Mechanical engineer

Harry Zhang

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EDUCATION

Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics (GPA: 3.83/4.00) University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, US Aug, 2007

Dissertation: Influence of Mechanical and Electrical Biasing Fields on Piezoelectric Resonators

M.S., Solid Mechanics Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China, April, 2001

Thesis: Control Method Research of Piezoelectric Intelligent Structure Based on Neural Network

B.S., Engineering Mechanics Hunan University, Changsha, China, July, 1997 \

WORKING EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, Department of Engineering Mechanics, UNL 08/2002?08/2007

? Designed a piezoelectric ceramic ultrasonic transducer with SOLIDWORK, using COMSOL to analyze the frequency spectrum of the transducer

? Performed the stress analysis and nonlinear FEM simulation of piezoelectric resonator frequency behavior under

external mechanical force, electrical field and thermo biasing filed using COMSOL and MATLAB

? Created a test software with LABVIEW for ultra-precise measurements of ultrasonic wave speed in rail

Resesearch Associate, Dept of Aircraft Eng., Northwestern Polytechnical University, China 04/2001-07/2002

? Performed the finite element simulation and experimental investigation of active vibration control of a smart piezoelectric beam.

Research Assistant, Dept of Aircraft Eng., Northwestern Polytechnical University, China 09/1998?04/2001

? Researched, constructed and applied a smart piezoelectric cantilever beam model with an innovative method of vibration control.

Mechanical Engineer, Aircraft Strength Research Institute of China Aviation Industry Corp 09/1997-08/1998

? Use AUTOCAD to design aircraft wing and do the stress and vibration analyses

? Conducted the experiment for non-destructive detection of cracks in composites.

SKILLS

? Excellent ability in mechanical design, FEM modeling and analyses

? Excellent ability in engineering automatic instrument measurement using LABVIEW programming

? Proficiency in using oscilloscope, ultrasonic transducer, function generator, network analyzer, vector voltmeter

? Strong computer programming skills: Pro-E, COMSOL, ABAQUS, ANSYS, LABVIEW, MATLAB and GUI, AUTOCAD, SOLIDWORK, FORTRAN, Mathematica, Maple, Scientific Workplace, MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Visual Basic

AWARDS, AFFILIATION AND LEADSHIP

? Academic Excellence Scholarships, 2000 & 1999

? Travel Award: IEEE International Frequency Constrol Symposium 2006 & 2005

? Membership of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

? The Founder & President of UNL table tennis club, 2005 & 2004

PUBLICATIONS

Haifeng Zhang, Joseph A.Turner, Jiashi Yang, John A.Kosinski, “Electroelastic effect of thickness mode langasite resonators”, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, Vol. 54, No. 10, pp.2120-2128, Oct, 2007.

Haifeng Zhang, Joseph A.Turner, Jiashi Yang, John A.Kosinski, “Force frequency effect of thickness mode langasite resonators”, Under review, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control.

Haifeng Zhang, Joseph A. Turner, Jiashi Yang, John A.Kosinski, “Sensitivity of Electroelastic Effect to Nonlinear Material Behavior in Langasite Resonators”. P 670-675, Proceeding of 2006 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium.

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