Materials Sci and Engineering, Metallurgy

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

*) Result and solution driven, professional metallurgist with global

experience in powertrain, drivetrain components R&D, manufacturing,

testing, quality, project management and customer application

engineering.

2) Researcher and specialist in alloy development, materials selection,

characterization, specification, failure analysis, remedy

recommendation, quality, and cost reduction.

3) Knowledge with internal combustion engines (gasoline and diesel), auto

transmissions and drivetrain systems, mechanical joint modules.

4) Experience in auto manufacturing engineering: Iron and aluminum

foundry for castings (cylinder liners, blocks, piston rings and heads,

diff cases, cam and balance shafts), alloy forging and metal forming

(pinions, gears, shafts, fasteners), heat treating (annealing, gas

carburizing and nitriding, Q+T), joining (welding, bolting), machining

and surface finishing (coating, corrosion prevention).

5) Leadership in departmental and project management, product development

and launch, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, ISO and TS internal audits, 8D.

6) Hands-on skills in metallurgical laboratory technologies, OE and

combustion spectrometry, metallography, SEM, EDS, X-Ray Diffraction

for residual stress, hardness, strength, toughness, fatigue,

corrosion, fractography and failure analysis.

7) Expert in international (ISO, JIS, DIN, GB), national (ASTM, SAE,

ASME, AMS) standards and OEM technical specifications with regard to

materials composition, processing and testing.

8) Publications of peer-reviewed technical articles in journals,

conference presentations, and authored over 100 technical reports.

9) Inventor of four technical patents (pending) in advanced materials and

surface engineering.

10) Communication skills among customers and supplies with engineering,

products, and quality topics.

CAREER EXPERIENCE

1. Principal Metallurgist, Musashi Auto Parts, Inc. (Honda partially owned

and global supplier for auto transmission and drivetrain parts), Battle

Creek, MI, Aug 2014- Present

. Company Products and Customers: Transmission and differential modules,

ball joints and gear assemblies, cam and balance shafts for Honda,

Ford, Chrysler, Nissan, ZF

. Manufacturing Technology: Precision forging and machining, Iron

Casting, heat treating, surface processing and finishing, assemblies

and testing

. Lead R&D in alloy development, materials selection and specification

(steels, cast irons, chemicals), metallurgical and mechanical

characterization.

. Manage met lab operations in metallurgical, mechanical, NDT (Eddy

Current, MPI, X-Ray) testing

. Supervise heat treating (annealing, normalizing, carburizing,

nitriding) and surface finishing (phosphating, corrosion prevention)

. Support engineering projects in CAE design, Deform simulation

. Key member in new product development and launch, APQP, PPAP, FMEA

. Key member in TS, ISO and internal quality audits, supplier

development and audits

. Lead and conduct failure analysis, 8D for customer technical and

application engineering

2. Chief Metallurgist and Engineer, ZYNP International Corp. (Global

leader in engine power cylinder components), Romulus, MI, Nov. 2011- Aug

2014,

. Company Products and Customers: Cylinder liners, piston rings, engine

blocks for diesel and gas engines for GM, Ford, Navistar, Daimler,

Cummins, Volvo Car, Nemak, MWM

. Manufacturing Technology: Iron and aluminum foundry, precision

machining, Coating, Supply chain

. Lead R&D projects in materials development, specification,

metallurgical and tribological characterization, surface finishing and

coating (Honing, thermal spray, PVD, DLC, Phosphating)

. Support manufacturing engineering in foundry, machining, packaging,

via quality audit, root cause investigation, failure analysis, 8D

projects, and cost saving initiatives

. Manage engineering and quality labs for metallurgical, mechanical,

tribological, and NDT testing (Eddy Current, MPI, X-ray, Ultrasonic)

and tribometer rig and engine bench testing

. Conduct hands-on testing for spectrometry, metrology, metallography,

fractography, fatigue, SEM, EDS on castings and components

. Key member in new business, customer and supplier development, new

product launch, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, supplier development

. Lead and conduct ISO/TS 16949 and internal audits, customer technical

and application engineering, failure analysis and 8D corrective

actions

. Technical liaison between China manufacturing base and NA R&D center

3. Chief Metallurgist, Director of Metallurgy and R&D, Cold Heading Co.

(Global leader in auto fastener development and manufacture), Warren, MI,

2005-2011

. Company Products and Customer: Auto fasteners, shafts, gears for Ford,

Chrysler, Nissan, Honda, Toyota and Tier Suppliers

. Manufacturing Technology: Cold forming, Heat Treating (Annealing, Q+T,

carburizing, surface finishing (pickling, plating, phosphating)

. Direct R&D of materials selection (Aluminum, carbon, alloy and heat

resistant steels), alloy development

. Prepare, review and release technical specifications, procedures,

reports, presentations.

. Key member in Corporate Quality Council activities, APQP, PPAP, and

ISO-TS audit.

. Lead and carry out failure analysis to investigate root cause of issue

or failure, initiate 8D.

. Manage departmental daily operations (training, procedure,

performance, equipment maintenance)

4. Metallurgical Engineer, Innovative Materials, Axles and Drivelines

Engineering, ArvinMeritor, Inc. (Global leader in drivetrain and braking

solutions for OEMs), Troy, MI, 2004-2005

Work on R&D projects in drive pinions, ring gears, in-put shafts and

driveline components development for auto and trucks applications.

Manage projects (DOE, progress-gate management) for alloy design,

materials acquisition, met and mechanical testing.

Support heat treatment manufacturing of gears (Annealing,

normalization, Q+T, gas carburizing, machining), shafts, axles beams,

through trouble-shooting, failure analysis.

Hands-on met lab work in metallography, SEM, EDS, X-Ray, and

mechanical testing of products.

5. Research Assistant, Dept. of Chemical Engineering & Materials

Science,Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 2000-2004

. Develop a novel two-step austempering process to produce austempered

ductile cast iron (ADI) with improved yield strength, fatigue strength

and fracture toughness for advanced industrial applications.

. Contribute to developing a high carbon high silicon (HCHS) cast steel

for US Naval applications.

6. Associate Professor, (Dec 1998-Sept 2000) and Faculty Member (1990-

1998), Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical

University, Xi'an, China

. Teach undergraduate students courses: Engineering Materials,

Mechanical Behavior of Materials.

. Research as co-PI in projects of Decagonal quasicrystal fabrication

and characterization.

. Co-design and build ZKL-1300 vacuum heat treatment furnace for

aircraft applications.

7. Visiting Research Scientist, Gartrell School of Metallurgy & Geology,

University of South Australia, The Levels, S. A., Australia, Sept 1994-

June 1996

Conduct research on reactive sintering of tungsten carbide inserts via

PM.

Optimize a vacuum sintering process of PM hardmetals.

honors

. Technical Award by STLE (Society of Tribology and Lubrication

Engineers), Sept. 2003

. Memberships of Sigma Xi, ASM, SAE, AFS, STLE

Publications, Technical Reports and patens

. 13 peer-reviewed technical articles published in international journals

such as "Iron and Steels Technology", "MSE A", "Materials and Design",

which are widely cited by other professionals.

. Authored over 100 technical reports.

. Scores of tech presentations at international conferences, customers

technical developments.

. Inventor/Co-Inventor of five technical patents pending: ?ADI Ductliner

for Heavy Duty Diesel Engines; ?ZFine Honing of Cylinder Liners; ?Low

Alloy High Strength Gray Cast Iron for Diesel Liners -LAHSGI; ?

Cylinder Liners with As-Cast Projections on OD for Gas Engines -ZLock;

? Al-Si Alloy Coating via Electrical Arc Spray on Cast Iron Liners for

Gas Engines -- ZFusion.

Education

. Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Wayne State University,

Detroit, Michigan, USA

. M. S. Materials Science and Engineering, Wayne State University,

Detroit, Michigan, USA

. B. S. Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern

Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

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