Engineer

Wei Hu

Address: **** *********** **., *** ****, CA95131 Cell: 310-***-**** Email: ****.***@*****.***

Professional Profile

Objective: A dedicated structural engineering PhD, well educated and experienced in computational solid mechanics, structure design and analysis, applied mathematics, quantitative modeling and analysis, is looking for a position that I can apply my academic knowledge to bring the value to the company.

Experience summary:

* Eight years in academic development and application of large-scale finite element analysis

* Ten plus years in individual/teamwork software development using C/C++, Fortran, Java, and Matlab

* Eight years of research experience in Multi-scale computational mechanics and physics

* Excellent written and oral communication skills, both in English and in Mandarin

* Practical experience of leadership and teamwork in both academy and industry

Area of Expertise

* Computational Solid Mechanics

* First-principle Calculation

* Development and Application of Finite Element Analysis

* Linear/Nonlinear Ordinary/Partial Differential Equations

* Numerical methods and quantitative analysis

* Multi-scale Material Modeling

Computer Skills

*C/C++, Fortran, Java

*Perl, Html

*ANSYS, Patran, AutoCAD

*Matlab, Maple

*Microsoft Office Suites

*Windows, Linux

Education

University of California, Los Angeles, California 2003-2007

Ph.D. with honor, major in Structural Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

minor in Solid Mechanics, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department

M.A. in Applied Mathematics, Mathematics Department

Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R.China 1997-2003

M.E. in Computational Dynamics, Engineering Mechanics Department

B.S. in Solid Mechanics, Engineering Mechanics Department

Experiences

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis, California 2008-2009

Visiting Scholar, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California

* Developed an extended finite element method (X-FEM) based computational program to perform first-principle calculation for crystal material

　　Research Assistant, University of California, Los Angeles, California 2003-2007

* Developed a meshless based numerical program to simulate the blast in composite material structure considering micro-crack propagation using damage and fracture mechanics

* Improved the numerical integration module of the nonlinear FEM program NIKE3D of LLNL by proposing advanced numerical technique with better stability for high-strain rate application

* Established an effective real-space computational technique to model quantum dot semiconductors

* Developed a computational tool to create 2D conforming integration mesh for arbitrary grids

Research Assistant, Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R.China 2000-2003

* Developed a nonlinear static/dynamic analysis program based on proposed meshless method

* Optimized structural design of an optical lab building under various dynamic loadings including seism

Software engineer, intern, Irrigation Department of Yellow River, Bingzhou, P.R.China Summer, 2002

* Efficiently managed a team of two to design and develop an online database system, using ASP/Java

* Played a key role in statistical analysis on investment and return of the irrigation system in Bingzhou

Software engineer, intern, China National Petroleum Corporation, Zhuozhou, P.R.China Summer, 2000

* Independently developed a multi-platform visualization software sharing geological data, using Java

Related Academic Activities

Teaching, University of California, Los Angeles

* Lecturer, Introduction to Finite Element Method (Theory / Ansys), undergraduate course 2007

* Substitute lecturer, Finite Element Analysis of Structures, graduate course 2005-2007

* Teaching assistant, Mechanics of Material, undergraduate course 2004-2006

Course Projects

* Three-dimensional tennis game animation using OpenGL/C++. Computer graphics 2007

* Image/signal noise reduction program using Matlab. Optimization & control theory 2006

* Nonlinear dynamics simulation program using C++. Computational dynamics 2002

* Complete software solutions for 2D mechanical modeling / analysis, including preprocessing, post-processing, and computation modules using C/Fortran. Computational Mechanics 2000

Course-works

* Algorithm, Computer Graphics, Advanced Numerical Analysis, Optimization, Control Theory, Probability, Scientific computing, CFD, University of California, Los Angeles 2004-2007

* Computer Programming (C and Fortran), Software Engineering, Engineering Design, Experimental Mechanics, CAD, Tsinghua University 1997-2003

Honors and Awards

* Harry M. Showman Prize, University of California, Los Angeles 2008

* Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles 2006-2007

* The Finalist of the Student Presentation Competition, USNCCM 2007

* Student Fellowship, US Association of Computational Mechanics 2005, 2007

* The Third Place Winner for Men's Double, CSSA-UCLA Badminton Tournament 2004

* Outstanding Student Award in Summer Intern, Tsinghua University 2002

* Prestigious Student Award, Tsinghua University 1997-2000

Selected Publications

* J.S. Chen, and W. Hu, Reproducing Kernel Enhanced Local Radial Basis Collocation Method, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 75, 600-627, 2008

* J.S. Chen, and W. Hu, Orbital HP-Clouds for Quantum Systems, Meshless Method, Springer, 2008

* J.S. Chen, W. Hu, M. Puso, Y. Wu, and X. Zhang, Strain Smoothing for Stabilization and Regularization of Galerkin Meshfree Method, Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, 57-75, 2007

* J.S. Chen, W. Hu, and M. Puso, Orbital HP-Clouds for Solving Schr?dinger Equation in Quantum Mechanics, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 196, 3693-3705, 2007

Professional and Social Activities

Presentations on USNCCM (2005, 2007, 2009) and WCCM (2006)

Reviewer of International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, Computational Mechanics, Journal of Interaction and Multi-scale Mechanics

Leader and Director of student organizers in WCCM 2006

Special Information

Applicant of U.S. permanent residency (holding USCIS issued Employment Authorization Documents)

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