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eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_i1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="1" style='width:268.5pt;height:246pt;visibility:visible; mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="index_files/image001.png" o:title="1"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=358 height=328 src="index_files/image002.jpg" alt=1 v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"><![endif]></span></p> </td> <td width=336 style='width:3.5in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=font181>Benjamin Rutz<br> PhD Candidate<br> Chemical Engineering</p> <p class=font181>227 Benson Hall, Box 351750<br> University of Washington<br> Seattle, WA 98195-1750</p> <p class=font181>Office: 206-685-1074<br> rutzb@u.washington.edu<u> </u></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=454 style='width:340.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=336 style='width:3.5in;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=font181><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=800 style='width:600.0pt; mso-cellspacing:1.5pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;height:26.25pt'> <td colspan=5 valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:26.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Education</span></strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> </td> <td width=137 style='width:102.75pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><strong><span style='font-size: 13.5pt'>PhD Candidate</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=183 style='width:137.25pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Chemical Engineering.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=304 style='width:228.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>University</span></st1:PlaceType><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName></span></st1:place><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>, Seattle<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>(2008 - present)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width=20 style='width:15.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> </td> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td colspan=2 style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Advisor:&nbsp; Dr. John C. Berg&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=134 style='width:100.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:16.5pt'> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:16.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> </td> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:16.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><strong><span style='font-size: 13.5pt'>B.S.</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:16.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Chemical Engineering.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:16.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>University of Rochester, Rochester NY<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:16.5pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>(2008)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=802 style='width:8.35in; mso-cellspacing:1.5pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;height:26.25pt'> <td colspan=4 valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:26.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Previous Research </span></strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=21 style='width:15.75pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=329 style='width:246.95pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Research Assistant</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=308 style='width:231.15pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>University of Rochester<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=135 colspan=2 style='width:100.9pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>(9/2007-12/2007)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <![if !supportMisalignedColumns]> <tr height=0> <td width=24 style='border:none'></td> <td width=331 style='border:none'></td> <td width=310 style='border:none'></td> <td width=2 style='border:none'></td> <td width=135 style='border:none'></td> </tr> <![endif]> </table> </div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=802 style='width:601.4pt; mso-cellspacing:1.5pt;margin-left:-2.25pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;height:16.05pt;mso-row-margin-left: .25pt;mso-row-margin-right:14.55pt'> <td style='mso-cell-special:placeholder;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' width=0><p class='MsoNormal'>&nbsp;</td> <td width=140 colspan=2 style='width:104.8pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:16.05pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=632 colspan=3 valign=top style='width:474.3pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:16.05pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Synthesized and characterized platinum-lead-bismuth nanoparticles catalysts for use in methanol fuel cells <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='mso-cell-special:placeholder;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in' width=19><p class='MsoNormal'>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width=20 colspan=2 style='width:15.1pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=329 colspan=2 style='width:246.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td> <td width=308 style='width:231.05pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td> <td width=135 colspan=2 style='width:100.9pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=20 colspan=2 style='width:15.1pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=329 colspan=2 style='width:246.85pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></strong></p> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Research Assistant</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=308 style='width:231.05pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>University of Kansas<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=135 colspan=2 style='width:100.9pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>(5/2007-8/2007)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <![if !supportMisalignedColumns]> <tr height=0> <td width=3 style='border:none'></td> <td width=20 style='border:none'></td> <td width=122 style='border:none'></td> <td width=209 style='border:none'></td> <td width=310 style='border:none'></td> <td width=115 style='border:none'></td> <td width=22 style='border:none'></td> </tr> <![endif]> </table> </div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=764 style='width:573.2pt; mso-cellspacing:1.5pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes; height:16.05pt'> <td width=127 style='width:95.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height: 16.05pt'></td> <td width=632 valign=top style='width:473.7pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:16.05pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.35pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Studied vapor-liquid equilibrium, expansion and critical point for a CO<sub>2</sub> expanded system and the miscibility of an ionic liquid containing system as a participant in the NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates program<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.35pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.35pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>The results of the research were published in: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.35pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Ren W, Rutz B, Scurto A. J of Supercritical Fluids 51 (2009) 142-147<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=800 style='width:600.0pt; mso-cellspacing:1.5pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;height:26.25pt'> <td width=796 valign=top style='width:597.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:26.25pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Research Interest</span></strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.75pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>My current research interests are focused on novel methods of reducing the weight in fiber reinforced polymeric composites by the introduction of nano voids.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Although voids are typically considered to be detrimental to composite mechanical properties, it is believed that careful control of void size and location could allow for the volume fraction of matrix to be reduced without reducing the mechanical properties. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:15.75pt;text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;height:26.25pt'> <td width=796 valign=top style='width:597.0pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt; height:26.25pt'></td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><strong><span style='font-size: 18.0pt;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://students.washington.edu/rutzb/index_files/Resume.pdf">Resume</a></span></strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width=800 style='width:600.0pt' noshade style='color:black' align=center> </div> <div align=center> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width=800 style='width:600.0pt; mso-cellspacing:1.5pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=250 style='width:187.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><a href="http://www.washington.edu/">University of Washington</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=286 style='width:214.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><a href="http://www.cheme.washington.edu/">UW Chemical Engineering</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=250 style='width:187.5pt;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><a href="http://faculty.washington.edu/spc/">Prof. Berg Research Group</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Last Update:&nbsp; October 20, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>