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Xuanhe Zhao

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Harvard University

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Suo Research Group

Doctoral thesis advisor

Zhigang Suo

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Xuanhe Zhao

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Address: 29 Oxford St., 303 Pierce Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138, US
Tel: (617) 279-3934; Fax: (617) 496-0601
Email: xzhao@seas.harvard.edu

Education
08/2006-Now, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Harvard University, US
08/2004-07/2006, MASc in Materials Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Canada
08/1999-07/2003, BE in Electrical Engineering, Tianjin University, China

Research Interests
08/2006-Now (Advisor: Prof Zhigang Suo)
Soft active materials, Electromechanical coupling under large deformation, Poromechanics, Hydrogels, Ultrasound in drug delivery
09/2004-07/2006 (Advisor: Prof Steve Cockcroft)
Microstructure and composition evolution of Ti-6Al-4V during electron beam melting,
Thermomechanical analysis of the direct chill casting start-up phase for Aluminum ingots
07/2001-07/2004 (Advisor: Prof Yugong Wu)
Simulation of effective properties of composite materials, Random close packing of hard spheres;

Awards and Honors
03/2008, AAM Founder’s Prize and Grant, American Academy of Mechanics
09/2007, Winston Chen Graduate Fellowship, Harvard University
09/2006, Winston Chen Graduate Fellowship, Harvard University
04/2006, Best Presentation Award, Department of Materials, University of British Colubmbia
11/2005, John S Nadeau Memorial Scholarship, University of British Columbia
07/2003, Outstanding Graduation Thesis (10 recipients among over 2,900 students), Tianjin University;

Extracurricular Activity
02/2008-06/2008, Teaching fellow for Mechanics of Materials, Harvard
07/2005-09/2006, Social events coordinator for Joint Student Chapter of Department of Materials, UBC
08/2005-09/2006, Teaching assistant for Engineering Materials, UBC

Journal Publications
17. Jiaping Zhang, Xuanhe Zhao, Zhigang Suo, Hanqing Jiang, A finite element method for transient analysis of concurrent large deformation and mass transport in gels. Submitted for publication
16. Xuanhe Zhao, Nathaniel D. Huebsch, David J. Mooney, Zhigang Suo, Stress-relaxation behavior in gels with ionic and covalent crosslinks. Submitted for publication.
15. Xuanhe Zhao, Zhigang Suo, Electrostriction in elastic dielectrics undergoing large deformation. Submitted for publication.
14. Mickael Moscardo, Xuanhe Zhao, Zhigang Suo, Yuri Lapusta, On designing dielectric elastomer actuators. Journal of Applied Physics. In press.
13. Xuanhe Zhao, Wei Hong, Zhigang Suo, Inhomogeneous and anisotropic equilibrium state of a swollen hydrogel containing a hard core. Applied Physics Letters, 92, 051904 (2008).
12. Wei Hong, Xuanhe Zhao, Zhigang Suo Drying-induced bifurcation in a hydrogel-actuated nanostructure. Journal of Applied Physics, In press.
11. Wei Hong, Xuanhe Zhao, Jinxiong Zhou and Zhigang Suo, A theory of coupled diffusion and large deformation in polymeric gels, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 56, 467-286 (2008)
10. Xuanhe Zhao, Wei Hong and Zhigang Suo, Stretching and polarizing a dielectric gel immersed in a solvent, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 45, 4021-4031 (2008).
9. Jinxiong Zhou, Wei Hong, Xuanhe Zhao, Zhiqian Zhang and Zhigang Suo, Propagation of instability in Dielectric Elastomers, International Journal of Solids and Structures, 45, 3739-3750 (2008).
8. Xuanhe Zhao, Zhigang Suo, Method to analyze electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomers, Applied Physics Letters, 91, 061921 (2007). Comment by Andrew N. Norris, Applied Physics Letters, 92, 026101 (2008).
7. Xuanhe Zhao, Wei Hong and Zhigang Suo, Electromechanical coexistent states and hysteresis in dielectric elastomers, Physical Review B, 76, 134113 (2007).
6. Zhigang Suo, Xuanhe Zhao and William H. Greene, A nonlinear field theory of deformable dielectrics . Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 56, 467-286 (2008).
5. Xuanhe Zhao, Yugong Wu, Zhigang Fan, and Fei Li, Three-dimensional simulations of the complex dielectric properties of random composites by finite element method, Journal of Applied Physics, 95, 8110 (2004)
4. Zhigang Fan, Yugong Wu, Xuanhe Zhao, and Yuzhu Lu, Simulation of polycrystalline structure with Voronoi diagram in Laguerre geometry based on random closed packing of spheres, Computational Materials Science, 29, 301 (2004)
3. Xuanhe Zhao, and Yugong Wu, Evaluation of the fitting efficiency of General Effective Medium equation and its modification, Journal of Materials Science, 39, 291 (2004).
2. Yugong Wu, Xuanhe Zhao, Fei Li, and Zhigang Fan, Evaluation of mixing rules for dielectric constants of composite dielectrics by MC-FEM calculation on 3D cubic lattice, Journal of Electroceramics, 11, 227 (2003)
1. Zhigang Fan, Yugong Wu, and Xuanhe Zhao, The design and construction of the software package for Voronoi diagrams in Laguerre geometry, Journal of Tianjin University, 36, 747 (2003) (in Chinese).

Conference Publications
3. Daan M. Maijer, Xuanhe Zhao, Jindong Zhu, Steven L. Cockcroft, David W. Tripp, Mathematical Model of the Transient Hot Top Stage of Electron Beam Melting and Casting of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Ingots, Proceedings of The International Light Metals Technology Conference 2007, September 24-26, 2007, Saint-Sauveur, Canada.
2. Jindong Zhu, Xuanhe Zhao, Daan Maijer, Steven Cockcroft, David Tripp, Steady-State Modeling of Electron Beam Melting and Casting of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Ingots, Proceedings of The 7th Pacific Rim International Conference on Modeling of Casting and Solidification Processes, August 19-22, 2007, Dalian, China.
1. Xuanhe Zhao, Daan M. Maijer, Steve L. Cockcroft, David W. Tripp, Stephen Fox, Jindong Zhu, A Three-Dimensional Steady State Thermal Fluid Model of the Ingot Casting Process Associated with Electron Beam Melting of Ti-6Al-4V, Proceedings of The 11th World Conference on Titanium, June 3-7,2007, Kyoto, Japan.

Reference
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