1. Song Chen
Cell: (832)-805-3898 · Email: chencsc57@gmail.com · 8450 Cambridge St., Houston, TX, 77054
Experience
NAV Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China 2011-2012
Electrical engineer
Involved in development of three-axis inertial measurement units (IMU) and single-axis fiber optic gyro.
Developed PC-end data processing program by LabVIEW.
Designed PCBs of signal processing circuit and light source driving circuit.
SWT Co., Beijing, China 2012-2013
Electrical Engineer
Involved in development of electrical module of high precision fiber optics current transducer (FOCT).
Redesigned the PCB boards (power distribution circuit, driving circuit and signal processing circuit) according to
the new mechanical design for prototype.
Developed signal processing circuit (FPGA+ARM) and digital closed loop algorithm for new product.
University of Houston, TX 2014-
PhD student (transferred to MS in Fall 2016), Mechanical engineering department
Researched transfer printing technology assisted fabrication of flexible electronics.
Transfer printed semiconductor devices (solar cell, MOSFET, antenna and sensors) onto contact lens and other
flexible substrates.
Researched control applied in oil industry.
Designed time reversal method based program for structural health monitoring of bolts on valve (Cameron
Co.)
Designed application of shape memory alloy torque tube for operation of valve (Cameron Co.).
Developed LabVIEW program for motor control (linear and rotary motor from Parker Hannifin) and algorithm for
weight-on-bit (WOB) control in downhole (Halliburton Co., patent is pending).
Researched wireless network, IoT and remote control lab
2. Harvested energy for powering Linear Technology’s SmartMesh IP™ mote (DC9003).
Developed internet based remote control lab (unified framework (video stream and data transmission), node.js
server on Arduino Yun, TAMU Qatar).
General Photonics Co., LA 2015 summer
Internee
Innovation of calibration procedures for advanced multifunction polarization controller MPC-202.
Debugged hardware for optical frequency domain reflectometer (driving circuit for variable optical attenuator,
polarization state generator and polarization switch, data acquisition and processing circuit)
Debugged and revised instrument communication program (Rabbit Minicore RCM6700 breakout board for GPIB,
USB and serial communication with PC).
Skills
C/C++
Java
Javascript, nodejs
Electrical design (signal processing circuit)
Linux OS environment and shell programming
Python script
PCB layout design (Altium)
FPGA (Xilinx and Altera) signal processing programming
LabVIEW (Instrument control, data acquisition and data processing)
Microfabrication
Cortex-M3 architecture and ARM programming
Publication
High fidelity tape transfer printing based on chemical induced adhesive strength modulation, Scientific
Reports 2015
Innovative switching design for charging ultra-low power wireless sensor node using piezoceramic patch,
JoVE, In review 2016
Reinforcement of engineered cementitious composite beam with SMA pre-tensioned in freezing
condition, Smart material and Structures, In review 2016
Early detection of the presence of low strength concrete in the beam-column joint, Smart material and
Structures, In review 2016
