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EDUCATION BACKGROUND
* Sept. 1992 - Jan. 1997, Explosives and blasting engineering, Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ont., Canada. Ph. D. obtained.
* Sept. 1983 - July 1986, Explosives and blasting engineering, Central South Univ. of Technology, Changsha, China. M. Sc. obtained.
* Sept. 1979 - July 1983, Mining Engineering, CSUT, Changsha, China. B. Sc. obtained.
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
August, 2004 - Present, Petro Ballistics Engineering, Calgary, Canada
Industry Consultant
Feb. 2003 - July, 2004, Senior Explosive Product Designer
Innicor Subsurface Technologies, Calgary, Canada
* Using my own design theory and approaches, designed and commercialized Canada's second generation shaped charges - X-caliburTM charges.
* Customized liner powders using shock physics principles, resulted in the use of special metal powders as liner compositions which helped to enhance charge performance.
* Completed a project to innovate the hydraulic/pneumatic systems of liner presses with great success. At the closure of the project, the manufacturing efficiency was more than doubled. The time needed to make one liner reduced from 40 to 18 seconds. As a result, the manufacturing capacity was doubled and labor costs of products significantly decreased.
* Pioneered the use of a new zinc alloy as charge case material. Characterized by low cost, high strength and debris-free after shot, the material is especially suitable for certain types of charges.
* Responsible for and provided engineering support for safety and manufacturing of daily operations of the shaped charge facility.
* Responsible for and provided engineering support for marketing of the company's oil well explosive products.
Feb. 2002 - Jan. 2003, Industry Consultant
* Providing consulting service in shaped charge and detonator design, development and manufacturing to the industry.
* Clients included DYNAenergetics (formerly DYNAmit Nobel), Troisdorf, Germany
Feb. 2001 - Jan., 2002, Senior Ballistics Engineer
Owen Oil Tools, Core Laboratories, Fort Worth, USA
* Responsibilities included development and manufacturing of shaped charge products, and detonator products.
* Involved in Owen's China Project. Successfully won and completed a contract to make offshore charges for Bohai, China. It was the first time ever that Owen made shaped charges overseas.
Feb. 1997 - Feb. 2001, R & D Engineer, Energetic Materials,
Prime Perforating Systems Ltd, Calgary, Canada
* Being the sole designer, designed and commercialized Canada's first generation of oil well shaped charges, the PrimexcaliburTM line of charges, a historical event in Canada's petroleum industry.
* Involved in the establishment of Canada's first shaped charge facility.
* Involved in the design and building of shaped charge (liner) manufacturing machinery (liner and load presses).
* Invented, prototyped and patented a safe detonator system for oil/gas well perforating (the work resulted in two patents (USP 6,211,682 B1, USP 6,470,803 B1) in the US and Canada.
* Sept. 1992 - Jan. 1997, Research and Teaching Assistant, Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ontario, Canada
* Investigated, theoretically and experimentally, explosive energy use in creating mechanical effects.
* Involved in the teaching of undergraduates explosives and blasting technology.
* Sept. 1986 - Aug. 1992, Explosives and Blasting Engineer, Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Beijing, China
* Invented and manufactured China's MAGNADET detonator system for mining and perforating industries, resulted in patents.
* Involved in the development of non-primary explosive detonators for mining.
* Involved in the development of innovative blasting and mining methods, mainly used in underground metal mines.
PUBLICATIONS
List of academic publications, patents in various countries, research reports, presentations and technical memos on explosives, detonators, shaped charges, well stimulation reagents and rock blasting technology, available upon request.
MEMBERSHIP
1. International Society of Explosives Engineers;
2. International Society of Petroleum Engineers;
3. Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
References
Available upon request
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