Mechanical Engineering Assistant

Zupan Hu

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SUMMARY

• Mechanical Engineering PhD candidate with internship experiences at Oak Ridge

National Laboratory which included FEA simulations of dynamic vibrations, fretting

wear, impact and thermo-structural analysis.

• Proficient in Solid Mechanics, Contact Mechanics, Material Science and Thermal

Analysis.

• A quick learner with a desire for continuous career development.

• Actively seeking a full time position in the Mechanical Engineering field. Available from

August 30st 2015.

Mechanical Engineering (PhD), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Sep, 2015

EDUCATION

Mechanical Engineering (M.S.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI May, 2012

Mechanical Engineering (B.S.), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China July, 2010

WORK Oak Ridge National Laboratory, CASL Division, Oak Ridge, TN

EXPERIENCE Research Intern Jul. 2012-Aug. 2012

• Analyzed the characteristics of the impact force due to turbulence coolant on a fuel rod in

the pressurized water reactor

• Coupled the CFD results with a 3D FEA Model of the fuel assembly

• Simulated and analyzed vibrations due to the turbulence coolant and the wear on fuel rod

• Analyzed the effects of geometry design of the supporting grid on the vibrations and wear

• Predicted the fuel leak risks under different excitations and geometry design

Research Intern Jun. 2011-Aug. 2011

• Set up and validated a 3D FEA model of the grid supported nuclear fuel rod.

• Modeled the heat transfer behavior of the fuel assembly based on the thermal conditions

in the pressurized water reactor.

• Incorporated the thermal simulation results with the mechanical modeling

• Analyzed the effects of preload and thermal conditions on the creep caused stress

relaxation

RESEARCH University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering Department, Ann Arbor, MI

EXPERIENCE Research Assistant Sep. 2010 - Present

Primary research topic: Continuum-level modeling of the frictional wear

• Analyzed the effects of plastic behavior on the partial slip behavior around a elastically

singular corner

• Set up a new shear strength controlled contact model for more realistic prediction of

partial slip behavior.

• Analyzed the influence of partial slip wear on the stress evolution

• Set up a new wear modeling method using the thermal expansion module in the FEA

code.

Internal Combustion Engine Research Institute, Shanghai, China

Undergraduate Researcher (Team leader) Sep 2008 -Nov 2009

Project: A study of the cooling performance of gas turbine internal cooling channels by using

thermochromic liquid crystal

• Applied thermochromic liquid crystal (TLC) to determine the heat transfer performance

of test pieces using One-Dimensional Transient Model

• Investigated the influence of pin material and structure design on the heat transfer

enhancement of the cooling channels

• Analyzed the effect of Reynolds number on the heat transfer of test pieces

Undergraduate Researcher (Team leader) Sep 2007 - Sep 2008

Project: Experimental setup of liquid crystal thermo-image for temperature measurement

• Set up a temperature measurement system using the TLC and a camera

• Investigated the effects of incidence angle, type of light source, distance of light source

on the hue value of TLC

• Calibrated the TLC system in Labview and Matlab by analyzing the relationships

between the hue value and temperature

• Validated the TLC system using both water-bath and film heaters

Research Center of UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai, China

Research Assistant Jan 2009 - July 2009

Project: Economic and environmental assessment of China’s power options

• Projected electricity demand in China until 2020 based on the anticipated economic

growth and energy consumption

• Carried out a Business as Usual study derived from current electricity generation

situation

• Applied the Integrated Environmental Control Model to evaluate the environmental and

economic performance of integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) in China’s

context

• Analyzed the feasibility of other electricity options (hydroelectric, nuclear, wind, and

solar) according to the cost of electricity, environmental impact, and available resources

PUBLICATIONS Zupan Hu, Wei Lu, M.D. Thouless and J.R. Barber, ‘Simulation of wear evolution using

fictitious eigenstrain’, Tribology International, 2015, 82, p. 191-194

H. Wang, Z. Hu, W. Lu, and M.D. Thouless, 'A mechanism-based framework for the

numerical analysis of creep in zircaloy-4'. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2013. 433(1–3): p.

188-198.

Z. Hu and J. W. Pratt “The Environmental and Economic Impact of IGCC in China, with

Comparison to Alternative Options”, ASME International Conference on Energy

Sustainability 2010

SKILLS Knowledgeable in Mechanical Engineering: Solid Mechanics, Contact Mechanics, Strength of

Materials, Dynamic Systems Analysis, Vibratory Motion, Manufacturing, Fluid Mechanics,

Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer.

Experienced in Photography, Videography and Multimedia editing

Technical Software: Abaqus, Matlab, Hypermesh, Labview, ANSYS, Fortran, Python,

C, ADAMS, UGS NX

Other Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Light Room, Illustrator, Premiere, After

Effects and Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

LANGUAGE Native in Mandarin

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