Summary
Kun Lu is a Principal Product Engineer with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and nine years of focused experience in CFD, turbomachinery, heat transfer and thermodynamics, now based in Irvine, CA. He combines deep technical expertise in solver development and meshing (seven years working with ANSYS tools) with product-facing responsibilities—specifying features, validating releases, and providing second-level CFD support at Cadence. His background spans academia and industry, delivering measurable turbine efficiency gains through multi-stage optimization and hands-on experimental validation. Kun is adept at automating complex CFD workflows, performing acquisition-oriented technical assessments, and translating advanced simulation methods into customer-facing best practices. A practical problem-solver with strong communication skills, he bridges R&D, sales, and engineering teams to keep CFD products competitive.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Mechanical Engineering, PhD Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University
M.S Thermal Engineering, M.S Thermal Engineering at Tsinghua University
English, Chinese