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Tung T. Le
9565 Slater Ave, Apt. 1
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Cell: 205-422-7987
Email: letung880@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE: Seeking a position as Mechanical or Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Engineer. Specialization in FEA including geometric and material non-linearities,
structural, thermal and dynamics analyses for composite, metallic and plastic
structure, and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).

EDUCATION: B.S.(1983), M.S.(1985 and Ph.D.(1992) in Mechanical Engineering at

University of Hawaii. Emphasis on Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Solid Mechanics,
Dynamics of Articulated Systems, Heat Transfer, Viscous Fluid Dynamics, Numerical
Methods, Digital Spectral Analysis, Search and Optimizations. Graduate study GPA is
3.92/4.0.

CONTINUING EDUCATION: Attended SDRC/I-DEAS FEA Seminar (1990), Design of

Steel Structures Continuing Education Class (1994), ANSYS Structural Nonlinearities
Seminar (1996), FLOTRAN/ANSYS Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD) Seminar
(1996), LabVIEW of National Instruments (2000).

AWARDS and HONORS: ARCS Scholar of the Year 1991, Achievement Rewards for
College Scientists. Towill Scholarship, 1988-1989. E.E. Black Scholarship, 1988-
1989. ARCS Scholarship Recipient, 1987-1988.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE’

5/2008 to 2/2010: SOUTHERN COMPANY

Birmingham/AL
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYST: Working as contract engineer. Using ANSYS to conduct
and perform structural analyses of various components of power plants.

10/2004 to 6/2007: GENERAL ELECTRIC

San Jose/CA
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYST: Working as contract engineer. Using ANSYS to conduct
and perform linear and nonlinear structural analyses for guiding designs of steam
dryers and suction strainers of commercial nuclear reactors under various loading
conditions including thermal and seismic loads. The results are used in sizing
components to meet all ASME requirements for nuclear reactors.

9/2003 to 10/2004: AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR

Westborough/MA
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYST: Working as contract engineer. Using ANSYS to conduct
and perform structural, thermal and dynamics analyses for guiding design of a
36.5MW superconductor system and its components.

3/2003 to 8/2003: IGC SUPERPOWER

Schenectady/NY
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYST: Working as engineering consultant. Using ANSYS and
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FLOTRAN to conduct structural, thermal, dynamics and CFD analyses for guiding
new design of a superconductor system and its components.

6/2001 to 11/2002: AEROJET GENCORP

Sacramento/CA
SENIOR FEA ENGINEER: Used ANSYS to perform structural, thermal and dynamics
analyses for various aerospace structures in COBRA (2nd Generation Reusable
Launch Vehicle), HYFLY (Supersonic Missile), NMD (National Missile Defense) and
IPD (Integrated PowerHead Demonstration) programs. Modeled and analyzed
combustor, gas generator, pre-burner, injector chamber, fuel and ox pumps,
nozzles, thrust structures, diffuser plate, coolant liner, 2D/3D bolted joints, bracket
and composite pressure vessels under structural, thermal and dynamic loads.
Developed computer codes in FORTRAN, C and DELPHI for in-house applications
such as mapping temperature profile from Pthermal model result into ANSYS model,
converting ANSYS element types into equivalent NASTRAN element types,
calculating overall deformation of a specified component from FEA result, etc.

4/2000 - 5/2001: STRESS ENGINEERING SERVICES

Boulder/COLORADO
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYST: Worked as engineering consultant. Completed over
twenty finite element projects for various industries. Used ANSYS and FLOTRAN to
perform structural, thermal, dynamic and CFD analyses. These analyses include
geometric and material non-linearites, static, transient, plasticity, buckling, contact,
dynamics, impact, modal, harmonic response, random vibration, shock, viscous fluid
flow and heat transfer. Developed many computer codes in C and FORTRAN for in-
house applications such as mapping thickness of an object from measured data or
result from C-MOLD model into finite element shell model, mapping temperature
profile from Pthermal model into ANSYS model, converting FORTRAN codes to C
code.

12/1998 - 3/2000: SPATIAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Boulder/COLORADO
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Development of the Deformable Surface Modeler that
applies FEA to provide a method for interactive sculpting free form surfaces and
curves.

9/1993 - 8/1998: STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS

Aiea/HAWAII
SENIOR ENGINEER:
• Development of the commercial windows-based software, CableLAB. Developed
and implemented finite element algorithms to simulate lab tests for cables, ropes,
and flexible pipe subject to various loads such as Tension, Twist, Bending, Thermal,
Pressures, etc.
• Complete development of the commercial windows-based cable design software,
CableCAD (product on www.CableCad.com). Developed theory and implemented
finite element algorithms for stress analysis of cables, ropes and flexible pipe.
• Development of a Robust, Low-Cost Interface for Optical Fibers Embedded in
Composite Structures. Used ANSYS to optimize cavity shapes used for embedded
fibers to minimize stress concentration.
• Computer Aided Design, Finite Element and CFD analyses for Satellite Tracking
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Pedestal. Used FLOTRAN (CFD) to determine wind loads on antennas and structures.
Used ANSYS to perform solid modeling, static, modal and shock analyses. Analyzed
stress and reaction force outputs due to wind and seismic loads for component
designs, i.e., select proper materials and sizes for components including motors,
bearings and counter weights.
• Computer Aided Design, Non-Linear Material and Geometric Finite Element and
CFD analyses for Undersea Composite Pressure Hulls. Phase I: Development of new
geometry concepts for Composite Hulls. Designed, fabricated and tested
prototypes. Phase II: Designed, fabricated and tested a pressure hull for industrial
application (see publications below for more details).
• Used I-DEAS to perform finite element modeling and analyses for Submarine
Simulator and Ship. Naval Training System Center, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
• Misc. Jobs: Computer Aided Design, Finite Element Modeling (Solids, Frames and
Shells), Non-Linear Material and Geometric Finite Element and CFD Analyses for
racecar, sculptures, buildings, houses, elevator, retaining walls, etc.

1992-1993: SCHOOL of EARTH and SCIENCE

Honolulu/HAWAII
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE: Developed and implemented robust optimization algorithms
in MATLAB for Data Reductions Analysis of Ocean Signals.

1984-1992: DEPT. of MECHANICAL ENGINEERING at UNIVERSITY of HAWAII

Honolulu/HAWAII
TEACHING AND RESEARCH ASSISTANT:
• Designed Methodology for Undersea Umbilical Cables and Developed Finite
Element Model for Cables and Ropes. U.S. BUREAU of MINES.

• Taught lab courses and counseled students in various fields in mechanical

engineering including mechanics, dynamics, strength of materials, heat transfer,
fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. Trained students to use commercial finite
element software including ANSYS, I-DEAS and COSMOS-M.

COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE SKILLS:

• More than 20 years experience in using finite element commercial software,

mostly with ANSYS, some with I-DEAS, and the computational fluid dynamics
software, FLOTRAN. Familiarity with UG AutoCAD/Inventor and SolidWorks CAD
Software.
 Have been practicing computer programming since 1980. Proficient with many
computer languages including FORTRAN, DELPHI, PASCAL, C, JAVA and MATLAB.
 Knowledge of MS Office, WordPerfect, SigmaPlot and Havard Graphics. Able to
work with UNIX, MS Windows and DOS operating systems.

PUBLICATIONS:
MECHANICS & STRUCTURES:
 Knapp, R.H., Le, T.T. and Cruickshank, M., "Design Methodology of Undersea
Mining Umbilicals," Proc., IEEE Oceans `91, Honolulu, Hawaii, October 1-2, 1991
(invited).
 Le, T.T., and Knapp, R.H., "A Finite Element Model for Cables with
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Nonsymmetrical Geometry and Loads," ASME Journal of Offshore Mechanics and

Arctic Engineering, Vol. 116, No. 1, Feb., 1994, pp. 14-20. (Ph.D.s Thesis)
 Knapp, R.H., and Le,T.T., "Polyhedrally Stiffened Composite Pressure Hulls," Proc.
6th (1996) Int. Offshore and Polar Engr. Conference, Los Angeles, CA, May 26-31,
1996, pp. 292-298.
 Knapp, R.H. and Le, T.T., "Polyhedrally-Stiffened Cylindrical Shells for Undersea
Composite Pressure Hulls," Proc. CST 96 The Third Int. Conference on Computational
Structures Tech., Budapest, Hungary, August 21-23, 1996, pp. 81-89.
• Knapp, R.H. and Le, T.T., "Proposition of Polyhedrally-Stiffened Shells for Undersea
Pressure Hulls," Proc. 7th (1997) Int. Offshore and Polar Engr. Conference, Honolulu,
Hawaii, May 25-30, 1997, pp. 650-656.
 Knapp, R.H., and Le, T., "Composite Polyhedrally-Stiffened Cylindrical Shells," 4th
Int. Conference on Composites Engr., Kona, Hawaii, July 6-12, 1997.
• Knapp, R.H. and Le, T.T., "PC Shells - A New Concept for Undersea Pressure Hulls,"
Proc. 14th Sigma XI Science Conference, Hilo, Hawaii, April 17-19,1997.
• Knapp, R.H. and Le, T.T., "Composite Polyhedrally-Stiffened Cylinders for Undersea
Applications," 8th(1998) Int. Offshore and Polar Engr. Conference, Montreal,
Canada, May 24-29, 1998.

HEAT TRANSFER & FLUIDS:

• Cheng, P., Le, T.T. and Pop, I., "Natural Convection of a Darcian Fluid about a
Cone," Int. Comm. in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 12, 1985, pp. 705-717. (Masters
Thesis)
 Pop, I., Cheng, P. and Le, T.T., "The Leading Edge Effects on Free Convection of a
Darcian Fluid about a Semi-Infinite Vertical Plate with Uniform Heat Flux," Int.
Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 32, 1989, pp. 493-500.
• Chao, B.H., Cheng P. and Le, T.T., "Free Convection Diffusion Flame Sheet in
Porous Media," Combust. Sci.and Tech., Vol. 99, pp. 221-234.

COMPUTER SOFTWARE:

 Knapp, R.H. and Le, T.T., "KNAPP-SAC: Stress Analysis of Cables," Copyright 1984-
1996.
• Knapp, R.H. and Le, T.T., "Users Guide to KNAPP-SAC for Stress Analysis of
Cables," 1996.
• Knapp, R.H. and Le, T.T., "CableCAD: Computer Aided Design for Cables and
Ropes using Finite Element Analysis," 1998(product on www.CableCAD.com).