Alex (Zheyuan) Ding
***** ******** ** #***, **********, MI, 48034 Phone: 315-***-**** Email: acfnde@r.postjobfree.com
OBJECTIVE: To obtain a position in the field of mechanical engineering & apply my knowledge and
skills in Product Design & Development, Validation.
SUMMARY
Strong skills in 3D modeling and hands-on experience on mechanical design.
Proficient in structural and stress FEA analysis with Abaqus, Hypermesh and ANSYS.
Solid basics on mechanics, composite, vibration, thermal, optimization and control .
Engineer in Training (E.I.T) certificated
Self-motivated, quick learner, teamwork, problem solving ability and ready for challenges.
WORK EXPERIENCE
DPS Puxuan Automation Technology, Ltd Shanghai, China, 05/13 – 08/13
Mechanical Design Engineer
Participated in the design of automation liquid control tools for Bosch, 3M and Fujitsu.
Semiautomatic coating machine controlled by hydraulic valve, solenoid and gear pump
Driven part and of three-axis coating machine, including motor, conveyor, air cylinder and slide
The new standard rack for vertical potting systems
Mastered in professional 3D modeling with Solidworks and Catia, and MCAD/ECAD
conversion, prepared BOM, Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerance(GD&T) and stack-up analysis
Designed and standardized the series of material tank with stirring shaft.
Designed the fixture for PCB to assist assembly in mass manufacturing.
Dehao China Package Automation Inc. Shanghai, China, 06/12 – 08/12
Application Engineer Intern
Installed, debugged and maintained Autobag® Accu-Count Models 100 and 200.
Developed interface application of packaging system to realize fast and low-cost production.
Baohua Trailer Parts Manufacturing Inc. Zhenjiang, China, 01/12 – 03/12
Mechanical Engineer Intern
CAD modeling with Unigraphics and FEA of axle, hub, suspension and linkage.
Built failure model of axle, calculated the fatigue life cycle and issued effect factors by failure
tree.
Participated in selecting the manufacturing process and compiling operation instructions.
Engineering Training Program of NUAA Nanjing, China, 05/10 – 06/10
Practiced the programming of Siemens CNC machine and laser machining.
Operated hot-working, molding, soldering, milling, lathing and bench work.
Robotics Laboratory of NUAA Nanjing, China, 11/08 – 06/11
Mastered the programming of Model 80C51 Microcontroller and designed tracing robot.
Modeled and simulated the motion and dynamics of mechanical rotation arm with Matlab.
PROJECT
Quality Control Project on Kodak’s Bankrupt Syracuse University, 01/14-04/14
Root cause analysis of failed operation, data collection and SPC analysis with Minitab.
Applied Six Sigma and DOE for continuous improvement and proposed measurements.
Applied FTA and DFMEA tools to reliability analysis of new model of Kodak printer.
Design and Stress Analysis of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic Syracuse University, 09/13-12/13
Designed the sequence of stack up of laminated GFRP according to specific load and
calculated failure load under different failure mode with Matlab.
Familiar with stamping, injection molding, hand lay-up and extrusion forming process of fiber
reinforced material.
Interference Fit Analysis of Pulley and Bearing Syracuse University, 11/13-12/13
Created and meshed the model in Hypermesh and set up analysis steps in 20 and 140, chose
the appropriate interference to prevent clearance in high temperature.
Simulated the process of fit in Abaqus and plotted the contact pressure and contact force in
axial direction between pulley and bearing to ensure parts would not be damaged.
Design of Two-way Gear Pump DPS Puxuan Automation, 07/13-08/13
Designed the pair of gears, shells and liquid path.
Worked on the seal system (O-ring, filler, mechanical) to prevent the leakage.
Chose appropriate heat treatment process to make material harder.
Design Optimization of Cylindrical Spring Syracuse University, 02/13-04/13
Created mathematic multi-objective model and constraint functions, applied SQP algorithm
and compromise programming in Matlab to obtain Pareto Frontier.
Solved the problem in OptiStruct and compared it with the results obtained in Matlab.
Load Analysis of 3D Weave Ceramic Matrix Composite (Thesis) NUAA, 02/12-05/12
Conducted tensile experiments of material and observed microscopic image of fracture surface.
Created microscopic and macroscopic models of this material in ANSYS
Meshed with tetrahedron element and wrote APDL program to simulate the tensile process for
strength prediction.
Design of Reduction Gearbox NUAA, 02/11-03/11
Determined combination and geometric parameters of gears according to transmission ratio.
Checked the stress of shafts and gears and calculated the output power and efficiency.
Designed the shell of gearbox, bolt connection and lubricants return system.
EDUCATION
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY College of Engineering, Syracuse, NY May 2014
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.86/4.0
NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS, Nanjing, China June 2012
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.32/4.0
SKILLS
CAD Software: Solidworks, CATIA, ProE, AutoCAD, Inventor,UG
CAE Software: Abaqus, Hypermesh, ANSYS
Program Software: Matlab, C++, Python
Statistical Software: Minitab, Excel
Language: Native Mandarin, fluent in oral and written English