SAM SHANZHONG YUAN   
HOME ADDRESS:
990 North Pleasant Street, Apt. E22
Amherst, MA 01002
Tel. (413)546-6112

SCHOOL ADDRESS:
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

Tel. (413)545-2251
FAX: (413)545-1027
E-mail: syuan@ecs.umass.edu

OBJECTIVE:

A challenging mechanical engineering position fully utilizing my
experimental and analytical expertise, and creative and problem-solving
abilities.

SUMMARY:

Solid background in thermal measurements, error analysis, finite element
and numerical analysis, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics,
computer aided design and modeling with emphasis on building energy
conservation and building envelope heat transfer.

EDUCATION:

9/96 - Present: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Expected
Graduation Date: September 1999;

Dissertation Title: "Experimental and Analytical Heat
Transfer Analyses for A Calibrated Hot Box and
Fenestration Systems"; GPA: 3.95/4.0.

9/89 - 6/92: Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
Master of Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering

9/86 - 7/89: Zhengzhou Textile Institute, Zhengzhou, China
Bachelor of Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering

HONORS:

7/98: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
         Air-conditioning Engineers
         (ASHRAE) Fellowship Grant for Graduate Students;

12/95: DuPont China Holding Co., Ltd. Shenzhen, China
           Annual Excellent Performance Award (1995)

COMPUTER SKILLS:

-CAD, CAE TOOLS: Pro/Engineer, FIDAP, ANSYS, AutoCAD, and Abaqus
-HEAT TRANSFER: THERM, RESFEN, WINDOW, FRAME, and VISION
-LANGUAGES: C++, C, FORTRAN, DBASE, FOXPRO and PROGRESS
-SYSTEMS: UNIX, CRAY, VMS, X-WINDOWS, WINDOWS (95 AND NT)
-OTHER SOFTWARE: LABVIEW, SAS, MINITAB, EES, MATHEMATICA, and STANGAN

EXPERIENCE:

9/96 - Present: University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Graduate Research Assistant:
Conducted experimental and numerical heat transfer
analysis on windows and doors. Experimental work includes
renovation and calibration on ASTM C 1199/1363 hot box
facility, data acquisition system design, thermal
transmittance measurements on windows, uncertainty
analysis and ruggedness experiments on hot box methods.
Numerical analysis includes heat transfer and turbulent
flow finite element calculations for hot box and
fenestration systems.

Teaching Assistant:
Prepared and presented lectures in undergraduate student
level courses: MIE 354 (Heat Transfer), MIE 330
(Thermodynamics II).

Standard Development:
Worked on ASTM C 1199, (Standard Test Method for Measuring
the Steady-State Thermal Transmittance of Fenestration
Systems Using Hot Box Methods), ISO/DIS 12567 (Thermal
Performance of Doors and Windows - Determination of
Thermal Transmittance by Hot Box Method), and ISO/DIS
10077 - Part 2 (Thermal Performance of Window, Doors, and
Shutters - Calculation of Thermal Transmittance - Part 2:
Numerical Method for Frames).

3/95 - 9/96 DuPont China Holding Co., Ltd. Delrin© Shenzhen plant,
Shenzhen, China

Process Engineer:
Conducted extrusion compounding process design and
improvement, installation of production lines, quality
control and technical training of operators and technicians.

3/96 - 4/96 DuPont Yokohama Technical Center and DuPont Utsunomiya

Engineering Polymers Plant, Yokohama and Utsunomiya, Japan
Attended technical training sessions in polymer materials,
polymer compounding process, process and quality control,
production supervision and operation of injection molding
machines and processes.

11/93 - 3/95 Uniden© Electronics Products (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
                    Shenzhen, China

SMT (Surface Mounting Technology) Production Engineer
and Supervisor:
Supervised production of main circuit boards used in
telephones, cellular phones, pagers and satellite
receivers. Responsibilities include supervision of
production lines, machines trouble-shooting and repair,
NC programming, materials requirement control and
quality control.

7/92 - 11/93 Zhengzhou Textile Institute, Zhengzhou, China
                    Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical
                    Engineering:

Taught Computer Application in Mechanical Engineering
and participated in the technological development of
television and computer monitor tube production in
Anyang Glasswork Plant, Anyang, China.

9/90 - 7/92 Dongfang (Oriental) Electrical Machinery Plant, Deyang,
                  China

Part-time Teacher, Manufacturing Process Office:
Taught computer application and programming languages:

FoxBASE+,and introduction to CAD/CAPP/CAM and AI (Artificial
Intelligence).

11/91 - 3/92 Technology Development Company, Xi'an Jiaotong University,
                    Xi'an, China

Part-time Teacher, Training Department: Taught
computer-programming languages: FORTRAN, dBase, FoxPro,
C and C++.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

1. "A Practical CAPP System in the Manufacturing of Large Capacity of
Electrical Machinery and Hydraulic Turbine", Proceedings of the
Sixth International Manufacturing Conference with China (IMCC
'93), Vol. 1, Page 233 - 236, March 10th - 13th, 1993, Hong Kong,
China (with Jiaxiang Yuan).

2. "A Practical CAPP System for the Metal-board Part of Large Capacity of
Electrical Machinery", Proceedings of the 1992 International
Conference on Computer in Mechanical Industry (CIMI '92), Vol. 1,
Page 270 - 274, Shanghai, China (with Jiaxiang Yuan, Chenqun Wang
and Hua Gao).

3. "A Process Decision-making Approach Based on Engineering Decision
Methodology in Generative CAPP", Proceedings of the 2nd Interchange
Conference on Design Theory and Technology in Mechanical and
Electrical Industry, Vol. 1, Page 10 - 14, Guilin, Guangxi, China
(with Chenqun Wang and Jiaxiang Yuan).

4. ASTM C 1199 - 97, "Standard Test Method for Measuring the Steady-State
Thermal Transmittance of Fenestration Systems Using Hot Box Methods",
1998 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol. 04.06 Thermal Insulation,
Page 674 - 685, 1998 (Co-Author).

REFERENCES:

Available upon request