X. Frank Xu

Seattle ASCE EM2003

Assistant Professor – Mechanics/Materials/Structures

Department of Civil, Environmental & Ocean Engineering
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA
Tel: (201) 216-8711                     Fax: (201) 216-8739
Office: Rocco 307    Email: xxu1@stevens.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 2005
  • M.S., Civil Engineering, The University of Akron, 2001
  • M.Sc., Offshore Engineering, The Robert Gordon University, 1999
  • B.Eng., Hydraulic Structures, Tsinghua University, China, 1993

Awards & Honors

  • Member, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
  • Young Principal Investigator Award, Department of Energy, 2006
  • ASCE ExCEEd Fellow, 2006
  • Finalist, the 17th Annual Robet J. Melosh Competition for the Best Student Paper in Finite Element Analysis, 2005
  • Meyerhoff Fellow, The Johns Hopkins University, 2001
  • Richard D. Hickman Travel Award, The Johns Hopkins University, 2001
  • M.Sc. with Distinction, The Robert Gordon University, Scotland,1999

Research Interests

·                   Multiscale Stochastic Modeling of Complex Systems and Materials– CNT fibers/MEMS/Concrete/Composites/Geomaterials/Earthquake   

·                   Stochastic Damage and Fracture Simulation– Stochastic RVE, stochastic finite element method on softening, multiscale stochastic damage and fracture

·                   Computational Stochastic Mechanics – Multiscale Stochastic Finite Element Method (MsSFEM), (spectral & pseudo-spectral) stochastic finite element methods

·                   Stochastic Homogenization – Numerical Stochastic Homogenization Method (NSHM), periodic/non-periodic/stochastic homogenization

·                   Failure and Reliability Analysis of Structural/Material Systems – Advanced stochastic algorithms, sparse grids, reliability analysis, LRFD, risk and hazard assessment 

·                   Material/Morphological/Structural Optimization -  nano-/micro-mechanics, composite theory, morphological modeling, structural optimization, sandwich structures 

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