Shuozhi Xu
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0121-9445
I am an Elings Postdoctoral Fellow in the California NanoSystems Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the US. My advisor is Prof. Irene J. Beyerlein.
I am the lead developer of PyCAC, the concurrent atomistic-continuum simulation environment.
Education
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering 2016 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
- M.S., Computational Science and Engineering 2015
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
- M.S., Solid Mechanics 2011
- China Academy of Engineering Physics, China
- B.S., Thermal Energy and Power Engineering 2008
- Beihang University, China
Advisor: Prof. David L. McDowell
Thesis: The concurrent atomistic-continuum method: Advancements and applications in plasticity of face-centered cubic metals
Employment
- Postdoctoral Fellow, with Prof. Irene J. Beyerlein07/2017-present
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Postdoctoral Fellow, with Prof. David L. McDowell01/2017-06/2017
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Graduate Research Assistant, with Prof. David L. McDowell08/2011-12/2016
- Georgia Institute of Technology
Grants
- PI, Atomistic simulations of nanotubes in body-centered cubic metals, NSF XSEDE (# MSS170028), Total Amount: 150,000 SUs + 1,600 node hours (≈ 7,716.66 USD)2017-2018
- Co-PI, Concurrent atomistic-continuum simulations of dislocation/grain boundary interactions and dislocation/obstacle interactions in FCC metals, NSF XSEDE (# MSS150010), Total Amount: 2,357,858 SUs (≈ 122,305.31 USD)2016-2017
Awards
- Outstanding Reviewer Award, Materials Research Express, 2017
- Travel Grant, MAGICS Materials Software Workshop, University of Southern California, 2017
- Elings Prize Fellowship in Science, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2017
- Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017
- MRS Graduate Student Award Silver Medal, 2017
- Travel Grant, SES 52nd Annual Technical Meeting, 2015
- Fellowship, IIMEC Summer School on Computational Materials Science across Scales, Texas A&M University, 2015
- Outstanding Master Thesis, China Academy of Engineering Physics, 2011
- Outstanding Graduate Student, China Academy of Engineering Physics, 2010
Professional Activities
Editorial Duties
- Lead Guest Editor, Focus Issue Intrinsic and extrinsic size effects in materials, Journal of Materials Research, 2018-present
- International Advisory Board, Materials Research Express, 2018-present
Referee/Reviewer
Acta Materialia, Applied Sciences, Ceramics International, Computational Materials Science, Computer Physics Communications, Energies, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Extreme Mechanics Letters, International Journal of Fatigue, International Journal of Modern Physics B, International Journal of Plasticity, Journal of Applied Physics, JOM, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Materials Letters, Materials Research Express, MRS Advances, Materials Science and Engineering: A, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Philosophical Magazine, Philosophical Magazine Letters, Scripta Materialia, Sustainability, Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of ChinaContact me
Shuozhi Xu
3209 Elings Hall
California NanoSystems Institute
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6105
Email: shuozhixu@ucsb.edu
3209 Elings Hall
California NanoSystems Institute
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6105
Email: shuozhixu@ucsb.edu