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OBJECTIVE
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Seeking a position in biomedical/electrical/software
research and development.
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EDUCATION
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Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Michigan State
Univ.
01/2004 – 12/2007
M.Sc., Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Sheffield,
Sheffield, UK
09/2002 – 09/2003
B.Sc., Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Nanjing
Univ., Nanjing,
China
09/1998 – 06/2002
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WORK EXPERIENCE
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Summer Intern
Imaging and Visualization Dept., Siemens
Corporate Research, Princeton,
NJ
05/2007 – 08/2007
- Implemented
a multiple-organ segmentation algorithm for 3D CT images using the level
set method
- Optimized
and integrated the algorithm to an extensive C++ image segmentation
framework
Research Assistant
Biomedical Ultrasonics and Electromagnetics Lab,
Michigan State
Univ.
01/2004 – 12/2007
- Developed
a numerical ultrasound simulator package using MATLAB, C and C++
- Designed
and simulated ultrasound phased arrays for therapy and imaging
- Modeled
ultrasound induced heating for cancer treatment planning
- Processed
PET images and performed motion compensation
- Presented
in conferences and published technical papers
Research Assistant
Biomedical. Ultrasonics Lab, State Key Lab of
Modern Acoustics, Nanjing
Univ.
06/2001 – 06/2002
- Created
mathematical models of HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound)
transducers
- Wrote
numerical programs in Fortran
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TECHNICAL SKILLS
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- Systems:
Microsoft Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP, Linux
- Languages:
C/C++, MATLAB, Java, Fortran, Intel x86/IA32/8051 Assembly, XML, UML,
VHDL
- Development
Environments: Microsoft Visual Studio 6/.NET/2005, Compaq
Visual Fortran, MATLAB, GCC, MASM, PSpice, Protel
- Other:
Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio, Origin, LaTeX, LyX, CVS, Subversion,
Doxygen
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PUBLICATIONS
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- X. Zeng and R. J. McGough,
“Evaluation of the angular spectrum approach for simulations of
near-field pressures,” accepted to the Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America,
2007.
- X. Zeng and R. J.
McGough, “Optimization of
power distributions produced by ultrasound phased arrays through
waveform diversity,” Proceeding of the IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, New York, NY
, Oct., 2007.
- X. Zeng and R. J.
McGough, “Rapid simulations of large ultrasound therapy arrays with the
fast near-field method and angular spectrum approach,” Proceeding of
the 6th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound,
Oxford, UK, 2006.
- X.
Zeng and R. J. McGough, “Evaluation of angular spectrum approach for
simulations of spherically focused ultrasound phased arrays,” Proceeding
of 2006 IEEE International Electro/Information Technology Conference,
East Lansing, Michigan, 2006.
- L. Wu, X. Zeng and
R. J. McGough, “Computer modeling of hyperthermia temperature
distributions produced by hybrid RF/US phased arrays,” Proceeding of
the 5th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound,
Boston, Massachusetts, 2005.
- X. Zeng, J. F. Kelly
and R. J. McGough, “Multi-planar angular spectrum approach applied to
pressure field calculations of spherically focused pistons,” Proceeding
of the 2005 Canadian Acoustic Association Conference, London,
Ontario, Canada, 2005.
- X.
Zeng, L. Wu, and R. J. McGough, “Fast pressure field calculations
applied to large spherical ultrasound phased arrays designed for thermal
therapy,” Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging, Vol. 6, No.
13, pp. 228-239, 2005.
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
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- X. Zeng and R. J.
McGough, “Power optimization in hyperthermia with waveform diversity,”13th
International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, East Lansing, MI,
Sep., 2007.
- X.
Zeng and R. J. McGough, “Large ultrasound phased array simulations
with the angular spectrum approach in a layered tissue model,” Vol. 6,
No. 3, CAP Congress, St. Catharines, Canada, May, 2006.
- X. Zeng and R. J.
McGough, “Simulation of pressure and temperature fields due to nonlinear
ultrasound propagation,” 2006 annual Meeting of Society for Thermal
Medicine, Bethesda,
Maryland, April 6 – 8,
2006.
- X.
Zeng and R. J. McGough, “Angular spectrum approach for fast
simulations of ultrasound therapy arrays,” 150th meeting
of the Acoustical Society of America
/NOISE-CON, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, Oct. 2005.
- L. Wu, X. Zeng and
R. J. McGough, “Computer modeling of a hybrid RF/US phased array system
for hyperthermia cancer treatments in the intact breast ,” Society
for Thermal Medicine Annual Meeting, Bethesda, MD, Apr. 2005.
- X. Zeng and R. J.
McGough, “Spatially adaptive point source calculations of the pressure
fields produced by rectangular ultrasound transducers,” 9th
International Congress on Hyperthermic Oncology, St. Louis, MO,
April, 2004.
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ADVANCED COURSES
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- Acoustics
- Analysis of
Stochastic Systems
- Digital
Communications
- Digital Image
Processing
- Electromagnetic
Fields and Waves I & II
- Numerical Analysis
- Medical Imaging
- Radio Frequency
Electronics
- Speech Technology
- RF and Optical
Telecommunications
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HONORS
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- Best
Student Paper Award, Canadian Association of Physicists
2006
- Best
Abstract Award, Society for Thermal Medicine Annual Meeting
2005
- Excellent
Graduate, Nanjing University
2002
- Outstanding
Student, Nanjing
University
1998–2002
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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- IEEE
Student Member
- Member
of Society for Thermal Medicine
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LEADERSHIP
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- Vice
Student Chair, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nanjing Univ., China
1999 – 2002
- Editor-in-Chief,
“Surfing” Magazine (the first IT periodical on campus), Nanjing Univ.
1999
– 2001
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LANGUAGES
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- English
(fluent)
- Mandarin
Chinese (native)
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