Zhen Qi

Background

About Zhen Qi

A Ph.D. and MBA with more than 16 years working experience in leading electrical engineering, automation and control related products and projects development with multinational companies in the oil & gas, renewable energy, commercial & military vehicles and marine vessels industries. Technical Specialties:* Hybrid powertrain control system development and simulation using Simulink, Stateflow, Pi Innovo Open ECU, Vector candb++ editor, Matlab Coder, Simulink Coder, Embedded Controller, PI Innovo vehicle controller, J1939 CANBUS.* Hybrid powertrain and marine vessel hybrid power system simulation using Matlab, Simulink, Stateflow, Autonomie, Simscape, Simscape Driveline, Powertrain blockset, Simcenter Amesim.* Subsea/Surface Oil and Gas Production SCADA/DCS Development.* Steam Reforming based hydrogen generation Instrumentation and Control System Development.* Real-time control system and data acquisition system development using Beckhoff PC-Based controller (CX2020), TWINCAT3, EtherCAT Based IO Modules, LabView VeriStand and NI PXI based controller, Peak System CAN Modules, TI DSP Board, ARM Processor, Indusoft Web Studio, PCAN-Explorer 6 (PE6), and Microsoft SQL Server.* Ammonia cracking based hydrogen generation and purification control system development development using Matlab, Simulink, Stateflow, Vector candb++ editor, Matlab Coder, Simulink Coder, and ECUs, Siemens TIA Portal, WinCC OA.* Advanced control system development using linear and nonlinear control theory, adaptive control, sliding mode control, fuzzy logic system, neural networks, and supervisory control. Projects Experience:* Successfully leading the first US Jones act subsea rock installation vessel fallpipe electrical and control system development.* Successfully leading hybrid powertrain control system development and simulation for 18 wheeler truck and amphibious combat vehicle.* Successfully leading multi-million dollar subsea boosting pump control system.* Successfully leading multiphase loop control system development.* Successfully leading control system development for combined heat and power (CHP) system based on fuel cell, hydrogen generation, and purification (using steam methane reforming and pressure swing adsorption (PSA) technologies). Business Specialties:* Product life-cycle management * Project management (Critical Chain)* Marketing strategy analysis (segmentation, targeting, positioning, 4 P’s, 5 C's, and SWOT)* R&D strategy and business model analysis and development * Investment analysis (NPV, IRR)