2013   4. Han, S.; Rabie, F.; Marand, E.; Martin, S., "Enantioselective      Separations Using Chiral Supported Liquid Crystalline Membranes",      Chirality, Vol. 24 (7), 519, 2012   5. Surapathi, A.; Herrera, J.; Rabie, F.; Martin, S.; Marand, E.,      "Fabrication and Gas Transport Properties of SWNT/Polyacrylic      Nanocomposite Membranes", Journal of Membrane Science, Vol. 375 (1-2),      150, 2011   6. Rabie, F.; Marand, E.; Martin, S., "Thermotropic Liquid Crystal      Membranes For Vapor Phase Separation", Proceedings of the 239th ACS      Conference Division of Fuel Chemistry, ACS Spring National Meeting,      San Fransisco, California, March 2010      |SELECTED PRESENTATIONS                                                             |   1. Rabie, F.; Martin, S., "Gas Separation in Cross-Linked Liquid Crystal      Polymer Membranes", AICHE 2014 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia   2. Rabie, F.; Marand, E.; Martin, S., "Polymer Dispersed Thermotropic      Liquid Crystal Membranes For Vapor Phase Separation", presented at the      ChEGSA 2010 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg,VA   3. Rabie, F.; Marand, E.; Martin, S., "Side Chain Liquid Crystal Polymer      Membranes for Paraffin/Olefin Separations", presented at the NAMS/ICM      2010 Conference, Washington, D.C.   4. Rabie, F.; Marand, E.; Martin, S., "Polymer Dispersed Thermotropic      Liquid Crystal Membranes For Vapor Phase Separations", presented at      the 239th ACS Conference Division of Fuel Chemistry, ACS Spring      National Meeting, San Fransisco, California, March 2010   5. Rabie, F.; Marand, E.; Martin, S., "Thermotropic Liquid Crystal      Polymer Membranes for Paraffin/Olefin Separation", presented at the      ChEGSA 2009 Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA|SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS/ACTIVITIES                                                     |    . College of Engineering Davenport Graduate Fellowship    . Pratt Travel Award    . NAMS Travel Award    . National Science and Foundation, REU Award    . Blacksburg Fire Department - Volunteer      |REFERENCES                                                                         |    . Dr. Stephen Martin (advisor), EMAIL AVAILABLE, PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE    . Dr. Mahmoud El-Halwagi (mentor), EMAIL AVAILABLE, PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE    . Dr. Zdenka Sedlkov (comitte member), EMAIL AVAILABLE, +420-296-      809-111