Experience

Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc., Charlottesville, VA

• Sr. CAD Integration Development Engineer

  • Jan 2007 - Present

  Product: CFdesign Development: 1. CAD Add-ins • Add-ins for Inventor, Revit, ProE Mechanica/Granite, Catia V5, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, UG NX, SpaceClaim, OSD. 2. Development of CAD Connection Framework • Regulate various CAD geometric data into a uniform interface. • Transfer CAD geometry, B-rep associativity information and CAD attributes (units, materials, visualization parameters, etc).to CFdesign 3. Geometry Associativity • Keep tracking the geometry modification of CAD model to update the analysis model of CFdesign. • Restore CFdesign's settings to the modified geometry from CAD systems. 4. Outsourced Development: Technical in charge of the outsource development with CCTech, India. Show less



CD-adapco, Inc., Austin Office, TX

• Sr. Development Specialist

  • Jul 2005 - Nov 2006

  Product: Start-ccm+ • Post Graphics Development with VTK (Visualization Toolkit). Product: Start-ccm+ • Post Graphics Development with VTK (Visualization Toolkit).



Siemens Medical Solutions, Inc., Princeton, NJ

• Sr. Scientist

  • Feb 2003 - Jul 2005

  Development: 1. Volume Rendering for 3D Medical Datasets (CT, MRI, PET,...): • Applied Ray Casting and OpenGL 3D texture mapping for volume rendering of 3D datasets 2. Research of Dataset Registration: • Implemented the optimization algorithm to find the optimal match for two different volume datasets (e.g. one from CT and the other from MRI). Development: 1. Volume Rendering for 3D Medical Datasets (CT, MRI, PET,...): • Applied Ray Casting and OpenGL 3D texture mapping for volume rendering of 3D datasets 2. Research of Dataset Registration: • Implemented the optimization algorithm to find the optimal match for two different volume datasets (e.g. one from CT and the other from MRI).



Ansoft Co., Pittsburgh, PA

• Sr. Software Engineer

  • Jan 2001 - Sep 2002

  Product: HFSS Development: 1. ACIS based New Modeler Development • A key developer involved in designing and planning for the new modeler specific for Electrical Engineering Industry. • Implementation of feature creation for modeling Electrical components. 2. Visualization Enhancement: • Development of supplemental algorithms that the licensed graphics toolkit doesn’t provide like real-time highlighting/picking, high quality printing,… for pre/post graphics. Product: HFSS Development: 1. ACIS based New Modeler Development • A key developer involved in designing and planning for the new modeler specific for Electrical Engineering Industry. • Implementation of feature creation for modeling Electrical components. 2. Visualization Enhancement: • Development of supplemental algorithms that the licensed graphics toolkit doesn’t provide like real-time highlighting/picking, high quality printing,… for pre/post graphics.



ANSYS, Inc., South Pointe, PA

• Sr. Development Engineer

  • Aug 1995 - Dec 2000

  Products: Design Space, Workbench Development: 1. Pre/Post Graphics Rendering Engine (Scene Graph): • Developed a new rendering engine with OpenGL/DirectX for rendering the CAD geometry and post graphics features. 2. Scientific Visualization Algorithms: • Created a new post graphics processor. Developed visualization algorithms for all post graphics features to support Design Space and Workbench product lines. • Delivered several industrial first features in the CAE software industry. 3. Engineering Module Development: • Developed an optimization algorithm to drive the Finite Element Solver to iteratively solve for unknown electrical/thermal parameters. Show less



Metal Industry Development Center (MIDC), Taiwan

• Mechanical and Software Engineer

  • May 1987 - Oct 1990

  Development: • Computer Aided 2D Drawing System • Kinematics Simulation System for Stamping Machines Development: • Computer Aided 2D Drawing System • Kinematics Simulation System for Stamping Machines