Xin, Zhou

Phone: 304-***-**** *** Valley View Avenue, APT 8 ǁ Morgantown, WV 26505 enewxx@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

A position as an engineer, which would utilize experience in system design, analysis, operation, maintenance, engineering research and development

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, West Virginia University, USA, GPA: 4.0. [08/2009 – 12/2011]

Bachelor of Science, Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China [09/2005 – 06/2009]

INTERNSHIP [07/2008 – 08/2008]

Position: Electromechanical Engineer Assistant

Company: Shanghai University, Shanghai, China

Job Responsibility: Assist soldering capacitors, resistors on circuit board and assemble radio components

SKILLS

• Hands-on Skills on Mechanisms

• Microsoft office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), LabVIEW, Pro/E, AutoCAD, C language

• SEM, EDX, XRD, NMR, Magnetic Spectrograph, Oscilloscope, Mass Spectrometer

• An Expert on Thermocouple, Mass Flow Controller, Load Cell, PZT(Piezoelectric Transducer)

EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant [08/2009 – Present]

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Master Thesis Title: Mechanical Property Measurement of Torrefied Biomass Materials with Correlation to Grinding Efficiency

• National Energy Technology Laboratory URS Activity “Biomass Property Measurement” Project Leader

• Design and Construct an Entrained Gas-Flow System for Biomass Pretreatment Which Involves Regulator, Mass Flow Controller, Thermocouple, Check Valve, Pressure Gauge, Thermal Pad and Thermo Controller.

• Years of Experience on Pipeline Structure, Pipe Thread, Valves and Mechanical Pumps.

• SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) Samples Preparation and Image Analysis

• Metal Specimen Preparation (Cutting, Polishing, Drilling)

• Design System for Raw Biomass Materials Pretreatment via Solar Energy

• Build a Control Box including a Timer, a Relay and an AC/DC Converter to Run the Mechanical Pump for Certain Time at a Defined Period

• Mechanical Property (Hardness, Young’s Modulus, Fracture Toughness) Measurement of Biomass Materials via Indentation System

• Apply LabVIEW Software to Control Indentation System and Collect Young’s Modulus Data

• Establish Grindability Index of Biomass Materials through Ball Mill

• Grind Biomass Materials with BICO Disk Grinder and Separate Size Distribution with Sieve Machine

Undergraduate Research Assistant [09/2007 – 06/2009]

Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Bachelor Thesis Title: Relation between Lamellar Structure of Polarized Molecule Electrorheological Fluid and Its Shear Stress

• Determine the Crystal Structure of Sodium Chloride via XRD

• Obtain Holographic Image from Interference and Diffraction of Light through Polarizer and Wave Plate

• Distinguish Solutions in Various Concentration by NMR

ACTIVITIES

• Member of Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering [02/2011 – Present]

• Member of Astronomy Club in Fudan University in China [10/2005 – 06/2006]

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