Ben Tang has worked at all levels of turbo machinery development under guidance of Jim Harp and Joe King at TMS. He has worked extensively in analytical and engineering areas and has developed exceptional problem solution skills. Since June 1996 his experience at TMS in thermo mechanical systems development has included designing parts, assemblies, and manufacturing tooling using Pro_engineer and AutoCad. He has also collaborated with manufacturers on fabrication of parts and subassemblies, assembled prototypes for lab and field testing, set up and conducted laboratory testing of turbo machines and engines, written simulation, control, real time data acquisition and analysis software and designed and built engine and turbo testing systems, including engine controls, environmental simulation systems, cooling systems, and electronic data acquisition systems. Some of the projects in which he was significantly involved included: Assembly and integration of the NASA ERAST high altitude three stage turbocharged piston engine propulsion system in TMS’ altitude test chamber, upgrading and programming of engine management system and data acquisition system and upgrading the cooling system and air pumping system of TMS’ altitude simulating test chamber. The tests achieved 100 Bhp engine output at 80,000 feet altitude. Performing data analysis for in-house performance improvement program, recommending and implementing design changes resulting in compressors reaching efficiencies above 80% and turbines exceeding 86%. Performing all detail machine design of Giesel turbo-compounding gas turbines, doing 3D modeling and detail drawing of individual parts and assemblies and overseeing the manufacturing of the Giesel turbo-compounding gas turbines which exceeded their original design efficiency goals. Writing computer simulation programs based on empirical equations and data developed from decades of TMS laboratory testing data and further developing TMS’ legacy computer codes for system simulation. Prior to joining TMS he was a test engineering intern at Remote Sensing Technology in Tucson, Arizona where he tested and refined a computer controlled vehicle emission monitoring system in field tests, collected automobile emission data from highway roadside test, and developed an experimental vehicle emission monitoring system for the State of California. Before that he was a researcher, UCR Environmental Technology Research Center where he performed secondary research on alternative automotive fuels, collected information of chemical properties related to automotive engineering, studied potential market and cost issues and engineering hurdles related to the use of different fuels and performed literature and manufacturer research on state-of-the-art automotive sensors to identify key technology breakthroughs in automotive sensors development. He has served as a court appointed legal interpreter and translator of Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese for the State of California in labor and tax court hearings. At the request of the faculty he served as tutor at the Learning Center at UC Riverside for students in mechanical engineering and thermodynamics. Education:  ·         Master Of Engineering, Environmental Engineering, 1995, UCLA, Los Angeles, California ·         Bachelor Of Science, Environmental Eng., 1994, UC Riverside, Riverside California Courses Completed (Related to current work only) Machine Design using Pro_Engineering                          Dynamics (Mechanical) Mechanics of Material                                                   Internal Combustion Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry                               Thermodynamics Fluid Mechanics                                                            Static (Mechanical) Circuit Analysis                                                             Organic Chemistry Engineering Graphics & Design                              Engineering Systems Design Systems Optimization                                          Numerical Model Programming