Chuck Zhang Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

TECH9 provides engineering services to oil and gas, residential, and commercial industries. It is dedicated to the design, analysis, installation, and modifications of offshore drilling rigs, drill ships, residential, and commercial equipment.Engineering Services include:*General Engineering Support*Project Engineering Management*General System Detail Design*Generate Construction Detail DWG*FEA Stress Analysis*Buckling Check*Fatigue Analysis*Drilling Rig/Drill Ship Global Analysis*Concrete Floor/Slab/Wall/GradeBeam/Piles/Pier/Post/Foundation

Oversaw drilling rig upgrade and new build designs, and project engineering manager on many drilling rig upgrades.Performed engineering design and support for offshore rig constructions, upgrade improvements and existing structural maintenance activities. Provided engineering support to offshore drilling operations, including troubleshooting and assistance to the on-site construction remotely.Supervised sub-contractors and Engineer/Designer to comply with engineering design principles, company/Industry standards, and project requirements, reviewed and approved the final design drawings and analysis.Reviewed engineering designs and calculations for the new generation drillship floating factory FEED.Communicated with vendors for equipment upgrade for drilling Rigs/Drillship, and shipyard construction.Performed structural detail design, buckling check, and fatigue analysis.Experienced in engineering detail design and drawings and proficient user of Solidworks, ANSYS, StruCAD/SACS, MathCAD, Excel and other office software.

Responsible for major multimillion dollars projects, including concept design, detail design, budget, and schedule control, EPC oil & gas, petrochemical, offshore/onshore multi-level platform (greenfield/brownfield), concrete floor/foundation.Conducted computer analysis FEA, global, dry-tow, local stress analyst, low hull, up hull, 2D/3D CAD detail design, corrosion assessment, concrete floor/foundation for Multi-Level Platform for Greenfield/Brownfield Projects...etcProject Budget/schedule control.Hand on the following software ALGOR, STAAD, StruCAD, SACS, Abaqus, Ansys MathCAD, and familiar with Rules/codes: ABS, DNV, LRS, API, CSI, ACSIManaged over hundreds of projects done as followings: Helideck, lifeboat Platform, Fast Rescue Boat Platform, general up hull and low hull structural, drill floor upgrade, drilling equipment, Derrick, Crane Pedestal, Winch Platform, Fairlead Foundation, Hurricane Mooring Line Support, Column/pontoon Sponson, concrete floor/foundation, multi-Level Platform for Greenfield/Brownfield Projects...etc.Checked the buckling for stiffened panels, plate panels, cylinder shells, tubes, and fatigue analysis.

Oversaw FEA stress analysis for mechanical and structural design, failure, and collision. Responsible for all aspects of structural and outfitting and some mechanical design for many rigs.Supervised CAD detail design, and providing production support for such following: lowhull, uphull, column/pontoon sponson, push-up, holddown, cantilever beam, pontoon, riser rack, riser tensioner foundation, anchor bolster, superstructure, deckhouse, pilot house, drill floor, substructure, helideck, crane foundation...etcDirect field participation in the production support for drilling rig general structural, foundation, penetration, modification, and mechanical and piping system.Coordinated all design disciplines for the Noble drilling, Marine Drilling, and Ocean Rig projects. Project Budget/schedule control.Performed shipyard civil work including building and concrete/floor foundation for the facility.

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Marine/Electrical Engineering