Troy Lu

Experience

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  Maxtor

  Jul 2004 - Mar 2006

  Senior Thermal Engineer

  Research area: hard disk head thermal analysis. Optimizing the coil structure to adjust FHA (Flight Height Adjustment) performance.A new model building method which speed up the model building process, from ~2 weeks, to several hours. Furthermore, the quality of the grid is much better than previous method!

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  Honeywell

  Mar 2006 - Jun 2007

  FEA engineer

  Work as a FEA engineer, responsible for analyze the thermal-mechanical stress of the turbine. Performing FEA on the following area: static, harmonic, transient, frequent analysis, thermal stress, &c.Get the 6 Sigma Green Belt certified. Related project useing Python as a programming language, by calling the MS EXCEL via COM interface. This software tool greatly improve the efficiency on preparing the FEA reports.

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  Cisco

  Jul 2007 - now

  * Responsible for designing/validating the thermal profile, including thermal simulation, thermal testing, &c.* Programming using Python, build a simple automation software to control the thermal test equipment, which including: AC source (Chroma), Oven, POE load, test unit* Work with HW, ECAD, Mechanical, MDVT, EDVT and other team members, locally and globally.* Work alone with great independent ability.* Handle large projects successfully.

  • Mechanical Engineering Technical Leader

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Senior Thermal Engineer

    Jul 2007 - Jun 2023