Man-Kwan (Trista) Ng

Ph.D Candidate

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Evanston, IL 60201 USA

Phone: 847-***-**** Email: acuvkk@r.postjobfree.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trista-man-kwan-ng-40710bb7 Educational background

Ph.D (2011- Present)

Expecting graduation: 2016

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, IL, USA. (GPA: 3.82/4.00) M.S. (2009-2011) Department of Engineering Physics, Electronics and Mechanics, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan.

B.S. (2005-2008) Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. Highlights

Professional Skills • (Micro) manufacturing and technology advancement experience via Ph.D study (5 years)

• Electrically-assisted forming (Surface texturing, roll bonding) (5 years)

• 3D CAD modeling and simulation, e.g. Solidwork, NX and Abaqus. (5 years)

• Experience with Matlab for analytical study (5 years Matlab experience).

• Control experience, user of LabView and experience with handling sensors and actuators. (3 years)

• Sheet metal forming

• Component and machine designs

• Plastic injection molding

• Actuators and sensing

• CNC machining

• CAM, e.g. NX

Languages English, Chinese/Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese International

Experience

• Tertiary education received from Hong Kong, Japan and USA.

• Internship in Japan and Ireland.

Patent Cao, J., Ng M.K., Smith, K.C., Nemani, V.P., Harris, S.J., “Fast Ion-Transport, High Capacity, and Long Cycle-Life in Batteries Manufactured with a Modified Electrode-Fabrication Process”, Provisional patent application submitted, No. 62/136,685, 2015. (Pending) Awards and Achievements

Best Paper Award, 2014, “Design and evaluation of an embedded pressure sensor for microrolling process monitoring”, Fan, Z., Zou, X., Gao, R., Ng, M.K., Cao, J. and Smith, E.F., 2014 International Symposium on Flexible Automation, Awaji-Island, Hyogo, Japan.

Walter P. Murphy Fellowship, 2011, Northwestern University, USA. The Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship, 2008-2011, Japan Outstanding Presentation Award of the 61st Japanese Joint Conference for the Technology of Plasticity, Japan, (2010) Winner of Meyer Poon Memorial Awards of Hong Kong Institute of Acoustics, Hong Kong, (2008) Leadership Training

Management Certificate for Scientists and Engineers, Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University, USA.

• A free management certificate course organized by Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University for training of future leaders in sciences and engineering fields. Competitive selection process among an elite group of Ph.D students was required for limited spots.

Industrial Experience

Internship, 9/ 2009, AISIN SEIKI Co., Ltd, Japan.

• AISIN SEIKI, a company belongs to Toyota group, is the main automobile part supplier to Toyota automobile.

• Joined the Manufacturing Process Development Department to assist the improvement of manufacturing process for automobile door joint assembly.

• Produced assemblies with newly developed manufacturing process and conducted tests to evaluate the strength of the assemblies.

• Assisted in the analysis on the material microstructure of the assemblies. Internship, 6/2007 – 8/2007, Cork City Council, Ireland.

• Helped in the electricity tender selection process for providing electricity to all government buildings in the city. Duties included evaluation of tenders in the aspects of rate, electricity sources, environmental friendliness and etc., and assisted in drafting the evaluation report.

• Reviewed the electricity consumption of selected government buildings and made decision on switching electricity rate plan provided by the electricity provider in order to reduce expense. Research Experience

Research Assistant, 2012-present, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, USA.

• Conducting research on different projects with external collaborators from universities, industries and national laboratories.

• Researching on microrolling, microrolling-based texturing, roll bonding, electrically-assisted process on metals and graphite.

• Assisting advisor in proposal generations, including idea generations, literature reviews, proposal drafting, and preliminary experimental investigations.

Research Assistant, 7/2008 – 9/2008, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.

• Assisted in carrying experiments for developing new noise reduction technique for ventilation systems. Service and Outreach

Student Co-head, 2015, Sheet Metal Forming Workshop and NADDRG Meeting, Northwestern University, USA

• Helped in the organization of a workshop, including human resource allocation and material preparation. Student Helper, 2014, NU-FIRST Program, Northwestern University, USA.

• Acted as a representative of the corresponding laboratory to communicate with the organizer in event planning and organized lab-tour for the event.

Graduate Student Co-Organizer, 2013, NSF Summer Institute on Additive Manufacturing, Northwestern University, USA.

• Helped in the organization of the event, including material organization and preparation, reception arrangement and lab-tour demonstration.

Graduate Student Co-Organizer, 2012, The 7th International Conference on Micromanufacturing, USA. Program, Northwestern University, USA.

• Assisted in the organization of the conference, including event planning, poster preparations, reception arrangement and lab-tour demonstrations.

Graduate Student Co-Organizer, 2010, International Forum on Micro Manufacturing, Japan.

• Helped in the organization of the event, including proceedings publication, material organization and preparation, reception arrangement and translation assistance.

Promotional Secretary, 3/2006 – 2/2007, PolyU Student Chapter, Young Member Section of Hong Kong Branch of Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMECHE), Hong Kong.

• Promoted IMECHE and its activities in the university.

• Attended branch meeting and conveyed students needs and opinions to IMECHE. Journal Publications

• Ng, M.K., Ehmann, K., Cao, J., “Electrically-assisted accumulative roll bonding and analytical calculation of interface temperature”. (In preparation)

• Ng, M.K., Saxena, I. Ehmann, K., Cao, J., (2015), “Improving Surface Hydrophobicity by Microrolling-based Texturing”, Journal of Micro and Nano-Manufacturing. (Accepted)

• Ng, M.K., Li, L., Fan, Z., Gao, R.X., Smith, E.F. III, Ehmann, K.F. and Cao, J. (2015), “Joining sheet metals by electrically-assisted roll bonding”, CIRP Annals – Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 64/1, 273-276.

• Xu, D., Ng, M.K., Zhou, R., Fan, R., Wang, H., Chen, J., Cao, J., (2015), “Enhancement of Adhesion Strength by Micro-rolling Based Surface Texturing”, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 78/9, 1427-1435. DOI 10.1007/s00170-014-6736-0.

• Zou, X., Fan, Z., Gao, R. Ng, M.K. and Cao, J., (2015), “An integrative approach to spatial mapping of pressure distribution in microrolling”, CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology, Vol. 9, 107-115.

• Fan, Z., Zou, X., Gao, R., Ng. M.K., Cao, J. and Smith, E., (2015), “Embedded capacitive pressure sensing for electrically assisted microrolling”, IEEE/ASME Transcations on Mechatronics, Vol.20/3, 1005-1014.

• Ng, M.K., Fan, Z., Gao, R.X., Cao, J. and Smith, E.F. III, (2014), “Characterization of electrically-assisted micro-rolling for surface texturing using embedded sensor”, CIRP Annals – Manufacturing Technology, Vol.63/1, 269–272.

• Fan, Z., Ng, M.K., Gao, R.X., Cao, J. and Smith, E.F. III (2012) “Real-Time Monitoring of Pressure Distribution in Microrolling through Embedded Capacitive Sensing”, CIRP Annals – Manufacturing Technology, Vol.61/1, 367–370. Conference Publications

• Moradi, M., Ng, M.K., Lee, T., Cao, J. and Picard, Y.N., “Interface characterization of Al-Cu micro-laminates fabricated by electrically-assisted roll bonding”, Proceedings of the ASME 2016 International Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, Virginia, USA, June, 2016.

• Fan, Z., Zou, X., Gao, R., Ng, M.K., Cao, J. and Smith, E.F., “Design and evaluation of an embedded pressure sensor for microrolling process monitoring”, International Symposium on Flexible Automation, Awaji-Island, Hyogo, Japan, July, 2014.

• Ng, M.K., Saxena, I., Ehmann, K.F. and Cao, J., “Improving surface hydrophobic performance by micro-rolling based texturing”, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Micromanufacturing, Singapore, March, 2014.

• Ng, M.K., Magargee, J., Fan, R., Gao R.X. and Cao, J., “Surface texturing in titanium alloy by electrically-assisted micro-rolling”, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Micromanufacturing, Victoria, Canada, March, 2013.

• Ng, M.K., Magargee, J., Ehmann, K.F. and Cao, J., “Microrolling-based Surface Texturing”, Conference on Multi-Material Micro Manufacture, Eibar, Spain, October, 2013.

• Fan, R., Ng, M.K., Xu, D., Hu, P. and Cao, J., “Experimental and Numerical Study of Electrically-Assisted Micro-Rolling”, The 11th International Conference on Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes, Shenyang, China, July, 2013.

• Ng, M.K., Fan, R., Zhou, R., Smith, E.F. III, Gao, R.X. and Cao, J., “Micro surface-texturing by electrically-assisted micro-rolling

(EAµR)”, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference On Micromanufacturing, pp. 259-266, Evanston, USA, March, 2012.

• Xu, D., Ng, M.K., Fan, R., Zhou, R., Wang, H., Chen, J., Cao, J., “Influence of Micro Surface Texturing on Adhesion Strength”, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference On Micromanufacturing, pp. 587-593, Evanston, USA, March, 2012.

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