controls simulation engineer (MATLAB/Simulink)

OBJECTIVE

Seeking an electrical engineer opportunity to apply my solid electrical engineering background and experience with engine control and hybrid electric vehicle control.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong electrical engineering background

• Rich hands-on experience with control simulation and embedded control coding

• Knowledge of diesel engine and its control

• Knowledge of hybrid electric vehicle and its control

• MATLAB/Simulink, real time workshop, dSPACE/control desk, INCA, LABCAR, CAN bus, C,

• Good interpersonal skills, good oral and written communication capabilities, self-motivated, quick learner, good team player.

EDUCATION

PhD in Electrical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Dec. 2006 GPA: 3.8

MS in Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, July 2001 GPA: 4.0

BS in Control Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, July 1999 GPA: 4.0

EXPERIENCE

Navistar Inc., Control System Engineer (1/2008-present), Chicago, IL

• Create engine control software requirement document.

• Develop control software and perform control simulation with MATLAB/Simulink

• Create embedded control codes

• Design hardware/software test plans

• Involve in embedded control validation and verification in testcells

Collaborate Center of Control Science, OSU, Graduate research fellow (10/2001-12/2006), Columbus, Ohio

• Dissertation research: Model-Based Feedback Control of Subsonic Flow Dynamics - Control Design.

 Simulated heat transfer equations and performed reduced-order modeling.

 Improved cavity flow models and performed parameters identification.

 Applied advanced control theories (PID, H-infinity, Smith Predictor, Output Feedback, State Feedback, LQR Controller/Observer) to control cavity flow acoustics; and performed linear and nonlinear (equilibrium, linearization, stability, bifurcation) system analysis.

 Implemented real-time controllers using dSPACE system and performed closed-loop system test.

• Course projects: Designed and implemented DC motor controllers.

HONORS

• Distinguished University Fellowship, the Ohio State University (2002, 2006).

• Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute Research Fellowship, OSU (2003, 2004, 2005).

• Excellent undergraduate/graduate scholarship, Harbin Institute of Technology (1995-2000).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Books chapters and Journal publications:

[1] "Reduced-order Model-based Feedback Control of Subsonic Cavity Flows", in proceedings of the Active Flow Control 2006 Conference, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2006.

[2] "On Delay-Based Linear Models and Robust Control of Cavity Flows", Advances in Time-Delay Systems, S. Niculescu and K. Gu Eds., LNCSE, vol. 38, pp. 287-298, Springer-Verlag, 2004.

[3] "Feedback Control Design for Subsonic Cavity Flows", International Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Vol. 8, no. 1, 2009.

[4] "Experimental Study of Linear Closed-Loop Control of Subsonic Cavity Flow", AIAA Journal, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 929-938, May 2006.

[5] "Feedback Control of Subsonic Cavity Flows Using Reduced-order Models", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 579, pp. 315-346, 2007.

[6] "PID Control of Unstable Plants", Control and Decision, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 611-613, 2002.

[7] "H-infinity Control: 2-Block or 3-Block Problem", Electric Machines and Control, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 81-83, 2001.

Conference papers:

[1] "Experimental Results and Bifurcation Analysis on Scaled Feedback Control for Subsonic Cavity Flows", 14th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Ancona, Italy, Jun. 2006.

[2] "Influence of Stochastic Estimation on the Control of Subsonic Cavity Flow - A Preliminary Study", 3rd Flow Control Conference, San Francisco, CA, Jun. 2006.

[3] "Further development of Feedback Control of Cavity Flow Using Experimental Based Reduced Order Model", 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, Jan. 2006.

[4] "Modeling and Feedback Control for Subsonic Cavity Flows: A Collaborative Approach", 2005 Joint CDC-ECC Conference, Seville, Spain, Dec. 2005.

[5] "Feedback Control of Cavity Flow Using Experimental Based Reduced Order Model", 35th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, Toronto, Canada, Jun. 2005.

[6] "Reduced-Order Model-Based Feedback Controller Design and Implementation in Cavity Flows", 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan, 2005.

[7] "Interpolating Local Models of POD Using Fuzz Decision Mechanism", 9th Mechatronics Forum International Conference, Ankara, Turkey, pp.347-356, Aug. 2004.

[8] "Controller Design for Active Closed-loop Control of Cavity Flows", 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, NV, Jan. 2004.

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