Chenzi (Catherine) Wang

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Bridgeview, IL 60455 312-***-****

OBJECTIVE: Engineering employment with special interest in Materials and Quality Engineering

SKILLS

Engineering experience at a manufacturing company with lab work, performing with confidence, precision, and efficiency

Excellent written and verbal communication skills (fluent in English and Mandarin); Analytical and problem solving skills

Sales and marketing experience specializing in direct sales and consulting; Providing direct support to customers

Advanced knowledge of material properties and their use in design, high temperature material design and deformation

phenomena, manufacturing methods, Finite Element Analysis, non-destructive testing techniques, and electrical circuitry

4 years hands-on experience using optical microscope, SEM, EDS/EBSD for failure analysis and to characterize

microstructure and deformation mechanisms

3 years experience performing mechanical testing of various materials (i.e. steel, superalloys, polymers, ceramics)

including tension, compression, creep, and hardness testing; Experience determining and performing heat treatments;

Checking to national/international standards (i.e. ASTM, ISO, EN)

Computer skills: Full Microsoft Office Suite, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Ruby, C++, CSS, HTML, Javascript, jQuery,

MATLAB, Mathematica, Adobe Photoshop, Nikon NIS Elements Analysis, Flash, PHP

EDUCATION

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL Aug. 2010 - Dec. 2012 Research Assistant

Masters Degree in Materials Engineering, GPA: 3.9/4.0 Dean’s Fellowship Honor

Certification: Web Application Architecture (Ruby on Rails), “With Distinction” June 2014, Coursera

WORK EXPERIENCE

Consultant – management training program, Division One Consulting Group Oct. 2013 – Jan. 2014

Sales and marketing experience with fortune 500 company, Specializing in direct sales and consulting; Meet objectives as

part of a sales team; Providing direct support to customers for communications technologies

Materials Engineer Intern, Case New Holland April 2013 – Sept. 2013

Evaluated technical specifications. Results – Reduced the cost of chemicals by introducing an alternate method that is more

efficient; Reduced the labor and overhead; More environmentally friendly

Failure analysis / Design evaluation . Results – Determined composition and heat treatment for b est combination of wear

resistance and toughness for a ground-engaging part

Conducted wear, chemical, and hardness tests. Results – Developed ideal and standardized torque coefficient for coatings

Developed microstructure image database for different grades and heat treatments of steel

Intern, Commercial Forged Products, Chicago, IL Aug. 2012 – Dec. 2012

Sample preparation; EDS Composition analysis; Metallurgical analysis using Optical and Scanning electron microscopy

Research Assistant, Questek Innovations LLC, Chicago, IL Dec. 2010 – Feb. 2011

Accountable for compression and tension tests using Gleeble 3500 Thermal System

Data Analysis; Optimum processing method; Modify for best results

Assistant of Project Manager, China FAW Group Corporation, Changchun, China Sept. 2009 – Dec. 2009

Collected data for research analysis; Wrote professional report for business project

ACTIVITIES& AWARDS

Member of Materials Advantage, USA 2011 – Present

Member of “Special Cultivation Program” for excellent students China 2009 – 2010

Winner of Innovation Experiment - National 863 project (2009)

Dancer in 2008 Olympic Games opening ceremony

Research Scholarship Winner (2009 – 2010) FEAR Fellowship Award (2010 – 2011)

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