Zhixia(Linda) Shi

Education 

Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering 

University of Nevada, Las Vegas 

September 1998 – March 2004 

M. S. in Electrical Engineering 

Jilin University of Technology, Jilin, China 

September 1992 – March 1995 

M. S. in Electrical Engineering  

Yanshan University, Hebei, China 

September 1988 – July 1992 

Professional Experiences 

Project Scientist 

Institute of Engineering in Medicine, University of California, San Diego 

Sept. 2006 – present 

• Developing multifunctional tweezers and scissors systems 
• Using optical traps to study the effects of trap depth on the sperm escape power  • Using a robotic laser scissors system to study the regulation of DNA repair on cancer  cells and cell as homologous recombination 

Post-doctoral Researcher  

Institute of Engineering in Medicine (IEM), University of California, San Diego

May 2004 – August 2006 

• Using optical traps to measure swimming forces of sperms of primates with various  mating patterns  
• Designing and implementing an algorithm for real-time sperm tracking, laser trapping  and fluorescent imaging  
• Upgrading and modifying automatic robotic microscope laser scissors and tweezers  systems 

Research Assistant  

Energy Research Center, University of Nevada, Las Vegas 

June 1999-May 2001

• Designing an importance-based fuzzy logic controller for a two-link rigid-flexible  robotic manipulator 
• Performing simulation study of hydrogen/electric hybrid bus 
• Studying micro-scale power generation with thermo-photo-volatiacs materials 

Lecturer 

Department of Electrical Engineering, Jilin University of Technology, Jilin, China 

April 1995 -August 1998 

• Developing a dynamical model and an adaptive control algorithm for a two-link flexible  robotic manipulator 

Professional Organizations 

• Member, Optical Society of America 
• Member, International Community of Optical Engineering 
• Member, American Society of Cell Biology 
• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineering 
• Member, Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society 
• Member, Society of Automotive Engineering 

Honors 

• President's Fellowship at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2001-2002
• Honor program in the graduate school at Jilin University of Technology, 1992-1994
• University Scholarship at Jilin University of Technology, 1993 
• College Scholarship at Yanshan University, 1989, 1990 and 1991