PE in Metallurgical and Materials

Zhengrong Zhang

Katy, TX ***** *********.*********@*****.*** 281-***-****

PE in Metallurgical and Materials with excellent technical, analytical and communication skills demonstrated by years of experience in research, teaching, and industry

• Expertise in Physical Metallurgy • Hands-on Materials Analysis Skills

• OCTG and Corrosion Resistance Alloys • Metallurgical Support to QA and QC

• Research in a Variety of Metallic Materials • Industry Codes and Enterprise Specifications

• Root Cause Failure Analysis • University & Industrial Lab Supervisory Skills

• ISO 17025 Lab Working Experience • Team Work and Customer Service PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PMI SPECIALISTS, INC. 2018 - Present

Metallurgist, Baytown, TX

• Conducted failure analysis and reverse engineering using OM, SEM / EDS, hardness testing, combustion analysis to serve Oil and Gas, Petrochemical and Pipeline industries around Houston and nationwide

• Provided field metallurgical services, such as PMI (Positive Material Identification), heat treatment verification, XRF material composition, microstructure and hardness ELEMENT MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY 2014 - 2016

Metallurgist, Metallurgical Lab Manager, Houston, TX

• Managed a Metallurgical Lab providing procedure qualification, product quality and failure analysis service to the Oil and Gas, Petrochemical and Pipeline industries on the Gulf Coast of the USA and worldwide

• Created new and revised old SOPs, operation instructions, preventive maintenance log and worksheets for corrosion testing, weld and welder qualification, metallurgy, hardness testing, metallurgical failure analysis and special needs, mostly related to OCTGs and CRAs

• Technician training, lab administration and critical testing report creation to ensure quality and on-time delivery of WOs

• Provided metallurgical consultation to project engineers and sales representatives by reviewing customers’ specification and requirements, answering questions, and making testing proposals to help win the business

• Cooperated with quality manager on safety, verification, calibration and industry accreditations and client approvals. For example, Nadcap accreditation was granted with ZERO findings

• Performed new testing request evaluation, equipment set-up including apparatus DIY, and documentation which significantly extended company’s testing capabilities BAKER HUGHES INC. 2013 - 2014

Material Engineer, Houston, TX

• Performed 2013 Baker Hughes worldwide products screening against internal Material Specifications (metals, ceramics, composites, polymers, etc.); Process Specifications (heat treat, coating, welding, hard-facing, brazing); and Quality, Assembly, Repair, and Special specifications for any conflicting minerals

• Visited Baker Hughes’ plants around Houston area to better understand its production lines, such as manufacturing lines for Drill Bits, Downhole Tools and Hydraulic Fracturing products

• Generated informative 3TG (Tungsten, Tantalum, Tin, and Gold) specification lists for Baker Hughes internal specifications used by all business segments based on common industry standards, e.g., NACE, API, AWS, ASTM, ASME codes & standards by oil and gas industry. The 3TG specification lists were hosted in an SAP database to provide a common source of information to worldwide Baker-Hughes business units

• Provided metallurgical consultation to the Program Manager and team members responding to questions and requirements from suppliers and customers, ensuring quality of due diligence UNIVERSITIES 2002 - 2012

R&D Positions, Qatar, Doha; Lafayette, LA; Tokyo, Japan; Leuven, Belgium; Yokohama, Japan

• Postdoctoral Research Associate at TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR on reinforced asphalt

• Research Associate at UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE on NSF projects (metastability of austenitic stainless steels) and on commercial research (such as 301, 304, 316, pipeline steel, rail steel. etc. to provide financial needs for 4 master students and 5 post-docs)

• (JSPS) Post-doc at THE UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO-COMMUNICATIONS on MDFed (multi directional forging) magnesium alloy AZ31

• Post-doc at KATHOLIEKE UNVERSITEIT LEUVEN on ECAE (equal channel angular extrusion) of an Al-Mg-Cu alloy

• Researcher at YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY on texture in silver and in IF Steel ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Nanjing, China INNER MONGOLIA NORTH HEAVY INDUSTRIES GROUP CORP. LTD, Baotou, China EDUCATION

Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng.), Material Science and Engineering Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan

Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Metallic Materials and Heat Treatment Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Metallic Materials and Heat Treatment Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China TECHNICAL SKILLS

Mechanical properties testing, macro-, micro- and nano-indentation, chemical composition by XRF/OES/EDS, microstructure and fractography by OM/EM, macro- and micro-texture by XRD/EBSD, hands on sample preparation techniques, 3-year floor experience in heat treatment, oral presentations at international conferences held in Japan, France and Belgium, report creation, technical documentation, research paper writing

AWARDS

• JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

(JSPS), Japan

• Professional Engineer in Metallurgical and Materials, State of Texas, Number 132759

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