Engineer Software

Tung T. Le

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Fountain Valley, CA 92708

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OBJECTIVE: Seeking a position as Mechanical or Finite Element Analysis

(FEA) Engineer. Specialization in FEA including geometric and material non-

linearities, structural, thermal and dynamics analyses for composite,

metallic and plastic structure, and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).

EDUCATION: B.S.(1983), M.S.(1985) and Ph.D.(1992) in Mechanical Engineering

at University of Hawaii. Emphasis on Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Solid

Mechanics, Dynamics of Articulated Systems, Heat Transfer, Viscous Fluid

Dynamics, Numerical Methods, Digital Spectral Analysis, Search and

Optimizations. Graduate study GPA is 3.92/4.0.

CONTINUING EDUCATION: Attended SDRC/I-DEAS FEA Seminar (1990), Design of

Steel Structures Continuing Education Class (1994), ANSYS Structural

Nonlinearities Seminar (1996), FLOTRAN/ANSYS Computational Fluid

Dynamics(CFD) Seminar (1996), LabVIEW of National Instruments (2000).

AWARDS and HONORS: ARCS Scholar of the Year 1991, Achievement Rewards for

College Scientists. Towill Scholarship, 1988-1989. E.E. Black Scholarship,

1988-1989. ARCS Scholarship Recipient, 1987-1988.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

3/2010 to 10/2010: BECHTEL COMPANY

Richland/WA

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYST: Working as contract engineer. Using ANSYS to

conduct and perform structural analyses of nuclear vessels and their

components and to meet all ASME requirements for nuclear reactors.

5/2008 to 2/2010: SOUTHERN COMPANY

Birmingham/AL

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYST: Working as contract engineer. Using ANSYS to

conduct and perform structural analyses of various components of power

plants to meet all ASME requirements.

10/2004 to 6/2007: GENERAL ELECTRIC

San Jose/CA

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYST: Working as contract engineer. Using ANSYS to

conduct and perform linear and nonlinear structural analyses for guiding

designs of steam dryers and suction strainers of commercial nuclear

reactors under various loading conditions including thermal and seismic

loads. The results are used in sizing components to meet all ASME

requirements for nuclear reactors.

9/2003 to 10/2004: AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR

Westborough/MA

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYST: Working as contract engineer. Using ANSYS to

conduct and perform structural, thermal and dynamics analyses for guiding

design of a 36.5MW superconductor system and its components for U.S. Navy.

3/2003 to 8/2003: IGC SUPERPOWER

Schenectady/NY

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYST: Working as engineering consultant. Using ANSYS and

FLOTRAN to conduct structural, thermal, dynamics and CFD analyses for

guiding new design of a superconductor system and its components.

6/2001 to 11/2002: AEROJET GENCORP

Sacramento/CA

SENIOR FEA ENGINEER: Used ANSYS to perform structural, thermal and dynamics

analyses for various aerospace structures in COBRA (2nd Generation Reusable

Launch Vehicle), HYFLY (Supersonic Missile), NMD (National Missile Defense)

and IPD (Integrated PowerHead Demonstration) programs. Modeled and analyzed

combustor, gas generator, pre-burner, injector chamber, fuel and ox pumps,

nozzles, thrust structures, diffuser plate, coolant liner, 2D/3D bolted

joints, bracket and composite pressure vessels under structural, thermal

and dynamic loads. Developed computer codes in FORTRAN, C and DELPHI for in-

house applications such as mapping temperature profile from Pthermal model

result into ANSYS model, converting ANSYS element types into equivalent

NASTRAN element types, calculating overall deformation of a specified

component from FEA result, etc.

4/2000 - 5/2001: STRESS ENGINEERING SERVICES

Boulder/COLORADO

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYST: Worked as engineering consultant. Completed over

twenty finite element projects for various industries. Used ANSYS and

FLOTRAN to perform structural, thermal, dynamic and CFD analyses. These

analyses include geometric and material non-linearites, static, transient,

plasticity, buckling, contact, dynamics, impact, modal, harmonic response,

random vibration, shock, viscous fluid flow and heat transfer. Developed

many computer codes in C and FORTRAN for in-house applications such as

mapping thickness of an object from measured data or result from C-MOLD

model into finite element shell model, mapping temperature profile from

Pthermal model into ANSYS model, converting FORTRAN codes to C codes.

12/1998 - 3/2000: SPATIAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Boulder/COLORADO

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Development of the Deformable Surface Modeler that

applies FEA to provide a method for interactive sculpting free form

surfaces and curves.

9/1993 - 8/1998: STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS

Aiea/HAWAII

SENIOR ENGINEER:

( Development of the commercial windows-based software, CableLAB. Developed

and implemented finite element algorithms to simulate lab tests for cables,

ropes, and flexible pipe subject to various loads such as Tension, Twist,

Bending, Thermal, Pressures, etc.

( Complete development of the commercial windows-based cable design

software, CableCAD (product on www.CableCad.com). Developed theory and

implemented finite element algorithms for stress analysis of cables, ropes

and flexible pipe.

( Development of a Robust, Low-Cost Interface for Optical Fibers Embedded

in Composite Structures. Used ANSYS to optimize cavity shapes used for

embedded fibers to minimize stress concentration.

( Computer Aided Design, Finite Element and CFD analyses for Satellite

Tracking Pedestal. Used FLOTRAN (CFD) to determine wind loads on antennas

and structures. Used ANSYS to perform solid modeling, static, modal and

shock analyses. Analyzed stress and reaction force outputs due to wind and

seismic loads for component designs, i.e., select proper materials and

sizes for components including motors, bearings and counter weights.

( Computer Aided Design, Non-Linear Material and Geometric Finite Element

and CFD analyses for Undersea Composite Pressure Hulls. Phase I:

Development of new geometry concepts for Composite Hulls. Designed,

fabricated and tested prototypes. Phase II: Designed, fabricated and tested

a pressure hull for industrial application (see publications below for more

details).

( Used I-DEAS to perform finite element modeling and analyses for Submarine

Simulator and Ship. Naval Training System Center, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

( Misc. Jobs: Computer Aided Design, Finite Element Modeling (Solids,

Frames and Shells), Non-Linear Material and Geometric Finite Element and

CFD Analyses for racecar, sculptures, buildings, houses, elevator,

retaining walls, etc.

1992-1993: SCHOOL of EARTH and SCIENCE

Honolulu/HAWAII

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE: Developed and implemented robust optimization

algorithms in MATLAB for Data Reductions Analysis of Ocean Signals.

1984-1992: DEPT. of MECHANICAL ENGINEERING at UNIVERSITY of HAWAII

Honolulu/HAWAII

TEACHING AND RESEARCH ASSISTANT:

( Designed Methodology for Undersea Umbilical Cables and Developed Finite

Element Model for Cables and Ropes. U.S. BUREAU of MINES.

( Taught lab courses and counseled students in various fields in mechanical

engineering including mechanics, dynamics, strength of materials, heat

transfer, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. Trained students to use

commercial finite element software including ANSYS, I-DEAS and COSMOS-M.

COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE SKILLS:

( More than 20 years experience in using finite element commercial

software, mostly with ANSYS, some with I-DEAS, and the computational fluid

dynamics software, FLOTRAN. Familiarity with UG, AutoCAD/Inventor and

SolidWorks CAD Software.

( Have been practicing computer programming since 1980. Proficient with

many computer languages including FORTRAN, DELPHI, PASCAL, C, JAVA and

MATLAB.

( Knowledge of MS Office, WordPerfect, SigmaPlot and Havard Graphics. Able

to work with UNIX, MS Windows and DOS operating systems.

PUBLICATIONS:

MECHANICS & STRUCTURES:

( Knapp, R.H., Le, T.T. and Cruickshank, M., "Design Methodology of

Undersea Mining Umbilicals," Proc., IEEE Oceans `91, Honolulu, Hawaii,

October 1-2, 1991 (invited).

( Le, T.T., and Knapp, R.H., "A Finite Element Model for Cables with

Nonsymmetrical Geometry and Loads," ASME Journal of Offshore Mechanics and

Arctic Engineering, Vol. 116, No. 1, Feb., 1994, pp. 14-20. (Ph.D.s Thesis)

( Knapp, R.H., and Le,T.T., "Polyhedrally Stiffened Composite Pressure

Hulls," Proc. 6th (1996) Int. Offshore and Polar Engr. Conference, Los

Angeles, CA, May 26-31, 1996, pp. 292-298.

( Knapp, R.H. and Le, T.T., "Polyhedrally-Stiffened Cylindrical Shells for

Undersea Composite Pressure Hulls," Proc. CST 96 The Third Int. Conference

on Computational Structures Tech., Budapest, Hungary, August 21-23, 1996,

pp. 81-89.

( Knapp, R.H. and Le, T.T., "Proposition of Polyhedrally-Stiffened Shells

for Undersea Pressure Hulls," Proc. 7th (1997) Int. Offshore and Polar

Engr. Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 25-30, 1997, pp. 650-656.

( Knapp, R.H., and Le, T., "Composite Polyhedrally-Stiffened Cylindrical

Shells," 4th Int. Conference on Composites Engr., Kona, Hawaii, July 6-12,

1997.

( Knapp, R.H. and Le, T.T., "PC Shells - A New Concept for Undersea

Pressure Hulls," Proc. 14th Sigma XI Science Conference, Hilo, Hawaii,

April 17-19,1997.

( Knapp, R.H. and Le, T.T., "Composite Polyhedrally-Stiffened Cylinders for

Undersea Applications," 8th(1998) Int. Offshore and Polar Engr. Conference,

Montreal, Canada, May 24-29, 1998.

HEAT TRANSFER & FLUIDS:

( Cheng, P., Le, T.T. and Pop, I., "Natural Convection of a Darcian Fluid

about a Cone," Int. Comm. in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 12, 1985, pp. 705-

717. (Masters Thesis)

( Pop, I., Cheng, P. and Le, T.T., "The Leading Edge Effects on Free

Convection of a Darcian Fluid about a Semi-Infinite Vertical Plate with

Uniform Heat Flux," Int. Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 32, 1989,

pp. 493-500.

( Chao, B.H., Cheng P. and Le, T.T., "Free Convection Diffusion Flame Sheet

in Porous Media," Combust. Sci.and Tech., Vol. 99, pp. 221-234.

COMPUTER SOFTWARE:

( Knapp, R.H. and Le, T.T., "KNAPP-SAC: Stress Analysis of Cables,"

Copyright 1984-1996.

( Knapp, R.H. and Le, T.T., "Users Guide to KNAPP-SAC for Stress Analysis

of Cables," 1996.

( Knapp, R.H. and Le, T.T., "CableCAD: Computer Aided Design for Cables

and Ropes using Finite Element Analysis," 1998(product on

www.CableCAD.com).

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