Mechanical Project Engineer

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YUSHAN TZENG

2548 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94116

Award-winning engineer with a Master degree and 5 years of solid hands-on experience in Mechanical

Engineering, advanced materials and electronics. Skilled project engineer at DC Water assists Program

Manager team (WTPM) from AECOM in designing, reviewing and managing projects of advanced wastewater

treatment facilities on a $60M Capital Project.

EDUCATION

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering May 2013

GPA: 3.7/4.0

A. James Clark School of Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

June 2011

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a Minor in Economics

GPA: 3.8/4.0

National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

HONORS

Energy Saving Competition, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China, PRC July 2010

First Prize Award, Lecturer/ Main Presenter

“The Development of Fuel Cell on Portable LED Lighting” presented to 200 people at annual energy saving

technology workshop

WORK EXPERIENCE

DC Water and Sewer Authority / AECOM, Washington, DC June 2012-May 2013

Intern Project Engineer

• Managed QA/QC program in compiling final submittal comments, reviewing process, HVAC, piping and

plumbing drawings, and providing comments that were addressed by the project design engineers.

• Lead HVAC upgrade projects to design and size ductworks capacity supported to make-up air units on

rooftop of grit and screening buildings with 50% on-site field measuring and evaluating experience.

• Tracked and monitored action items on a $60M Capital Project to ensure their completion.

• Investigated the Plant Emergency Alert System in wastewater treatment plants, conducted technical survey

and improvements, and prepared submittal report and evaluation.

• Supported the Commissioning PM in data processing, operation training, process evaluation and start-up

assistance with Operation and Maintenance Assistance Program (OMAP) from PEER Consultants.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Energy Research Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD October 2011-December 2012

Graduate Research Assistant with Advisor: Dr. Liangbing Hu

• Individually designed the concept of a top-gate transistor with pen drawn-on technique using conductive

advanced material ink, Carbon Nanotube (CNT); demonstrated a functional transistor device by

hand-written CNT ink on paper.

• Individually designed touch screen devices with concept of CNT ink as electrodes and conductive material;

functionally demonstrated a green touch screen to be replaced traditional material with CNT ink working on

a commercial device.

Energy and Environment Lab, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, ROC February 2010- June 2011

Undergraduate Research Assistant with Advisor: Dr. Hsiao-Kan Ma

• Improved performance of the one-side actuating diaphragm Micro-scale pumps in water-cooling system for

laptops by controlling flow rate and frequency, etc.

• Designed and performed a 50x50mm micro-pump on medical injection devices for a project proposal to

Taiwan National Science Council.

• Combined application of fuel cell and LED lighting in energy consumption systems.

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YUSHAN TZENG

2548 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94116

ENGINEERING PROJECT EXPERIENCE

• HVAC system design project College Park, MD

Individual project, Advisor: Dr. Yunho Hwang, CEEE, UMD February - June 2012

Combined vapor compression cycle (VCC), absorption system (ABS), and micorturbine (MT) to compare

the performance; evaluated the seasonal primary energy input and discussed potential energy saving

solutions for different systems via Engineering Equation Solver (EES) on a 5 months graduate research

project.

• Internal combustion engines lab analysis College Park, MD

Key member as a data analyst, Advisor: Dr. Leonard Hamilton, UMD January 2013 – May 2013

Analyzed data from industry-scale Gasoline and Diesel engines, and modeled to optimize performance in

weekly reports for a 5 months lab project.

• Computer-Aided Design (CAD) performance project Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Individual project February – June 2010

Designed and programmed a 3D animation steering globe via AutoCAD for a semester undergraduate

research project.

• Computer-Aided Manufacture (CAM) performance project Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Key member as a project manager Sept 2010 – February 2011

Designed and manufactured an aluminum workpiece via SolidWorks, MasterCAM and Computer

Numerical Control (CNC) programming milling machine with hands-on skills from workshop on a CAM

practical training for 5 months.

• Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) performance project

Numerical recreation of “Experimental and numerical study of pressure drop and heat transfer in a

College Park, MD

single-phase micro channel heat sink”

Spring – Fall 2012

Key member as a MATLAB programmer, troubleshooting and report manger

Advisor: Dr. Chandrasekhar Thamire, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UMD

Reanalyzed and remodeled the result from journal papers for a micro channel heat sink via numerical

modeling method via MATLAB programming for a 10 months graduate practical research project.

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Council of the New Century Young Students, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC September 2008-October 2009

Director and Chair of Leadership training workshop, volunteer

• Programmed three speeches and presided a welcome reception for 80 college participants.

• Expedited communications between the youths in Taiwan and those in China through monthly collaboration

events for 50 people.

CERTIFICATION/ MEMBERSHIP

ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Student Member

EWB (Engineers Without Borders) USA Student Member

COMPUTER SKILLS

AutoCAD, MATLAB, SolidWorks, Engineering Equation Solver (EES), Labview, Visual Basic, MasterCAM,

Computer Numerical Control (CNC) programming, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), Oracle

Primavera Contract Management

ENGINEERING SKILLS/ GRADUATE COURSES

Thermal Systems Design and Analysis Energy Management and Audit

Computer-Aided Engineering Analysis Reliability Engineering

Mobile Power: Internal Combustion Engines Renewable Energy Application

Advanced Convection and Heat Transfer Environmental Risk Analysis

Advanced Conduction and Radiation Program Management

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