Adjunct appointments

• Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
• Ralph S. O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI), Johns Hopkins University

Research areas

• Structure/material behavior under extreme loading conditions
• Trauma biomechanics and injury prevention
• Safety of transportation systems
• AI in mechanical design

Education

• Ph.D (2008), Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
• M.Phil (2004), University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• B.Eng (2001), Central South University, Changsha, China

Professional experiences

• 2019-now: Associate Research Professor, Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
• 2017-2020: Visiting Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
• 2015-2019: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, USA
• 2009-2015: Research Fellow; Assistant Research Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

Professional societies

• Member – SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers)
• Member – SAE Occupant Protection Committee
• Member – ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
• Member – International Society of Impact Engineering

Honors

• 2019 SAE Forest R. McFarland Award