Johnny Duong

Experience

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  Teammate Tutoring

  Aug 2015 - Aug 2017

  Tutor

  Drove to client’s homes or desired locations to tutor high school and college students in from Basic Mathematics to Calculus and Chemistry.

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  Orange Coast College

  Sept 2016 - Mar 2020

  Professional Tutor

  Tutored students from Basic Mathematics to Trigonometry, lectured in math subject specific workshops, provided mentoring to co-workers and students, created practice exams, graded exams, and completed paperwork to submit grades to the college.Communicated with students on how they approached their math problems, observed their thought process during their explanations, evaluated where they went wrong or what direction to push them, and then asked them questions to direct their minds to help them solve their own problem. Or I would demonstrate a similar problem to help them think through their work and think mathematically. Show less

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  California State University, Long Beach

  Sept 2019 - Jun 2020

  Worked under Dr. Roger C. Lo with funding by CSU Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB) Education Grant to create six open-source tools for teaching chemical engineering foundations to students, and creating affordable scientific research using an Arduino. Created an affordable pH meter using an Arduino and affordable pH probe, and then collaborated with Lekshmi Sasi (Graduate Student) to test and compare with industry pH meters. Before the pandemic, created a prototype for water level control using electronic circuits, Arduino, and affordable equipment.Learned, maintained, and upgraded 3D printers such as the Prusa i3 with MMU2S upgrade. Learned and did rapid prototyping using Solidworks and 3D printers. Applied troubleshooting practices to fix air leaks with EpilogLaser Mini 18 and learned how to use and maintain it.Helped out labmates with 3D printers, programming, and other technical aspects of the lab. Show less

  • Instructional Support Assistant (ISA) Student Tutor

    Aug 2019 - Jun 2020

  • Volunteer Undergraduate Research Assistant (Dr. Arjang Fahim Lab)

    May 2019 - Jun 2020

  • Volunteer Undergraduate Research Assistant (Dr. Roger Lo Lab)

    Apr 2019 - Jun 2020

  • Undergraduate Research Assistant

    Sept 2019 - Feb 2020
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  San Francisco State University

  Aug 2020 - Dec 2022

  Graduate Student Researcher

  Completed my Biology Masters at SFSU under the Genentech Fellowship. My strength is in programming and abstract thinking--I aim to use those skills in scientific research; which I did for my thesis.I created interface software to control a robot and camera to collect image data for 2 projects: (1) chemical screening drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies) for fertility and fecundity and (2) as a colorimetric assay for the production of methyl halide gasses for biofuel research. Using Python, I wrote algorithms to send G-Code commands to control the robotic parts of a 3D printer as a low-cost alternative to industrial scientific lab automation, providing affordable automation. Source can be viewed here at GitHub: https://github.com/JohnDoRight/RoboCam Show less

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  IBM

  May 2021 - Aug 2021

  IBM Research Intern

  IBM Research Intern Summer 2021. Programming and researching using plankton as chemical sensors.

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  USPTO

  Mar 2023 - now

  Patent Examiner

  Utilizing science and engineering background to examine patents, allowing inventors exclusive rights for making and selling their invention for a limited time