{"id":12,"date":"2011-04-08T23:11:49","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T03:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ttxu\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-03-12T15:32:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T19:32:57","slug":"short-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coefs.charlotte.edu\/ttxu\/short-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"About Dr. Xu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shanghai University, Materials Science and Engineering, B.Eng., 1995<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hong Kong University of Science &amp; Technology, Mechanical Engineering, M.Phil., 1998<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Northwestern University, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., 2004<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>B.&nbsp;&nbsp; APPOINTMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering &amp; Engineering Science, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA, July 2016 &#8211; Present<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering &amp; Engineering Science, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA, July 2010 &#8211; June 2016 (on leave August 2013 &#8211; May 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering &amp; Engineering Science, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA, Aug. 2004 &#8211; June 2010 (on leave May 2006 &#8211; Dec. 2006)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Process Engineer, Research and Development, ASM Assembly Automation Ltd., Hong Kong, June 1998 &#8211; Aug. 2000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>C. HONORS AND AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Distinguished Alumnus Award &#8211; Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CAREER Award -National Science Foundation, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bonnie Cone Fellowship &#8211; NSF Advance Program, UNC Charlotte, 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wachovia Faculty Fellowship -Wachovia Foundation Fund for Faculty Excellence Program, UNC Charlotte, \u00a0 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate Research Award &#8211; American Vacuum Society (AVS), 2004<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>D. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (10 journal papers)<br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><sup>+<\/sup>Zhang, Q., <sup>+<\/sup><em>Cui, Z. G.<\/em>, Wei, Z. Y., Chang, S. Y., Yang, L., Zhao, Y., Yang, Y., <em>Guan, Z.<\/em>, <em>Jiang, Y. F.<\/em>, Fowlkes, J., Yang, J. K., Xu, D. Y., Chen, Y. F., *Xu, T. T. and *Li, D. Y.<em>, <\/em>&#8220;Defect facilitated phonon transport through kinks in boron carbide nanowires,&#8221;\u00a0<em>Nano Letters<\/em><em>,\u00a0 <\/em><strong>17<\/strong>(6), 3550-3555, (2017). (<sup>+<\/sup> equal contribution)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Guan, Z.<\/em>, <em>Cao, B. B.<\/em>, Yang, Y., <em>Jiang, Y. F.<\/em>, Li, D. Y. an *Xu, T. T., \u201cObservation of \u2018Hidden\u2019 Planar Defects in Boron Carbide Nanowires and Identification of Their Orientations\u201d, <em>Nanoscale Research Letters<\/em>, <strong><em>9<\/em><\/strong>(1), (2014).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Guan, Z.<\/em>, Gutu, T., Yang J. K., Yang, Y., Zinn, A. A., Li, D. Y. and *Xu, T. T. \u201cBoron Carbide Nanowires: Low Temperature Synthesis, Structural and Thermal Conductivity Characterization\u201d, <em>Journal of Materials Chemistry<\/em>, DOI:10.1039\/C2JM14857A, (2012).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Wu, X. X.<\/em> and *Xu, T. T., \u201cMeasurement of Mechanical Properties of Alkaline Earth Metal Hexaboride One-Dimensional Nanostructures by Nanoindentation\u201d, <em>Journal of Materials Research<\/em>, DOI: 10.1557\/jmr.2012.82, (2012).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Yang, J. K., Yang, Y., Waltermire, S. W., <em>Wu, X. X.<\/em>, Zhang, H. T., Gutu, T., <em>Jiang, Y. F.<\/em>, Chen, Y. F., Zinn, A. A., *Prasher, R., *Xu, T. T. and *Li. D. Y.,\u00a0 \u201cEnhanced and Switchable Nanoscale Thermal Conduction Due to van der Waals Interfaces\u201d, <em>Nature Nanotechnology<\/em>, 7, 91, (2012).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Wu, X. X.<\/em>, <em>Amin, S. S.<\/em> and *Xu, T. T., \u201cSubstrate Effect on the Young\u2019s Modulus Measurement of TiO2 Nanoribbon by Nanoindentation\u201d, <em>Journal of Materials Research,<\/em> 25(5), 935, (2010).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Amin, S. S.<\/em>, Li, S. Y., <em>Wu, X. X.<\/em>, Ding, W. Q. and *Xu, T. T, \u201cFacile Synthesis and Tensile Behavior of TiO<sub>2<\/sub> One-Dimensional Nanostructures\u201d, <em>Nanoscale Research Letters<\/em>, 5, 338, (2010).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Amin, S. S.<\/em>, Li, S., Roth, J. R. and *Xu, T. T., \u201cSingle Crystalline Alkaline-Earth Metal Hexaboride One-Dimensional Nanostructures: Synthesis and Characteization\u201d, <em>Chemistry of Materials<\/em>, 21(4), 763, (2009).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Xu, T. T., Zheng, J. G., Nicholls, A. W., Stankovich, S., Piner, R. D. and Ruoff, R. S., \u201cSingle Crystal Calcium Hexaboride Nanowires: Synthesis and Characterization\u201d, <em>Nano Letters<\/em>, 4(10), 2051-2055, (2004).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Xu, T. T., Zheng, J. G., Wu, N. Q., Nicholls, A. W., Roth, J. R., Dikin, D. A. and Ruoff, R.S., \u201cCrystalline Boron Nanoribbons: Synthesis and Characterization\u201d, \u00a0<em>Nano Letters<\/em>, 4(5), 963-968, (2004).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>E. SOCIETY AFFILIATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>TMS (Minerals, Metals, Materials Society)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SWE (Society of Woman Engineering)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION &nbsp; B.&nbsp;&nbsp; APPOINTMENTS &nbsp; C. HONORS AND AWARDS &nbsp; D. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (10 journal papers) &nbsp; E. 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