Senior Software Engineer @ •Develop custom automated equipment from component selection, control software planning and programming to installation and support. From March 2013 to Present (2 years 11 months) Senior Imaging Scientist/Software Engineer @ •Lead development of print quality measurement software and database management system. •Define MFP scanner requirements for system calibration and evaluate scanner image quality including MTF, signal to noise ratio, uniformity, and color fidelity. •Developed uniformity calibration system for MFP product using scanner to characterize print-head performance and compensate with TRC to achieve print uniformity. •Research project on gray balancing of MFP product. •Developed software package for robotics system used in automated color measurement. •Research on banding measurement and TRC based compensation. From July 2005 to March 2013 (7 years 9 months) Director, Research & Development @ •New product development in the areas of document imaging and print quality inspection. Responsibilities included feasibility study, identification and specification of tasks that maximized achievement of customer requirements with a minimum of engineering effort, task assignments, design decisions, performance/cost trade off, prioritization, and prototype development including mechanical, electrical and software design. •Research projects for banknotes counterfeit detection and passport inspection using state of art technology in image analysis and pattern recognition. •Developed database and data mining system for printing quality analysis and production QC. •Research and developed color characterization/calibration and image/print quality algorithms. Design and developed print quality measurement product that include fully automatic-XY-table based, scanner based and handheld instruments for print quality inspection From January 2001 to February 2005 (4 years 2 months) Advisory Engineer/Imaging Scientist @ •Project management for intelligent print quality system including instrumentation, LMS, SPC, and diagnostic system. Supervise engineers to develop print quality database and quality analysis. •Lead the research and development of image/print quality metrics. •Design and developed a fully automated color machine vision system for printing quality inspection, featuring lens auto-focus and precise XY-table motion. Design and developed software package for printing quality measurement featuring color image processing and recognition, automatic calibration. •Research project on intelligent diagnostic system for banding defects and correlates physical measurements with visual grading. •Developed a characterization and classification system for inkjet print-head based on a set of print-head signatures. From September 1998 to December 2000 (2 years 4 months) Research Engineer/Software Engineer @ •Developed a color machine vision system for color grading of cotton used in fiber measurement system. Defects such as trash and yellow spots were detected and classified using fuzzy logic reasoning. •Developed an instrument to measure wool fiber quality including innovative fiber individualizer to prepare single fiber for length and fineness measurement. Advanced digital signal processing algorithms were used to process and classify waveforms. The instrument also includes a vision system for defects detection and classification. •Developed algorithms for real-time vision system for sliver monitoring. •Developed image analysis algorithm for cotton fiber fineness measurement. •Developed software package including length, fineness, strength, color/trash module and automation module. •Developed computer bale management system to utilize fiber information for lay-down control. •Design and developed a database and yarn quality forecasting system using neural networks and regression methods. From January 1995 to September 1998 (3 years 9 months) Research Engineer/Software Engineer @ •Design and developed software packages for High Volume Instrument for measurement of cotton fiber properties. The software includes fiber length, strength, fineness, color and trash measurement and robot control for sample handling and precise motion control. •Developed a machine vision system for measuring yarn appearance grading system. •Developed moisture sensing device using both capacitance and optical sensor for fiber mass compensation in fiber strength measurement. •Developed algorithm for short fiber content estimation from fibrogram in fiber length measurement. From June 1990 to December 1994 (4 years 7 months)

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Textile Science/Electrical Engineering @ University of Tennessee-Knoxville From 1995 to 1997 Master of Science (M.S.), Textile Science/Electrial Engineering @ University of Tennessee-Knoxville From 1986 to 1989 Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Textile Science and Engineering @ Donghua University From 1978 to 1982 Luo Cheng is skilled in: Image/Print Quality, Digital Image Processing, Color Science, Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision, Algorithms, Software Development, Robotics, C/C++, C#, Java, VB, SQL, Database and Data Mining, Experimental Design, System Integration, Embedded System, Machine Learning, Signal Processing