RESUME: Engineering
Biao Yuan
2235 Overlook Road #402
Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44106
(216)721-2105
bx...@po.cwru.edu
OBJECTIVE:
To obtain a professional full time permanent position within the United
States of America that will give me a
chance to contribute my technical knowledge and skills in materials
science and engineering.
EDUCATION:
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
(Passed Ph.D. qualifying written exam in January 1998 and thesis
proposal exam in December 1998)
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang (China, P.R.)
Master of Engineering in Inorganic Nonmetallic Materials Science and
Engineering
July 1987
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang (China, P.R.)
Bachelor of Engineering in Inorganic Materials Science and Engineering
July 1984
EXPERIENCE:
January 1997 - Present:
Graduate Assistant, Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western
Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Discovered twinning mechanisms in monoclinic zirconia.
Completed course work in Environmental Effects on Materials Behaviors,
Dislocation in Solids, Modern
Ceramic Processing, Phase Equilibrium and Microstructure of Materials,
Deformation Process of Metals, and
Advanced Technology in Electron Microscopy. (GPA 3.33)
August 1995 - December 1996
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Mining Engineering, Columbia University,
New York City, New York.
Completed course work in Introduction to Computer Programming C, Applied
Transport and Chemical Rate
Phenomena, X-Ray Diffraction, Electrical and Magnetic Properties of
Solids, Electron Microscopy,
Thermodynamics and Reaction in Solids, Lattice Vibration and Point
Defects, and Mechanical Behavior of
Structure Materials. (GPA 3.33)
August 1993 - August 1995
Graduate Research Assistant, Electrical Engineering, Penn State
University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Discovered dielectric constant anomalies in cerium, iron doped single
crystal lithium niobate.
Completed course work in Introduction to Holography, Optical Engineering
Laboratory, Solid State Device,
Principle of Electromagnetic Field, Optical Signal Processing, Solid
State Device Technology, and Antenna
Engineering. (GPA 3.60)
September 1991 - August 1993
Faculty Lecturer, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang (China, P.R.)
Obtained both external and internal research funding as a principal
investigator.
Advised both graduate and senior theses.
Offered lectures in glass and ceramics.
September 1989 - August 1993
Faculty Research Engineer, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
(China, P.R.)
Established a university research center for optic fibers that involved
Materials Science and Engineering
Department, Physics Department, Electrical Engineering Department,
Chemistry Department, Chemical
Engineering Department, and Biomedical Engineering Department.
August 1987 - August 1989
Faculty Research and Teaching Assistant, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou,
Zhejiang (China, P.R.)
Established a departmental research laboratory for infrared optic glass
and fiber, and an inter-departmental
research laboratory for single crystal optic fiber.
MEMBERSHIP:
American Ceramic Society
Materials Research Society
ASM International
TMS: The Minerals, Metals, & Materials Society
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Programming C, Windows, Macintosh, CorelDRAW, Excel, MS Word, Microsoft
Works, WebMail, Power
Point, WordPerfect, Adobe Photoshop, HTML, etc.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (AUTHOR/CO-AUTHOR):
“Deformation twinning in monoclinic zirconia”, the American Ceramic
Society 101st Annual Meeting &
Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 25-28, 1999.
“Twinning in monoclinic zirconia”, the American Ceramic Society 100th
Annual Meeting & Exposition,
Cincinnati, Ohio, May 3-6, 1998.
"Observation of low-temperature phase-transition in doped
photorefractive lithium niobate", 1994 OSA
Annual Meeting/ILS-X Program, Dallas, Texas, Oct. 2-7, 1994, p. 77.
"A study on the structures of the glasses based on CdCl2 and PbCl2", J.
Materials Sci. Lett. 10(1991)1326-8.
"Stability and crystallization of Te-Se-X system I.R. transmitting
glasses", 1991 Dalian International
Conference on Glass, June 18-20, 1991, Dalian, P.R.China, pp. 174-9.
"The development of TeX infrared glass optic fibers by means of oil
heating and nitrogen gas protecting
technique", Fiber Glass 3(1991)5-8.
"Method to determine temperature range of nucleation and kinetic
parameter by DTA", Glass & Enamel
18(1990)41-4.
"Properties and structure of the IR transmitting glasses in the CdCl2
based systems", J. Materials Sci. Lett.
9(1990)1195-6.
"Crystallization and properties of Li-Al-B-Ti-Zn-silicate system
glass-ceramic fibers", J. Materials Sci.
24(1989)4488-94.
"Effects of nucleating agent ZrO2 and Cr2O3 on initial phase, final
phase and sequence of crystallization of
MgO2-Al2O3-SiO2 system glass fibers", Special Glasses 6(1)(1989)14-7.
"Effects of nucleating agents on segregation and crystallization of
glass fibers", Fiber Glass 2(1989)1-6.
"A method determining crystal content and number of crystallization in
non-crystal foundation by XRD",
Special Glasses 5(3)(1988)42-5.
"The orientation and the electron microscopy research of single crystal
fiber", J. Synthetic Crystals
17(3-4)(1988)376.
"The growth of single crystal optic fiber", J. Synthetic Crystals
17(3-4)(1988)307.