Curriculum Vitae

Chris Yingchun Yuan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor Tel: 414-***-****

Department of Mechanical Engineering Fax: 414-***-****

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Email: abowco@r.postjobfree.com

Milwaukee, WI 53201 https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/cyuan/index.html

Research Interests

Sustainable design and manufacturing

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Engineering

Industrial Energy Efficiency and greenhouse gas management

Sustainability of nanotechnology

Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) of nano-scale thin films

Nano-materials/structure for energy and environment applications

Education

University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, May 2009

Minors: Environmental Engineering, Management of Technology

Advisor: Professor David Dornfeld

Texas Tech University, M.S. Industrial Engineering, May 2005

Advisor: Professor Hong Chao Zhang

University of Petroleum, China, B.A., English, July 1999

University of Petroleum, China, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, July 1999

Awards/Honors

y Wisconsin Research Fellow, 2010-2011, 2011-2012.

y Nominated into a Research Affiliate of International Academy for Production

Engineering, 2010.

y Travel Award, Symp. of Industrial Ecology and Young Professional (SIEYP), Phoenix, AZ,

2009.

y Best Student Paper Runner-up Award, 2008 IEEE ISEE conference, Burlingame, CA, USA.

y 2008 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad.

y Conference Travel Award, the Graduate School of University of California, Berkeley,

2008.

y Fellow, Berkeley Summer Institute for Preparing Future Faculty, U.C. Berkeley, 2008.

y Berkeley Academic Progress Award, University of California, Berkeley, 2008.

y Berkeley CRC-MOT Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 2006-2007.

y Berkeley Block Grant Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 2004-2005.

y Berkeley guaranteed 5-year full financial support, U.C. Berkeley, 2004-2009.

y Chancellor s Fellowship, Texas Tech University, 2002-2005.

y Excellent Student Scholarship, Texas Tech University, 2002-2003.

Positions Held

Director, DOE Industrial Assessment Center at Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 10/2011-

present

.

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 08/2009-

Present

Graduate Student Researcher, Mechanical Engineering Dept., U.C. Berkeley, 09/2004-

05/2009

.

Research Assistant, Industrial Engineering Dept., Texas Tech University, 08/2002-

08/2004

.

Mechanical Engineer, China National Petroleum Corporation, Beijing, China, 07/1999-

08/2002

.

Reviewer

Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. ME 490, Fall 2012.

Instructor, Mechanical Engineering Experimentation, ME438, Department of Mechanical

Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010,

Spring 2011,

Fall 2011, Spring 2012.

Guest Lecture, Senior Design Project, ME 496, Department of Mechanical Engineering,

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Fall 2010.

Guest Lecture, Convection Heat and Mass Transfer, ME 712, Department of Mechanical

Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Fall 2010.

Guest Lecture, Basic Engineering Thermodynamics, ME 301, Department of Mechanical

Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Fall 2009.

Guest Lecture, Modern Thermomanufacturing Processes, ME 415, Department of Mechanical

Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Spring 2010.

Instructor, Machining and Surface Metrology, ME 107B, Department of Mechanical

Engineering,

U.C. Berkeley, Spring semester, 2008.

Guest Lecture, Sustainable Manufacturing, E290C, College of Engineering, U.C.

Berkeley,

Spring semester, 2008.

Professional Services

Sustainable

Systems and Technologies, May 17-19, 2010, Washington, D.C.

Session Chair, Life Cycle Assessment Session, Engineering and Management Session, 17th

CIRP

International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, May 19-21, 2010, Hefei, China.

Session Chair, Eco-design and Eco-innovation Session, 17th CIRP International

Conference on Life

Cycle Engineering, May 19-21, 2010, Hefei, China.

NSF/EPA Nanotechnology & LCA national workshop discussant (invitation only, only 30

national reputable researchers attended), Chicago, IL, 2009.

Invited discussant, Symposium of Industrial Ecology and Young Professional, Phoenix,

AZ, 2009.

Professional Memberships

Senior member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

Full member, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Professional member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)

Research Affiliate, International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP)

Journal Publications

IEEE Intl.

Symp. on Sustainable Systems & Technology, May 16-18, 2012, Boston, MA, to appear.

3. Li, T., Zhang, H.C., Yang, J.F., Yu a n, C . Thermodynamic Modeling of Low Pressure

CVD for

Nano-TiO2 Film Preparation, Proceedings of IEEE Intl. Symp. on Sustainable Systems &

Technology, May 16-18, 2012, Boston, MA, to appear.

4. Huo, J., Lin, X., Yu a n, C . Real-time Nano-particle Emission Measurement from

Atomic Layer

Depositions Nano-Manufacturing System, Proceedings of 2012 ASME International

Manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, June 4-8, 2012, Notre Dame, IN.

Accepted

for publication.

5. Zhai, Q, Yu a n, C . Separating Manufacturing Metal Chips for Recycling through a

Combined

Hydrodynamic and Electromagnetic Approach, Proceedings of 19th CIRP International

Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, May 23-25, 2012, Berkeley, CA. Accepted for

publication.

6. Zhai, Q, Yu a n, C . A Framework for Temporal Discounting in Life Cycle Assessment,

Abstract,

th

Proceedings of 6 International Conference on Industrial Ecology, June 7-10, 2011,

Berkeley, CA.

7. Zhai, Q, Crowley, B, Yu a n, C . Temporal Discounting for Life Cycle Assessment:

Differences

between Environmental Discounting and Economic Discounting, abstract, Proceedings of

IEEE

International Symp. on Sustainable Systems & Technology, May 16-18, 2011, Chicago, IL.

8. Zhai, Q., Cao, HJ, Zhao, X., Yu a n, C . Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Global

Automotive Manufacturing through Clean Energy Supply: a Cost Benefit Analysis, abstract,

Proceedings of IEEE Intl. Symp. on Sustainable Systems & Technology, May 16-18, 2011,

Chicago

9. Nangmenyi, G. N., Lee, E., Lin, X., Yu a n, C . Inorganic Nanofiltration Membranes

for Saltless

Softening of Water, Proceedings of MRS Spring Meeting, April 25-29, 2011, San Francisco,

CA.

10. Zhai, Q., Ciardo, K., Yu a n, C . Temporal Discounting for Life Cycle Assessment:

Perspectives and

Mechanisms, Proceedings of 17th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering,

pp.

2. Environmental Sustainability of Atomic Layer Deposition Nanotechnology, Dalian

University

of Technology, Nov. 29, 2011, Dalian, China.

3. Life Cycle Analysis: Background, Method and Practice, Johnson Controls Inc.,

Milwaukee, WI,

October 13, 2011.

th

4. Integrating Sustainability in Design and Manufacturing, the 38 ASQ National Energy &

Environmental Conference, Sept 27, 2011, Las Vegas, NV.

5. A Framework for Temporal Discounting in Life Cycle Assessment, CIRP January Meeting,

January 27, 2010, Paris, France.

6. Sustainability of Power Generations with Coal-fired Power Plants, WE Energies,

Milwaukee,

WI, January 4, 2011.

7. Green Nano-manufacturing: Theories and Challenges, Dalian University of Technology,

June

23, 2010, Dalian, China.

8. Sustainable Manufacturing: Theory and Case Studies, Chongqing University, June 12,

2010,

Chongqing, China.

9. Embedded Temporal Difference in Life Cycle Assessment: Case Study on VW Golf Car,

CIRP

General Assembly, August 25, 2009, Boston, MA.

10. Reducing the Environmental Impact of Manufacturing: Theoretical Methods and

Practical

Applications, Iowa State University, March 5, 2009, Ames, IA.

11. Reducing the Environmental Impact of Manufacturing: Theoretical Methods and

Practical

Applications, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, January 29, 2009, Milwaukee, WI.

12. Sustainable manufacturing of automobiles, College of Engineering, University of

California,

Berkeley, March 2008.

13. Decision-Based Analysis of Compressed Air Usage Patterns for Automotive

Manufacturing,

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, April 2006.

Presentations

th

1. A Framework for Temporal Discounting in Life Cycle Assessment, The 6 International

Conference on Industrial Ecology, June 7-10, 2011, Berkeley, CA.

2. Sustainable Scale-up Studies of Atomic Layer Deposition for Microelectronics

Manufacturing,

2010 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, May 16-19, 2010,

Washington D.C.

3. Strength Analysis of International Feed-in Tariff Promotion of Clean Energy

Applications for

Greenhouse Gas Emission Mitigation, IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems

&

Technology, May 16-19, 2010, Washington D.C.

4. Sustainable Material Selection of Toxic Chemicals in Design and Manufacturing From

Human

Health Impact Perspective, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference,

August 30-Sept. 2, 2009, San Diego, California.

5. Human Health Impact Characterization of Toxic Chemicals for Sustainable Design and

Manufacturing, IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems & Technology, May

18-20, 2009, Phoenix, Arizona.

6. Embedded Temporal Difference in Life Cycle Assessment: Case Study on VW Golf Car,

IEEE

Intl. Symposium on Sustainable Systems & Technology, May 18-20, 2009, Phoenix, Arizona.

7. Reducing the Environmental Footprint and Economic Costs of Automotive Manufacturing

through an Alternative Energy Supply, North America Manufacturing Research Conference,

May 19-23, 2009, Clemson University, South Carolina.

8. Environmental Performance Characterization of Atomic Layer Deposition, IEEE

International

Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, May, 2008, San Francisco, CA.

9. An Economic Analysis Model with Environmental Strategies Embedded for End-of-Life

Management of Electronic Products, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress,

October 2004, Anaheim, CA.

10. An Economic Model for End-of-Life Management of Printed Circuit Boards, IEEE

International

Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, May 2004, Phoenix, AZ.

Certificates

1. Engineering and Business for Sustainability Certificate, University of California,

Berkeley, 2008.

2. Management of Technology Certificate, University of California, Berkeley, 2007.

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