Project Engineer

YING LI

**** * *** ********** **** #E, Covina, CA

++1-213-***-**** (home)

++1-909-***-**** (mobile)

******@***.***

Skill & Ability

Project management: Worked in the capacity of both project manager and project leader in 5 projects and managed project budget over US$10 Million

Technical strengths: Has over 10 years of research experience in Biomedical Engineering, delivered 9 projects with great satisfaction

Writing skill: Published project progress reports monthly for a four-year project; Published over 70 conference papers and previewed journal papers

Communications: Developed communication plans and managed two remote project teams and four partners; chaired local project team meetings biweekly as a project leader; presented project progress in panel meetings; given over 30 presentations in professional and technical association conferences; Trilingual

Leadership: Built two local project teams from the ground up, as a project leader; obtained independent research grants from local grant sources with one of project teams; Serviced as the president of both Chinese and international student governments.

Education

Ph.D. Oceanic Information and System Engineering Feb 2011

Jeju National University, South Korea

M.S. Marine Industrial Engineering Feb 2006

Jeju National University, South Korea

B.S. Mechanical and Automation Engineering Sep 2003

Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Inner Mongolia, China

Professional Experience

Project Manager Jun 2016 – Oct 2016

Intercalate Link Group, Inc., Rowland Heights, CA, US

Remotely managed two international project teams and successfully developed a B2P business platform for a startup company

Actively managed the constraints of scope, schedule, budget, quality to meet the requirements and needs of project sponsor, customer, and other stakeholders

Managed expectations of stakeholders and balanced their interests

Project leader/Project engineer

National Institute of Healthy (NIH) Ultrasonic Transducer Resource Center

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, US Nov 2011 – Nov 2015

Worked as a project leader/project engineer in a $6 Million and a $2.6 Million NIH projects to develop high frequency array transducers & system and single beam acoustic tweezers, respectively.

Supervised project teams and managed four external partners and developed communication correspondences.

Developed two independent research projects funded by local grant sources with team members, and worked as a project leader.

Project leader/ Project engineer

Ocean Engineering of Jeju National University, South Korea May 2004 – Sep 2011

Delivered 5 projects funded by the Korean National Research Foundation and Underwater Communication/Detection Research Center

Computing Skills

Project management: MS Project, Smartsheet

Data analysis and algorithm design: LabView, MATLAB

Modeling and simulation: Field II, PiezoCAD, COMSOL

Statistical analysis: SPSS, ORIGIN, Excel

Engineering design: AutoCAD, SolidWorks and Pro/ENGINEER

Professional Affiliations

Member of Project Management Institute

Member of Biomedical Engineering Society

Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Member of Ultrasonic, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society

Member of Acoustical Society of America

Member of Acoustical Society of Korea, 2006-2011

Honors and Awards

A Provost Scholarship of University of Southern California, 2012

Excellent Presentation Award, Conference of Acoustical Society of Korea, 2010

Excellent Presentation Award, Conference of Acoustical Society of Korea, 2009

Jeju National University Scholarship, Full tuition fee waiver during Ph.D. coursework

Graduated with Jeju National University’s Excellent Research Achievement Award

Jeju National University Scholarship, Full tuition fee waiver during M.S. coursework

Research Assistant Scholarship, Brain Korea (BK) 21 Project

Service and Leadership

Information Technology Volunteer, Faith Community Church (Nov 2015-Current)

President, Jeju National University International Student Union (Feb 2007-Feb 2008)

President, Chinese Students Association of Jeju National University (Feb 2007-Feb 2008)

Staff, Annual Fall Meeting of Biomedical Engineering Society (Sep 2007)

Staff, 5th International Workshop on the Oceanography and Fishery Science of the East China Sea (Oct 2005)

Counselor, Jeju City Government (Nov2004 -Nov 2005)

Reviewer, the Journal of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Languages

Chinese- Native proficiency

English- Professional working proficiency

Korean- Professional working proficiency

Delivered Projects

1.A project of NIH funded by the US Government to develop the biomedical applications of single beam of acoustic tweezers (R01-EB12058), US$2,600,000. Role: Project leader Nov 2011 – Nov 2015

2.A project of the NIH funded by the US Government to develop high frequency acoustic transducers and system for biomedical imaging (P41-EB002182), US$6,000,000. Role: Project engineer Nov 2011 – Nov 2015 Nov 2011 – Nov 2015

3.A project from the Ming Hsieh Institute to develop the engineering Medicine for Cancer,

US$120,000. Role: Project leader May 2014 – Nov 2015 July 2015 – Nov 2015

4.A project from the Provost Scholar Grant of University of Southern California to test the feasibility of in vivo application of single beam acoustic tweezers, US$25,000. Role: Project leader May 2013 – May 2014

5.A project of National Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government to develop the method to monitor the erythrocyte aggregation. (NRF- 201*-*******), about US$2,500,000. Role: Project leader May 2010 – Sep 2011

6.A project of National Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government to develop the high frame rate of ultrasound biomicroscopy (KRF-200*-*******), about US$2,000,000. Role: Project engineer May 2009 - Sep 2011

7.A project of National Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government to develop ultrasound blood imaging and its applications (KRF-200*-*******), about US$2,000,000. Role: Project engineer May 2009 - Sep 2011

8.A project of Underwater Communication/Detection Research Center grant funded by Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (UD070054AD), about US$2,500,000 Role: Project engineer Mar 2007- May 2010

A project of National Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government (NRF- 201*-*******), about US$ 1,000,000. Role: Project engineer.

Contact this candidate