Dr. xi zhou

• Leading technology projects using Time to Market process • Providing innovative design and Applying patents • Implementing sensors to increase power tools safety • Conducting risk analysis FMEA • Conferring with the simulation, testing, and electronic teams to optimize the tools’ performance • Utilizing FEA & Kinematic analysis to fine tune design • Conducting tolerance stack up analyses • Developing component specifications and inspection methods • Conducting DFM/DFA review with suppliers

• Designed a compliant fixture for Robot-assist breast biopsy • Designed a compliant fixture for immobilization during radiotherapy • Developed an automatic roll-to-roll (R2R) system and Implemented closed-loop control for the R2R system to achieve submicron precision • Developed an ultra-precision vibrating blade microtome for tissue cutting • Designed a precision animal holder for in vivo brain/neuron research • Designed an adhesive suture and devised experiments to prove its functions

Perform research on the design, fabrication and testing of both passive and active flexure-based clamping mechanism for imaging awake animals under two-photon microscopy, in the Laboratory of Professor Charles Lin.

Perform research on the design, fabrication and testing/validation of a prototype clamping mechanism for optical imaging of small-volume tissues and animals, in the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity(LMP), under the supervision of Professor Martin Culpepper.

Thesis: “Design, control and characterization of a flexure-based precision roll-to-roll machine” Major courses: Smart Materials, Advance Engineering Design and Optimization, Robotics, MEMS and Nano-Robotics, Optimization, Presentation Skills

Major courses: Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Machine Design, Electronic Circuits, Electromagnetics, Solar Energy, Theoretical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics, Probability and Statistics, C Programming, and Data Structures