Lijuan Zhu
Sr. SW Engineer at Autodesk
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLijuan Zhu is a Senior Software Engineer at Autodesk with eight years of experience combining C/C++ systems development and deep domain expertise in CAD, 3D modeling/visualization, and design knowledge management. She holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Washington State University, where her research produced ontology-driven integration frameworks and interactive web-based visualization for large CATIA models—work that bridges semantic web techniques with practical engineering tools. At Autodesk she applies this blend of research and engineering to production-grade CAD software, often tackling performance and interoperability challenges in large-scale 3D models. Colleagues rely on her for both low-level algorithmic skill and an ability to translate design knowledge into robust software features. Notably, she has a track record of integrating ontology reasoning into PDM workflows, an uncommon intersection of semantic technologies and CAD engineering.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, PhD, Mechanical Engineering at Washington State University
Github Skills (29)
integrate10
forge10
sdk10
dotnet9
csharp9
dotnet-core8
rest8
debug8
revit7
automation6
mercurial5
amazon-cloudwatch4
version-control4
csharp-sourcegenerator4
git-client3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Autodesk-Forge/forge-api-dotnet-core
Mar 2020 - Aug 2022
Forge Core .NET SDK: Provides shared .NET features used by other SDKs
Contributions:76 reviews, 15 commits, 98 PRs in 2 years 4 months
dotnetsdkssdknet-corecsharp
autodesk-forks/wine
Jan 2025 - Mar 2025
Contributions:7 pushes, 7 tags in 2 months
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