Engineering Mechanical

Hui Wang

Apt*. **** Aspen Rd. Ames. IA. ***** ******@*******.***

515-***-****(cell)

515-***-****(office)

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

o Motivated PhD Candidate in Engineering Mechanics (GPA: 3.77/4.0),

Broad Experience in Design and Implementation of Experimental

Investigations and Material Characterization Techniques, Proficient in

Modeling and Simulation of Material Behavior and Structural Response,

Utilizing In-house Written Codes and Commercial Software.

o Creative, Eager to Learn, Well-Organized Self-starter, with

influential Interpersonal, Communication, and Presentation Skills.

SKILLS

Experiment Methodology Modeling and Simulation FEM Software and

Design Technique

Force/ Displacement Proficient in ABAQUS

Measurements Programming COMSOL

Fracture Toughness Testing Finite Element Modeling ANSYS

Dislocation Motion Optical/Electron

Surface Strain Mapping Simulation Microscopy

Fatigue Life Analysis Solidworks Micro/Nano Indentation

Digital Image Processing 3D Optical Profilers

Indentation and Hardness

Tests

Surface Roughness

Measurements

Programming Languages

MATLAB

FORTRAN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant

8/2006 - 12/2009

o Dynamics

Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University

o Mechanics of Materials Aerospace

Engineering, Iowa State University

Research Assistant

Micro and Nano mechanics Lab., Iowa State University 8/2004 -

present

o Simulate Channel Crack in Thin Film Bonded to a Substrate and

Delamination Between Thin Film and Substrate by ABAQUS; Study the

Fracture Toughness and Fracture Mechanism of Thin Film.

o Experimental Study of the Microscopic Deformation Evolution for Shear

Band in Bulk Metallic Glass (BMG); Numerically Simulate the

Inhomogeneous Deformation of BMG based on continuum mechanics.

o Designed a fixture for Micro-Indentation Experimental; Measured

Fracture Toughness of Bulk Metallic Glass Composites; Constructed

Finite Element Models by ABAQUS.

o Implemented Digital Image Correlation Based Methods, Utilizing Least

Square and B-spline Method; Developed General Purpose, User Friendly

Analysis Codes within MATLAB.

o Devised Optical System for Non-Contact Strain Measurements,

Synchronized Imaging with Loading Systems; Full Field Strain Mapping

via Digital Image Processing Methods; Predicted the Evolution of

Inhomogeneous Plastic Deformation in Polycrystalline Metals/ Amorphous

Materials.

o Characterized 3D Fracture Surfaces of Forensic Samples with Optical

Profiler; Developed a Matching Methodology for The Pair of The Broken

Pieces Utilizing Spectral Analysis of 2D Fast Fourier Transformation

(FFT).

o Explored Size Dependent Response in Cellular and Foam-Like Materials.

o Tensile Testing of Metallic Films; Observed Fracture Initiation and

Sites of Localization using Surface Strain Maps.

o Cut Alumina with High-power Laser; Measured Surface Roughness for

Different Fracture Modes.

Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, China

9/2001 - 7/2004

o Derive Constitutive Equations for Piezoelectric Laminates; Programmed

3D Finite Element Code; Analyzed the Mechanical and Electrical

Coupling Effects.

o Developed State Space Method for Laminated Piezoelectric Shells;

Validated the Theoretical Solutions using Finite Element Based Models.

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Mechanics Iowa State University Ames

IA 50010 7/2010 (expected)

Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering Hefei University of Technology

Hefei Anhui China 7/2004

Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering Hefei University of

Technology Hefei Anhui China 7/2001

MAJOR COURSES AND PROJECTS

o Continuum Mechanics

o Fracture and Fatigue Mechanics

o Theory of Plasticity

o Theory of Dislocation Mechanics

o Micro/Nano Mechanics

o Experimental Mechanics

o MEMS and Bio-MEMS

o Microelectronics Fabrication Techniques

o Structure/Property Relations in Metals

o Mechanical Behavior of Materials

o Boundary Element Method

o Nonlinear Finite Element Method

o Computational Modeling of Materials

o Deformation Mechanism of Polymer and Composite

Term Projects

. "Design and Fabricate Photomask", " PECVD Deposition of SiO2 and SiNx",

8/2008

. "Modeling and Optimal Design of Piezoelectric Cantilever

Microactuators", 5/2008

. "Design a Tunable Micro-lens by Electrostatic Actuator", " MEMS based

Force Sensor", 12/2007

. "Programming Matlab Code to Simulate the Dislocation Motion", 5/2007

. "ABAQUS Analysis of Plastic Stress/Strain Field at Crack Tip", 12/2006

. "Design and Modeling V-Beam Thermal Actuator for Testing Thin Films",

5/2006

. "Digital Laser Speckle at High Temperature", 5/2005

. "ABAQUS to Simulate the Intergranular Fracture in Metals", 12/2004

PUBLICATIONS

Papers

1. Sheng, H., Wang, H., and Ye, J., 2007 "State Space Solution for Thick

Laminated Piezoelectric Plates with Clamped and Electric Open-Circuited

Boundary Conditions", International Journal of Mechanical Science, 49

(7), p.806-818, Sep 2007

2. Wang, H., Bastawros, A., Biner, B., 2008 "Experimental Observation of

the Failure Mechanisms in a Bulk Metallic Glass Composite", Mat. Res.

Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 1048-Z05-01

3. Wang, H. and Bastawros, A. "Evolution of Inhomogeneous Deformation in

Bulk Metallic Glass during Cylindrical Indentation", In Preparation

4. Wang, H. and Bastawros, A. "Deformation and Fracture Testing of Ni-based

Bulk Metallic Glass Composite by Wedge-like Indentation", In Preparation

5. Wang, H. and Bastawros, A. "Experimental Study of Plasticity Flow

Characterization of Ductile Metals by Wedge-like Indentation", In

Preparation

6. Wang, H. and Bastawros, A. "Measurements of Localized Deformation by

Digital Image Correlation: Tensile Strain", In Preparation

Conference Presentations/Posters

1. "Spectral Analysis of the 3D fracture Surfaces for Enhanced Matching",

Midwestern Association of Forensic Scientists 37th Annual Meeting, Des

Moines IA, Sept. 28th -Oct. 3rd, 2008.

2. "Deformation and Fracture Testing of Ni-based BMG Composite by Wedge-

like Indentation", Poster, Gordon Conference on Small Scale Mechanical

Behavior, Colby College, Maine, Aug. 2008 and MRS, Boston, Nov. 2007

3. "Fracture Toughness Measurements of Bulk Metallic Glass Composite by

Cylindrical Indentation", Presentation, Small Scale Fracture: Modeling

and Experiment, ASME, Seattle, Washington, Nov, 2007

4. "Experimental Observation of Ductility of Free-Standing Metallic Films",

Presentation, TAPS symposium, Boulder, Colorado, Aug. 2007

5. "Evolution of Inhomogeneous Plastic Deformation of Polycrystalline

Metals under Cylindrical Indentation", Poster, Gordon Conference on Small

Scale Mechanical Behavior, Colby College, Maine, Aug. 2006

6. "Driving Mechanisms for Size Dependent Response in Cellular and Foam

Like Materials", Presentation, 15th US National Congress of Theoretical

and Applied Mechanics, Boulder, Colorado, June, 2006

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