Engineer Engineering

Tri Shrestha

Email: *********@********.***

Address: **** *. ********* **. # ***

City: Moscow

State: ID

Zip: 83843

Country: USA

Phone: 970-***-****

Skill Level: Assistant

Salary Range: $70,000

Willing to Relocate

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

Tri Shrestha

(US Permanent Resident)

1499 S. Hawthorne Dr. Apt. # 230, Moscow, ID 83843

970-***-****, *********@********.***

Objective: Seeking Metallurgy/Materials Engineer Position

Education

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, GPA 4.0, May 2013 (expected)

University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA

Dissertation: Creep Deformation and Failure Analysis of Advance Alloy Steels and Super Alloys

Advisor: Dr. Indrajit Charit

B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, fall 2008, GPA 3.8 (Cum Laude)

University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA

Professional Experience

Graduate Research Assistant: University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; 01/2010 to present

Possess expertise in metallography, and heat treatment of steels and super alloys

Oversaw machining, welding, and post weld heat treatment of modified 9Cr-1Mo steel

Used characterization techniques like optical microscopy, scanning and transmission electron microscopy/energy dispersive spectroscopy microanalysis, neutron diffraction technique, differential scanning calorimetry, tensile testing, creep testing, sintering, microhardness techniques to study structure-property correlations of materials

Maintained laboratory equipment like creep tester, tensile tester, vacuum glove box, microhardness tester and mixer mill

Skills

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM/EDS)

Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM/EDS)

Neutron/X-ray Diffraction

Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)

Tensile Testing

Creep testing

Microhardness Testing

Vacuum Systems Design and Assembly

Selected Publication

T. Shrestha, M. Basirat, I. Charit, G. Potirniche and K. Rink, "Creep Rupture Behavior of Grade 91 Steel," Materials Science and Engineering: A, in press (2013).

T. Shrestha, M. Basirat, I. Charit, G. Potirniche and K. Rink, "Creep deformation mechanisms in mod. 9Cr-1Mo steel," Journal of Nuclear Materials, 423 (2012) 110-119.

Selected Conference Presentation

T. Shrestha, M. Basirat, I. Charit, G. Potirniche and K. Rink, "Creep Deformation Mechanisms in Grade 91 steel," Mechanical Performance of Materials for Current and Advanced Nuclear Reactors, TMS Conference, March 2012, Orlando, FL, USA.

Honors & Leadership Activities

Outstanding Graduate Student Award from College of Engineering of the University of Idaho, 2012

Diversity Director: Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA), 2012

Reviewer: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2011 - present

Member of University of Idaho's President's Diversity Council/Task force

Languages: English, Nepali, Hindi

Computer Skills: Minitab, MS Office, Origin, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Photoshop, GSAS, MAUD, KaleidaGraph

Reference: Dr. Indrajit Charit, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Idaho, e-mail: *******@******.***, phone: 208-***-****

Additional references are available upon request.

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