Yiyang(Angela) Tang

Experience

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  Institute of Medical of Jiangsu Province

  Mar 2010 - Jul 2010

  Institute of Medical of Jiangsu Province

  Assist with analytical tests: active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) characterization, drug degradation test

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  Shanghai Kaibao Medicine

  Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Assistant Quality Assistance & Quality Control

  Studied the process of quality control of Epimer UDCA and a fingerprint analysis of bear bile powder and its injectionStudied the operation of ultra-filtration unit at an industrial plantParticipated in the formation and filling manufacturing line: lamp testsWorked in a cGMP pharmaceutical environment

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  Institute of Technology, Tallaght, Ireland

  Sept 2011 - May 2012

  Research Assistant

  Generate a new generation of macromolecules for sensor application Synthesize, identify and characterize the calixarenesTest performance of calixarenes by extraction tests and send the products to Sheffield to combine to a nanomaterial

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  Simcere Pharmaceutical

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  Internship

  Participated in analytical tests for physical properties of intermediate: dissolution test, friability test, integration test and apply cGLP on a daily basisWrote protocols for assay qualification/validation studies and analytical SOPs

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  Joo’s Research Group, Cornell University

  Sept 2012 - May 2013

  MEng Project

  Develop water based electrospinning process of anode material for lithium batteryOptimize process parameters and conditions for multi-nozzle, gas-assisted electrospinningSignificantly improved the specific capacity and cyclability of silicon carbon composite anode material

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  SOUTHEAST BIODIESEL

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2014

  Chemical Engineer

  Performed analytical tests in compliance with American Society of Testing Material D6751• Proficient with testing for flash point, water and sediment, cloud point and acid number• Familiar with Cold Soak Filtration Test and Glycerin Test by Gas ChromatographyProposed and designed process improvement of pretreatment and reaction dosage• Improved pretreatment efficiency by 50% on average by procedural adjustments• Reduced catalyst dosage by approximately 13% through research and trialsProvided technical support for internal and external projects• Participated in the design the vacuum water treatment and drain system• Operated collaboratively in a pilot-scale experiment to test the new biodiesel sourceTook charge of record and file inventory update and correction, production and sales dataParticipated in quality assurance plan for Renewable Identification Number verification with a third-party supervision institutionInvolved in company administrative processPrepared drafts for routine EPA, FFAR reports Show less

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  Zhejiang Bonyear Technology

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  Chemical Engineer
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  Nalco Water, An Ecolab Company

  Jan 2015 - Nov 2015

  Process Engineer

  Assisted in modeling a continuous process of acrylamide monomer to provide optimized process control of evaporator and stripper Designed and engineered a storage system that provided capability to remove ammonia and maintain required condition of polymer product using railcar, air mixer and water-ammonia scrubber Prepared basis of design for a polymer storage tank of 30,000 Gallon capacity Conducted feasibility study for product transfer line and acrylamide recovering system Took charge of installing a software of analyzing Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) -RtDuet, including generating data sheet, breakdown codes and scope Worked for Total Productivity Maintenance (TPM) and lean manufacturing • Developed VBA tool for classifying A/B/C machine based on asset criticality and distributed within corporate as good practice • Conducted data-mining for downtime of major reactors and blenders and created downtime breakdown tree to TPM Pillars • Developed a VBA tool for tracking Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for different TPM Pillars• Developed different tools to generate manufacturing reports and data collection Show less

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  Honeywell

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2017

  Application Engineer

  CNOOC Refinery Co., Ltd, Huizhou refinery branch MES Phase II Project• Took charge of updating and conducting Real-time and Historian Database (PHD) to build a fundamental platform for advanced application• Responsible for leading and coordinating project engineers, process engineers and contractors to generate flow charts for chemical department• Practiced data mining on manufacturing data to generate related reports based on customer requirements• Assisted in project management throughout project life cycle, including generating project progress report, updating planning documentation and etc.Saline Lake Magnesium Project • Coordinated and assisted training for planning and scheduling software(CDP) Show less

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  Evonik

  Jul 2017 - now

  Responsible for Asian Pacific North(APN) Process Information Management System (PIMS)Responsible for digital projects.2021.02-2021.12: Leaded Declare Performance Optimization project for Trade & Distribution Department. Developed a digitalized, synergy platform by Office 365 for internal employee and external forwarders to record and track shipment. With integrated digital and six sigma approach, 10% improvement in on-time declared rate and 0.5M RMB saving/yDepartment2020.01-2021.12: Implemented a migration from PI to PIMS(IP21 system) for Korean plant remotely for an IT compliance project2020.12-2021.05:Implemented PIMS(Aspen IP21 Based) system for an Evonik Joint Venture Company2020.08-2020.12: Implemented PowerBI based platform for Shanghai Multi-User-Site-China, including cost, site service(Maintenance) and ESH KPIs2020.12: Provided Data Awareness Training(DAT) to APN region colleagues2020.04-2020.12: Implemented PIMS(IP21 system) for Singapore plant remotely in a subproject of a digitalization project 2019.11-12: Implemented TO APC(Advanced Process Control)2019.11-12：Migrated 4 PIMS servers and CimIO coupling station, including historical archive file2019.05-06: Implemented one DigORE project in pilot plant. SAP-based shiftbook, including an interaction between PM module in SAP. Also include events, tasks, infobroads and interlocks function.2019.05-06 : conducted e-DX Roadmap diagnose for two batch plants, focused on generating potentials, scope and overall roadmap for digital related topic 2018: developed supply chain production report automatically generate production-related data from PIMS system.Internal trainer for Excel within Evonik-APN since 2018 Show less

  • Digital Process Engineer

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Process Engineer III /Data Scientist

    Jul 2017 - Oct 2023