Mike Xie Explained

Mike Xie
Native Name:谢亿民
Birth Place:China
Fields:Structural engineering
Workplaces:RMIT University
Education:Shanghai Jiao Tong University (BEng),
Swansea University (PhD)

Yi Min “Mike” Xie is a Distinguished Professor and Director of the CISM Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials Team within School of Engineering at RMIT University.

Early life and education

Xie was born in China and attended Shanghai Jiao Tong University obtaining his Bachelor's degree in Engineering Mechanics. Later he studied at Swansea University and received a PhD degree in Computational Mechanics.

Career

Xie came to Australia and joined the University of Sydney in the 1990's where he carried out research on the Evolutionary Structural Optimization (ESO) method which has become a popular method used in topology optimization.[1] [2] [3] He was appointed a Lecturer at Victoria University promoted to Senior Lecturer, then Associate Professor and eventually Professor. He moved to RMIT University in the early 2000's as Professor and Head of Civil & Infrastructure engineering for the coming years.[4]

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Xie . Y.M. . Steven . G.P. . 1993 . A simple evolutionary procedure for structural optimization . Computers & Structures . en . 49 . 5 . 885–896 . 10.1016/0045-7949(93)90035-C.
  2. Book: Evolutionary Structural Optimization . 10.1007/978-1-4471-0985-3 . 1997 . Xie . Y. M. . Steven . G. P. . 978-1-4471-1250-1 .
  3. Book: Evolutionary Topology Optimization of Continuum Structures . 10.1002/9780470689486 . 2010 . Huang . X. . Xie . Y. M. . 978-0-470-74653-0 .
  4. Web site: Distinguished Professor Mike Xie - RMIT University. 1 May 2021. www.rmit.edu.au.
  5. https://www.atse.org.au/our-fellows/all-fellows/ List of fellows of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering
  6. https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2017/jun/award-pioneer-evolutionary-structural-optimisation Major award for pioneer in evolutionary structural optimisation
  7. https://www.atse.org.au/programs-and-awards/clunies-ross-awards/clunies-ross-award-winners-2017/ Clunies Ross Award winners 2017
  8. News: 29 August 2017 . Accolades keep coming for pioneering engineer . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20201020152123/https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2017/aug/accolades-keep-coming-for-pioneering-engineer . 20 October 2020 . 17 October 2020 . RMIT University.
  9. https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/Event/mechanical-college-awards-evening-2017 Mechanical College Awards Evening 2017
  10. https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2019/sep/mike-xie-laureate Government backs RMIT researcher’s sustainable architecture vision
  11. https://www.arc.gov.au/news-publications/media/funding-announcement-kits/2019-australian-laureate-fellowships/2019-laureate-profile-professor-yi-min-xie 2019 Laureate Profile: Professor Yi-Min (Mike) Xie
  12. https://www.gg.gov.au/2019-queens-birthday-honours-list 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours List
  13. https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/all-news/2020/nov/most-impactful-and-industry-relevant-award Pioneering research wins prestigious Victoria Prize
  14. https://www.veski.org.au/sites/default/files/2020%20VPF%20program%20FA.pdf Recipients of the Victoria Prize & Victoria Fellowships

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