Hebi Yin

****-* ******* **, **********, OH *****

865-***-**** acsa6c@r.postjobfree.com

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Hands-on experience of FEA (Finite Element Analysis), simulation and modeling of mechanical designs/analysis and materials manufacture/processing, including heat transfer, thermal-stress, structure, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, in ANSYS Multiphysics (APDL), Fluent, ABAQUS, and computer programming with C and Fortran.

Hands-on experience of DOE (design of experiments), laboratory set-up, experiments for thermal monitoring and data acquisition, and data statistics/analysis.

Familiar with solid modeling (Solidworks) for mechanical design and analysis for heat transfer, stress/structure, fluid flow.

Strong theoretical and practical background and knowledge in heat transfer, thermal-stress, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), thermodynamics through experiments, hand calculation, and numerical modeling.

Expertise in: casting/solidification, additive manufacturing, coating/cladding, heat treatment, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, metallurgy, etc.

Experience of proposal writing and project planning/management.

Effective listening, excellent written, verbal communication and oral presentation skills, ranging from communicating with teams, management to customers effectively in English and Chinese.

WORK PROFILES

2013.05 – 2015.09: Thermal Analysis Engineer, Mesocoat. Inc, Ohio

2010.09 – 2013.04: Post-doc research associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee

EDUCATIONS

PhD 2010, Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University, MS

PhD, Materials Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China

BS, Materials Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China

RESEARCH EXPERTISES/TOOLS

Mechanical and materials CAD/CAE modeling; Heat/mass Transfer; Fluid flow; Thermodynamics, data collection/statistics/processing/analysis/interpretation; ABAQUS, ANSYS Multiphysics (APDL), Fluent, Solidworks, SARS, Mathcad, Fortran/C++, Office

PROJECTS AND TASKS DETAILS

1. MesoCoat Inc. (2013- 2015)

Functionally Gradient Transition Joint for Dissimilar Metal Welding using Plasma Arc Lamps

(Tasks: Design the materials by software package ThermoCalc; Model the heat transfer and stress during coating/cladding; Design of Experiment (DOE) to optimize the operation parameters.

High Temperature Resistance Claddings for Nuclear Thermal Rockets.

(Tasks: Design the experiment, Collect data through observation in the experimentation and modeling results, Test hypotheses by models and through experiments; Interpret test data and correlate them to models.

Pipe cladding by arc lamp.

(Tasks: Thermal/deflection data acquisition; Experimental data statistics, analysis, and the correlation between operational parameters and thermal/deformation observation; Thermal/fluid (conjugate heat transfer) modeling for component design/correction; Thermal-stress analysis by FEA; 3D CAD/CAE model components to support the development of CFD models and to correct the design of components; CFD analyses for flow to assess and/or modify the flow characteristics of the components in order to meet design requirements. Provide/participate innovative ideas for improvements to new/existing products/technologies.

2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2010- 2013)

IR Heat Treatment of Cast Bi-Metallic Joints and Residual Stress Characterization.

(Tasks: Finite element analysis of thermal-stress; Plan test matrix to minimize test burdens; Validate theoretical models and innovation concepts by experiments data/observation; Hand on constitutive model on material microstructure evolution; Correlate critical experiments results with modeling results; Develop novel approaches to solve complex problems and make quick critical experiments to demonstrate the feasibility.

Working Fluids and Their Effect on Geothermal Turbines.

(Tasks: Thermodynamics cycle simulation; Optimize the cycle for high efficiency; Provide design guidance and input based on modeling results and aid in results interpretation)

3. Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University (2006 - 2010)

Modeling the Solidification Microstructure in Laser Deposition Processes

(Tasks: Modeling the heat transfer with conduction and convection by lattice Boltzmann; Phase evolution modeling; Materials thermodynamics properties analysis in microstructure evolution)

Processing method of Laser Engineered of Net Shape (LENS). Sep.2006-Jun.2010

(Tasks: Finite element thermal model and heat transfer analysis; Multi-scale modeling of solidification microstructure evolution; Natural convection and heat conduction of heat transfer.)

4. Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China, (2000 - 2006)

Real-time visualization of heat transfer and lubrication for solidification process in CC

(Tasks: Data collection, statistics, and analysis through experiments and modeling; data visualization, interpretation and publication)

Crack prediction of shell in mold based on the measurements in plant trial for continuous casting

(Tasks: Multi-physics thermal-stress couple modeling and analysis; Summary of thermal data from experiment and simulation; Correlation thermal/stress data in experiments and modeling results with product quality (prediction); Deflection prediction; Results publication and report)

On-line monitoring system of mold heat flux and temperature for round billet continuous casting

(Tasks: Thermal data (temperature and heat flux) collection and analysis; Interpretation of data based on the heat transfer characteristics; Explain the physics phenomena based on the data; Correlate the thermal data and product quality; Report/publication)

PUBLICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

More than 40 technical publication in international prestigious journals and conference presentation and proceedings. Reviewer for journals: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Journal of Heat Transfer, Computational Materials Science, Journal of Computational Physics, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, etc.

WORK AUTHORIZATION

US permanent residency, no sponsorship needed.

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