Troy Lu
Mechanical Engineering Technical Leader at Cisco
United States
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Top SchoolTroy Lu is a Mechanical Engineering Technical Leader with over 16 years focused on thermal engineering for enterprise networking hardware, notably leading thermal design and validation for Cisco Catalyst 9500 and 9600 series. He combines deep simulation expertise (13+ years with FloTHERM) with hands‑on thermal testing—chamber, thermocouples, wind tunnel and IR—plus practical experience in fan/blower selection and heat‑sink optimization. A seasoned coder, he automates thermal test equipment and workflows with Python and is an expert in C/C++, enabling faster, repeatable validation cycles across large projects. His background spans FEA disciplines (structural and thermal) from Honeywell turbine stress analysis to Maxtor HDD head thermal work, and he holds a Six Sigma Green Belt. Comfortable working independently or cross-functionally with HW, ECAD, and test teams worldwide, he’s known for turning complex thermal constraints into robust, manufacturable designs. Off the bench he maintains a positive, pragmatic approach—“Don't worry! Be happy!”—that helps keep high-stakes projects moving.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineer, Thermal Science, Bachelor of Mechanical Engineer, Thermal Science at University of Science and Technology of ChinaDoctor & Master, Thermal, Mechanical Engineering, Doctor & Master, Thermal, Mechanical Engineering at Shanghai Institude of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science
English, Chinese, Japanese
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Github Skills (28)
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tensorflow9
deep-learning9
python8
surface8
gpu8
simultaneous8
machine-learning8
rgb7
neural-network6
backbone5
object-detection5
computer-vision5
numpy5
multi-object-tracking4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
troylhy1991/TIMING2
Jan 2018 - Jun 2021
Contributions:57 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
RoysamLab/TIMING2
Jan 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:57 commits in 3 months
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