Mechanical Engineering Project
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Education
Ph.D. (2008), Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Dissertation: "Wireless Sensor and Actuator Networks for Lighting Energy Efficiency and
User Satisfaction" [Abstract]
M.S. (2004), Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Thesis: "Smart Dust Sensor Mote Characterization, Validation, Fusion and Actuation"
B.S. (1999), Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Employment History
Jan. 2009 - Present: Lighting Solutions and Services Department, Philips Research North
America
345 Scarborough Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510, U.S.A.
Title:
Postdoctoral Researcher (2009-2010
),
Member Research Staff (2010-2011
),
Senior
Member Research Staff (2011-Present).
Duty: The duties of this staff research member include delivering contributions to
research projects, contributing to technical transfer, making technical contributions to
entrepreneurial activities, generating intellectual properties, making effective use of
external contacts and relationship/recognition, contributing to publications and
presentations, and making technical contributions to external collaborations. This is an
off-site position stationed at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in charge of the
research collaboration and relationship.
Oct. 2002 - Dec. 2008: Dept. of Mechanical Eng., University of California, Berkeley
6102 Etcheverry Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94702, U.S.A.
Title: Graduate Student Researcher.
Duty: The main focus of this position is to conduct research, including theoretical
development, implementation, and verification, under the advice and supervision of faculty
advisers. In addition, the GSR position also involves various tasks that are related to
research projects, such as publishing research papers and reports, contributing to
research proposals for funding, and mentoring undergraduate and junior graduate student
researchers.
Aug. 2001 - July 2002: Dept. of Mechanical Eng., National Taiwan University
No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 106, Taiwan.
Title: Teaching Assistant.
Duty: The teaching assistant position was responsible for grading assignments and
examines, helping faculties preparing for the classes, teaching laboratory sessions, and
holding office hours to answer students' questions. I was also in charge of organizing
some departmental affairs in college-wise activities.
Oct. 1999 - Jun. 2001Tawianese Army
P.O. Box 90714-010, FongShan, Taiwan.
Title: Second Lieutenant of Ordnance.
Duty: This is a paid civil duty of all male Taiwanese. I served as a platoon commander in
a defense brigade. In addition to routine military training, I supervised a brigade-level
maintenance station, which coordinates and performs scheduled maintenance and repair of
weapons and equipment for the entire brigade.
Research Activities
Jan. 2009 - PresentPostdoctoral Researcher (2009-2010
),
Member Research Staff (2010-
2011
),
Senior Member Research Staff (2011-Present)
Integrated building energy management and control technologies
Building energy simulations and analyses
Oct. 2002 - Dec. 2008Graduate Student Researcher
Fuzzy sensor validation and fusion on wireless sensor networks
Integrated mesh-networked dimming lighting system design
Feedback control of lighting system with wireless sensor and actuator network
Intelligent lighting optimization and control for energy efficiency and user satisfaction
Jul. 2007 - Dec. 2007Chancellor's Green Campus Project
"Fifty Percent Energy Savings with Innovative Energy-Efficient Office Lighting"
Mar. 2005 - Jun. 2006 Research Project funded by PIER Program
"Efficient Lighting By Sensing and Actuating with MEMS 'Smart Dust Motes'"
Aug. 2004 - Feb. 2005 Research Project funded by NASA
"Integrated Systems Health Monitoring Using Smart Dust Mote Sensor Networks"
Oct. 2002 - May 2004 Research project funded by GE and MICRO Program
"MEMS 'Smart Dust Motes' for Designing, Monitoring and Enabling Efficient Lighting"
Publications, Presentations, Patents & Technical Reports
(Publications)
Member of Professional Societies
Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)
IEEE
American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME)
Programmer for Engineering Pathway Digital Library (2006-2008)
Engineering wing of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL). A portal to high-quality
teaching and learning resources in applied science and math, computer science/information
and engineering technology
Honors & Certification
2012 Leon Gaster Award, Society of Light and Lighting. Awarded to the paper Control of
wireless-networked lighting in open-plan offices in Lighting Research and Technology, vol
43(2), 2011.
2011 Best Paper Award, 3rd ACM Workshop on Embedded Sensing Systems for Energy-Efficiency
in Buildings (BuildSys'11)
2006 Dr. and Mrs. James C.Y. Soong Fellowships
2004 Best Preliminary Examination Award
2003 J.K. Zee Fellowship
Specialities
Programming/script language - C, NesC, HTML, Java, SQL, JavaScript
Engineering software - Matlab, Solidworks
Energy simulation tools - EnergyPlus, WINDOW, ComFen, Building Controls Virtual Test Bed
Language - English, Mandarin, Taiwanese
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