STAFF PROFILE
Distinguished Professor Mike Xie
Position:
Professor
College / Portfolio:
School of Engineering Cluster
School / Department:
Civil and Infrastructure Engineering
Phone:
99253655
Email:
mike.xie@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Bundoora Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Yi-Min (Mike) Xie is RMIT Distinguished Professor, Director of Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials, and Fellow of Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.
Employment history
- Jan 2016 - present, RMIT Distinguished Professor and Interim Director of Advanced Materials Enabling Capability Platform Director, RMIT University, Australia
- Jul 2012 - present, Director, Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials, RMIT University, Australia
- Apr 2012 – Dec 2015, Professor and Deputy Head (Research & Innovation), School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, Australia
- Jul 2002 - Apr 2012, Professor and Discipline Head of Civil Engineering, School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, Australia
- Jan 1998 – Dec 2001, Associate Professor, School of the Built Environment, Victoria University, Australia
- Jul 1995 - Dec 1997, Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Victoria University, Australia
- May 1993 - Jun 1995, Lecturer, Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Victoria University, Australia
- Feb 1992 - May 1993, Research Fellow of Department of Aeronautical Engineering and Manager of Finite Element Analysis Research Centre, University of Sydney, Australia
- Oct 1990 - Oct 1991, Senior Research Assistant to Professor O.C. Zienkiewicz, F.R.S., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Wales, Swansea, UK
- Design and manufacture innovative structures and materials
- Structural optimization
- Computational mechanics
- Microstructural design of materials
- PhD (Civil Engineering), 1991, University of Wales, Swansea, United Kingdom
- BEng (Engineering Mechanics), 1984, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Professional memberships
- Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- Fellow, Institution of Engineers Australia
Industry collaboration
- Have been retained as a specialist consultant to various companies including Boeing, Sinclair Knight Merz, Bovis Lend Lease and so on.
Professional service
- Chairman of Organising Committee for the Australasian Conference on Applied Mechanics, Melbourne, 2005
- Chairman of Organising Committee for the 4th International Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction, Melbourne, 2007
- Subject Editor, Applied Mathematical Modelling journal (Elsevier), 2012 – 2015
- Song, B.,Cai, K.,Shi, J.,Xie, M.,Qin, Q. (2019). Coupling effect of van der Waals, centrifugal, and frictional forces on a GHz rotation-translation nano-convertor In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21, 359 - 368
- Yang, L.,Cai, K.,Shi, J.,Xie, M.,Qin, Q. (2019). Nonlinear dynamic behavior of a clamped-clamped beam from BNC nanotube impacted by fullerene In: Nonlinear Dynamics, 96, 1133 - 1145
- Wang, L.,Cai, K.,Xie, M.,Qin, Q. (2019). Thermal shrinkage and stability of diamondene nanotubes In: Nanotechnology, 30, 1 - 11
- Yang, Y.,Cai, K.,Shi, J.,Xie, M. (2019). Nanotextures from orthogonal graphene ribbons: Thermal stability evaluation In: Carbon, 144, 81 - 90
- Zhao, L.,Xu, B.,Han, Y.,Xie, M. (2019). Topology optimization of dynamic stress response reliability of continuum structures involving multi-phase materials In: Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 59, 851 - 876
- Xin, R.,Xiangyu, Z.,Xie, M. (2019). Research Progress in Auxetic Materials and Structures In: Lixue Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 51, 656 - 687
- Liu, J.,Chen, T.,Zhang, Y.,Wen, G.,Qing, Q.,Wang, H.,Sedaghati, R.,Xie, M. (2019). On sound insulation of pyramidal lattice sandwich structure In: Composite Structures, 208, 385 - 394
- Xu, B.,Han, Y.,Zhao, L.,Xie, Y. (2019). Topology optimization of continuum structures for natural frequencies considering casting constraints In: Engineering Optimization, 51, 941 - 960
- Sivapuram, R.,Picelli, R.,Xie, M. (2018). Topology optimization of binary microstructures involving various non-volume constraints In: Computational Materials Science, 154, 405 - 425
- Wang, L.,Cai, K.,Wei, S.,Xie, M. (2018). Softening to hardening of stretched diamondene nanotubes In: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20, 21136 - 21143
- Lightweight IP Cockpit System. Funded by: Ford Motor Company - Grant 2018 from (2018 to 2021)
- Design Robotics for Mass Customisation Manufacturing (Administered by Queensland University of Technology). Funded by: Innovative Manufacturing CRC from (2017 to 2022)
- Structural Optimisation of Facades and Structures (AMSI Internship INT-365). Funded by: Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute Contract from (2017 to 2018)
- 3D Concrete Printing Facility for Automated Construction Research - led by Swinburne University of Technology. Funded by: ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) Grant 2017 from (2017 to 2017)
- Design of Novel Metamaterials Considering Large Deformation and Plasticity. Funded by: ARC Discovery Projects 2016 from (2016 to 2019)
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
12 PhD Current Supervisions17 PhD Completions and 8 Masters by Research Completions
Structural design and optimisation; Computational mechanics; Mechanical metamaterials; Additive manufacturing; Biomaterials and medical devices