Yongxing Shen

Professional Experience                                            

1. Associate Professor, University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (上海交通大学密西根学院), 2014 –
2. Associate Professor (dual appointment), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学材料科学与工程学院), 2015 –
3. Professor Lector, Laboratori de Càlcul Numèric (LaCàN), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011 - 2014
4. Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University, 2008 - 2011

Education

1. Doctor of Philosophy, 2008, Stanford University, Materials Science and Engineering
2. Master of Science, 2006, Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering
3. Bachelor of Engineering, 2003, Tsinghua University, Beijing, Materials Science and Engineering

Grants & Award

1. NSFC Young Scientist Projects (国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目) (2015-2017)
2. Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (2012-2014)
3. Acciones Integradas España-Alemania (2011-2013)

Research Interests

1. Efficient numerical methods for hydraulic fracturing 水力压裂数值方法
2. Phase-field methods for crack propagation 断裂的相场方法
3. Fracture of thin shells 薄壳体断裂
4. Discontinuous Galerkin methods 不连续迦辽金方法
5. Simulation methods to study mechanical properties of materials 材料力学性能的数值研究