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Elena Kuo

R&D Engineer | Pigment & Dye Dispersions
New Taipei City

Summary

Materials R&D professional with over five years of experience in pigment and dye dispersions, inkjet inks, and coatings. Hands-on experience in instrumental color evaluation, raw-material comparisons, and textile rub fastness improvement. Seeking to apply this background to footwear material quality at Nike and contribute to issue resolution through material testing and collaboration with suppliers and manufacturing partners.

Overview

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years of professional experience

Work History

Engineer

USI Management Consulting Corporation
04.2025 - 03.2026
  • Led formulation improvement for transparent thermal-insulation coating, addressing application performance issues to enhance product effectiveness.
  • Compared functional raw materials and introduced a local second source.
  • Led engineering assessments and translated client requirements into actionable technical solutions.

R&D Engineer

Double Bond Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd.
09.2022 - 07.2024
  • Independently designed experiments and adjusted pigment inkjet ink formulations. Combined formulation changes
    with additional post-treatment to improve dry rub fastness from grade 3.5 to 4 and wet rub fastness from grade 1 to
    3 on cotton and polyester under tested conditions; identified persistent limitations on nylon.
  • Developed water-based textile pigment and disperse-dye inkjet inks, evaluating dispersion systems, application performance, and inkjet printing stability.
  • Evaluated UV absorber performance on dyed textile swatches exposed to QUV, comparing color metrics (L, a, b, ΔE) before and after defined exposure intervals to assess durability.

Application Testing Laboratory Staff

Hou Chi Chemical Co., Ltd.
08.2019 - 04.2022
  • Prepared coating formulations with milled pigment dispersions, applied and dried films, and used instrumental color measurements to compare house and competitor dispersants for color strength and shade.
  • Evaluated supplier pigment samples against previously used materials for color strength and shade consistency, supporting raw-material selection.
  • Tested dispersants and leveling agents in industrial coatings and evaluated water-based pigment pastes and inkjet systems.

Education

BSc - Chemistry

National Cheng Kung University
Tainan City
01-2019

Skills

Color stability analysis

Materials Testing

Color measurement

Critical thinking

Project management

Project planning

Formulation development

Timeline

Engineer

USI Management Consulting Corporation
04.2025 - 03.2026

R&D Engineer

Double Bond Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd.
09.2022 - 07.2024

Application Testing Laboratory Staff

Hou Chi Chemical Co., Ltd.
08.2019 - 04.2022

BSc - Chemistry

National Cheng Kung University
Elena KuoR&D Engineer | Pigment & Dye Dispersions