Sang Jin Lee

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Home: 281-***-****

Katy, TX 77494, abntsn@r.postjobfree.com Work: 713-***-****

U.S.A.

Cell: 979-***-****

Education

• Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

Dec., 2008

• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

Dec., 2002

• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon-shi, Kyunggi-do, Korea

Feb., 1996

• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon-shi, Kyunggi-do, Korea

Feb., 1993

Expertise

• Nonlinear FEM, Multiphysics analysis (Coupled mechanical/electrical/thermal), Micromechanics

• Structural analysis of various mechanical components and structures including fatigue

• Design optimization process of welding, laser surface hardening process

• Vibration measurement/analysis of rotating machineries/systems

• Large deformation nonlinear elasticity of elastomer (rubber), Polymer based composite material

Technical Skill

• Numerical Simulations & Programming

- Design & FEA: Solidworks, AutoCAD, ANSYS, Patran & ABAQUS, Algor, COSMOS

- Programming: Fortran 90/95, Visual Basic/C, Matlab programming

- Engineering applications: Matlab (including Simulink), LabView, Maple

- MS Office Products (MS-Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access), Unix

• Testing & Manufacturing

- Conventional and mini-lathe, milling machines, drilling, micro-CNC machine

- Simple tensile test, cyclic test, Injection molding of polymer specimens

Work Experience

• Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc., Houston, Texas, USA (June 2008~present)

Mechanical Design Engineer

- Linear and non-linear FEA for the design of marine propulsion systems as well as class acceptance

- Design of mechanical components and structures, including 3-D modeling of thruster systems

• Korea Power Engineering Company, Inc., Kyunggi, Korea (1997~2000)

Researcher, Power Electric Research Institute, Structural Integrity & Materials Department

- Vibration measurement and analysis of rotating machineries in power plants

- Database construction for preventive maintenance

• Daewoo Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Kyunggi, Korea (1996~1997)

Staff (Research Engineer), Heavy Equipment Division

- Design (AutoCAD), Structural analysis (IDEAS) of truck mounted hydraulic crane

Research Experience

• Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2004~2008)

Graduate Research Assistant

Project: Controllable Active Materials via Internally Generated Pressure

Sponsor: DARPA/U.S. Army Aviation Missile Command

- Design and structural analysis of active material using FEA & experiments

- Structural integrity of a composite panel into structural applications

• Penn State University, University Park, PA (2000~2002)

Graduate Research Assistant

Project: Modeling and Process Optimization for Minimization of Welding Distortion

Sponsor: Office of Naval Research (ONR)

- Nonlinear FEM, coupled Thermal(Heat Transfer)/Mechanical/Microstructure analysis

- Welding, Laser surface hardening process design optimization

List of Publications & Presentations (Selected)

• S. J. Lee, T. S. Creasy, G. F. Hawkins, and M. J. O’Brien, “Active polymer composite for MEMS

applications”, Proceedings of the SPE (Society of Plastics Engineers) ANTEC 2005,

pp.1268~1272

• S. J. Lee and P. Michaleris, “Sensitivity analysis of microstructure during laser surface hardening”,

Presented in the 6th International Conference Trends in Welding Research, 15-19 April 2002,

sponsored by ASM international and AWS

• Sang Jin Lee and Chung Tae Kim, “A study on the vibration measurement and analysis of the

rotating machinery in power plant”, Proceedings of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers

1999 Fall Annual Meeting Part A, pp.707~712

• Sang Jin Lee and Jin Cho, “A study on the thermal stress analysis of axi-symmetric hollow

cylinder”, Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers, Vol. 20, pp.3152~3159,

1996

Honors & Awards

• Sally & Ray Bowen ’58 Fellowship (Fall06 ~ Spring07) Texas A&M University

• International Student Education Scholarship (Fall04~Spring05) Texas A&M University

• Academic scholarship, Junior & Senior, Ajou University, Suwon, Kyunggi, Korea

References

• Available upon request

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