EDUCATION

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI

Candidate for a Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering

August 2014 – Present (Expected Graduation Date: May 2016, GPA:3.90)

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI

Candidate for a Master of Science Degree in Mathematics

August 2013 – May 2014 (Switched to Mechanical Engineering)

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI

Received Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics

Graduate date: May 2012

University of Hawaii – Leeward Community College, Pearl City, HI

Received Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts, May 2009

Graduate GPA: 3.67 – Received Phi Theta Kappa Honor

SKILLS

Proficient of Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, and Excel

TOEIC (score: 840/990) taken in February 2012

Arduino programming

Developed Matlab simulations of movements of microorganisms in low Reynolds number flow and Mars landing.

Basic skills of C++, Java, Python.

Designing in 3D CAT (SolidWorks) as a graduate thesis research / CanSat competition / Internship

RESEAECH / ACTIVITIES

Graduate Research Assistant @ Renewable energy, Industrial automation, and Precision engineering (RIP) Laboratory, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI – Jan. 2015 ~ Present

This work involves the design, construction, and evaluation of a cost efficient plant growing and monitoring enclosure with active environmental control. The objective of this design is to provide the capability to create a completely stable environment for a 100 plant sample size to grow for a period of 3 months in a chamber. In addition, this chamber will actively gather plant growth data with an automated mass measurement system and watering system which a target weight is defined for 10 different groups. The main objective is to develop a device with strong operational reliability, increased capability, and relatively compact than similar devices on the market while at a significantly lower cost and complexity.

College of Engineering at Dean’s Office, Graduate Research Assistant at University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI – January 2016 – Present

-Assist in the development of engineering design process (EDP) curriculum for middle and high school teachers

-Mentor high school teachers in possibly multi-disciplinary engineering design process projects

-Assist in the organization and facilitation of teacher EDP workshops and work sessions

-Assist in engineering education research and studies and possible publications

-Supervise and train undergraduate assistants in EDP activity development

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Teaching Assistant at University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI – August 2015 ~ December 2015

Assisting professor by tutoring students and grading homeworks/quizzes/exams for the Feed-back Control Class and Kinematics/Dynamics Machinery Class.

CanSat Competition 2015, organized by NASA & AIAA (Team Lead) – Dec. 2014 ~ July. 2015

Designing and Building a CanSat (Miniaturized Satellite), working as a team lead. Organizing/managing a team, making members work efficiently and complete their tasks on time, which is hard since this competition is totally extra works besides school work, and motivating an entire team. Also as a lead of Mechanical Subsystem, I'm in charge of designing, testing, manufacturing, and selecting materials of mechanical constructions.

Summer Internship at Interstel Technologies, Inc. – May 18th, 2015 ~ August 31st, 2015

Designing and 3D printing a quadcopter using SolidWorks and operating and controlling by experiencing with COSMOS.

Summer High School Internship Mentor – June 8th,2015 ~ July 31st, 2015

Mentoring 2 high school students to help their project assigned from Interstel Technologies, Inc and Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory (HSFL).

Graduate Research Assistant (Math/Fluid Dynamics), University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI – May.2014 ~ Jan. 2015

Deriving and predicting the metachronal paddling of rigid appendages for aquatic locomotion based on slender-body theory for Stokes flow, simulating using Matlab, and using high-speed camera and microscope to compare that our governing equations are matched or well predicted.

Research Assistant (Astronomy), Leeward Community College, Pearl City, HI – 2007 ~ 2008

Observe the activities of the Sun and stars, collects data, and control telescope.

Research Assistant (Astrodynamics), University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI – 2011 ~ 2013

1.Investigation of integral manifold for extremal fields of intermediate thrust arcs in the Mayer’s variation problems.

2.Derivations of the analytical solution for 3D intermediate thrust arcs in the context of the Canonical System of the equations.

3.Survey of research paper related to intermediate thrust arcs.

4.Derivations of constant thrust and constant gravity solutions.

5.Derivations of analytical solution for orbital mechanics.

Astronautics Class Project, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI – Spring 2014

Build the UH Advanced BalloonSat Mission. Developing a reliable and high-altitude BalloonSat system capable of carrying small payloads in a near-space environment. Developing a reliable control and communications module. I was in charge of Electrical Power Subsystem.

Fluid Dynamics Class Project, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI – Spring 2014

A rod pendulum-based model for fluid structure interaction analysis. Deriving a governing equation of motion of the pendulum set in the water. Correct the data and using Matlab to show and plot the actual results to compare the derived equations.

Introduction to Thermodynamics: “Transferring Energy from Here to There” by University of Michigan on Coursera. Certificate earned on December 15, 2014

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