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ERWIN LIANG

addy4u@r.postjobfree.com 562-***-**** (M)

TECHNICAL LEADER

An accomplished Senior Leader with excellent problem-solving skills, multidisciplinary expertise, and entrepreneurship seeking out high-profile challenges to advance technology excellence and business growth. Core Competencies:

MGTP/MGPP Development & Execution Micro Machining & Fabrication Qualification Test Procedure/Reporting Actuation Systems and Sensors Material System Design and Processing Structures, Fatigue, and Reliability EDUCATION

Ph.D. Dept. of Mechanical Science & Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign M.S. Eng. Materials & Structures, Civil & Environmental Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA B.S. Civil Engineering, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, ROC PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Collins Aerospace, Anaheim, CA 2018 –

Engineering Manager, Refrigeration Systems

Lead a team of experienced Mechanical Engineers, Designers, Engineering Project Leads, and Prototype Technicians at Anaheim and overseas, and manage resource planning, milestone deliverables, budget for prototyping, new technology readiness, new product development, and sustaining support.

Led a cross-functional team identify development risks, provide solutions, plan/execute mitigation plans, and complete successfully the qualification and production launch of air chillers for Boeing 777X program.

Introduce and streamline Engineering Processes: Design and Drafting Standard, Multi-Generation Technology Plan

(MGTP) and domain experts, Gate Review, RCCA Ishikawa Diagram, dFMEA.

Improve product Performance, Reliability and Cost leveraging advanced technologies such as additive manufacturing, sound damping sheet metal, advanced simulation methodologies. Moog Aircraft Group, Torrance, CA 2015 – 2018

Sr. Integrated Product Team Lead, Commercial Actuation Systems Technical focal point for A350 Flap Power Control Unit leading cross-functional team in product development/ qualification, and executing deliverables, budget, schedule, planning, supplier performance, in-service issues.

Responsibilities include Design, Testing, Requirements, Build Standard, ATP/QTP Failures, RCCA, Customer Presentation, and Program/Production/Field Support.

Author and approve technical/quality documents such as EDES, CDR, ATP, QTR, RMQ, MRR, DDP, Concession, etc.

Successfully qualified A350 Flap PCU Over-Center Hydraulic Motors, Control Modules plus Gearbox to full life.

Lead and inspire teams to utilize DFMEA, DFSS, DOE, system approaches in solving complex problems. Light Vast, Covina, CA 2014 – 2015

VP, LED Lighting and Signage

Startup LED Lighting Systems and Signage design, procurement, and installation for commercial applications. Establish product plans, business processes, supplier management, sales channels, and pricing.

Played a key role in establishment of startup development, with expertise in areas of energy saving solutions, new and retrofit lighting systems, architectural lighting design, and professional installation.

LED product platform, sourcing strategy, bid and proposal, marketing and sales skills to close deals.

Excellent analytical and communication skills complement the technical background to serve customers with great values – quality, price and service.

Erwin Liang 562-***-****, addy4u@r.postjobfree.com Page 2 of 4 Woodward (previously GE AVIATION SYSTEMS), Duarte, CA 2011 – 2013 Technical Leader & US Technology Lead, Mechanical Systems Promote technical excellence and flawless product launch in NPI with effective technical processes, integrated product development, risk management, lessons learned/best practices, and proven technology.

Technology roadmap and growth playbook development; advanced hydraulic and electromechanical actuation technologies; global knowledge exchange, cost out, and engineering productivity.

Technical Lead for Global 7000/8000 engine Thrust Reverser Actuation Systems (TRAS); FAR 25, requirements compliance, DOORS, drawings, performance, structural, FMEA, qualification testing. PDR, CDR, lessons learned, best practices, corrective actions for NPI and sustaining.

Execute TRL6 technology development, 737MAX, 777X TRAS RFI, A320neo design review actions closure.

Developed hydraulic cylinders molded with high-performance thermoplastic composites. HONEYWELL INTERNALTIONAL, Torrance, CA 2007 – 2011 Sr. Tech Manager, Structures and Fatigue Technologies, Materials, Structures & Design COE Led a global functional team located on multiple sites. Responsible for structural integrity and reliability of turbo-machinery with improved performance and fuel economy for passenger and commercial vehicles.

Technology roadmap development, resource & budget planning, value engineering, lean process.

Design and qualification of gas & diesel turbochargers up to 1050C for flow, efficiency, thermal fatigue, TMF/LCF/HCF, creep, containment, vibration, turbine wheels, compressor, housings, shaft, bearing, etc.

Architect and implement infrastructure for engineering productivity and efficiency; knowledge management system, workflow & automation, parametric modeling, supplier Co-design, verification & validation. Translate business trends and voice of customers to define new technologies for the business.

Provide solutions to production and field issues, e.g. fatigue, balance, wear, joining, noise, sealing.

Manage global operations, setting goals and objectives, performance review, career development, compensation, and succession planning.

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1990 – 2007

Sr. Mech. Designer, Hybrid Power Gen, GE Energy/Global Research, Torrance, CA (2006 – 2007) Led Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) stack designs to meet performance, and cost and life targets in the

$20MM/year DOE SECA Phase-II program. Responsibilities included creating designs, material selection, CFD, stress analysis, approving drawing release, component manufacturing and tolerance.

Led stress analysis in 12” 40-cell SECA Phase I stack and Balance of Plant development, successfully building, testing and delivering a 49.5%-efficiency 6-kW system on time to DOE.

Designed and built a 20-cell SOFC stack, validating the new 800C designs of light metal interconnect, external manifold, pneumatic bellow-actuated compression system, and compressive ceramic seal.

Improved cell bonding, sealing, and stack alignment from modeling and validating the dimensional stability between metallic interconnects, glass seals, and ceramic membranes. Sr. Product/Process Development Engineer, GE Global Research, Niskayuna, NY (2001 – 2005) Led a cross-functional team to establish precision engineering, micro machining, fast tool servo, and micro- replication for extrusion coating optical screens/films for entering the LCD & RP display market. Explored emerging technologies and validated feasibility to scale up from laboratory to production capacity/quality.

Managed multiple vendors and monitored projects with internal team and external partners, maintaining schedule and budget for material supply, machining, tooling, plating, and product prototyping.

Grew the project from 3 to 10+ control, optical, mechanical members and $2MM+ budget.

Custom-built 2 ultra- precision CNC diamond-turning machines capable of Motion Accuracy < 20 nm, Surface Roughness (Ra) < 1.0 nm, Form Accuracy (P-V) < 0 .1 micron.

Established precision micromachining and piezoelectric flexure servo technologies and IP’s, producing novel microstructures to enhance brightness and reduce moiré fringe of LCD backlight films.

Developed micro-replication for pristine optical surface, including electroforming, tooling, clean room, DI water system, generating tooling trees from machined masters to final optical film production.

Reduced defects from 100 per square inch to less than 5 while remarkably improving production yield by applying Erwin Liang 562-***-****, addy4u@r.postjobfree.com Page 3 of 4 RCA and FMEA methodology to troubleshoot manufacturing issues.

Demonstrated lithography, laser & mechanical micromachining, silicone micro-molding technology for fabricating micro medical devices, bio-analytical microfluidic chips, MEMS, and prism array.

Advanced plastic molding technologies, including gas-assist, over-molding, transfer molding, thermoforming, etc. in order to increase moldability, dimensional stability, reduce defects and costs. Sr. Mech. Engr., Manufacturing Process Lab., GE Corporate R&D, Schenectady, NY (1997 – 2000) Team leader of productivity tools development for aircraft engine heat transfer design. Led thermal/flow dynamic designs and testing for materials, thermal management, and performance of lighting systems, high- power electronics, telecommunication units, medical devices, laundry washing machines, etc.

Integrated structural, heat transfer, optical and manufacturing simulation tools, reducing design cycle time and prototyping cost for turbomachinery, electronic, lighting and medical systems.

Greatly increased design productivity for aircraft engine aerodynamic and heat transfer by developing user- friendly linked CAD/CFD environment with increased automation and accuracy.

Devised thermal management solutions for electronic systems that successfully delivered cooling designs for telecommunication units, lighting ballasts and GE Medical System 1st digital mammography detector.

Established methodology for design and injection molding of thermoplastic headlamp reflector, growing Ultem business ($50MM sales in 2001) and winning GE Plastics Key Contributor Award. Sr. Process Engineer, Manufacturing Tech Lab., GE Corporate R&D, Schenectady, NY (1990 – 1996) Responsible for developing fabrication methods and process physics models to efficiently and economically manufacture complex plastic and composite products for 3C’s, automotive, power generation and aviation.

Developed physics models for resin transfer molding of CYCLICS, successfully demonstrating to NIST the manufacture of composite structures from this new thermoplastic material.

Integrated process simulation and micro/macro mechanics for injection molding and design of short-fiber composites; won $12MM GE/GM, NIST/ATP contract to leverage the technology for US industry.

Solved production yield issues of compression molding GE90 Composite Fan Blade, delivering adequate blades in time for FAA certification of Boeing 777 and winning Whitney Technical Achievement Award.

Utilized computer simulations to improve and scale up high-temperature, high voltage arcing processes for glass and quartz crucible forming, increasing production yields and delivering tooling scale-up designs. SELECTED PATENTS

Eric Jaarda, Anant Kulkarni, Erwin Liang, and James Wilson, “Method, System and Computer Product for Predicting Headlamp Reflector Temperature,” US Patent 6773149, Aug 10, 2004. Eugene Olczak and Erwin Liang, “Method and Apparatus for Fabricating a Light Management Substrates,” US Patent 6952627, Oct 4, 2005 and US Patent 7452490, Nov 18, 2008. Yu Wang, Chris Kaminski, Erwin Liang, Ron Cairo, Wendy Lin, and Andrew Salem, “Multi-layer Composite Rings for Machine Rotors,” US Patent 7187096, Mar 6, 2007. Erwin Liang, Eugene Olczak, Eric Robrigado, Joseph Smolenski, and Paul Tanpitukpongse, “Machine Tool Control Methods and Designs for Fabricating Mesoscopic Surface Structures on Substrates,” US Patent 7203569, April 10, 2007.

Erwin Liang and Vinod Kumar, “Gouge and Interference Avoidance in Surface Contouring,” US Patent 7272463, Sep 18, 2007.

Dennis Coyle, Erwin Liang, Eugene Olczak, and Shu-Guo Tang, “Joined Multifunctional Optical Device,” US Patent Application 200********, Mar 31, 2005.

Erwin Liang, Harland Hayden, Dennis Jacobs, Dennis Coyle, Alvin Chen, Donald Sorensen, and Richard Edwards, “Method and Apparatus for Reducing Surface Defects,” US Patent 7351304, Apr 1, 2008. Dennis Coyle, Scott Miller, Kenneth Paul Zarnoch, and Erwin Liang, “Microstructured Embossing Drum and Articles Made Therefrom,” US Patent Application 200********, Jun 7, 2007. Erwin Liang 562-***-****, addy4u@r.postjobfree.com Page 4 of 4 AWARDS AND QUALIFICATIONS

7 US patents and 13 US & International patent applications filed

GE Plastics Key Contributor Award

GE Whitney Technical Achievement Award

GE Green Belt Certified: DMAIC and Design for Six-Sigma

GE Project Management, Project Leadership and Risk Management Certificates

SME Precision Micro Machining Technology & Applications Certificate

GE Publication Award for more than 40 technical publications

GE Inspection and Manufacturing Technology Strategic IP Award

1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000 and 2003 Management Awards

SPE Advanced Polymer Composites RETEC Appreciation Award

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

SKILLS

Software: ABAQUS, ANSYS, Fluent, FIDAP, ICEPAK, STAR-CD, UG-NX, Altair FluxMotor, Adams, C- MOLD, MOLDFLOW, FLOW3D, 3D TIMON, ProCAST, ENGINEOUS (iSIGHT), FEMtools, I-DEAS, SolidWorks, HyperMesh, Mathematica, Matlab, Optica, ASAP, dSpace Control, DASYLab DAQ, Minitab, Crystal Ball, UNIX, Windows, FORTRAN, C.

Equipment: Sensors, Piezo Actuator, Fast Tool Servo, Diamond Turning, Mechanical Testing, Interferometric Profiler, Micro Indentation, Injection Molding, Compression Molding, Extrusion, Thermoform, DSC, SEM. PERSONAL INFORMTION

US Citizen

Language: fluent in verbal and written English and (Mandarin) Chinese

Hobbies: Tennis, Jogging, Hikin

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