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Veldhoven, Nl

Mechanical Design Architect of Sustaining Team and New Product Introduction Team to maintain and improve the existing TWINSCAN machines as well as developing new products.

Veldhoven, Nl

West Lafayette, In, Us

• Designed the innovated mechanical structures of the flapping wing flying robotics with Solidworks and manufactured customized parts with the lathe, mill, CNC and fast 3D prototyping method.• Selected actuators and feedback sensors to realize precision control of wing fast reciprocal motion. • Tested 50 wing membrane material stiffness, deformation via micro force sensor and to find the best material for the biomimetic design that can generate maximum lift force.• Assembled the robot and applied Vicon motion system to identify the system model and developed sensor fusion algorithm to achieve better position and motion measurement.• Simulated 5 different controller designs to achieve stable roll, pitch, and yaw body posture control while flying.

West Lafayette, In, Us

• Taught mechanical design process to help students to design and prototype functional products.• Instructed students to utilize Labview to apply classical control theory to finish automation control experiments and path tracking robot project.• Helped students to learn kinematic and dynamic principles as well as analyze real world dynamic examples.

West Lafayette, In, Us

• Modeled linear actuator mathematically with MATLAB includes inertia, cogging forces, damping, frictions, and influence of external disturbance. Designed different control algorithm to achieve precision control of linear actuators.• Designed parameter estimation algorithm using linear regression or least square method. Tuned the adaptation rate to increase the calculation speed.• Applied adaptive control and adaptive robust control to minimize the actuator simulation tracking error within 0.1% for 6 different control input signals.• Designed disturbance rejection controller to reject high/low-frequency disturbance to maintain high tracking accuracy.

West Lafayette, In, Us

• Designed a prototype robot to automatically detect concrete corrosion where metal frame is exposed, then report the location and patch the corrosion with cover to save time and labor for infrastructure maintenance.• Modeled robot chassis and patch release mechanism with Solidworks. Designed patch release mechanism with solenoid. Created electrical schematic and state machine for the robot to achieve search, report, and patch functions automatically.• Chose ultrasonic, IR and inductive sensors and created embedded system program for different micro-controller platforms. Troubleshot mechanical and electrical problems by isolating and verifying one potential cause each step.• Managed project timeline and budget. Collaborated with team members and won the robot competition by successfully finishing 3 corrosion points detection, patch, and report in 90 seconds within a 12 by 12 feet arena.

• Designed and fabricated a multi-function fixture to hold multiple PCBs same time for quality inspection to increase production efficiency and reduce cost. The fixture could inspect 3 PCBs independently or simultaneously.• Modified customer’s battery cover design for massive plastic injection molding. Worked with external partners for injection molding services and negotiate on time, cost, and design.• Assisted the automation group on automated defect product removal process and experienced with Rockwell SLC 500.• Manufactured successfully more than 50 sets of inspection fixtures and they were equipped and put into service on product lines; the battery cover was produced 5,000 pieces in a week with 0.5% defective rate.

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering