X. Frank Xu

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 & Experience

• Assistant Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2005~Present
• Ph.D., Civil Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 2001~2005
• M.S., Civil Engineering, The University of Akron, 1999~2001
• M.Sc., Offshore Engineering, The Robert Gordon University, 1998~1999
• Structural Engineer, Shanghai, China, 1993~1998
• B.Eng., Hydraulic Structures, Tsinghua University, China, 1993

Awards & Honors

• US Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM) Young Investigator Travel Fellowship, 2008
• Young Principal Investigator Award, Department of Energy, 2006
• ASCE ExCEEd Fellow, 2006
• Finalist, the 17^th Annual Robet J. Melosh Competition for the Best Student Paper in Finite Element Analysis, 2005
• Member, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, 2003
• 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 Finite Element Method (MSFEM/MsSFEM)

· Elastodynamic Metamaterials

· Poromechanics

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

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

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

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

Publications

Ce681 - Finite Element Method in Engineering Mechanics

Links

• Minisymposium - Multiscale Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification of Heterogeneous Materials, 10^th US Congress on Computational Mechanics
• Session - Multiscale and Stochastic Modeling of Porous Media, The Fourth Biot Conference on Poromechanics (New York City, June 8~10, 2009)
• Minisymposium - Multiscale Modeling and Uncertainty Quantification of Heterogeneous Materials [ID:150], 8^th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, WCCM8 (Venice, Italy, June 30~July 4, 2008)