Weimin Yin, Ph. D

US Citizen

** ***** ***** **, **********, CT 06877 Contact #: 859-***-**** Email: accgpn@r.postjobfree.com

Profile and Summary of Qualifications

Highly motivated and results oriented professional with demonstrated consistent innovation on materials

design/process development. Talented at defining, managing and executing complex product development programs

and continuous improvement efforts. Extensive experience on customer technical support and project management on

internal and external funded projects.

Specialties: Product development, continuous improvement, lean six sigma, project management, engineering

management, materials science, metallurgy, alloy development, precious metals, melting, casting, rolling, annealing,

stamping, bonding, soldering, brazing, plating, vacuum deposition, thin films, sputtering targets, evaporation materials,

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Processing and Product Development

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified, extensive experiences on materials (superalloys, intermetallics, composites,

ceramics, light metals, and nanostructure materials) and processes (casting, rolling, forging, extrusion, powder

metallurgy)

● Identify and develop new powder processing technology for traditional and novel magnetic materials.

● Applied Lean Six Sigma in quality improvement and cost reduction in manufacturing precious and

non precious PVD materials through optimizing casting and thermal mechanical process.

● Developed various nickel and cobalt based alloys for aviation and semiconductor applications.

● Optimized directional solidification and investment casting to fabricate engine blades and PVD materials.

● Performed failure analysis of superalloy engine blades and aluminum parts.

● Simulated the casting and rolling process using the finite element engineering simulation programs such as

Procast and ABAQUS.

● Conducted and improved forging, extruding, hot and cold rolling process to optimize mechanical properties of

aluminium base alloys.

● Developed compaction process (forging, hot pressing) of novel permanent magnetic materials.

● Synthesized and evaluated nanostructured nickel based composites through milling and compaction.

● Optimized powder metallurgical process (hot pressing and HIP) to fabricate high quality metals and ceramic

targets for next generation magnetic recording applications.

● Designed shaped ingot and rolling practice of aluminum sheet for maximum utilization of materials.

● Developed an aluminum alloy for packaging with higher tolerance of impurities has been applied in fabrication

of billions of aluminum beverage cans with massive reduced cost.

Properties and Characterization

10+ years hands on experience on microstructure characterization, mechanical behavior study and numerical simulation.

● Have extensive practice and knowledge on analytical TEM, SEM, Electron Probe, Auger and XRD.

● Carried out testing and characterized mechanical properties of high temperature alloys, advanced intermetallics

and nanostructured materials, including hardness, tensile, creep, fatigue and dynamic mechanical analysis.

Accumulated extensive experience for mechanics experiments such as MTS, Instron, DMA. and designed the

samples to meet the special purpose as well as availability of materials.

● Investigated the grain structure and mechanical response of nanostructured nickel, focusing on study of

interstitial effect on creep and thermal dynamic mechanical behavior.

● Performed microstructure characterization and phase transformation of Ti Al alloys, elucidated phase

precipitation and transformation by combination of isothermal annealing and DSC thermal analysis.

● Characterized the microstructure of aluminum alloys with a focus on the intermetallic particles and their effects

on the mechanical properties and fabrication behavior.

Leadership

● Planned and conducted technical projects as a team leader.

● Interacted with DOE, universities and research labs to execute federal funded projects.

● Organized and chaired international materials society symposia and published books as chief editor.

● Identified new technology and built technology roadmap.

● Experienced in working with upper management, marketing, outside customers, research community, industrial

consortium, professional associations, etc.

● Excellent written, presentation and interpersonal communication skills.

● Positive, collaborative, and encouraging attitude with team members.

Weimin Yin, Ph. D

24 White Birch Rd, Ridgefield, CT 06877 Contact #: 859-***-**** Email: accgpn@r.postjobfree.com

Employment

● Advanced Magnetic Program Manager, Arnold Magnetic Technologies, Rochester, NY, 2012 present

Development of novel magnetic materials and product improvement of rare earth magnets.

● Principal R&D Scientist, Materion, Brewster, NY, 2007 2012

Develop and implement technical innovations to manufacture novel physical vapor deposition materials using

advanced melting and casting, thermo mechanical process as well as powder metallurgy process.

● Materials Engineer, Secat, Inc. Lexington, Kentucky, 2003 2007

Developed aluminum alloys for packaging applications through experimental study and numerical simulations

(Procast, ABAQUS) with an emphasis on cost reduction and mechanical property optimization.

● Research Fellow, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York, 1998 2003

Investigated grain structure and mechanical response of nanostructured nickel.

● Visiting Scientist, Institute for the Technology of Materials and Energetic Processes, Milan, Italy, 1996 1997

Studied microstructure and creep behavior of superalloys and Ti Al alloys.

● Engineer / Project Manager, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 1992 1998

Developed casting and thermal mechanical process for superalloys and intermetallics.

Education

● Ph.D. in Materials Science, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, 2003

● M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 1992

● B.S. in Materials Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, 1989

Honors and Affiliations

● Noah A. Kahn ASTM Committee E 7 Award, 2001

● Fellowship of International Centre of Theoretical Physics, UNESCO, United Nation, 1996 1997.

● Chair & Session Chair on Aluminum Alloys, TMS 2007, 2008 and 2009 Annual Conference,.

Patents

● Shaped Direct chill Aluminum Ingot, US SN 11/286,401

● Particulate Reinforced Ni Al Base in situ Composite, Patent number: CN96115292

● Directionally solidified cast nickel based DZ17G superalloy, Patent number: CN95110023

Selected Publications/Presentations

● Co author/editor of 4 books, co author of 41 publications in journals/proceedings

1. W. Yin, S. Constantinides, “Consolidation of Permanent Magnetic Materials”, Thermec 2013, Invited Talk.

2. W. Yin, S. Constantinides, “Energy Critical Magnetic Material Manufacturing Processes”, Powdermet 2013.

3. W. Yin, “Chapter 19 Creep and high temperature deformation in nanostructured metals and alloys” in

Nanostructured metals and alloys: Processing, microstructure, mechanical properties and applications, ISBN 1 84569

670 0, Woodhead Publishing Limited, March 2011

4. W. Yin, S. Das, Z. Long, Proceedings on Aluminum Alloys: Fabrication, Characterization and Applications II, TMS,

March 2009, San Francisco

5. W. Yin, S. Das, Proceedings on Aluminum Alloys: Fabrication, Characterization and Applications, TMS, March

2008, New Orlean.

6. S. Das, W. Yin, Proceedings on Aluminum Alloys for Packaging, Automotive, Aerospace and Other Applications,

TMS, February 2007, Orlando, FL.

7. S. Das, W. Yin, “Trends in Global Aluminum Fabrication Industry”, Journal of Metal, Feburary, 2007.

8. G. Jha, W. Yin, R. Bowers, “Microstructure and Texture Evolution During Drawing and Ironing Rigid Container

Sheet”, in Aluminum Alloys, TMS 2006 Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, February 2006, 151 160.

9. W. Yin, S. Whang, “The Creep and Fracture in the Nanostructured Metals and Alloys”, Journal of Metal, January

2005, 63 70.

10. W. Yin, S. Whang, and R. Mirsham, “Effect of Interstitials on Tensile Strength and Creep in Nanostructured Ni”,

Acta Materialia, 53(2005)383 392.

11. W. Yin, V. Lupinc, and L. Batizatti, “Microstructure Study of A TiAl Based Alloy Containing W and Si”, Material

Science and Engineering, A239 240(1997) 713 21.

12. W. Yin, J. T. Guo etc, “Study of Heat Treatment Cycles of A Directionally Solidified Superalloy”, Proceedings of the

2nd Pacific Rim International Conference, 1995.

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