QUALIFICARION SUMMARY

Expert in theory and implementation of acoustic tomography for nondestructive testing system as well as signal processing and 3D ultrasound imaging reconstruction.

Proficiency in system automation and instrumentation with 9 years work experience including development of automation control electronics for multiple instruments, design of embedded sensor networking devices with microcontrollers, and analysis of future issues.

Comprehensive experience on electrical and electromagnetic modeling with SIMetrix and MATLAB, as well as trouble-shooting and maintenance of circuit board level.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, GPA: 4.00 May. 2015

M. S. Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, GPA: 3.56 Jul. 2005

B. S. Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, GPA: 2.89, Jun. 2003

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, Department of Electrical Engineering, TAMU, College Station Aug. 2010- May. 2015

Invented world’s first Water Immersible MEMS Scanning Mirror which can work reliably in the liquid environment. Achieved in vivo photoacoustic imaging system and improved 500% frame rate.

Designed and fabricated 2D Virtual Ultrasound Transducer Array tomography system as well as reconstruct 3D image using MATLAB and VolView. Reduced the cost of generating 3D ultrasound image for at least 100% and improved the resolution more than 50% compare with traditional physical 2D ultrasound transducer array.

Instructed two master students building handheld ultrasound microscopy with Water Immersible MEMS Scanning

Mirror and portable 3D ultrasound imaging probe using 2D Virtual Transducer Array. Interpreted theories and system

requirements comprehensively and accomplished prototype designs.

Built automatic arbitrary scanning pattern ultrasound and photoacoustic co-register imaging system with LabVIEW,

MATLAB, programmable linear motor, and DAQ cards. Accelerated simulation and data acquisition speed up to 600%.

Research, Design, and Development Engineer Ш, Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston Jul. 2015- May. 2016

(World 3rd largest oil drilling service company)

Developed in-situ calibration method for next generation resistivity logging while drilling tools. Expected to improve at least 50% accuracy when the formation resistivity larger than 100 ohm-m by analyzing and simulating electrical and electromagnetic properties of down hole resistivity measurement.

Analyzed root cause of electrical resistivity imager of current tool. Provided solutions for high quality resistivity imaging in harsh conditions like high resistivity formation with low resistivity drilling fluid.

Engineer Intern, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Hsinchu, Taiwan Jul. 2013- Aug. 2013

(No. 1 semiconductor manufacturer in the world)

Analyzed incoming issues while mass product ordinary layouts with Multiple E-Beam Direct Write system through paper searching, existing layouts analyzing, and simulation with MATLAB. Saved 70% time consuming of layouts examining and investigated two design rules.

LabVIEW Programmer, Department of Psychology, TAMU, College Station Mar. 2012- Jun. 2013

Developed 12 physiological signal monitor programs including GSR, ECG, PPG, EEG, and respiration. Increased 90% of subjects testing speed by managing testing flows of each psychological experiment.

Integrated Biopac, Biosemi, and Medoc Pathway Systems using LabVIEW and self-designed adaptor. Synchronized data collection procedure of three instruments and saved more than 50% time consuming of data processing in each trial.

Research Assistant, Dept. of Computer Science, NCKU, Tainan, Taiwan Feb. 2010- Jul. 2010

Developed baseline shift heartbeat calculating algorithm to monitor the physical condition of patients in nursing hospital. Increased 90% heart beat accuracy when the patient is under emergency.

Remodeled wearable wireless sensor network monitor with MSP430 and Taroko Zigbee module. Saved 32% dimension as long as 45% weight of entire system and resulted in finger-wearing health monitor device for aged home.

Research and Development Engineer, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Oct. 2005- Jan. 2010

Tainan, Taiwan

Created pixel by pixel color feedback algorithm for LED back light module by using current mixing method. Issued two patents (Pub. No.: 2008/0012820 A1 and Patent No.: 7973759) and increased 19.85 % color accuracy of LED backlight.

Investigated flick free sequential LED light intensity detection method to address the blink issue of large size LED monitor. Increased 300% of LED dimension without blink phenomena and issued one patent (Pub. No.: US 2008/0252664 A1).

Deduced wavelength stabling algorithm for LED backlight module. Increased 50% temperature tolerance of LED monitor and issued one patent (Patent No.: 7638744).

Research Assistant, Far Infrared Rays Laboratory, NCKU, Tainan, Taiwan Sep.2003- Jul. 2005

Investigated emotion monitoring biofeedback system for archers to evaluate the mental state during practicing and competition. Improved 60% of subjects’ grades during preliminary simulation trial.

AWARDS AND HONORS

ECE Department Scholarship Sep. 2010~ Sep. 2013

Best Oral Paper Award SPIE, BiOS, 2013 Feb. 2013

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

[1] ZX Huang and et al. “Device and Method For Driving Light Emitting Diodes.” (US patent, Pub. No.: US 2008/0252664 A1)

[2] ZX Huang and et al. “A System and Method for Stabling Wavelength of LED Radiation in Backlight Module.” (US patent, Patent No.: 7638744)

[3] Chih-Hsien Huang, and et al. “A Water-Immersible 2-axis Scanning Mirror Microsystem for Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Microscopic Imaging applications,”Microsystem Technologies, Vol. 19, 577-582, 2012.

[4] Chih-Hsien Huang*, Junjie Yao*, and et al. “Wide-field Fast-scanning Photoacoustic Microscopy Enhanced by a Water-Immersible MEMS Scanning Mirror,” J. Biomed. Opt., Vol. 17(8), 2012.

[5] Junjie Yao, Chih-Hsien Huang, and et al. “High-speed label-free functional photoacoustic microscopy of mouse brain in

action,” Nature Methods, Vol. 12, 407–410, 2015.

[6] Chih-Hsien Huang, and et al. “A novel two-axis micromechanical scanning transducer using water-immersible electromagnetic actuators for handheld 3D ultrasound imaging,” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol. 236, 281-288, 2015.

SKILL SETS

MATLAB, SIMetrix, LabVIEW, Solidwork, AutoCAD, Volview, Linux, Protel, Microcontrollers (MSP430, AVR, 8051, ARM, and PIC), Python, C language, Assembly language, ESD protection, PLC, Wave2000, L-EDIT, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel

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