EDUCATION

Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 2006 (gpa: 3.7/4.0)
M.S., Nuclear Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2001 (gpa: 3.8/4.0)
B.S., Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1999 (gpa: 3.5/4.0)

EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, EnterpriseWorks, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL (August 2005 - May 2006)
- skilled CFD simulation include meshing, analysis, and post processing
- conducted CFD projects for Caterpillar Inc.
Engineer Intern, Caterpillar Inc., Champaign, IL (July-August 2005)
- trained on Caterpillar softwares including ANSA, FLUENT, etc.
- conducted Caterpillar CFD projects including underhood, engine, transmission.
Research Assistant, Department of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL (2002 - 2005)
- focused on the advanced computation method with emphasis on reactor physics
- implemented a hybrid Nodal Integration and Finite Element Method (NI-FEM) for solving multi-group neutron diffusion and transport equation in arbitrary geometries - Ph.D. Thesis
- developed a graphical user interface (GUI) for the reactor analysis code DIF3D
- investigated on real time, distance lab system via LabVIEW and web camera
Teaching Assistant, Department of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL (2001 - 2002)
- Modeling Nuclear Energy Systems
- Neutron Diffusion & Transport
Research Assistant, Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (1999-2001)
- performed the initial fuel loading design of the 10MW High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Module Reactor (HTR-10)
- researched transmutation of Minor Actinides (MA) and burning of spent fuel in Accelerator-Driven System(ADS) - Masters Thesis

SKILLS

Programming: FORTRAN, C/C++, JAVA, MPI, VS .NET
Tools: FLUENT, ANSA, MCNP, DIF3D, MATLAB, LabVIEW, L^ATEX

PUBLICATIONS

Yuxiang Gu, Rizwan Uddin, A Hybrid Method for Multi-group Neutron Diffusion Equations In Arbitrary Geometries, “International Topical Meeting on Mathematics and Computation”, Avignon,France, September 12-15, Am. Nuc. Soc. (2005) –submitted
Yuxiang Gu, Rizwan Uddin, Real Time, Distance Nuclear Engineering Lab via Webcam and LabVIEW, “ANS Annual Meeting”, San Diego, CA, June 5-9, Am. Nuc. Soc. (2005). –submitted
Xingqing Jing, Yongwei Yang, Yuxiang Gu, “Physics of Pu-burning in modular high temperature gas cooled reactor”, Journal of Tsinghua University, 42 (2002).
Yongwei Yang, Yuxiang Gu, “Burning of spent fuel of an accelerator-driven modular HTGR in sub-critical condition”, Journal of Tsinghua University, 42 (2002).
Yongwei Yang, Yuxiang Gu, “Study of Transmutation of Minor Actinides in Accelerator-Driven Sub-critical Fast Reactor”, High Technology Letters, 11 (2001).