None Sun, Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering, MAsc Candidate
Sun graduated from Dalhousie University in June 2023 with a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering. He is currently a MAsc candidate in Chemical Engineering under the supervision of Professor Alison Scott at Dalhousie University (started May 2023). He is now working on sustainable, green polymer design for water treatment. He has researched water treatment for his undergraduate year research project with Professor Alison Scott, focusing on wastewater treatment polymer design and molecular weight distribution. He is also good at process simulation, including chemical manufacturing process software (Aspen Hysys), thermodynamic fluid simulation (COMSOL software), as well as 3D modeling (Solidworks).
Despite of his Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering, Sun also works with a professor (who currently works in German Max Planck Soceity as senior visiting scientist) in the Department of Chemistry at Dalhousie University. He volunteering on a chemistry project (coding and simulation related, Quantum Mechanics field) with precious instructions and help from Professor Aaron Kelly in 2021 for eight months. He successfully learned and understood the simulation codes behind the Boson Model with respect to two different simulation methodology (Monte-Carlo Loop involved), Forward-Backward Trajectory Simulation (FBTS) and Possion Bracket Mapping Equation (PBME). Developing an approach to simulate the Boson Model through PBME method, and compared the difference between FBTS and PBME, as well as differences between different set of simulation conditions in both FBTS and PBME. In the world of quantum mechanics, it has completely different calculus symbols and notations for integral or derivative. It was a tough experience for Sun to start with as no quantum mechanics background engineering student, but Sun did learn a lot extra through this valuable experience, including efficient reference reading, research strategy, collaboration between colleagues, and proper project management.
Dalhousie University in the cold breeze winter. Photo is taken by Sun, 2018
In Sun’s final year in bachelor of chemical engineering, he decides to work on a research project with Professor Alison Scott that relates to develop novel polymers for the wastewater treatment application. He successfully identified and chose proper monomer to perform polymerization in lab for once, and he put his research both on the poster and the paper. He then presented his undergraduate research poster later this May, 2023 at the CHEMCON 2023 conference. The presented poster introduces his research over the last two semesters on how to evaluate the viability of potential monomers, safety considerations, cost considerations. A comprehensive poster that shows how engineering approach solves potential problems by eliminating or minimizing one or more hazardous materials that are used. And the title of his poster is “Acrylamide-Free Flocculant Development for Wastewater Treatment“, his poster has three co-author, including MAsc candidate Ian Conrod (He/Him), MAsc camdodate Kiera Mathers (She/Her), and Professor Alison Scott (She/Her). Other than the research project on the development of polymer for the wastewater treatment applications, Sun also compeleted his Capstone Project in 2022, his group’s Capstone Project is called “On-Demand Block Copolymer Production”. This Capstone Project is supervised by both Professor Alison Scott and Professor Jan Haelssig (Dr. Haelssig now is Associate Professor in University of Ottawa) , group members are Brody Reyno, Anton Schrader, and David Yi. They prepared a concised poster for this Capstone Project, and a PowerPoint file to present their design for this Capstone Project.
Sun’s next goal would be achieving the degree of Master of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering. He is willing to learn whenever there is opportunity opened for him. Moreover, Sun also registered the CERTIFICATE IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES (SET) program that is provided by Dalhousie University, and he is looking forward to obtain the certificate by the end of 2023.
If you want to contact Sun, please contact Sun through the following email address:
Sun (He/Him)
none.sun@daleng.org
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