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    Welcome to CAST TX

     
     

    The Texas Chapter of Chinese Association for Science and Technology (CAST-TX), founded in 1999 in Dallas, Texas, as a non-for-profit organization. CAST-TX is a local chapter of the CAST-USA which is founded in 1992 at New York. CAST-USA has 12 local chapters with over 8000 members. The mission of CAST-TX is to foster academic exchange and professional development; to support STEM education for young generations; and to romote outstanding traditions of the Chinese community.

    STEM Bridge

    CAST has officially launched the first summer research and education project for high school students. The project aims to help high school students to conduct research internships at university research laboratories in Dallas area to promote their interest in science and technology and to improve their scientific literacy and research capabilities.

  • Executive Team

    Angela Chen

    President

    Angela Chen currently serves as the Vice President of Henry S Miller Company, she specialize in commercial real estate investment, tenant representation, and transactions. Prior to joining Henry S. Miller, Angela worked in finance and real estate investment, where she developed relationships with international partners, structured a real estate investment fund, and participated in marketing strategy.
    Angela studied finance at the University of Macau and earned an M.B.A. in finance and real estate at the University of Texas at Dallas

    Dr. Kelvin Xu

    Chairman of Board

    Mr. Xu is a partner of LigthPath Services Corp, a startup of next generation of hi-tech. Mr . Xu graduated from McGill University and University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). He was a VP of Asia-Pacifc in AuBay Services Corp. to manage hi-tech projects and raise a PE funding for these projects. Before that, he was a principal software engineer in SkyFiber Corp. He has many years of professional experiences in S&P 500 companies (Bell Canada, Nortel, Alcatel, Fujitsu) as well as startups. His expertises includes: OS, Network protocols, Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT), wireless sensor, multi-media, tablet computer, DSP, SONET and DWDM. Mr. Xu holds multiple US patents in wireless, IoT, and optics communication.

    Dr. Xingyu Zou

    Executive VP

    Dr. Xingyu Zou graduated from University of Science and Technology of China. He got his PhD. in Physics at University of Rochester. He has done extensive work with nonclassical quantum interference effects which goes to the heart quantum mechanics, that all matter can behave both as particles or wave, but both behaviors can not be observed simultaneously. After graduation, Dr. Xingyu Zou worked on the fiber optical communication system include the ultra-long haul amplified system and analog WDM system. He was involved in the demonstration of the first longest non-repeated terrestrial fiber optical transmission system in the United States. Dr. Xingyu Zou has 2 patents in the field of fiber optical WDM system.

    Gary Zhang

    Accounting Officer

    Mr. Zhang is a certified public accountant in Texas. Mr. Zhang obtained his BS degree from Shanghai Maritime University and MS in Accounting and Information Management from UT Dallas. He has been working in accounting and taxation field for many years. Mr. Zhang is currently a partner with A. Morani CPA P.C.

    Cecilia Sun

    VP of Marketing and Sponsorship

    Ms. Sun is an analyst in the Global Wealth Management and Operational Technology team at Bank of America. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in International Business from Rouen Business School in France and master’s degree in Finance and Information Science (Information Technology Management) from the University of Texas at Dallas. Ms. Sun interned at international companies, such as Haynes and Boone, LLP, HSBC, and Saint-Gobain group and speaks English, French, and Mandarin. As a volunteer and an organizer, Ms. Sun always commits herself to commonweal organizations, such as Another Beautiful World in China and Junior Achievement in the states which focus on improving education and development for young generation.

    Dr. Dong Qian

    VP of Education

    Dr. Dong Qian is a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas. He received his B.S. degree in Bridge Engineering from Tongji University in China in 1994, his M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri in 1998 and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University in 2002. Shortly after his graduation, He was hired as an assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the University of Cincinnati and promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure in 2008. In the Fall of 2012, he joined the newly established Mechanical Engineering Department as a tenured associate professor at the University of Texas at Dallas and was promoted to Full Professor in 2015. Dr. Qian has conducted research in the general areas of computational mechanics of materials. His research has been funded by NSF, AFOSR, AFRL, State of Ohio and industries such as P&G and General Electric. He is currently the assistant editor for the Journal of Computational Mechanics and serves on editorial board for two other journals on computational mechanics. He is the past Chair of the Elasticity Committee under ASME Applied Mechanics Division and current serves as the vice-Chair for the Committee on Computing in Applied Mechanics (CONCAM) in the same division.

    Dr. Xinrong Yang

    VP of Operation

    Dr. Xinrong Yang - graduated from the Department of Radio Engineering of Southeast University. After coming to the United States, she obtained a master's degree and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas. She has been engaged in chip design and development for many years, including wireless communication, mobile chip, biochemical sensing, power control and management. She is currently working for Texas Instruments. Career interests include cutting-edge technologies in the semiconductor industry, chip design and verification, system integration, modeling and simulation. In addition to the technical field, she is also actively involved in technology-related public welfare activities, aiming to enhance the local technology exchange and development and innovation atmosphere.

    Sam Cheng

    VP of Entrepreneur

    Founded several startup companies since 2013, including an IT security consulting firm: SDC International LLC, and an innovative technology company: Quanlanck Technology, INC. Also, Sam served in technology and telecom companies in Dallas area for more than 20 years. In previous positions, he served as Director of IT Services for T-Mobile, Director of back office products for Goodman Networks and MetroPCS, and Associate Director of billing operations for AT&T. He holds an MBA from Texas A&M International University and a Bachelor’s degree from Nanjing University.

    Ethan Liu

    STEM Bridge Summer Camp Liaison

    Ethan was the team leader of the 2021 CAST STEM Bridge program at UTD. His team (supervised by Professor Weili Wu) won 3rd place among 16 teams.
    Ethan has a passion to help young people. He is the Co-president of DataRizon.org, a non-profit organization that promotes and teaches data science in the real world. He is the founder of Bridge America, a volunteer platform for American students to teach foreign kids English. He also launched “Food Plus”,a project that brings leftover fresh food from parties to those in need. As the High School Liaison, Ethan’s responsibilities include coordinating the program with high school participants, promoting the program to students, and recruiting and organizing volunteers.

    Jiaming Zhang

    VP of IT

    Serial entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Zcoder, a web development company based on Plano, TX. He has more than 10 years of working experience in Fortune 500 companies. He has managed more than 60 software projects as a technical project manager and has extensive experience in global team management. Currently he works as CTO in an industry leading e-commerce company. He has extensive practical experience in user experience, software and blockchain architecture, quantitative project management and risk control.

    William Yi

    VP of Logistics

    William Yi is the CEO of USA Top Resources. During the past ten years he has been focusing on helping international students studying abroad. Mr.Yi has a long record of successfully guiding international students with their school searching and college application. In additional to CAST, MR.Yi also serves Director of US-China Chamber of Commerce

    Jack Sun

    VP of Volunteers

    Jack Sun has more than 20 years of experience in Engineering Consulting, Industrial Manufacturing and Automated Production industries.

    Jack has rich experience in both China, Canada and USA as successful professional manager, he served as executive manager in Fortune 500 Company and Sino-Foreign Joint Venture.

    Jack earned his EMBA from USTC and Bachelor of Engineering from HUT. He is also a senior engineer, and has extensive technical knowledge and experience in Industrial field.

  • News

    Executive Committee Party

    July 18th CAST-TX Executive Committee party at Plano, TX.

    13th CIEP Conference

    May 17, 2015 - CAST-USA delegation of 17 people is led by Prof. Walter Hu (President of CAST-TX) and Dr. Chris Guo (President of CAST-NC) to attend 13th CIEP conference. The team has visited several tech parks in Shenzhen.

    R&D Institute (Shenzhen) of Tsinghua University

    May 19, 2015 - CAST-USA team has visited R&D Institute (Shenzhen) of Tsinghua University and presented projects to venture investors of Shenzhen and Silicon valley (USA).

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    $20 membership fee.

    $499 STEM bridge summer camp.

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