About Xinsheng Xu’s work
Based at Dalian University of Technology, Xinsheng Xu held a Croucher Visitorship at City University of Hong Kong from October 2001 to March 2002.
Biography
Xu studied at Peking University and received his Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral degrees. In 1993, he did postdoctoral research at Dalian University of Technology. In 1995, he was promoted to Professor and served as Deputy Director of the Institute of Engineering Mechanics. He has served as a visiting professor at several universities and a visiting researcher at the Institute of the Academy of Sciences. Xu has been a member of the National 211 Project Evaluation Expert Group, a member of the National Doctoral Program Fund Evaluation Expert Group, a member of the Ministry of Education University Science and Technology Award Evaluation Expert Group, a national doctoral program, a master's program and key discipline evaluation expert, and the Director of the Fluid Mechanics Professional Committee of the Provincial Mechanics Society. Xu's main research areas include: research on modern mechanical tools and methods, structural stability and dynamic buckling, symplectic method in fracture mechanics, symplectic discrete finite element algorithm, optimization design and development of nanosurface technology and energy-absorbing structures and devices, anti-buckling design technology of nano-surfaced structures, anti-fatigue and fracture optimization design of nano-surfaced structures, reliability analysis of deep-sea oil pipeline instability, etc.