HVAC Thermal System Engineer
Resume:
HVAC Thermal System Engineer
Wei-Wen William Wang, Ph.D
**** ****** *****, ********, ** 77706
Phone: H 859-***-**** M 734-***-****
Email: ********@*******.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
· 10 years experience in the HVAC applications and product developments in automotive, residential, commercial, military, off-highway vehicle thermal management, air conditioning systems and components.
· Thermal rating and design of heat exchangers ranging from parallel flow compact exchangers to mega shell-and-tube units with in depth knowledge of HTRI programs and micro channel technology.
EXPERIENCE
· Thermal Engineer Jan. 2009 – Oct. 2009
Ohmstede Ltd. Beaumont, Texas
Design and rating of the thermal performance of shell and tube heat exchangers using HTRI and RCS programs. Provide heat exchanger design data sheets for quotations and thermal, vibration warranties of the manufacturing exchangers to meet TEMA, API and customers standards.
Major clients:
o Oil Refinery – ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Marathon, and Total.
o Chemical Process – BASF, YARA.
o Engineering Firm – Jacobs, Flour, and Mustang.
· Project Manager Feb. 2007 – Dec. 2008
Hydro Aluminum Precision Tubing Technology Center Logumkloster, Denmark
Project managements and product developments using aluminum tubing for Residential Commercial Air Conditioning Refrigeration (RCAC&R) applications. Project budgetary proposals and financial outlooks from market research data. Microchannel heat exchanger load analysis and physical dimension determinations using simulation tools. Coordinate all prototype activities and execute module benchmarking and validation testing. Conduct steering committee meetings, internally and with customers, suppliers, and project partners and present development findings and technical reports.
Major projects:
o KVCA MPE Evaporator –Joint venture with Danfoss, Maersk Container, and Lodam. Develop Multi-Port-Extrusion (MPE) solutions for refrigeration evaporators in frosting conditions.
o Grooved Enhancement Aluminum Tubing- Benchmark heat exchanger tests and model analysis of the enhancement features.
o New Applications- Fin-less MPE exchanger researches, MPE heat exchanger designs for Stulz, Rittal, and Kuba. All aluminum Solar panels. Thermosiphon MPE heat changer design for Dantherm.
· Senior Development & Application Engineer Feb. 2005 – Jan. 2007
Modine Manufacturing Company Racine, Wisconsin / Harrodsburg, Kentucky
DFMEA, APQP, PPAP for HVAC system modules and sub modules for truck, military and off-highway platforms by using computer programs and 3D CAD models for load analysis and physical dimension determinations. Coordinate all prototype activities and module validation testing Participate in team meetings, internally and with customers and suppliers. Present product proposals for series production HVAC modules.
Major projects:
o US Army-CO2 HVAC system developments for M-1114 HMMWV and FTTS-UV applications.
o John Deere- Electric driven HVAC system developments for C&F Crawler cab.
o International Truck and Engine Corporation-
§ Joint development with Ricardo Inc. for the CO2 HVAC system in the FTTS-UV prototype vehicle.
§ School bus heaters developments using brazing all-aluminum automobile style heater cores.
o Freightliner Truck LLC- Design and cost proposal for Idle-Off sleeper HVAC unit, including load analysis on insulations and refrigerant impacts on system efficiencies.
o Idle-Off HVAC system developments- Computer model simulations on loads and COPs. Prototype activities and performance validations on various compressors and power sources.
· Application & Development Engineer Nov.1999–Jan. 2005
Hydro Aluminum Adrian Adrian, Michigan
Develop prototype heat exchangers including condensers, evaporators, radiators, and oil coolers for automotive AC/cooling systems and commercial HVAC systems by designing micro-enhanced and multi-port-extrusion tubing using Finite Element Analysis method, two-phased heat transfer and fluid mechanics theories. Optimize air conditioning systems and components using computer program and correlations. Run corrosion tests using ASTM Salt Water Acid Accelerated Test method and predict SWAAT lives for tubing using Life-Data analysis software. Develop new applications for precision aluminum extrusion tubing. Using the project management skills and Value Creation Process to track and manage all the progresses from idea brainstorming to the finished product delivery.
Major accomplishments:
o Behr America Inc.-Condenser, Oil Cooler- Multi-Port Extrusion (MPE) Tubing Design.
o Visteon Inc.-
§ Condenser- Design tubing, including Multi-Port Extrusion (MPE) & axial enhanced round tubing.
§ Heat pump Evaporator- Design tubing and components utilizing MPE.
§ Radiator- Design tubing utilizing MPE to improve the structure integrity.
§ Transmission-oil cooler- Design tubing utilizing MPE to improve the structure modulability
§ CO2 heat exchangers- Design tubing utilizing MPE to improve the structure integrity.
o Blissfield Manufacturing Inc. Oil cooler- Design and prototype tubing for General Motor.
o US ARMY CO2 air conditioning system- Design high-strength Multi-Port extruded tubing for trans-critical CO2 gascooler and evaporator, which were also used by Ford Motor Company.
o Carrier Inc.
§ 100+ kW chiller- Designing and prototyping all-aluminum Multi-Port Extrusion (MPE) micro-channel condensers.
§ Refrigeration truck and trailer- Designing and prototyping all-aluminum MPE micro-channel condensers. Refrigeration containers- Designing and prototyping MPE condensers.
§ Residential through-window units- Designing and prototyping MPE condensers and evaporators.
o Global cooling Inc. Free-piston Stirling cooler (FPSC)- Designing and prototyping all-aluminum Multi-Port Extrusion condensers.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio September 1999
Dissertation: “Condensation and Single-Phase Heat Transfer Coefficient and Flow Regime Visualization in Microchannel Tubes for HFC-134a”
MS in Mechanical Engineering, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan June 1993
Thesis: “Experimental Investigation of Evaporation in Flat Tubes for R22”
BS in Mechanical Engineering, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan June 1991
PUBLICATION
“A condensation heat transfer correlation for millimeter-scale tubing with flow regime transition”, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science 26, 2002, pp. 473-485.
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