Newcastle University

Professional history:

My professional history falls into several stages, as follows. (i) An Associate Professor, the work in China’s Shanghai Tiedao University included taught five courses of mechanical engineering and carried out research in fatigue and fracture, finite element analysis and engineering design. (ii) In Sheffield, as well as a brief period in Derby, the research was concentrated on impact mechanics of rail vehicles, though accident statistics and fatigue were also processed. Some modelling animations in this stage can be referred from the LS-DYNA’s website www.ls-dyna.com (in AviLib No 29~29c, double click on the relevant number-cases 29~29c, to perform the animations). (iii) In University of Greenwich at London, the research covered four areas, biofluidics, random vibration, thermal transfer and nanostructured materials.

Most of the above activities have been related to computational mechanics. Following a variety of experiences in different areas, my research is progressing towards scaled and physical modelling of interdisciplinary and interactive regions using multiscale or micro-macro modelling techniques.

Education

PhD, University of Sheffield, Mechanical Engineering, 2004.
MSc, Xidian University, Computational Mechanics, 1986.
MEng, Xidian University, Mechanics of Manufacturing, 1983.

Membership

MIMechE, Member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Charted Engineer, registered in Engineering Council UK.

Research in railways

Mechanical analysis, modelling and simulation.

Experiences and interests  

Fluids: Fluid mechanics and computational fluid dynamics, in particular biofluid mechanics and dynamics.
Solids: Stress analysis, impact mechanics, vibration/dynamics modelling.   
Thermal: Heat transfer and mechanical damage.
Numerical analysis: FE methods, FV method, fluid structure interaction, probability and reliability.
Nanostructures: Structures and mechanics in nanostructured materials.
Design: Statistics and optimization. Design of experiments and response surface based reliability design.

Reviewing papers for journals 

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
Chemical Engineering Science
Strain Analysis for Engineering Design
IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology
Engineering Simulations
International Journal of Nanomedicine

Proficient software packages 

Ansys APDL, Ansys-CFX, LS-DYNA, Comsol, Flotran, Physica, VisualDoc, AutoCAD, FORTARN

Course taught (in China)

Finite element method
Design optimization
Structural mechanics
Urban rail transport introduction (course text compiling)
Rail vehicle engineering

Supervision

MSc and BEng students

• Xue X, Patel MK, Kersaudy-Kerhoas M, Desmullies MPY, Bailey C, Topham D. Analysis of fluid separation in microfluidic T-channels. Applied Mathematical Modelling 2012, 36(2), 743-755.
• Xue X, Bailey C. Integration of geometric separation mechanisms by implementing curved constrictions in a biochip microchannel fluidic separator. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 2013, 16(3), 314-327.
• Xue X, Patel MK, Bailey C, Desmullies MPY. Geometrical optimization of a biochip microchannel fluidic separator. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 2012, 15(9), 981-991.
• Xue X, Ingleton S, Roberts J, Robinson M. Qualitative comparison of the characteristics of articulated and non-articulated trains and their effects on impact. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit 2011, 225(1), 24-37.
• Xue X, Bailey C, Lu H, Stoyanov S. Integration of analystic techniques in stochastic optimization of microsystem reliability. Microelectronics Reliability 2011, 51(5), 936-945.
• Xue X, Patel MK, Kersaudy-Kerhoas M, Bailey C, Desmullies MPY. Modelling and simulation of the behaviour of a biofluid in a microchannel biochip separator. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering 2011, 16(6), 549-560.
• Xue X, Marson S, Patel MK, Bailey C, ONeill BW, Topham D, Kay RW, Desmullies MPY. Progress towards the design and numerical analysis of a 3D microchannel biochip separator. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering 2011, 27(11), 1771-1792.
• Xue X, Bailey C, Turitto M, Ratchev S. Modelling and optimization of a pneumatic microfeeder system. International Journal for Simulation and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization 2009, 3(1), 307-315.
• Xue X, Schmid F, Smith RA. Analysis of the structural characteristics of an intermediate rail vehicle and their effects on vehicle crash performances. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit 2007, 221(3), 339-352.
• Xue X, Smith RA, Schmid F. Analysis of crush behaviours of a rail cab car and structural modifications for improved crashworthiness. International Journal of Crashworthiness 2005, 10(2), 125-136.
• Xue X, Schmid F, Smith RA. A study of modelling approaches for rail vehicle collision behaviour. International Journal of Crashworthiness 2004, 9(5), 515-525.
• Xue X, Schmid F, Smith RA. An introduction to China’s rail transport, Part 2: urban rail transit system, highway transport and the reform of China’s railways. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit 2002, 216(3), 165-173.
• Xue X, Schmid F, Smith RA. An introduction to China’s rail transport, Part 1: history, present and future of China’s railways. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit 2002, 216(3), 153-163.
• Xue X, Wei X. Characteristics of blood flow in microchannels and relevant impact on modelling blood behaviour in biochip separators. In: 62nd Electronics Component Technology Conference (ECTC). 2012, San Diego, California, USA.
• Xue X, Bailey C, Hua L, Alam M. Structural functionality analysis of nanostructured thermal interface materials. In: 62nd Electronics Component Technology Conference (ECTC). 2012, San Diego, California, USA.
• Xue X, Marson S, Patel MK, Usama A, Bailey C, ONeill BW, Topham D, Desmullies MPY. Biofluid behaviour in 3D microchannel systems: Numerical analysis and design development of a 3D microchannel biochip separator. In: 60th Electronics Component Technology Conference (ECTC). 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: IEEE.
• Xue X, Bailey C, Patel MK. Design Improvement of a biochip microchannel separator with integrated channel constrictions for enhanced performance. In: International Conference on Electronic Packaging Technology & High Density Packaging (ICEPT-HDP). 2010, Xian, China: IEEE.
• Xue X, Patel MK, Kersaudy-Kerhoas M, Bailey C, Desmullies MPY, Topham D. Effect of fluid dynamics and device mechanism on biofluid behaviour in microchannel systems: Modelling biofluids in a microchannel biochip separator (awarded to a best paper). In: International Conference on Electronic Packaging Technology & High Density Packaging (ICEPT-HDP). 2009, Beijing, China: IEEE.
• Xue X, Patel MK, Kersaudy-Kerhoas M, Bailey C, Desmullies MPY. Parametrical modeling and design optimization of blood plasma separation device with microchannel mechanism. In: 59th Electronics Component Technology Conference (ECTC). 2009, San Diego, California, USA: IEEE.
• Xue X, Patel MK, Bailey C, Kersaudy-Kerhoas M, Desmullies MPY. Challenge in modelling biofluids in microchannels. In: Electronics System-Integration Technology Conference (ESTC). 2008, London, UK: IEEE.
• Xue X, Lu H, Bailey C. A modelling approach for coupling numerical analytical tools and techniques applied in microsystems. In: 8th International Conference on Electronics Packaging Technology. 2007, Shanghai, China: IEEE.
• Xue X, Schmid F, Robinson M. Finite element modelling approach of crashworthiness of high-speed trains. In: 6th International Symposium of Passive Safety of Rail Vehicles. 2006, Berlin, Germany: Ifv-Bahntechnik.
• Xue X, Schmid F. Crashworthiness of conventionally designed railway coaching stock and structural modification for enhanced performance. In: 5th European LS-DYAN User’s Conference. 2005, Birmingham, UK.
• Xue X, Schmid F. Modelling study to validate finite element simulation of railway vehicle behaviour in collisions. In: 5th European LS-DYAN User’s Conference. 2005, Birmingham, UK.
• Xue X, Schmid F. A study of modelling approaches for rail vehicle collision behaviour. In: International Crashworthiness Conference. 2004, San Francisco, California, USA.
• Xue X, Schmid F. Analysis of the crashworthiness of a conventionally designed rail vehicle. In: International Crashworthiness Conference. 2004, San Francisco, California, USA.