CHANG LIU
(401) 489 – 6186
100 Elena St., Apt. 420, Cranston, RI 02920
liuc@egr.uri.edu
http://www.egr.uri.edu/~liuc
A dynamic, innovative, performance driven and highly motivated CFD engineer with more than 5 years of
experience in fluid dynamics, thermal system, engineering design and analysis. Excellent problem solver with
effective management and leadership qualities. Seeking research and development position in industry to
utilize strong technical skills and professional experience.
Experience
Research Assistant, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
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Simulated extensively 2-D and 3-D unsteady oscillatory microfluidic flows. Conducted research on
potential applications in micro mixer and heat pipe;
Developed UDF’s (User Defined Functions) and subroutines to implement dynamic mesh (C++ coding);
Graduate Assistant, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
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Jan. 2010 – Oct. 2010
Sep. 2006 – Dec. 2009
Intensive engineering experience in microfluidic designing & modeling using SOLIDWORKS and
FEA/CFD analyses using ABAQUS, ANSYS FLUENT & GAMBIT, and COMSOL;
Designed the whole experimental setup and fabricated all the parts including a crank-syringe oscillator
and a unique microfluidic multiple layer Lab-on-Chip device;
Performed experimental study on flow streaming in micro channels and demonstrated the flow streaming
phenomena in micro channels using FLUENT & GAMBIT;
Experienced with imaging and optics such as SEM, fluorescence microscopy system and other data
acquisition tools like stain gauge, pressure transducer, etc;
Developed MATLAB programs for image/data post processing;
Established and evaluated a computational model to study the transport of drug in the brain tissues based
on an anisotropic porous media model and a multi-component species transportation model in FLUENT;
Experienced with agarose gel as a surrogate of brain tissues
Instructed class size of 60-70 students; (Teaching Assistant for undergraduate design course)
Associate Merchant Representative, Target Sourcing Services/AMC Shanghai
Aug. 2003 – May.2006
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Communicated cross functionally with clients (buyers in Target), vendors (in China) and QC team;
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Developed products based on given objectives/concepts from Target, details improving/modifications
according to client’s request, issuing purchase orders, bulk production follow ups with vendors;
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Trained and supervised new employees / Interns;
Research Assistant, Institute of Fluid Mechanics, BUAA, Beijing
Sep. 2001 – Jul. 2003
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Designed and conducted the flow visualization experiments to find out the separation planes and wake
vortex characteristics Measured and analyzed the flow velocity distribution on the selected planes in the
water tunnel experiments by PIV method.
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Simulated flows on different outline shapes (the angles, the W/L ratios, cross section shrinkage rates) on
the drag effect to the after-body of the airplane by FLUENT & GAMBIT.
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Completed the project of anti-wind wall: flow visualization and pressure measurements in wind tunnel
experiments; CFD simulations and flow pattern analyses with FLUENT and GAMBIT.
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Developed a user-friendly software to design wind turbines.
Education
PhD. GPA: 3.9/4.0, Mechanical Engineering, University of Rhode Island
M.E. GPA: 3.8/4.0, Institute of Fluid Mechanics, BUAA1
B.E. GPA: 3.8/4.0, Flying Vehicle Design and Applied Mechanics, BUAA1
Dec. 2009
Jul. 2003
Jul. 2001
Note 1: BUAA: Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), Beijing 10083, China
Computer skills
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Design and simulation: SOLIDWORKS, AUTOCAD, FLUENT & GAMBIT, COMSOL, ABAQUS.
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Programming Language: C, C++, FORTRAN, Visual Basic, MATLAB
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Other software packages: Maple, Tecplot, MS-Office
Honors and Leadership
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Graduate assistantship winner of University of Rhode Island for 3 years
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University of Rhode Island Graduate Student Association Senator
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Vice president of University of Rhode Island Chinese Student Scholar Association
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Twice recommended for admission to BUAA waiving the required entrance examination due to
outstanding performance (for undergraduate in 1997 and graduate school in 2001).
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First Prize, Freshman Scholarship, (50 out of more than 1700) at BUAA 1997.
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Second prize, People Scholarship, 2 out of every class, 1998.
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Third Prize, the 9th “Fen Ru Cup” contest of students’ extracurricular technological products.
Coursework
Fluid mechanics, Heat transfer by conduction, Computational method in fluid flow and heat, Convective heat
transfer, Transport phenomena, Computational method in solid mechanics, Tribology, Advanced
experimental methods in fluid and solid, Bio-Nano-Technology.
Publications
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Z. Zhang, C. Liu, A. Fadl, D.M.L. Meyer, M. Krafczyk, H. Sun, “Oscillatory streaming flow based
mini/micro heat pipe technology”, Journal of Heat Transfer, Jan. 2010, Vol. 132.
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Z. Zhang, A. Fadl, C. Liu, D.M.L. Meyer, M. Krafczyk, “Fluid streaming in micro/mini bifurcating
networks”, Journal of Fluid Engineering, Aug. 2009, Vol. 131, article #1084501.
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Z. Zhang, A. Fadl, C. Liu, D.M.L. Meyer, “A streaming flow based Lab-on-Chip platform technology”,
Proceeding of MNHT 2008 (Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer International Conference), Jan 6-9. 2008,
Tainan, Taiwan.
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C. Liu, D.M.L. Meyer, “Particle tracking velocimetry for diffusion coefficient calculation for drug
delivery through brain tissues”, Proceedings of the IEEE 34st Annual Northeast Bioengineering
Conference, 2008.
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H. Zhang, C. Liu, “The flow visualization of the different afterbodies of the airliner”, The 5th National
Academic Conference on Flow Visualization, Jul. 2002, page70-77.
Recommendations
1)
Prof. D.M.L., Meyer, (Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, URI)
(Faculty advisor for PhD degree)
Phone: (401) 874-9292,
Email: dmmeyer@egr.uri.edu, Website: http://mcise.uri.edu/meyer/
2) Prof. Z. Zhang, (Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, URI)
Phone: (401) 874-2355,
Email: zhang@egr.uri.edu, Website: http://mcise.uri.edu/zhang/
3) Prof. Mohammad Faghri, (Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, URI)
Phone: (401)-874-5180
Email: faghrim@egr.uri.edu Website: http://www.mcise.uri.edu/faghri/
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