Fluid Mechanics, Cfd, Experiments. Matlab, Ansys Fluent

Ruijun Tian

**** ******** ***, #**, *** Cruces, NM, 88001 TEL: 575-***-**** E-mail:*******@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Four years’ experience in fluid mechanical engineering. Passionate for innovation and satisfactory contribution to my group.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering Expected Graduation Date: 12/2015

New Mexico State University (NMSU), Las Cruces, NM GPA: 3.975

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering 07/2011 University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, China GPA: 3.52

WORK EXPERIENCE

Internship in Cummins Inc. Columbus, IN 05/2015 – 08/2015

Use single-point flow velocity measurement devices to validate the GE air flow meter.

Design and conduct experimental tests to investigate and compare the performance of different fuel consumption measurement devices (AVL Fuel Exact and Load Cell Fuel Cart), that are used in Cummins test operation group for measuring the efficiency of internal-combustion engine.

Simulate and quantify the reasons for bad fuel consumption rate measurements in test cells.

Apply the techniques to improve the data quality and enhance trouble-shooting efficiency.

Assist leading engineers trouble-shooting the problems in the tests of combustion engine.

Teaching assistant for AE 447 (Aero-fluids Lab). NMSU, Las Cruces, NM 08/2012 – Present

Work as a teaching assistant for undergraduate/graduate students from Aerospace Engineering to design and perform class experiments.

Prepare and give class for data acquiring, processing, and analysis.

Apply PIV and ANSYS FLUENT to study and simulate multiphase flow in micro-channel.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Project: Experimental investigation and theoretical modeling of unsteady fluid-structure interaction problem. NMSU, Las Cruces, NM 07/2012 - Present

Design and set up experiment to simulate and study the gravity-driven falling plate problem using laser-based PIV method.

Develop a MATLAB package to process the particle image data.

Theoretical and numerical modeling using ANSYS FLUENT.

Project: Experimental investigation of the interaction between the flapping hydrofoil and the surrounding vortex field development. NMSU, Las Cruces, NM 09/2011 – 09/2012

Design and perform experiments on study of dynamic response and surrounding flow field development for flapping NACA 0012 hydrofoils.

Control the experiment performance and data acquisition using LabView and Galil.

CLASS PROJECTS

Project: Application of spectral methods on Channel Flow problem (CFD). 09/2013 – 12/2013

Numerically simulate and solve a two-dimensional channel flow problem using Spectral Methods in MATLAB.

Hands-on experience for Fast Fourier Transform and Chebyshov Transformation in CFD.

Project: Computational simulation of flow in driven cavity (CFD). 02/2012 – 05/2012

Numerically simulate the two-dimensional unsteady viscous flow inside a square cavity using MATLAB.

Build an ANSYS FLUENT case and compare the results with the numerical simulation.

PROFILE AND SKILLS

Mechanical device design, test performance and experimental research

Advanced fluid mechanics, thermal science, heat transfer, statistics, engineering mathematics, dynamics, vibration and solid mechanics

CFD, GT-power, ANSYS FLUENT, ICEM, CFX, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Indicom, CyFlex and Concerto

MATLAB, C/C++ and LABVIEW

Good problem-solving skills and proven ability to learn quickly

Good communication skills (English and Chinese); work effectively in team environment

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

[1] Ruijun Tian, Eloy Marquez Gonzalez, Humberto Bocanegra Evans, B. J. Balakumar and Fangjun Shu, Experimental Study of Reynolds Number and Gust Influence on Transient Force and Flow Generated by a Robotic Hummingbird, International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2015

[2] Ruijun Tian, Robert Mitchell, Leonardo Martin-Alarcon, Fangjun Shu, EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF 2D FLEXIBLE PLUNGING HYDROFOIL, accepted by Journal of Fluid Visualization and Image Processing.

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