RESUME
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Susan Xu
Present Address: **** ***** ***** **.
Cheswick, PA, 15024
Cell Phone Number: 412-***-**** or 412-***-**** (Husband)
E-mail: *****@*****.***
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
July 2000-Present Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
National Research Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and
Emissions,
West Virginia University,
PO Box 6106, Morgantown, WV, 26506
Engineer;
Reducing and analyzing heavy duty diesel engine emissions (CO2, CO, NOx, HC
& PM) data; providing technical assistance in writing technical reports and
publishing papers; QC/QA transportable mobile laboratory data and maintain
mobile laboratory database; Reducing and analyzing gas chromatograms data;
Conducting particle size distribution measurement of the particulate matter
emitted from engines and vehicles; Using Tapered Element Oscillating Micro-
balance (TEOM); Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS); Micro-Orifice
Uniform Deposit Impactor (MOUDI) and Cyclone Separators to develop and test
exhaust after-treatment system; and doing the budget for the cost proposal.
July 1997-Aug.1999 Beijing Information Technology Institute, Beijing,
P.R.China
No. 35, Beisihuan zhonglu, Chaoyang District, Beijing,
100101, P.R.China
Researcher;
Project leader for analyzing fractal distribution of mica particle program.
Conducted the particle size distribution measurement, using laser particle
analyzer to measure particle size and distribution, modified and designed
high-pressure water jet comminuting system, conducted test.
July 1993-Mar.1994 Beijing Coal Utilizing Institute,
No. 35,Sanxingzhuang, Ximachang, Fengtai District, Beijing,
100075, P.R. China
40 hours per week; Mechanical Engineer;
Designed and modified the Abrasive Jet Rust--removing System on Steel
Plate, designed three types special nozzles that are the key part in the
system using Auto CAD. Conducted the test and optimized rust-removing
parameters.
EDUCATIONAL DEGREE (S)
March 1994- June 1997 Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, University of
Science & Technology, Beijing, China.
Sep. 1990- July 1993 Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering,
Xi'an Mining Institute, Xian, Shaanxi Province, China.
Sep. 1986- July 1990 Bachelor of Science in Mechanical
Engineering, Xi'an Mining Institute, Xian, Shaanxi Province, China
PUBLICATIONS
1. Comparison of Diesel Particle Matter Measurement between TEOM and
Traditional PM Filter Based on Heavy Duty Diesel Truck Data, SAE Paper
2. Regulated Emissions from Heavy Heavy-Duty Diesel Trucks Operating in
the South Coast Air Basin, SAE Paper 200*-**-****.
3. Effect of Test Weight on Emissions from Heavy-Duty Vehicles, 13th CRC
On-Road Vehicle Emissions Workshop, April 7-9, 2003, San Diego,
California, USA.
4. Mica Particle Size Dimension Distribution after Water Jet
Comminuting, 10th American Waterjet Conference, August 14-17, 1999 JW
Marriott Houston, Texas, USA, pp441-450.
5. The Relationship between Mica Comminuting Parameters and Distribution
Dimension, Proceeding of the first Annual Meeting of Chinese
Partiology Society, Sep.,1997, Beijing, China, pp258-262.
6. The Fractal Distribution of Mica comminution particle, Proceedings of
the National Symposium on the Application of Water Jet Technology to
Engineering, Oct. 1996, Beijing, China, pp110-114.
7. The Study of Abrasive Water Jet Rust-removing System, Metallurgical
Equipment, No.4 1996, pp54-57.
8. The Study of Abrasive Paste Rust-removing Mechanism, China Safety
Science Journal, Oct. 1995, Vol. 5 Supplement, pp98-103.
COMPUTER AND PROGRAMMOMNG SKILLS
Advance level to use Microsoft office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access),
Microsoft Publisher, Photoshop, ADOBE Acrobat Standard.
Computer Programming Language: Matlab, Visual Basic.
Statistic Software Package: SAS, JMP.
Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/NT/2000 and MS-DOS.
Other software: Auto CAD, Origin.