=============================================================================== KANG LI =============================================================================== Email : likang {at} cadence {dot} com Webpage: kangli.me Company Address: 36 North Third Ring Rd. Global Trade Center Tower D Dongcheng, Beijing, China ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Professional Interests ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Geometric Modeling and Processing B-Rep (Parasolid/ACIS), NURBS, Polygon Mesh, Point Cloud * Computer Graphics and Real-Time Rendering Physically Based Rendering, Virtual/Augmented Reality, Visualization * Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing Additive Manufacturing, Shape Optimization, Topology Optimization * Artificial Intelligence Statistical Shape Model, Machine Learning, Computer Vision * Numerical Methods Finite/Boundary Element Method, Isogeometric Analysis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Work Experiences ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2021.07 ~ Present Cadence Design Systems Inc. @ Beijing, China - Sr. Principal Software Engineer - Geometric modeling and processing software development for Centralized Platform of Geometry 2015.07 ~ 2021.07 Siemens Digital Industries Software Inc. @ Ames, IA - Software Engineer - Maintenance: Direct Model, JT format, Parasolid Support for Teamcenter Visualization - Physically Based Rendering (PBR): Siemens Standard Materials (SVM) for Lightworks/TcVis/NX - Boudary Representation (B-Rep): Ultra-Lightweight Precise (ULP) and Convergent Modeling - WebAssembly (WASM): Unified Protocol of Client Side (UPCS) render data exchange 2014.06 ~ 2014.08 Siemens Corporation, Corporate Technology @ Princeton, NJ - Research Intern - Optimized build orientation in 3D printing by NX Open and Parasolid for Siemens NX - Inspected software for designing patient-specific medical implants 2007.06 ~ 2007.08 Zoomlion Heavy Industry Sci. & Tech. Development Co., Ltd. @ Shanghai, China - Modeling Intern - Measured parts and created 3D models of hoist-type crane by Solidworks 2006.07 ~ 2006.10 Maglev Transportation Development Co., Ltd. @ Shanghai, China - Modeling Intern - Generated 3D models from 2D drawings of Maglev train parts by AutoCAD and Pro/E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Honors & Awards ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2014.08 Prakash Krishnaswami CAPPD Best Paper Award ASME IDETC/CIE Conferences, Buffalo, NY 2012.08 Prakash Krishnaswami CAPPD Best Paper Award ASME IDETC/CIE Conferences, Chicago, IL 2011.10 Best Paper Award, First Place SIAM/ACM GD/SPM Joint Conference, Orlando, FL 2010.08 Prakash Krishnaswami CAPPD Best Paper Award ASME IDETC/CIE Conferences, Montreal, Canada 2008.08 University Graduate Fellowship Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 2002.06 ~ 2005.06 Excellent Student Scholarship Tongji University, Shanghai, China ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Educational Background ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2009.01 ~ 2015.05 Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Computer-Aided Design & Manufacturing) Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL Thesis: Direct Diffeomorphic Reparameterization for Correspondence Optimization in Statistical Shape Modeling Advisor: Xiaoping Qian 2005.09 ~ 2008.03 M.S. in Mechanical Engineering Tongji University, Shanghai, China Thesis: Structural Design and Analysis of Diaphragm Wall Grab 2001.09 ~ 2005.06 B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Tongji University, Shanghai, China Thesis: Chassis System Design of 200-ton Hydraulic Crawler Crane ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Journal Publications ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Direct Diffeomorphic Reparameterization for Correspondence Optimization in Statistical Shape Modeling Kang Li and Xiaoping Qian. Computers-Aided Design, vol. 64, pp. 33-54, 2015. 2. Covariance Matrix of A Shape Population: A Tale on Spline Setting Kang Li and Xiaoping Qian. Computers & Graphics, vol. 47, pp. 89-104, 2015. 3. Direct Geomery Processing for Tele-Fabrication Yong Chen, Kang Li and Xiaoping Qian. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, vol. 13, pp. 041002, 2013. - Also in ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Chicago IL, 2012.08 4. Isogeometric Analysis and Shape Optimization via Boundary Integral Kang Li and Xiaoping Qian. Computer-Aided Design, vol. 43-11, pp. 1427-1437, 2011. - Also as a special issue in SIAM/ACM Joint Conference on Geometric and Physical Modeling, Orlando FL, 2011.10 5. Topologically Enhanced Slicing of MLS Surfaces Pinghai Yang, Kang Li and Xiaoping Qian. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, vol. 11-3, pp. 031003, 2011. - Also as "Slicing point-set surfaces with topological guarantee" in ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2010.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Publications ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Toward Patient-Specific Computational Study of Aortic Diseases: A Population Based Shape Modeling Approach Kang Li, Xiaoping Qian, Caitlin Martin and Wei Sun. ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Buffalo NY, 2014.08 7. Comparison on precision of helical gear building methods in Pro/E Kang Li and Wanli Li. Machinery Design & Manufacture (Chinese), vol. 2: 035, 2008. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Systems and Methods for Lightweight Precise 3D Visual Format Applicant: Siemens Digital Industries Software Inc. Inventors: Jianbing Huang, Michael B. Carter, Kang Li Publication number: 20190362029. Filed: Sept. 7, 2017. Published: Nov. 28, 2019. 2. Build Orientations for Additive Manufacturing Applicant: Siemens Corporation, Corporate Technology Inventors: Mark R. Burhop, Kang Li, Suraj Ravi Musuvathy, Edward Slavin III Publication number: 20160085882. Filed: Jan. 23, 2015. Published: Mar. 24, 2016. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Skills ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Programming Languages: C/C++, MATLAB, FORTRAN, Mathematica IDE: Visual Studio, Xcode, Netbeans Library/API: OpenGL, NX Open, Parasolid, OpenCV, FLTK Markup/Web: LaTeX, HTML/CSS/Javascript * Software Geometric Modeling/Processing: NX, Teamcenter Visualization, ProE, Solidworks, AutoCAD, Rhino3D, Meshlab, Mimics Numerical Simulation: Abaqus, ANSYS, COMSOL, Hypermesh Reverse Engineering: Geomagic, Imageware Graphics Editting: Photoshop, Illustrator, Visio * Language English, Chinese (Madarin & Cantonese) Japanese, French, German ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Teaching Activities ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Illinois Institute of Technology 2013 Fall : Undegrad - MMAE445 CAD/CAM (Substitute lecturing) 2012 Fall : Graduate - MMAE545 Advanced CAD/CAM (Substitute lecturing) 2012 Spring: Graduate - MMAE544 Design Optimization (Grading and lab assisting) * Syracuse University 2008 Fall : Graduate - MEE571 Computer-Aide Design (Lab guiding) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Academic Presentations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2014.08 The 34th ASME IDETC/CIE Conference @ Buffalo NY - Toward Patient-Specific Computational Study of Aortic Diseases: A Population Based Shape Modeling Approach Paper aurthors: Kang Li, Xiaoping Qian, Caitlin Martin and Wei Sun - Efficient Filtering in Topology Optimization via B-splines Paper authors: Mingming Wang and Xiaoping Qian 2012.08 The 32nd ASME IDETC/CIE Conference @ Chicago IL - Direct Geomery Processing for Tele-Fabrication Paper authors: Yong Chen, Kang Li and Xiaoping Qian 2011.10 The 2nd SIAM/ACM GD/SPM Joint Conference @ Orlando FL - Isogeometric Analysis and Shape Optimization via Boundary Integral Paper authors: Kang Li and Xiaoping Qian 2010.08 IIT MMAE department research poster competition @ Chicago IL - Hierarchical Mesh Segmentation by Geometric and Topological Simplification of Morse Complex Report authors: Kang Li ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper Reviews ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2014.02 ASME IDETC/CIE Conference 2012.05 Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling 2013.06 Journal of Computer-Aided Design 2012.06 Journal of Ocean Engineering 2011.03 Journal of Measurements ===============================================================================