Tsung-Chou Fang, Ph.D.



NASA Ames Research Center, M/S 210-9
Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
Phone: 650-604-2657(W)
Fax: 650-604-0174
Email: tfang@aiaa-sf.org

OBJECTIVE

 To pursue a position of research and developing advanced technologies in engineering software.

STRENGTHS
  • 2 years in analyzing and developing FAA air traffic control software
  • 5 years experience in developing and using large CFD mesh generator, solver, and data visualization
  • Expertise in numerical schemes for combustion simulation, spray modeling, turbulence modeling, mesh generation and flight trajectory generation
  • Extensive knowledge in air traffic control, structured mesh generation, 3-D object modeling, 3-D data visualization, unstructured Delaunay triangle and tetrahedron grids, combustion chemistry, combustion pollution, spray modeling, turbulence mixing
  • Good knowledge in parallel programming and MPI library, Motif Toolkit, OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT), Standard Template Library (STL), ISO 9000, OOA/OOD, fracture mechanics, structure dynamics, elasticity, composite material design and analysis

    • EXPERIENCES

    7/1998-Present Aerospace Software Engineer, Raytheon STX at NASA Ames Research Center
  • Air traffic control software design and development
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    7/1996-6/1998 Aerospace Software Engineer, Sterling Software NASA Ames Division
  • Air traffic control software development and data analysis
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    2/1996-7/1996 Quality Control Engineer, Miniature Machine
  • Minute parts machinning quality control, ISO 9000 implementation
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    9/1994-8/1995
    (1 year)    		 PC-CAD Lab Assistant, University of South Florida
  • Engineering software administrator and consultant, hardware maintenance
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    9/1990-8/1994
    (4 years)    		 Graduate Research Assistant, University of South Florida
  • Modify and use KIVA-II and KIVA-3 for numerical study
  • Numerical study of turbulence mixing in staged combustor
  • Reaction mechanisms study for combustion mechanisms
  • Spray model test for combustor with water injection
  • Modify and use K3PREP for mesh generation algorithm
  • Modify and use K3POST for Postscript data visualization
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    9/1989-6/1990
    (9 months)    		 Graduate Computer Lab Assistant, Northrop University
  • PC and VAX/VMS software consultant, hardware maintenance
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    8/1985-7/1987
    (2 years)    		 Technical Sergeant,Chinese Air Force, Taiwan, ROC
  • F-104 fighter plane on-line electronical and mechanical maintenance
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    COMPUTER SKILLS

    Tool Kits OpenGL, Motif Toolkit, STL, FAST, IMSL, DBG, ClearCase, Imagix, DBX, Cray-CDBX, S-Plus, Igor, Mathematica, MathCAD, Cplot, AutoCAD (Drafting, Solid Modeling and Rendering), ANSYS, NASTRAN, HTML
    Languages C/C++, Postscript, FORTRAN90, FORTRAN77, Pascal, Basic, Assembly, LaTeX
    Operating Systems Solaris, UNIX, Cray-UNICOS, VMS, X-Window, Linux WWW Server Administrator, DOS, MS-Windows, Mac OS
    Hardware Cray Y-MP, Cray X-MP, SUN workstation, PC LAN, Mac

    PUBLICATION

    1995 Numerical study of reducing exhaust pollutants by water injection in combustor using KIVA-3. Proc. ASME Graduate Student Technical Conference
    1996 Numerical study of reducing exhaust pollutants by water injection in combustor. 34th Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit, AIAA

    EDUCATION

    9/1990-8/1995 Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
    Major Combustion Thermal Science
    Minor Numerical Methods and Computer Simulation
    Dissertation Numerical Study of Reducing Exhaust Pollutants in Combustors
    Subjects Multi-Phase Thermodynamics, Combustion Thermodynamics, Gas Dynamics, HVAC, Radiation Heat Transfer, Numerical Methods, Plates and Shells
    1/1989-6/1990 M.S. in Aerospace Engineering Northrop University, Los Angeles, California
    Subjects Finite Element Method Analysis, Composite Material Analysis and Design, Structure Dynamics and Random Vibration Analysis, Fracture Mechanics
    12/1987-3/1988 Certificate in Computer Science National Taiwan University
    Subjects Data Structure, Assembly, Pascal
    9/1981-6/1985 B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan

    HONORS

    1987 Outstanding Technical Sergeant Awarded by Chinese Air Force
    1990 Member of Sigma Gamma Tau-Northrop Chapter
    1997 Group Achievement Award for Center/Tracon Automation System by NASA

    EXTRACURRICULAR

    1996-Present AIAA San Francisco Sectional Online Administrator and Webmaster
    1990-1993 ASHRAE member
    1991-1995 Staff of Chinese Student Union in University of South Florida
    1989-1990 Staff of Chinese Student Association in Northrop University
    1986-1987 Staff of Student Association in Tamkang University
    Last updated: 02-23-98