Research Engineer

YUAN LI

**** *** **. ***. ***, Tuscaloosa, AL ***01 205-***-**** ******@*******.**.***

PROCESS/RESEARCH METALLURGICAL ENGINEER

Dynamic, qualified and skilled metallurgical and materials Engineer with experience in processing, production,

modeling, characterization, and application of metals, ceramics, semiconductors, polymer, and their

composites. Expert in experimental design, process Improvement and device fabrication. Extensive knowledge

of materials characterization (Metallographic Analysis, SEM, TEM, AFM, EDS, XRD, XPS, Raman, FTIR) and data

analysis and reporting using computational software (Office, OriginLab, Matlab, 3D MAX) .

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Corrosion Analysis/Protection

Thermodynamic analysis (HSC)

Nonferrous Metallurgy (Flotation,

Electrochemistry

Sintering, Electrowinning) Computational Fluid Dynamics

Electroplating and Coating

Metalworking (Casting, Rolling, Mechanical Testing (Tensile,

Heat Treatment) Hardness, Fatigue)

Thin Film (CVD/Sputtering)

Steelmaking (Pickling, Thermal Analysis (TGA, DTA)

Carbon/polymer Chemistry

Galvanizing, Refining)

Electrochemical Skills (CV, EIS)

Failure Analysis Processing

EDUCATION

Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) - Materials Science, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL May 2015

Master of Engineering - Metallurgical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China 2011

Bachelor of Engineering - Metallurgical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China 2009

P ROFESSIONAL EXPERIE NCE

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, TUSCALOOSA, AL 2012 – Present

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Design experiments, mentor undergraduate students, grade lab reports .

Guide the mechanical testing lab, heat treatment (sintering) lab, and kinetics lab .

Give undergraduate lectures on computer-aided design/manufacturing (CAD/CAM).

Graduate Research Assistant 2011 – Present

Achieved the extraction of graphite from ore grinding /grading, flotation, and purification.

Conducted the permanent mold casting of “Big Bama” exhibition models in the University Foundry

Studied the corrosion of complex ceramic electrodes for oxygen evolution during Zn electrowinning

Designed and optimized a high-temperature CVD furnace for Si nanowires growth/heterostructuring and

simulated the temperature distribution using CFD.

Designed and fabricated carbon nanotube/polymer composite for Anisotropic Thermal Conductor (ATC).

Modeled and simulated heat transport in carbon nanotube (CNT) network films or CNT/polymer ATC.

Key Accomplishments

Honored with MINT GSS Fellowship Position.

Won the Best Poster Award at MRS.

Published over 20 peer-reviewed scholarly papers/proceedings and 1 granted patent .

Gained TMS/MRS conference experience with over 12 presentations/posters.

CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY, CHANGSHA, CHINA 2009 – 2011

Graduate Research Assistant

Achieved the anti-gravity infiltration casting of porous lead anode (industrial scale) .

Conducted the pickling and galvanizing of hotmilled steel plate as the support material for DSA.

Designed and fabricated of lightweight bicontinuous Al/Pb/metal oxide electrode (DSA, patent granted).

Studied the anodic corrosion and oxygen evolution behaviors of DSA during Zn electrowinning.

Achieved the production of copper powders by direct-electrowinning from leaching solution

Designed 70, 000 t annual production fluid -bed roasting plant for Zn hydrometallurgy.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CONTINUED

SHENZHEN NONFEMET CO., LTD., SHAOGUAN, CHINA 2008

Summer Intern

Worked as an intern metallurgist for reduction smelting of ZnS/PbS sinters in blast furnace .

Collected and organized operational data for daily reports and weekly presentations .

Theoretically calculated and charted the thermodynamic equilibrium diagram for Pb -Sb-O system.

CHALCO CO., LTD., JIAOZUO, CHINA 2007

Summer Intern

Collected and summarized the practical knowledge from each plant for the final report .

Visited the production line for industrial Soda-lime sintering–Hall-Héroult process of Al production.

METAL PROCESSING PLANT - CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY, CHANGSHA, CHINA 2006

Summer Intern

Practiced for metalworking including casting, forging, wel ding, CNC lathe, and heat treatment.

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