Research Interests

  • Computational mechanics, fracture mechanics, computational structural dynamics and acoustics
  • The boundary element method (see An Introduction to the BEM, updated: 10/16/2025), especially the fast multipole and adaptive cross approximation BEM (FastBEM) for solving large-scale engineering problems
  • Large-scale, multi-scale and multi-physics modeling of composites, nanomaterials, and biomaterials
  • Large-scale modeling of acoustic and elastic wave propagation problems with the BEM
  • BEM software development (FastBEM software)

Teaching Interests

  • Introductory courses in engineering mechanics (Statics, Dynamics and Vibration)
  • Solid Mechanics, Elasticity, Fracture Mechanics, Elastodynamics, Energy Methods in Mechanics
  • Finite Element Method, Boundary Element Method, Computational Acoustics

Education

Academic Experience

2018-pres.   Chair Professor, Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, SUSTech, Shenzhen, China
2010-2019    Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio (On leave during 2018-2019)
2/12-5/12     Visiting Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
5/04-9/04     Visiting Professor, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
9/03-4/04     Visiting Professor/JSPS Senior Researcher Fellow, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
9/00-8/10     Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
9/96-8/00     Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
1/92-3/94     Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
1/90-12/91   Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
1/88-12/89   Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mechanics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
8/87-12/87   Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
9/84-7/87     Lecturer, School of Aerospace Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China

Industry Experience

3/95-7/96    CAE Analyst, CAE Department, Advanced Vehicle Technology, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan
1/95-3/95    Structural Analysis Engineer, Weidlinger Associates, Inc., New York City
3/94-5/94    Engineering Software Specialist, MSC/PDA Engineering, Costa Mesa, California

Membership in Professional Societies

  • Fellow of ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers), 2015
  • Member of IACM (International Association for Computational Mechanics), since 1991
  • Member of USACM (U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics), since 1991
  • Member of IABEM (International Association for Boundary Element Methods), since 1992
  • Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, 1998-2003

Professional Services

  • Member of the Executive Council of IABEM, 2011-2018
  • Member of the Editorial Board for Computers & Structures, 2017-2020
  • Member of the Editorial Board for Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, since 2009
  • Member of the Editorial Board for Journal of Integral Equations and Applications, 2015-2020
  • Member of the Editorial Board for Acoustics, since 2019
  • Panel reviews of proposals for the US National Science Foundation, 2008, 2010
  • Reviewer for more than 20 technical journals, since 1994
  • Member of the Executive Local Organizing Committee, The Tenth US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Columbus, Ohio, July 13-19, 2009
  • Co-organizer, NSF Workshop on the BEM: Bridging Education and Industrial Applications, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 23-26, 2012
  • Co-organizer, NSF Workshop on the Emerging Applications and Future Directions of the BEM, Akron, Ohio, September 1-3, 2010

Honors and Awards

  • Distinguished Engineering Researcher Award, College of Engineering & Applied Science, University of Cincinnati, 2013
  • Du Qinghua Medal for Computational Methods in Engineering, China, 2012
  • JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Fellowship for Senior Researchers, 2004
  • Chunhui Fellowship of the Ministry of Education of China, 2004
  • Research Award for Young Faculty, College of Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 2002