Chen, Xu

Biography

1. Education career: (1)Sep. 1978--July 1982 Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, Southwest Jiaotong University, B.S., Engineering Mechanics (2)Sep. 1983—Apr. 1986, Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, Southwest Jiaotong University, M.S., Solid Mechanics (3)Sep. 1988—Apr. 1992, Institute of Applied Mechanics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Ph.D., Solid mechanics 2. Work Experience: (1) Dec. 1997--Present, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of Department of Process Equipment and Machinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University (2)Sep. 1994--Dec.1997 Associate Professor, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University (3)June 1992--June 1994 Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Aircraft Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Nanjing, China (4)Sep. 1987—Sep. 1988 Lecturer, Teaching, Institute of Applied Mechanics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China (5)Aug. 1982--Sep. 1987 Associate Lecturer, Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, Southwest Jiaotong University, China  3. Honors/Awards and Memberships: (1) University Youth Teacher Award, Education Ministry of China, 2002 (2) Thomson Scientific Research Fronts Award 2008 (3) Natural Science Award of Education Ministry of China, 2003, Second class, as the first recipient. “Life prediction of multiaxial low cycle fatigue of metal material” (4) 2014 most cited Chinese researcher – Mechanics of Materials, Published by Elsevier China, February 2, 2015 Memberships (1) Member of ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) (2) Member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) (3) Senior member of Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering (CSME) (4) Member of Material Committee of CSME (5) Member of Pressure Vessel Committee of CSME (6) Member of Fatigue Committee of Chinese Material Research Society (7) Member of Standard Committee of National Boiler and Pressure Vessel (8) Members of Editorial Board, Journal of Pressure Equipment and Systems(English); Journal of Pressure Vessel(Chinese); Journal of Chemical Machinery(Chinese)  4. Visiting abroad: (1) Feb. 15, 2015-Mar. 15, 2015, Visiting professor Dept. of Material Science and Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA (2)Jan. 21,-Apr. 21,2011 Distinguished visiting scientist and faculty Neutron Scattering Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), USA (3) Sep. 3, 2007-Nov.15, 2007 and Oct. 9, 2006-Nov.4, 2006, Visiting professor Dept. of Material Science and Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA (4) Feb. 2, 2001-Jul. 30,2001 and Feb.20-May 20, Visiting professor Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea (5)Sep.1,2000-Nov.30,2002 Visiting professor Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada at Reno, USA. (6) Feb. 1,1998-Mar. 1,1998 Visiting professor Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Japan (7) Apr.1996-Aug.1997 Visiting research associate Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA. (8) Apr. 1993--Feb. 1994 Visiting Scholar School of Civil & Mining Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia 

Research Interest

Fatigue and Fracture of Materials, Pressure vessel and piping, Reliability of Electronic Packaging