Product Engineer

Sarah (Sijia) Lyu

•**** Heather Drive, Dearborn, MI 48126 •Email:********@*******.*** •Tel:352-***-**** SUMMARY

Ø Objective: Seeking for a Full Time/Contract Position as a Product Engineer. Available Immediately.

• Design Experience in automovie components like Chassis, Transmission, Plastic Interiors and Seating System

• Proficient in product development skills like GD&T, BOM, DVP&R, DFMEA and DFSS(Six-Sigma)

• Superior skills in CAE using ABAQUS, HPERMESH, ANSYS (Fluent) and Matlab

• Strong background in manufacturing process: Injection Molding, Die Casting, Stamping and Forging

• More than 3-years hand-on experience with CAD software: NX UG, CATIA, ProE, SolidWorks and AutoCAD WORK EXPERIENCE

Chassis Design Engineer Intern BAIC Group (Beijing Auto.CO, Fortune 500), Beijing, China 05/2013-09/2013

• Developed chassis components to meet vehicle functional, packaging and cost requirements

• Reviewed and approved 3D CAD models & 2D drawings, GD&T.

• Established and maintained DFMEA, DVP&R. Conducted DV & PV testing on supplier side.

• Tracked BOM, design, and cost with Teamcenter PLM System to maintain accurate program forecasts

• Conducted meetings and conference calls, with program management teams, suppliers, testing activities, manufacturing, and vehicle teams to ensure programs are on time and products were of desired quality Plastic Product Co-op Engineer Tianjin University, China 09/2013-02/2014

• Optimized design details of plastic car door handle to achieve both cost controlling and high quality product goals

• Created high quality parametric 3D CAD models from design conception using CATIA

• Redesigned assembly structure and method to reduce assembly time and cost using FEA simulation in Abaqus

• Modified product material to fulfill the requirements of cost and guaranteed product performance at the same time

• Optimized injection molding process to reduce defect rate (10%) and curing time using Six-Sigma Product Testing Engineer University of Florida 08/2014-05/2015

• Tested mechanical properties of 3D-printed artificial human tissues and optimized 3D printing manufacture process

• Designed testing experiments for of artificial human tissues using various advanced testing methods: Tensile testing, AFM (Atomic-force microscopy) and DIC (Digital Image Correlation)

• Analyzed mechanical properties (strength, stiffness and fracture morphology) of 3D-printed artificial human tissues

• Worked with material researchers & manufacture researchers to optimize advanced materials and manufacture process details of artificial human tissues based on testing experiment conclusions ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Structural Optimization with FEA Simulation University of Florida 01/2015-06/2015

• Used various CAE tools (Abaqus and HyperMesh), performed FEA of Torque Arm using linear methods to establish design status with respect to strength and stiffness

• Documented analysis with clear, concise reporting of fact-based results, conclusions and recommendations

• Redesigned model shape on weak area, chose better material or surface treatments to get optimal solution Orthopaedic Biomechanics (Robotic Glove) University of Florida 08/2015-12/2015

• Tested healthy human-hand dynamics using motion capture system and summarized data to form a research report

• Calculated finger joint angles with scripted equations in Matlab to generate original robotic glove design conception

• Developed a robotic glove for helping disabilities, who cannot move their fingers, to achieve everyday life goals

• Worked with team members to improve and control quality of the robotic glove product Transmission Design Tianjin University, China 01/2013-05/ 2013

• Designed transmission according to given engine model and parameters, to meet performance and power requirements

• Calculated rotation rate and torque for gears under different shifts, chose material to meet strength and cost requirements

• Generated 3D model, 2D drawing and GD&T with CATIA for new design (axles, gears, shells, case and housing) Seating System Development Tianjin University, China 08/2012-02/2013

• Analyzed DFMEA of seat structure and restraint components (belt, headrest) design on structural and material factors

• Conducted heat transfer analysis for seat design under different environmental parameters, like temperature and air flow

• Modified design of seat and restraint components (belt, headrest) to increase seating system comfort

• Performed CAE thermal analysis for seat to simulate temperature distribution around seat and calculated heat transfer speed by introducing the time increments

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

• Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering University of Florida, FL 08.2014-12.2015

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Tianjin University, China 08.2010-07.2014

• Certified Engineer-In-Training (EIT) Certification 03/2016-Present

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