Curriculum Vita
Zhang Xiaoke Ph.D
Career Objective
A research/development/consultant position in Energy, Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, or related fields, utilizing my experiences and knowledge, computer and communication skills.
Education
Ph.D., 1997,
Dept. of Power Engineering, National Lab of Coal Combustion, Huazhong Univ of Sci. &Tech (HUST). Wuhan, China
Related
courses: Fluid Dynamics, Physical-chemical Fundamentals of Coal Combustion, Combustion Pollution and its Control, Simulation of Combustion Process, Combustion Theory, Heat Transfer, Artificial Intelligent and Fuzzy Expert System, Numerical Analysis
Master of Philosophy, Dec. 1998,
Dept. of Industrial Engineering & Engineering Management (IEEM), Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. &Tech. (HKUST), HK
Related courses: Computer Graphics, Information System Design, Manufacturing System Design, Business Process Engineering, Human-Computer Systems, System Modeling and Simulation, Design and Analysis of Engineering Experiments, Mobile Communication
B.Sc. , 1992,
Power Engineering and Its Automation, HUST, China
Related courses: Fluid Dynamics, Thermal Dynamics, Heat Transfer, Theory of Steam Turbine, Theory of Boiler, Mechanical Design, Theoretical Mechanics, Metal Material, Electronics, Electric Circuit Analysis, Computer Principle
Experiences
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management
1999.1- present, Global Manufacturing, Full Time research staff, HKUST
TAIGA & Sterling Web Front End Project-This project is an E-Commerce project that enables Business to Business and Business to Customer.
Mexican Manufacturing & Operations Investment in Mexico-evaluates the advantages and challenges of expanding Mexican sourcing opportunities for a large-scale apparel retailer.
Use of Analytic Hierarchy Process to give decision support. This project is sponsored by a world famous company in the USA. The project team members come from the IEEM Dept. of HKUST, the IEEM Dept. and Business School of Stanford Univ. Coordination and communication between team-members of multi-culture background are the characteristics of the project.
1997. 1- 1998. 1, Virtual Reality application, Part time Research Assistant, Teach Assistant, HKUST
1. Virtual Ping-Pong Game-Pilot study on effective construction of physically based Virtual Environments for Ford Motor Company. The ultimate goal of this project is to conduct car crash experiments in the Virtual Environment by crash worthiness analyzing.
- Composed project proposal
Scheduled of project progress
Recruited and interviewed project student helpers
Investigated the research issues
Designed the system
Developed the system with student helpers
Completed the technique progress and final report
Presented and demonstrated the results.
2. Developed the Research Grants Council proposal with supervisor.
3. Took part in the teamwork for course projects
4. Teach Assistant
- Supervised projects of course "Virtual Reality Application", including virtual training, exhibition, walkthrough.
Had lectures on the title of "Physically based modeling in Virtual Reality-past, present, and future"
Taught 3D authoring, introduced the software VRCreator and gave a tutorial.
1992 -1996 Thermal Power Engineering, HUST
Fundamental research on coal combustion
- Presented a Shapeless Pore Model (SPM) to study the heat and mass transfer in porous materials
Applied fractal analysis to study the irregular surface of porous materials by image processing and pore distribution testing
Designed of experiments and analyzed maceral and rank influences on coal/char reactivity
Modified the char reaction model in a 3D furnace simulation package, and conducted numerical simulation on the effect of coal structure on combustion
Applied research on the clean and efficient use of fossil fuels.
- Characterized of around 40 Chinese coals used in power plants located in central China, explored the combustion characteristics and its Influences on power plants
Developed, in collaboration with others, a database of coal combustion characteristics for central China electricity network administration bureau
Conducted aerodynamic experiments in furnace with professors and engineers, in Neimeng Power Plant
Predicted ash fusion temperature by using ANN (Artificial Neural Network)
Language and computer literacy
Good English (reading, writing, and oral communication)
Second foreign language: Japanese
Fluent Mandarin, a little Cantonese
Programming Languages: Fortran, C, Visual C++ (OpenGL), VRML, HTML, Kappa-PC
Software: MS office -Excel, Power Point, Word, etc
3D modeling and simulation- WordToolKit, Dvise, 3D studio, AutoCAD, VRCreator
Modeling and Analysis Tools- IDEF0, IDEF3, Areana, Expert Choice
Operation Systems: MS-DOS, Windows, UNIX
Employment History
1999.1 -present, IEEM Dept., HKUST, full time research fellow
1997 - 1998, IEEM Dept., HKUST, part time RA, TA
1992 - 1997, National lab of Coal Comb. HUST, China, part time TA, RA
Awards and membership
Excellent academic scholarship, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, HUST
Special scholarship for CET4 excellence, 1990, HUST
Excellent postgraduate student, 1995, HUST
Second award of National Science and Technology Progress for "Researches on coal psyrolysis, ignition, and Coal Char Reactivity". May, 1995, the National Education Committee of China
Third award of Science and Technology Progress for "combustion facility and Combustion Experimental Research", December, 1996, the Ministry of National Mechanical Industry
ASME student member 1995-1996
First award of excellent Ph.D thesis in 1997, HUST
Summary of qualifications
Solid background of thermal power engineering and industrial engineering
Independent research ability, creative thinking and desirability of utilizing novel technologies for problem solving
Outstanding skills in communication and collaboration
Selected Publications
Zhang Xiaoke, Mitechell Tseng and Wang Xianyun, An AHP based Group Decision Framework for Dynamical Location Selection in Global Manufacturing, 5th International Symposium on the Analytic Hierarchy Process. August 11-14, Japan, 1999.
Benjamin,Yen, C.J.Su, Zhang Xiaoke, Internet Based Virtual Reality Exhibition, Journal of CIE, 1998.
Su Chuanjun, Zhang Xiaoke, Design of Virtual Reality application in industrial training-use of VRML for virtual PC assembly, Proc. of the 3rd Annual International Conferences on Industrial Engineering Theories, Applications and Practices, Hong Kong, Dec. 1998.
Zhang Xiaoke, Sun Xuexin, Zheng Chuguang, Petro-factor Based Prediction of Coal Combustion Characteristics, Journal of Fuel Chemistry, Vol. 25, No.3, 1997.
Zhang Xiaoke, Sun Xuexin, Chen Caixia, Zheng Chuguang, Prediction Combustion Characters of Coal Based on ANN(Artificial Neural Network), China-Japan Symposium on C1 Chemistry, 1996
Zhang Xiaoke, Sun Xuexin, Zheng Chuguang, The Study of Swelling Behavior of Coal, Proceedings of Annual Conference of Chinese Engineering Thermophysics, Wuhan, Oct., 1996
Zhang Zhiguo, Sun Xuexin, Zhang Xiaoke et al, Study of Coal/ Petroleum Coke Combustion Characteristics, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Coal Science, p527-530, Oviedo, Spain, 10-15 September 1995.
Zhang Xiaoke, Sun Xuexin, Zheng Chuguang Fractal Approach to Coal Particle Surface. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Coal Science, Oviedo, Spain, 10-15 September 1995.
Zhang Xiaoke, Sun Xuexin, Zheng Chuguang, Petrographic Influences on the Combustion Behaviour of Coal, The Third Inter. Symp. on Coal Combustion, Beijing, China, 1995.
Zhang Xiaoke, Chen Hong, Sun Xuexin, The Use of Shapeless Pore Model (SPM) in the Study on Factors Affecting Combustion of Coals: (1) The Effects of Volatile Evolution and Combustion. Proceedings of CSPE-JSME-ASME International Conference on Power Engineering-95, May 22-26, 1995, Shanghai, China.
Sun Xuexin, Zhang Xiaoke, Chen Hong, The Use of Shapeless Pore Model (SPM) in the Study on Factors Affecting Combustion of Coals: (2) Effects of Physical Properties of Chars and Environmental Factors. Proceedings of CSPE-JSME-ASME International Conference on Power Engineering-95, May 22-26, 1995, Shanghai, China.
Zhang Xiaoke, Sun Xuexin, Zheng Chuguang Use Grey Correlation Method to Study the Factors Affecting Coal Morphology and Reactivity, Journal of Huazhong Uni. of Science & Technology. Vol. 23, No. 5, 1995.
Chen Caixia, Sun Xuexin, Zhang Xiaoke, Numerical Modeling of Flow and Heating in a Reactor With Laminar Entrained Flow, Journal of Huazhong University of Science & Technology. Vol. 22, No.3, 1994.
Contact information
Dr. Zhang Xiaoke
IEEM Dept. Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Tech.
Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel: 852-23588638 Fax: 852-23580062 Email: iezxk@ust.hk
References available upon request