* Computational Model Development for the Casting Processes of Automotive Parts* Development of Spray Cooling Technology for the LPDC process* Coupled Thermal-Stress Model for the Permanent Die Casting Processes* Team lead* Administrator of the Department High Performance Computing Cluster

* MTRL 264: MTRL 264 Transport Phenomena II - Heat Transport* MTRL 361: Modelling of Materials Processes* MTRL 515: Advanced Simulation and Modelling Tools for Materials Manufacturing

• Similar to the position "Research Associate", but less project management

* MTRL515 (UBC) - Advanced Simulation Tools for Manufacturing Engineering

• Analyzed the problem of inclusion defects in titanium ingot production and developed an improved understanding of the melting behavior of inclusions in molten titanium. This provides important insights to the industrial partner for removing the defects effectively (problem analysis and solving and project management) • Designed and fabricated an automated mechanism to enable the experiments to be conducted in an automated and accurate manner (automated device design, actuator and timer switch) • Designed a data acquisition system to collect operating parameters and experimental data (sensors, DAQ and LabView) • Experimentally investigated the fluid flow, heat and mass transfer of the melting of solid material in molten titanium during electron beam melting and identified the significant factors influencing the melting behavior (electron beam melting, data analysis, OM and SEM/EDX) • Developed a coupled fluid flow-thermal-composition Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model of the melting of solid material in molten titanium which is capable of reproducing the experimental process and accurately predicting the melting rate (ANSYS CFX, ICEMCFD and programming) • Developed analytical models which allow the industrial user to quickly evaluate the melting rate of the inclusions with reasonable accuracy (similarity solution and empirical correlations)

• Coached students (MTRL475/MTRL578) on programming for the simulation of recrystallization based on phase-field (Python and Matlab) • Led discussions and tutorials, marked assignments and invigilated examinations

• Gave orientations to new undergraduate students • Provided advice to undergraduate students regarding their university study and on-campus life

• Cast 1933 aluminum alloy (7xxx series) and hot forged the ingots using the parameters adopted by the industrial partner (melt processing, casting and hot forging) • Conducted experiments to investigate the effects of heat treatment on the microstructure and properties of 1933 aluminum alloy forgings (heat treatment, mechanical properties testing, corrosion resistance testing, failure analysis, TEM, XRD, DSC and SEM/EDX) • Optimized the process parameters of heat treatment which improved both the corrosion resistance and mechanical properties compared to the existing parameters adopted by the industrial partner (process optimization) • Assisted in writing a research proposal for funding application

• Assisted the office staff in managing the external review of theses • Co-ordinated the Ph. D candidates and external reviewers to facilitate the thesis review process • Assisted management of the university database of graduates

• Developed two numerical models to simulate the recrystallization of FCC alloys during heat treatment enabling accurate prediction of the recrystallization kinetics and grain size (Fortran and Matlab)

• Research Topic: “Investigation of the microstructure of the adiabatic shear bands in copper” • Conducted experiments to investigate the microstructure of the adiabatic shear bands in copper formed during high speed machining (sample preparation and microstructure analysis)