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MIT Combustion Dynamics Laboratory Cambridge, MA PI: Prof. William H. Green -Designed and managed the construction of new Combustion Dynamics Laboratory which houses the laser kinetics spectrometer. -Led a team of three students to design and assemble a state-of-the-art multi-pass Herriott cell-laser-flash-photolysis spectrometer which incorporated an ultrafast-Ti:sapphire laser system. -Measured reaction kinetics of several combustion relevant small molecules -Collaborated with a fellow group member to model oxidation of neopentyl radical via automatic model generation program developed by the Green Group. -Computed phenyl radical addition 1,3 butadiene rate using ab intio quantum calculation.
Sandia National Laboratory Livermore, CA PI: Dr. Craig A. Taatjes -Applied two-tone-frequency-modulation-infrared (TTFM) absorption technique to probe for oxidation of propargyl radical. -Utilized TTFM and continuous-wave-ring-dye-laser to monitor formation of HO2 and OH in oxidation of neopentyl radical.
Brandeis University, Department of Chemistry Waltham, MA Advisor I. Y. Chan -Determined dimerization rate of anthracene to dianthracene under ultrahigh pressures and ultra-low (liquid helium) temperatures. -Studied conformational tunneling of sterically hindered porphyrins.
Oxford Business Services Houston, TX -Accounting, Payroll and Tax Software consulting
Indo-American News Houston, TX -Desktop publishing & advertisement designer
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Combustion Symposium Travel Grant Award (2004) American Institute of Chemists Award (2002) Jean Dreyfus Boissevain Undergraduate Scholarship (2002), Brandeis University Excellence in Undergraduate Research (2001) Annenberg Scholar (1998-2002) |
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Experimental: Instruments: UV/Vis Spectrometer, GC-MS, & FTIR Lasers: ultra-fast Ti:Sapphire, Argon ion, dye, excimers, & YAG Cryogenics Optics Vacuum systems, flow systems, & pressure control systems Electronics: piezoelectric, electro-optic lock-in & differential amplifiers Optical Detectors: CCD, photo diode & PMT Software Research: Gaussian 03, Chemkin, Chemrate, & Labview Analytical: Matlab, Mathematica, Maple, Igor, & Origin OS: Windows XP, Mac OS, Sun OS, & Linux Graphical: Solidworks, Page Maker, Freehand, & Photoshop. Productivity: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & Power Point) & Open Office
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MIT Department of Chemistry Cambridge, MA
Thermodynamics & Kinetics Teaching Assistant Responsible for bi-weekly recitation sessions with 30 students. Assisted individual students with problem sets or material they found difficult to understand. Graded problems sets and exams.
Laboratory Chemistry Teaching Assistant Supervised 10 students for General Chemistry laboratory experiments with emphases on application of scientific method to chemical and biological labs. |
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“A theoretical and experimental kinetic study of phenyl radical addition to butadiene.” Ismail, H., 30th Combustion Symposium. Chicago, IL, 2004.
“Building of a gas phase flash photolysis spectrometer to probe for cyclohexadienyl radical.” Ismail, H., Taylor, J. W., Green, W.H., 23rd Regional Kinetics and Dynamics Meeting in Amherst, MA, 2005 (Poster)
“Detection of transient radical intermediates in flash photolysis kinetics experiments using a picosecond Ti:sapphire laser.” Abel, P. R., Ismail, H., Green, W.H., American Chemical Society: Northeast Regional Meeting, Binghamton, NY 2006 (Poster) |
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Publications: “Pressure studies of the photodimerization of oriented anthracene pairs in a dianthracene crystal; Fast tunneling of a heavy particle.” Chan, I. Y., Ismail, H., Prass, B., & Stehlik, D., J. Chem. Phys. 117, p. 4420, 2002.
“A theoretical and experimental kinetic study of phenyl radical addition to butadiene.” Ismail, H. Park, J., Wong, B.M., & Green, W.H., Lin, M.C., Proc. Combust. Inst. 30, p. 1049, 2005.
“Measurements and automated mechanism generation modeling of OH production in photolytically initiated oxidation of the neopentyl radical.” Petway, S. V, Ismail, H., Green, W.H., Estupiñán, E. G., Jusinski, L.E., Taatjes, C.A., J. Phys. Chem. A, 111, p. 3891, 2007.
“Pressure and temperature dependence of the reaction of vinyl radical (C2H3) with ethylene.” Ismail, H., Goldsmith, C.F., Abel, P.R., Howe, P.T., Fahr, A., Halpern, J.B., Jusinski, L.E., Georgievskii, Y., Taatjes, C. A., Green, W.H., J. Phys. Chem. A, 111, p. 6843, 2007.
In preparation Kinetics and product studies of the vinyl radical self reaction. Ismail, H., Abel, P.R., Jusinski, L. E., Taatjes, C. A., Green, W.H.
Experimental determination of allyl radical self reaction rate via direct absorption. Ismail, H., Goldsmith, C.F., Abel, P.R., Taatjes, C. A., Green, W.H.
Theoretical and experimental determination of vinyl radical reaction rate with propene. Goldsmith, C.F., Ismail, H., Abel, P.R., Green, W.H.
Pressure and temperature dependence of vinyl radical reaction rate with various butenes. Ismail, H., Goldsmith, C.F., Abel, P.R., Green, W.H.
Theoretical and experimental study of vinyl radical reaction to molecular oxygen. Goldsmith, C.F., Ismail, H., Abel, P.R., Green, W. |
