Mechanical Engineer

Chi Kong Phan

P.O. Box ***** San Diego, California 92198

******@*******.*** (H) 858-***-**** (C) 619-***-****

MECHANICAL ENGINEER

Result-driven, detailed-oriented, technical sophisticated professional with extensive experience and a broad background in chemical and mechanical engineering. Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a fast-paced, dynamic problem-solving environment providing hands-on support. Excellent collaborative skills, interpersonal skills, outstanding written and verbal proficiency.

Highlights of Expertise:

Mechanical Design

Stress/fatigue analysis

Combustion process

ASME and ISO Standard

Chemical Evaluation

Project Management

Control Applications

Design and Specifications

Material Handling

Efficiency Improvement

Process Simulations

Process Optimizations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ThyssenKrupp Elevator, El Cajon, CA 2005-Current

Mechanical Engineer, R&D Division

-Designed a new elevator cabin using wide range of light weight composite material, and reduced the overall energy consumption by 25%.

-Designed a honeycomb sandwich door to improve the efficiency of the door operation.

-Designed a new safety gear of the elevator in a high speed operation. Determined the structural failure thresholds of the design due to yielding, buckling, overheating, and fatigue.

-Designed a new low cost hydraulic elevator using 3-D computer model. Performed finite element analysis to simulate the behavior of the design components, and eliminate excessive deflection and stresses under dynamic load.

-Designed a high speed roller guide to improve the ride quality of the elevator, and simulated the dynamic response of the integrated assembly to transient and harmonic vibrations.

-Worked with a team of engineers to improve the quality and performance of an elevator system. Served as the key contributor in the suspension system of an elevator.

-Assisted in the development of the world’s first synthetic fiber rope for elevator application.

-Implemented sheave design to improve traction performance and maximize the service life.

-Administered ASME codes and compliance, providing instructions to field engineers on relevant safety standards. Provided on-site support solutions to meet clients need and requirements.

-Collaborated with vendors and cross-functional teams to optimize communication in support of project directives. Generated and submitted weekly progress status and reports to senior management to support business directives.

Nitto Denko Technical, Oceanside, CA 2002-2005

Researcher, Optical Division

-Worked with a team of researchers and engineers to generate a multi-parameter 3-D map for military application. This real time holograph display is dynamically updated with force movement in the battle field. This program was funded by DARPA with a budget of 4.5 million dollars.

-Developed photorefractive polymers for dynamic holographic and signal processing applications.

Assisted in the development of the world’s fastest motion detector. Increased productivity by a factor of 10.

-Cut manufacturing costs by $200,000 per year by designing machine to replace hand operations and developed a computer program to automate the tested equipment.

-Formulated a scale up process to manufacture polymer-based and composite materials.

-Defined a process to manufacture different optical material and developed a computer program to automate an optical experiment.

-Assisted and collaborated with NASA (JPL) to produce optical material for a holographic data storage system and fiber communication.

-Consulted and interfaced with management to meet customer’s requirement and schedule, and reduce the production cost using various engineering optimization techniques.

RELATED PROJECTS

Flame Spread Rate in Microgravity

-Collaborated with NASA (JPL) and designed a computer model to simulate the combustion process in a space shuttle. Researched the flame spread process in a microgravity environment under various conditions and analyzed the risk factors, hazardous controls and safety procedures.

-Studied the coupling effect between radiation and chemical kinetics by analyzing the relationship between the flame spread rate, the combustion process and the opposed-flow velocity of oxidizer.

-Determined that the flame spread rate changes more rapidly at a lower oxygen level and that the change of the flame spread rates is found to be the largest when the opposed-flow velocity is decreased.

Sulfur Recovery Plant

-This project included a detailed engineering design of a sulfur recovery plant. This sulfur recovery plant was designed to remove and convert hydrogen sulfur from sour natural gas to elementary sulfur. The engineering design included the preparation of P&ID diagram, environmental impact, and economic cost.

Latex Emulsion Solvent Stripping

-Functioned as an engineer consultant to Apex Medical Technology, a local biotech company.

-Designed an engineering process to reduce 2-5% of volume of solvent in the latex emulsion to 0.5%.

-Provided a two-fold increase in plant productivity of synthetic latex material through manufacturing efficiency improvements including total productive maintenance, product rationalization and personnel accountability, and save 20% in annual material costs by recycling production scrap previously treated as waste by manufacturing.

Supercritical CO2 Fluid

-Designed and conducted a method to dissolve polymer PDMS using supercritical CO2.

-Studied the morphology of the micro-particles under various conditions.

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Phan, C. “The Coupling of Radiation and Chemical Kinetic in Microgravity Flame Spread”, May 2005

Phan, C. “Optimization of triarylamine photorefractive polymers for high-speed all-optical novelty filters”, The International Society for Optical Engineering Conference, SPIE, Orlando, Florida, March 2005

Phan, C.; Cammack, K.; Yamamoto, M. “Exposure Dependence of the Dynamic Range in Photorefractive Polymer”, The International Society for Optical Engineering Conference, SPIE, Denver, Colorado, August, 2004.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

Programming Languages: Fortran, HTML, Java, Q-Basic, Pascal, C++

Applications: AutoCAD, ProE, SolidWorks, CATIA, Abaqus, LabView, Cosmos, Simulink, Matlab, Pro/II, Visio, P&ID

Hardware: Oscilloscopes, function generator, ohmmeter, UV spectrum, IR, NMR

EDUCATION

M.S. Mechanical Engineering

San Diego State University, May 2005

B.S. Chemical Engineering

University of California, San Diego, June 2002

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