Yi-Tang “Fred” Kao

acgapu@r.postjobfree.com 979-***-**** 2809 Rayado Ct N College Station, TX 77845

SUMMARY

Academic background in metallurgy, manufacturing, material science, and strength of materials

Extensive experience in manufacturing processes, heat treatment, machine shop, data analysis,

materials testing, metal finishing, tool design for cold work process, and metal fabrication

2+ years of metallic materials research experience in processing and heat treatment conditions

3+ years of FEA simulation experience in ABAQUS, ANSYS, MATLAB and SolidWorks

Leadership experience as concert master and conductor of the university orchestra, violin teacher,

captain of softball teams, president of the student association, and volunteer at a farm

EDUCATION

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Dec 2014

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.36 / 4.0

Specialty: Material science, metallurgy, manufacture, die design, severe plastic deformation processing

Yuan-Ze University, Taoyuan, Taiwan June 2011

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.25 / 4.0 (overall) 3.77 / 4.0 (last two years)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University June 2013-August 2014

Effect of Plastic Deformation and Heat Treatment on Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Cu Alloys

• Increased ~181% of hardness and ~60% of electrical conductivity by using various ECAE processing

methods, heat treatment conditions, polish methods, and machine tools (EDM, milling, etc.)

• Designed and built a four-point probe testing equipment for electrical resistivity measurement

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University January-May 2013

Dynamic Finite Element Analysis of Equal-Channel Angular Extrusion in Different Die Shapes

• Identified over 30% of strain difference and the relationships to the materials properties from

various tools design in ECAE processing by using ABAQUS and analytical solution

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yuan-Ze University February-September 2010

Notch Effects on the Stress-life Behavior of Carbon Nanotube-reinforced Epoxy Composite and Epoxy

• Enhanced fatigue life of materials by fabricating carbon nanotube-reinforced epoxy composites

• Determined how notches affect the fatigue life by using fatigue testing machine and lathe

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Structural Failure Analysis of a Lifeboat Hanging System Using FEA August-December 2013

•Utilized MATLAB, Solid Works, and analytical solutions to calculate strain and stress distribution

Factors Influence the Minimum Grain Size of different metals in ECAE processing February-May 2013

• Data analyzed and compared the factors that influence the minimum grain size of metals

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EVERTEKA Automation-Tech Corporation, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Engineer Intern, Manufacturing Department February-May 2011

• Completed a $150k solar panel transporting equipment project in 1 month collaboratively

• Improved mechanisms design in AutoCAD drafting; machined and assembled the equipment

SETEC Automation Corporation, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Engineer Intern, Research and Development Department July-August 2008

• Improved and drafted mechanisms design by using AutoCAD, and communicate to manufacturers

LANGUAGE

Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese, English

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