Chia-Yu Wang |
13 Satinwood Way Irvine, CA 92612 Tel: (714) 557-1049 E-mail:chwang@eng.uci.edu URL:http://www.eng.uci.edu/~chwang/ |
| SUMMARY |
Professional research experience in Dynamics, Robot Control and Motion Planning. Three plus years of experience in design and control of mechanical systems and development of software. Creative, self-motivated, and teamwork oriented with good leadership. |
| EXPERIENCE | REDSonic, Inc. | Santa Ana, CA |
| Contractor | 11/2001-12/2001 |
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Designed a motion planner for a Lynxmotion 5-axis robotic arm. Developed a C/C++ program for control of the robotic arm in Linux. |
| Robotics Lab, UC-Irvine | Irvine, CA |
| Research Assistant | 01/1998-12/2001 |
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Conducted research in Robotic Motion Planning and Robot Control. Designed robotic gait rehabilitation and developed a motion planner to generate the human gait. Developed a motion planner to generate point-to-point weightlifting motions for open-chained robots whose physical limitations were taken into account. Was involved in the development of a dynamic simulation and motion optimization package for robotic manipulators called C-STORM (Computer Simulation Tool for the Optimization of Robot Motions). (C/C++, OpenGL, Matlab, and Simulink were used in the development.) Developed C/C++ programs for real-time hardware control in Windows, and under Matlab in Windows using mex-functions. Provided support for other students' research covering areas of mechanical design, computer simulation and control, and software development. Served as PC system administrator. |
| IMPACT Lab, USC | Los Angles, CA |
| Research Assistant | 10/1996-12/1997 |
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Conducted research in Collaborative Engineering. Established a strategy for conflict management. Was engaged in the development of a software application - CITYWORK - for collaborative maintenance management in civil engineering. (Visual Basic and Microsoft Access were used in the development.) |
| Robotics Lab, UC-Irvine | Irvine, CA |
| Research Assistant | 12/1995-9/1996 |
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Conducted research in Robot Control. Designed and implemented controllers for several pneumatic servo systems. The control technique used included gain-scheduled control, sliding mode control, impedance control, and robust control. Developed C/C++ programs for real-time hardware control in DOS. |
| Control Lab, UC-Irvine | Irvine, CA |
| Research Assistant | 12/1994-11/1995 |
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Conducted research in H_infinity Control. Designed tuned mass dampers for seismic-excited buildings using H_infinity control techniques. Designed controllers for a hydraulic servo system and won the 2nd prize in the 1995 ASME Comparative Motion & Control Design Engineering Contest. |
| Institute for Information Industry | Taiwan |
| Project Leader | 11/1993-04/1994 |
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Led a 5-person team to complete two projects: 1) Development of a printer driver using C/C++, and 2) Development of a computer game, Chinese checkers, with artificial intelligence using Visual Basic. Developed a tree-searching algorithm for the Chinese checkers. |
| San Shing Hardware Works Co., Ltd. | Taiwan |
| Mechanical Engineer | 02/1992-10/1993 |
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(The company is the largest manufacturer of steel nuts in the world.) Designed machines using AutoCAD. Was involved in several machinery development projects, including design of a tapping machine and modification of a nut former. Developed several software programs for analysis of different mechanisms, including simulation of cam-follower motion and gear interaction. Provided support for the production line. |
| Army | Taiwan |
| Second Lieutenant | 10/1989-08/1991 |
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Led a mortar platoon of about 30 soldiers. Won the championship in a national military mortar competition in 1990. |
| EDUCATION | University of California, Irvine | Irvine, CA |
| Ph.D. in Engineering (GPA: 3.97/4.0) | 01/1996-12/2001 |
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Ph.D. dissertation: Dynamic Motion Planning For Robot Manipulators Using B-Splines Award: Ph.D. Dissertation Fellowship |
| University of California, Irvine | Irvine, CA |
| M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (GPA: 3.98/4.0) | 09/1994-12/1995 |
| Master's Project: Design of Tuned Mass Dampers for Seismic-Excited Buildings Using H_infinity Control Techniques |
| Institute for Information Industry | Taiwan |
| Training in Object-Oriented Programming | 11/1993-04/1994 |
| National Sun Yat-Sen University | Taiwan |
| Training in Business Administration | 07/1993-09/1993 |
| National Cheng Kung University | Taiwan |
| B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (GPA: 3.48/4.0) | 09/1985-06/1989 |
| Awards: University Scholarship for Undergraduate Students, TDK Scholarship, Yung-Jing Foundation Scholarship |
| SKILLS |
Operating System: Windows, Unix, Linux. Computer Programming: Object-Oriented Programming, Windows Programming, C/C++, Visual Basic, Pascal, Java. Web Publishing: HTML, Microsoft Frontpage 2000. Computer Application: Matlab, Simulink, AutoCAD. Languages: Good oral/written communication skills in Chinese and English. |
| MEMBERSHIP |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
| PUBLICATIONS | "www.eng.uci.edu/~chwang/papers.html'' |
| INTERESTS | Computer, traveling, cinema, and sports including tennis, golf, rugby, soccer, and swimming |
| REFERENCES | Available upon request |