Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Delaware
Newark, DE, 19716 USA
Dr. Jun Xu currently is an Associate Professor (tenured) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware (UD), and Director of Energy Mechanics and Sustainability Laboratory (EMSLab). Dr. Xu is a Fellow of ASME, Senior Member at IEEE, and Member at ECS, AAAS and SAE.
Dr. Xu obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia University in 2014 (major in Environmental Engineering and Engineering Mechanics).
His research expertise sits in the physics-based and data-driven modeling and characterization of battery safety, durability, design and manufacturing. Dr. Xu also has expertise in advanced design and understanding of materials and structures upon dynamic loading. So far, Dr. Xu and his students/postdocs have published 150+ peer-reviewed journal papers, with citation of 9,000+, H-index=53 (Google Scholar).
Dr. Xu enjoys working with highly self-motivated and energetic students, and takes great pride in witnessing their substantial growth and success. Notably, SEVEN of the graduate students he has trained are now tenure-track or tenured professors at reputable universities:-)
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