Engineer Mechanical

Charlie Lu QIANG

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Offshore Structural Engineer

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

Phone: 832-***-****, 281-***-****, Houston, Texas

Job Objective: A senior position in design engineering for oil & gas industry

Career Highlights

Highly experienced in structural designs, with extensive expertise in structural analysis, stress

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analysis, and engineering mechanics

Mastered many structural analysis software and tools

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Familiar with 3-D CAD software, like PDMS, SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor

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Successfully solved many challenging engineering problems

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Career Summary

Qualified Structural Engineer with 18 year experiences: educated in USA and China, designated P.E. in

Texas and P.Eng. in Canada, specializing in the design for oil/gas industry including topsides platforms,

drilling structures, jack-ups, offshore frame and hull structures, oil-field equipments, and familiar with API,

AISC, AWS, ABS, DNV, CSA design codes

Proven ability in FE analysis of structural and mechanical components: beam structures, plated structures,

gears, various mechanical parts, familiar with SACS, S-Frame, STAAD, SAP2000, SAFI, StruCad*3D,

ANSYS Workbench/Traditional, ABAQUS, PDMS, SolidWorks, and Autodesk Inventor

Have ability to lead, work independently and also a good team player

Qualifications

P.E. in Texas USA (Cert. No. 88615)

P.Eng. in Alberta Canada (APEGGA No. M88549)

Educations

M. S. in Civil/Structural Engineering, Louisiana State University (1995-1997)

M. S. in Solid Mechanics, Shanghai Jiaotong University (1986-1989)

B. S. in Naval Architecture, Shanghai Jiaotong University (1982-1986)

Citizenship: Canadian citizen

Work History

(2012.4 – 2014.10) Exxon Hebron Project / KCA Deutag Drilling (Houston, USA) --Lead Structural

Engineer

Designed and analyzed the structural tanks, and secondary steels for gravel pack area of Hebron topsides of

ExxonMobil, using: SACS, ANSYS Workbench, and PDMS

(2011.4 – 2012.4) Allan Nelson Engineering Inc. (Edmonton, Canada) --Senior Mechanical Engineer

Analyzed various masts and substructures, including cantilever triple, telescoping double, super-single, slant

service rig; designed and analyzed flushby rigs, pipe arms, using: S-Frame, ANSYS

Workbench/Traditional, and SolidWorks

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(2006.10 – 2011.4) TTS Energy Canada, Ltd. (Edmonton, Canada) --Senior Structural Engineer

In charge of complete structural designs, including drilling masts, substructures, various oil field

equipments, top drives, pipe handlers, etc, ensured the compliance of structural strengths of assemblies and

components to API standards and project specifications, using: STAAD, ANSYS Workbench/Traditional,

and AutoDesk Inventor

Reviewed, evaluated, and approved design drawings for fabrication

Led teams to accomplish design projects

Selected materials, specified welding for constructions, and provided technical supports for the fabrication

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(2006.7 – 2006.9) Bantrel Co. (Calgary, Canada) --Structural Engineer

Analyzed a steel building for a Suncor oil-sand plant, using: SAP2000

(2006.1 – 2006.6) Neill and Gunter, Ltd. (Halifax, Canada) --Structural Engineer

Designed and analyzed steel buildings, piperacks, and concrete foundations for an Imperial Oil’s refinery,

using: SAFI

(1998.2 – 2005.11) Zentech, Inc. (Houston, USA) --Senior Associate (Structural Service)

Designed and analyzed various offshore structures including jack-up rigs, jacket rigs, semi-submersible rigs,

various structures on platforms, and ship hulls for Exxon, BP, Noble Drilling, Ensco Drilling, Pride,

Nabors, Diamond Drilling, and other companies

Designed and analyzed structural components like cantilever beams and extensions, spudcans, jack-up hulls

& legs, substructures, drilling floors, platforms, hull bulkhead openings, derrick supporting structures, living

quarters, crane pedestals, equipment foundations, penetration reinforcement, pad eyes, davits, subsea-tree

handling structures, etc. using: StruCAD*3D, ANSYS, ABAQUS, and others

Made FEM models for global structures such as jack-up rigs, semi-submersibles, and for local structures

like spudcans, pipe connections, using: StruCAD*3D, ANSYS, and ABAQUS

Analyzed global structural behaviors of jack-up rigs, using approaches of static, dynamic, deterministic, or

statistical analysis

Calculated the fatigue life for jackets, jack-ups, and other structures

Designed structural conversions and reinforcement like extending jack-up cantilever beam reach, adding

jack-up leg length, reinforcing crane foundations for increased capacity, etc.

Worked in shipyards for field engineering and technical support

Analyzed soil behaviors and capacities for the jack-up spud cans and jacket piles

(1989.2 – 1995.6) Guangdong Institute of Shipping Research (Guangzhou, China) --Ship Hull

Engineer

Designed and analyzed various ship structures, including global hull structures, and local structures as

decks, shells, bulkheads, platforms, sub-divisional structures, and machinery foundations by code-based

methods and hand calculations

Computer Skills

SACS, S-Frame, STAAD, SAP2000, SAFI, StruCad*3D, ANSYS Traditional/Workbench, ABAQUS,

PDMS, SolidWorks, AutoDesk Inventor, AutoCAD, MS Office, MathCad

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