NING ZHENG
56 W. 10th Ave. Apt C
Columbus, OH 43201
(614)429-0300
Education
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Ph.D. candidate, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Expected Graduation Date: August 2007
Dissertation: Efficient High Profit Information Analysis via Optimization of Search Engines
Major: Operations Research; Minor: Statistics, Computer Science
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
M.S., Industrial & Systems Engineering (Major: Operations Research), Graduation Date: March 2005
Overall GPA: 3.94; Major GPA: 4.0
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, July 1999
GPA: 86.6 (100 scale) (Tsinghua University is one of China’s top 2 engineering universities.)
Qualifications
- Optimization
Dynamic Programming, Scheduling, Linear/Integer Programming, Simulation Optimization.
- Statistical Analysis
Multiple Linear Regression, Analysis of Variance, Design of Experiments, Monte Carlo Simulation, Design of Computer Experiments.
- Computer Programming Skills
- C/C++ (5 years), MATLAB (4 years), Java (1 year), Web design languages: ASP, XML, Java script;
- Operating systems: Linux, Windows
- Database
Relational Database Systems; SQL programming; Indexing techniques (B+ trees, R-trees, Grid-file, Quantization, Data declustering/clustering, high-dimensional indices); High dimensional databases; Data Warehouse; Data Mining, Information Retrieval, Text Ming.
- Process Improvement and Quality Control
Six Sigma technologies (SPC charts, Gauge R&R, Cause & Effect Matrix, FMEA), Reliability analysis.
- Others
ARENA Discrete Event Simulation, Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Word).
Work Experience
The Ohio State University, Industrial, Welding & Systems Engineering Department, Columbus, OH
Lecturer (September 2006 ~ June 2007)
- Independently taught one course for both graduate and undergraduate students: Statistical Quality Control & Quality Management Systems and Six Sigma Methodology. Class size: 60
Alliance Community Hospital, Internal Consulting Department, Alliance, OH
Consultant (July 2005 ~ September 2005)
- Proposed and contributed in the Pharmacy Distribution and Administration Process Improvement project for the hospital.
- Identified critical safety and efficiency factors in the process and improved safety level via Six Sigma approach.
The Ohio State University, Industrial, Welding & Systems Engineering Department, Columbus, OH
Graduate Teaching Associate (January 2005 ~ present)
- Tutored and consulted projects on Design of Experiments, Statistical Quality Control & Quality Management Systems and Six Sigma Methodology
- Lectured Statistical Quality Control & Quality Management Systems classes.
The Ohio State University, Industrial, Welding & Systems Engineering Department, Columbus, OH
Graduate Research Associate (September 2002 ~ December 2004)
- Novel queries for high dimensional databases.
- Developed a processing framework for Convex Optimization model-based queries under high dimensional databases with proved I/O optimality for data/space partitioning indexing structures.
- Optimization Under Uncertainty (OUU): Developed innovative OUU methods using Visual C++ 6.0 with potential applications in feed-forward control, the design of new statistical methods, and many other areas.
- Improved and implemented a variant of Genetic Algorithm incorporating a statistical subset selection procedure (SSSEGA), which guarantees long-run convergence to a near global optimal solution.
- Built an ARENA Discrete Simulation Model for a manufacturing system, designed an optimal DOE for it using SSSEGA, and analyzed the output using Response Surface Method (RSM).
- Implemented Revised Simplex Search (RSS) method for computational comparisons between RSS, sequential kriging meta-modeling (SKM) method and Simultaneous Perturbation Stochastic Approximation (SPSA) method.
- Design of Experiments (DOE): Planned 5 major applications of DOE relating to orbital aluminum arc welding engineering, thin tube hydro forming, food science, and wood products manufacturing:
- Contributed to the reduction of porosity related defects at a major power company by clarifying the limitations of variable polarity power supplies.
- Made several experiments cost feasible by using advanced design of experiments techniques by reducing the number of test runs needed while maintaining good prediction accuracy compared with standard DOE methods.
Institute of Manufacturing Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Research Associate (September 1999 ~ June 2002)
- Contributed significantly to a CAPP System implementation of Concurrent Engineering and migrated it from UNIX to Windows platform using Borland C++ Builder 5.0.
- Contributed to an enterprise resource management web design based on XML.
Tianjin NWY casting Corp. Tianjin, P. R. China.
Engineering Internship (July 1998 ~ October 1998)
- Performed die casting process evaluation and analysis of related defects.
Projects
- Bandwidth Distribution for TFCC Inc.: Worked in a team of three that designed network bandwidth distribution for TFCC Inc. using discrete event simulation, ARENA simulation modeling and sensitivity analysis.
- Layout Improvement for Funk FineCast Inc.: Worked in a team of four and to improve equipment layout for Funk FineCast Inc. Analyzed parts grouping and part flows, decreased buffer level and increased throughput. EXCEL, Visual C++ 6.0 and Storm were used for the analysis.
Research Papers and Academics Presentations
“Fast Optimal DOE Using Search Engine Technology”, INFORMS National Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 2006.
“A Processing Framework for Model-based Optimization Queries”, N. Zheng, M. Gibus and H. Ferhatosmanoglu. Working paper.
“Global Optimization of Stochastic Black-Box Systems via Sequential Kriging Meta-Models”, D. Huang, T. T. Allen, W. I. Notz, and N. Zheng. Journal of Global Optimization. 34(3). 441-466. 2006.
“Multiple Fidelity Simulation Optimization of Hospital Performance under High Consequence Event Scenarios”, J. R. Schenk, D. Huang, N. Zheng and T. T. Allen. In Proceedings of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference.
“A Simulation Optimization Method For Maximizing Success Probabilities”, Invited presentation. INFORMS National Conference, San Francisco, California, November 2005.
“Optimal Experimental Design for Systems Involving Both Quantitative and Qualitative Factors”, Navara Chantarat, N. Zheng, T. T. Allen, and D. Huang. In Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference.
Professional Services and Membership
Reviewer for ICDE 2007.
Reviewer for Journal of Manufacturing Systems.
Member of The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).