Resume
Lan P. Nguyen
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Master of Business Administration, May 2015
FOX SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Master of Arts, Chemistry, Awarded January 2013
Judge, Philadelphia School District Science Fair, High School of Engineering & Science
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGIES
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, Awarded May 2011
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Recipient, W.W. Smith Fellowship for Academic Achievement, 2010
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, 2009
Recipient, Best Poster Award, American Chemical Society Annual Meeting, 2007
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Bachelor of Secondary Education, Awarded May 2000
Recipient, Best Teacher Award & Merit Scholarship, 2000
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Adjunct Instructor, TUteach, College of Science & Technology January 2013 – present
- Co-teach 3 courses – “Introduction Into Teaching with Inquiry”. “Inquiry Based Lesson Design with Focus on English Language Learner (ELLs)” and “Research Methods”.
- Introduce 5E model lesson plans, developed inquiry-based lesson skills for students on planning and understanding of how to adapt standards-based lessons for English language learners.
- Instruct students in “Research Methods” course to design and carry out four different inquiry activities.
- Direct and mentor students in presentation and writing of ideas according to scientific research publications requirements.
Graduate Assistant, College of Science & Technology September 2011 – January 2013
- Worked on three research projects in developing methods to purify Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes (MCNTs), making conductive films using high-purified MCTNs.
- Achieved professional lab techniques: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas Chromatography (GC).
Undergraduate, TUteach, College of Science & Technology September 2008 – January 2013
- Coordinated office support for TUteach program.
- Assisted with planning for three courses – “Introduction to Teaching with Inquiry”, “Inquiry Based Lesson Design with Focus on English Language Learner (ELLs)” and “Research Methods”.
PUBLICATIONS | PRESENTATIONS
Nguyen, L; Dementev, N.; Borguet, E. “Purification of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes by Dynamic Oxidation in Air”, at Application of Thermal Analysis in Polymer and Pharmaceutical Research (TAFDV) Spring Symposium, 2011. Publication in process.
SKILLS & LANGUAGES
Vietnamese – Fluency | MATLAB, Mathematica