Engineering Assistant

Location:

1609

Posted:

July 27, 2011

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Resume:

Yuan Xu

*A Wachusett St. Worcester MA ***** 508-***-**** ********@***.***

OBJECTIVE

Entry Level Position in Materials Science and Engineering Field or fields can benefit from my

background.

EDUCATION

Graduate School: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), Worcester, MA. 05/2011

Degree: Master of Science. Major: Metallic Material, Materials Science and Engineering.

Relevant Course: Advanced Thermodynamics, Physical Metallurgy, Phase Transformation in

Materials, Analytical Method in Material Engineering, Analysis and Control of Materials, X-ray

Diffraction, SEM.

Undergraduate School: Jinan University (JU), Jinan, Shandong, China. 05/2007

Degree: Bachelor of Engineering. Major: Composite Material, Materials Science and

Engineering.

Three 1-week observational internship in Taishan Fiberglass.Inc, Shandong Zhongnan Group;

Shandong Jinguang group to learn fiberglass molding process, injection molding process.

SKILLS/TECHNIQUES:

Lab Techniques: Metallurgy preparation, Optical Emission Spectroscopy(OES), Optical

Microscopy, macro and micro hardness testing, Transmission Electron Microscope(TEM), X-ray

Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscope(SEM), casting of aluminum alloy, tensile stress

testing.

Programming Languages: ImageJ, Pandat, Microsoft (Word, Power Point and Excel), AutoCAD,

MathCAD, Mat lab, Visual C++, Thermo Calc.

Foreign languages: Chinese Mandarin.

PROJECTS

Master project: Carbonitriding Fundamentals, Modeling and Process Optimization.lab

Center for Heat Treating Excellence, WPI, Jan 2009-May 2011.

• Developed key parameters and take participate modeling for a simulation software called

carbonitriding tool, which can used in industry to accurately control and optimize

carbonitriding processing;

• Developed fundamental understanding of thermodynamics and kinetics of materials.

• Designed and organized experiments procedure to meet the requirement for modeling

development.

• Improved Lab skills by independently completed the testing processing for 190 samples;

• Improved the understanding of metallurgy with a focus on root causes and improvement

method on project.

• Built up a data base from experiment, provide heat treaters a reference and for future

study.

• Lead a team of new coming students to training them on lab techniques.

Bachelor Project: Designed the Producing Line of Thermosetting Phenolic Resins

JU, Jinan, China, Sep 2006-Apr 2007

• Designed both the production line for thermosetting phenolic resins and the plant lay-out

scheme. Used Auto CAD to draw the plant.

• Gained experience in processing and in industry’s consideration of production design by

searching and learning the information about the choice of raw material and facilities.

EXPERIENCE

Volunteer – New England Material Camp, American Society for Microbiology (2008-present).

• Provided high school students an overall impression for material field research.

• Worked as guide to lead students go to every session on time and guarantee activity went

smooth.

• Worked as session assistant helped speaker prepare and show experiments.

Translate, WZHY Translate, Jinan China, Feb 2008- May 2008

• Translated engineering instruction books for automobiles, machinery, mobile phones and

other equipment, as well as certifications for degrees, marriages, driving licenses and