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A. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION

Shanghai University, Materials Science and Engineering, B.Eng., 1995
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Mechanical Engineering, M.Phil., 1998
Northwestern University, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., 2004

B. APPOINTMENTS

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Engineering Science, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA, July 2016 – Present
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Engineering Science, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA, July 2010 – June 2016 (on leave August 2013 – May 2014)
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering & Engineering Science, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA, Aug. 2004 – June 2010 (on leave May 2006 – Dec. 2006)
Process Engineer, Research and Development, ASM Assembly Automation Ltd., Hong Kong, June 1998 – Aug. 2000

C. HONORS AND AWARDS

Distinguished Alumnus Award – Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2016
CAREER Award -National Science Foundation, 2008
Bonnie Cone Fellowship – NSF Advance Program, UNC Charlotte, 2008
Wachovia Faculty Fellowship -Wachovia Foundation Fund for Faculty Excellence Program, UNC Charlotte, 2007
Graduate Research Award – American Vacuum Society (AVS), 2004

D. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (10 journal papers)

⁺Zhang, Q., ⁺Cui, Z. G., Wei, Z. Y., Chang, S. Y., Yang, L., Zhao, Y., Yang, Y., Guan, Z., Jiang, Y. F., Fowlkes, J., Yang, J. K., Xu, D. Y., Chen, Y. F., *Xu, T. T. and *Li, D. Y., “Defect facilitated phonon transport through kinks in boron carbide nanowires,” Nano Letters, 17(6), 3550-3555, (2017). (⁺ equal contribution)
Guan, Z., Cao, B. B., Yang, Y., Jiang, Y. F., Li, D. Y. an *Xu, T. T., “Observation of ‘Hidden’ Planar Defects in Boron Carbide Nanowires and Identification of Their Orientations”, Nanoscale Research Letters, 9(1), (2014).
Guan, Z., Gutu, T., Yang J. K., Yang, Y., Zinn, A. A., Li, D. Y. and *Xu, T. T. “Boron Carbide Nanowires: Low Temperature Synthesis, Structural and Thermal Conductivity Characterization”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, DOI:10.1039/C2JM14857A, (2012).
Wu, X. X. and *Xu, T. T., “Measurement of Mechanical Properties of Alkaline Earth Metal Hexaboride One-Dimensional Nanostructures by Nanoindentation”, Journal of Materials Research, DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.82, (2012).

Yang, J. K., Yang, Y., Waltermire, S. W., Wu, X. X., Zhang, H. T., Gutu, T., Jiang, Y. F., Chen, Y. F., Zinn, A. A., *Prasher, R., *Xu, T. T. and *Li. D. Y., “Enhanced and Switchable Nanoscale Thermal Conduction Due to van der Waals Interfaces”, Nature Nanotechnology, 7, 91, (2012).
Wu, X. X., Amin, S. S. and *Xu, T. T., “Substrate Effect on the Young’s Modulus Measurement of TiO2 Nanoribbon by Nanoindentation”, Journal of Materials Research, 25(5), 935, (2010).

Amin, S. S., Li, S. Y., Wu, X. X., Ding, W. Q. and *Xu, T. T, “Facile Synthesis and Tensile Behavior of TiO₂ One-Dimensional Nanostructures”, Nanoscale Research Letters, 5, 338, (2010).
Amin, S. S., Li, S., Roth, J. R. and *Xu, T. T., “Single Crystalline Alkaline-Earth Metal Hexaboride One-Dimensional Nanostructures: Synthesis and Characteization”, Chemistry of Materials, 21(4), 763, (2009).
Xu, T. T., Zheng, J. G., Nicholls, A. W., Stankovich, S., Piner, R. D. and Ruoff, R. S., “Single Crystal Calcium Hexaboride Nanowires: Synthesis and Characterization”, Nano Letters, 4(10), 2051-2055, (2004).
Xu, T. T., Zheng, J. G., Wu, N. Q., Nicholls, A. W., Roth, J. R., Dikin, D. A. and Ruoff, R.S., “Crystalline Boron Nanoribbons: Synthesis and Characterization”, Nano Letters, 4(5), 963-968, (2004).

E. SOCIETY AFFILIATIONS