Xuan Gao
Senior Software Engineer - Computational Mechanics at Alta Dynamics, Inc.- Claim this Profile
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Alta Dynamics, Inc.
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Software Engineer - Computational Mechanics
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Jan 2023 - Present
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MiTek
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United States
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Construction
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700 & Above Employee
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R&D Scientist I
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Sep 2021 - Jan 2023
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LERA Consulting Structural Engineers
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United States
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Civil Engineering
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100 - 200 Employee
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Structural Design Engineer
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Sep 2019 - Sep 2021
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University at Buffalo
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Graduate Research Assistant
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Aug 2014 - Jun 2021
Finite Element Analysis of Concrete and Masonry Structures• Developed and validated detailed finite element models combining discrete and smeared-crack elements to simulate the seismic performance of infills with the proposed retrofit scheme.• Developed and implemented plasticity-based material constitutive laws for smeared-crack and discrete-crack elements to simulate the nonlinear cyclic behavior of concrete and masonry accounting for the stiffness and strength degradation.• The constitutive material laws are implemented in FEAP using FORTRAN and an executable file is established in both Linux and Windows environments.• Developed a FORTRAN script to generate VTK files that can be used to visualize the results of the analyses by ParaView. Improve Seismic Performance of Masonry Infilled RC Structures• Introduced and evaluated an innovative retrofitting scheme with sliding joints to retrofit existing masonry infilled RC structures.• Designed and conducted large-scale quasi-static cyclic tests for four masonry infilled RC frames.• Designed and conducted a comprehensive series of material tests for concrete, masonry units, and mortar in tension, compression, and shear.• Investigated the compression and shear properties of 5 different materials considered for the implementation of the sliding joints.
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Instructor
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Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
SUNY at Buffalo, CIE 324 Introduction to Structural Design
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Teaching Assistant
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Jan 2018 - May 2019
SUNY at Buffalo, CIE424/177 Computer Aided Design for Engineers SUNY at Buffalo, CIE 619 Structural Dynamics II and Earthquake Engineering
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Graduate Student
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Sep 2013 - May 2014
Finite Element Analysis of Seismic Roller Bearing - Designed an innovative scheme of the intermediate plate for a seismic roller bearing. - Performed finite element analysis in ANSYS to investigate the mechanical behavior of the bearings with different sizes and intermediate plate schemes. Finite Element Analysis of Seismic Roller Bearing - Designed an innovative scheme of the intermediate plate for a seismic roller bearing. - Performed finite element analysis in ANSYS to investigate the mechanical behavior of the bearings with different sizes and intermediate plate schemes.
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Shanghai Normal University
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China
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Undergraduate Student
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Sep 2010 - Jan 2012
Finite Element Analysis of the Seismic Response of Short-pier RC Shear Walls - Modeled and assessed the seismic behavior of a newly proposed cross-shaped shear wall for high-rise buildings using ANSYS. - Designed an innovative short-pier shear wall by embedding a concrete column at the center of the shear wall section. - Performed push-over and time-history analyses to study the behavior of such structures with different cross-section types and variations of design details of the embedded column under earthquake loading.
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Education
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2014 - 2021
University at Buffalo
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Structural and Earthquake Engineering -
2012 - 2014
SUNY at Buffalo
Master of Science (M.S.), Structural and Earthquake Engineering -
2008 - 2012
Shanghai Normal University
Bachelor's degree
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