Student Research Assistant

YUAN MIAO

Apt. ***, **** Traver Road • Ann Arbor, MI 48105

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EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Ann Arbor, MI

College of Engineering

M.S.E in Mechanical Engineering, December 2018

• Cumulative GPA: 3.6/4.0

Stephen M. Ross School of Business

Master of Management, December 2018

• GPA Equivalent: 3.7/4.0

• Focusing on Strategy and Operation

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Ann Arbor, MI

College of Engineering

Bachelor of Science, April 2017

• Cumulative GPA: 3.3 / 4.0

• Student Exchange Program: Technical University at Berlin

• Student Exchange Program: Shanghai Jiaotong University EXPERIENCE UMICH MCITY Ann Arbor, MI

2018 Connected and Automated Vehicle

• Analyzed various Michigan volunteer drivers' driving data since 1997 in large database using MySQL to define certain driving behaviors

• Conducted system modeling and identification to realize vehicle control

• Applied feature based method to do lane detection project

• Understood the application of machine vision on CAV, and pros/cons of using feature based method compared to CNN/DNN method.

2017 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Ann Arbor, MI Manufacturing System Engineering Lab Research Assistant Student

• Conducted 3-week literature search regarding Electric Power Assisted Steering (EPAS) and ball screws to help define potential causes of sticky feeling while driving Ford vehicles with EPAS systems

• Designed and refined 3-D CAD model of whole test rigs for ball screw system using Solidworks to draft engineering drawings and manufactured all parts using CNC machines

• Ordered all necessary commercial available parts and completed entire bills of material to ensure whole test rigs were assembled one week ahead of plan

• Designed filter and applied Fourier Transform to reduce the signal noise 2016 TOYOTA Ann Arbor, MI

Senior Design

• Conducted thermal simulation tests on different mixture of Phase Change Material using ANSYS to find optimal concentration for Toyota to apply to car interior 2015 BOSCH Suzhou, China

Intern

• Concluded and processed car crash signals to assist calibration engineer in calibrating ECU in passive safety control system

• Organized car crash signals using Excel and VBA, allowing managers to easily access data 2015 TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY AT BERLIN Berlin, Germany Aerodynamics Lab Research Assistant

• Conducted wind tunnel tests on various types of cars and determined relationship between vehicle external shapes and drag force experienced

• Modified external shapes of different car models by applying clay to models and found optimized shape for lowest drag

ADDITIONAL • Proficient in MATLAB, Simulink, C++, VBA, Solidwroks, Hyperworks, MySQL

• Manufacturing skills including CNC Mill, Lathe, and soldering

• Fluent reading and speaking in Mandarin and Shanghainese August 2018

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