Yuan Li, Ph.D, P.Eng

Senior Researcher at InnoTech Alberta
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, CA
Languages
  • English Full professional proficiency
  • Mandarin Native or bilingual proficiency

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Credentials

  • Professional Engineer (PEng)
    The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)
    Jan, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • AMPP Membership
    AMPP: Association for Materials Protection and Performance
    Aug, 2022
    - Nov, 2024
  • H2S Alive
    Energy Safety Canada
  • Standard First Aid, CPR and AED
    Energy Safety Canada

Experience

    • Canada
    • Research Services
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Senior Researcher
      • Dec 2022 - Present

      Corrosion science and engineering Material aspects of hydrogen services Corrosion science and engineering Material aspects of hydrogen services

    • Canada
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Quality Manager
      • Aug 2022 - Dec 2022

    • Scientist
      • Aug 2017 - Dec 2022

      Responsible for project management, quality control, technical research, equipment operation and maintenance.• Play a lead/key role throughout the lifespan of projects, including literature review, preliminary research, proposal preparation, budgeting, logistic, hardware allocation, manpower planning, test scheduling, vendor coordinating, data analysis, preparation of reports and presentations.• Assure the traceability of laboratory activities and integrity of records in compliance with ISO 17025 quality management system.• Work on failure analysis and performance evaluation of various types of commercial or under-development coating products.• Take charge of environmental and chemical exposure tests, thermal, mechanical, electrochemical and chemical characterizations. Show less

    • Canada
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research And Teaching Assistant
      • Jan 2015 - Dec 2017

      Research interests focused on corrosion electrochemistry, growth of anodized film, and development of coating for anti-biofouling. • Modified a commercial electrochemical atomic force microscopy (ECAFM) to be more versatile, achieved in-situ characterization of active corrosion and passivation on pipeline steel, presented a novel insight of corrosion mechanism and film growth in terms of topographic evolution. • Developed nano-patterned oxide film on pipeline steel by anodization method in a fluorine-free electrolyte for anti-biofouling application, studied the effect of nano-patterned surface and photocatalytic activity on the anti-biofouling performance, successfully achieved self-cleaning of this coating by doping Zinc. • Responsible for tutorial/lab of Engineering Graphics and SOLIDEWORKS, Materials Aspects of Oil/Gas Production, and Probability & Statistics for about 340 hours. Show less

    • Laboratory Manager Assistant
      • Jun 2014 - Dec 2014

      Held responsibilities in different rolls including Quality Control, Project Management and Technical Assistance. Held responsibilities in different rolls including Quality Control, Project Management and Technical Assistance.

    • China
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Sep 2011 - Jun 2014

      Worked for multiple academic and industrial projects focusing on the corrosion performance of products under various oil/gas scenarios. • Evaluated localized corrosion and stress corrosion cracking (SCC) sensitivity of carbon steel, low alloy steel, martensitic stainless steel, austenite stainless steel, duplex stainless steel, Ti-based and Ni-based corrosion resistant alloy (CRA) at high temperature high pressure (HTHP) sour well conditions. • Evaluated hydrogen embrittlement sensitivity of weld joints with respect to NACE MR0175 and MR0103 • Studies the development of metallurgical structure in Ni-based CRA resulted by heat treatment and the relationship between precipitations and corrosion performance. • Drafted reports and conducted tests for Chinese oil/gas and steel giants about material selection, inhibitor screen and failure analysis. Show less

Education

  • University of Calgary
    Doctor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering - Pipeline Corrosion Specialization
    2015 - 2017
  • China University of Petroleum (Beijing)
    Master's Degree, Material Science and Engineering - Advanced Corrosion Resistant Alloy
    2011 - 2014
  • Northwestern Polytechnical University
    Bachelor's Degree, Material Physics
    2007 - 2011

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