SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, TIANJIN UNIVERSITY

1. Education career:
(1)Sep. 1978--July 1982 Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, Southwest Jiaotong University, B.S., Engineering Mechanics

(2)Sep. 1983—Apr. 1986, Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, Southwest Jiaotong University, M.S., Solid Mechanics

(3)Sep. 1988—Apr. 1992, Institute of Applied Mechanics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Ph.D., Solid mechanics

2. Work Experience:
(1) Dec. 1997--Present, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director of Department of Process Equipment and Machinery, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University
(2)Sep. 1994--Dec.1997 Associate Professor, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University
(3)June 1992--June 1994 Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. of Aircraft Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Nanjing, China
(4)Sep. 1987—Sep. 1988 Lecturer, Teaching, Institute of Applied Mechanics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
(5)Aug. 1982--Sep. 1987 Associate Lecturer, Dept. of Engineering Mechanics, Southwest Jiaotong University, China 
3. Honors/Awards and Memberships:
(1) University Youth Teacher Award, Education Ministry of China, 2002
(2) Thomson Scientific Research Fronts Award 2008
(3) Natural Science Award of Education Ministry of China, 2003, Second class, as the first recipient. “Life prediction of multiaxial low cycle fatigue of metal material”
(4) 2014 most cited Chinese researcher – Mechanics of Materials, Published by Elsevier China, February 2, 2015
Memberships
(1) Member of ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
(2) Member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
(3) Senior member of Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineering (CSME)
(4) Member of Material Committee of CSME
(5) Member of Pressure Vessel Committee of CSME
(6) Member of Fatigue Committee of Chinese Material Research Society
(7) Member of Standard Committee of National Boiler and Pressure Vessel
(8) Members of Editorial Board, Journal of Pressure Equipment and Systems(English); Journal of Pressure
Vessel(Chinese); Journal of Chemical Machinery(Chinese) 
4. Visiting abroad:
(1) Feb. 15, 2015-Mar. 15, 2015, Visiting professor
Dept. of Material Science and Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
(2)Jan. 21,-Apr. 21,2011 Distinguished visiting scientist and faculty
Neutron Scattering Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), USA
(3) Sep. 3, 2007-Nov.15, 2007 and Oct. 9, 2006-Nov.4, 2006, Visiting professor
Dept. of Material Science and Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
(4) Feb. 2, 2001-Jul. 30,2001 and Feb.20-May 20, Visiting professor
Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
(5)Sep.1,2000-Nov.30,2002 Visiting professor
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nevada at Reno, USA.
(6) Feb. 1,1998-Mar. 1,1998 Visiting professor
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
(7) Apr.1996-Aug.1997 Visiting research associate
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA.
(8) Apr. 1993--Feb. 1994 Visiting Scholar
School of Civil & Mining Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia 
5. Researches:
Research areat: Fatigue and Fracture of Materials, Pressure vessel and piping, Reliability of Electronic Packaging
Research projects (NSFC) as PI:
(1) Jan. 1995--Dec. 1997
National Science Foundation of China, No.19402008 Multiaxial low cycle fatigue under nonproportional loading
(2)Jan. 1999—Dec. 2001
National Science Foundation of China, No.19872049
Low cycle fatigue of weldment under proportional and nonproportional local stress-strain
(3) Jan. 2003—Dec. 2005
National Science Foundation of China, No.10272080
Multiaxial creep-fatigue of solder for microelectronic packaging
(4) Jan. 2006—Dec. 2008
National Science Foundation of China, No.50528506
Microsystem and manufacture---Low temperature sintering interconnection technology for wide band gap semiconductor.
(5) Jan. 2007—Dec. 2009 
National Science Foundation of China, No.10672118
A study of key mechanics issues in mobile display modules manufacture technology and reliability. 
(6)Jan.2011—Dec.2013
National Science Foundation of China, No. 11072171
Fatigue failure mechanism of die-attached module of high power semiconductor laser under current pulse
(7)Jan.2014—Dec.2017
National Science Foundation of China, No.11372215
Development of in-situ axial-torsional fatigue testing system and study of fatigue failure mechanism of coronary stent 
6. Publications:
More than 130 International Journal papers and 6 patents granted.
Peer-reviewed International Journals:
[131]Xiaohui Chen, Xu Chen, Gang Chen, Duomin Li,Ratcheting behavior of pressurized Z2CND18.12N stainless steel pipe under different control modes, Steel and Composite Structures, 2015, 18(1): 29-50 
[130]Chen, Gang; Cui, Shibo; You, Lin; Li, Yan; Mei, Yun-Hui; Chen, Xu, Experimental study on multi-step creep properties of rat skins, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2015, 46: 49-58
[129]Wang, Lei, Shi, Shouwen, Fu, Sichao, Chen, Gang, Chen, Xu, Evaluation of multiaxial fatigue life prediction criteria for PEEK. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2014, 73(10): 128-135 
[128]Yun-Hui Mei, Jiao-Yuan Lian; Xu Chen, Gang Chen; Xin Li, Guo-Quan Lu, Thermo-Mechanical Reliability of Double-Sided IGBT Assembly Bonded by Sintered Nanosilver IEEE Tranactions on Device and Materials Reliability, 2014, 14(1):194-202
[127]Shouwen Shi, Dan Liu, Dazhi Liu, Patrick Tae, Carrie Y. Gao, Lei Yan, Ke An, Xu Chen, Mechanical Properties and Microstructure Changes of Proton Exchange Membrane under Immersed Conditions, Polymer Engineering & Science, 2014, 54 (10), 2215–2221
[126]W Xu, H Gao, L Gao, J Ma, X. Chen, Uniaxial time‐dependent ratcheting behavior of bronze powder filled polytetrafluoroethylene at room and high temperature, Polymer Engineering & Science, 2014, 54: 1571-1578
[124] L. Li, Y. H. Yang, Z. Xu, G. Chen and X. Chen, Fatigue crack growth law of API X80 pipeline steel under various stress ratios based on J-integral. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 2014, 37(10):1124-1137
[122]Gang Chen, Lin Yu, Yun-Hui Mei, Xin Li, Xu Chen, Guo-Quan Lu, Reliability comparison between SAC305 joint and sintered nanosilver joint at high temperatures for power electronic packaging. Journal of Materials Processing Technology 214 (2014) 1900–1908
[121]Shancan Fu, YunhuiMei, Guo-Quan Lu, Xin Li, Gang Chen, Xu Chen, Pressureless sintering of nanosilver paste at low temperature to join largearea(>100mm2) power chips for electronic packaging, Materials Letters, 2014, 128:42–45
[120]Xin Wang, Xu Chen, On the all components of T-stress for an external circular crack under tension and bending, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2014, 119:29-42
[119] Sichao Fu, Hong Gao, Gang Chen, Lilan Gao, Xu Chen, Deterioration of mechanical properties for pre- corroded AZ31 sheet in simulated physiological environment, Materials Science & Engineering A, 2014, 593: 153-162
[118]Gang Chen, Lin Yu, Yunhui Mei, Xin Li, Xu Chen, Guo-Quan Lu Uniaxial ratcheting behavior of sintered nanosilver joint for electronic packaging, Materials Science & Engineering A, 2014, 591:121-129
[117] Dunji Yu, Ke An, Carrie Y. Gao, William T. Heller, and Xu Chen, A portable hydro-thermo-mechanical loading cell for in situ small angle neutron scattering studies of proton exchange membranes, Review of Scientific Instruments, 2013, 84, 105115
[116]Yi Yan, Youliang Guan, Xu Chen, Guo-Quan Lu,Effects of voids in Sintered Silver Joint on Thermal and Optoelectronic Performances of High Power Laser Diode, Journal of Electronic Packaging, 2013, Vol.135, 041003
[115]Y Mei, G Chen, Y Cao, X Li, D Han, X Chen, Simplification of Low-Temperature Sintering Nanosilver for Power Electronics Packaging, Journal of Electronic Materials, 2013, 42(6): 1209-1218
[114] G Chen, ZS Zhang, YH Mei, X Li, GQ Lu, X. Chen Ratcheting Behavior of Sandwiched Assembly Joined by Sintered Nanosilver for Power Electronics Packaging. Microelectronics Reliability. 2013, 53:645–651
[113]Hua Li, Mingjian Wen, Gang Chen, Weiwei Yu, Xu Chen, Constitutive modeling for the anisotropic uniaxial ratcheting behavior of Zircaloy-4 alloy at room temperature, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2013, 443(1–3): 152-160
[112]Xin Li, Gang Chen, Lei Wang, Yun-Hui Mei, Xu Chen, Guo-Quan Lu, Creep properties of low-temperature sintered nano-silver lap shear joints. Materials Science & Engineering A, 2013, 579:108–113 
[111]Yong Wang, Dunji Yu, Gang Chen, Xu Chen, Effects of pre-strain on uniaxial ratcheting and fatigue failure of Z2CN18.10 austenitic stainless steel, International Journal of Fatigue, 2013, 52 : 106–113 
[110]Shouwen Shi, Gang Chen, Zhenfeng Wang, Xu Chen, Mechanical properties of Nafion 212 proton exchange membrane subjected to hygrothermal aging, Journal of Power Sources, 2013, 238: 318–323 
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