Linda (Xiaolin) Chen, Ph.D.

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Associate Professor
Departments:
chenx@vancouver.wsu.edu
Phone: (360) 546-9117
Located in Engineering and Computer Science (VECS) 301U
Support Staff: Susanna Maria

Courses

Course ID Title Meeting Time Location Semester Syllabus
MECH 416 Senior Design Tu,Th 4:15PM-5:05PM VELS 12 Fall 2010
MECH 532 Finite Elements Fridays 2PM-4:45PM VELS 18 Fall 2010

Research

Computational mechanics, finite elements,  boundary element analysis; modeling and characterization of advanced materials, biomaterials; multiphysical analysis and reduced order modeling of micro electromechanical systems; inverse problems and regularization techniques.

Recent Publications

  1. D. Binion and X. L. Chen, “Coupled electro-thermal-mechanical analysis for MEMS via model order reduction”, Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, to appear, (2010).
  2. X. L. Chen, H. Zhang and M. Wu, “Modeling brain electrical activity by an image-based boundary element method”, Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 34, 995–1002 (2010). 
  3. D. Kim, X. L. Chen and P. Allen, “Micro-electro discharge drilling characteristics on Molybdenum aperture fabrication”, International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials, 7, No. 3-4, 161-175 (2010).
  4. X. Zhao, X. L. Chen and L. Lu, “Pointwise identification of elastic properties in nonlinear hyperelastic membranes. Part II: experimental validation”, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, 76, No. 6, 061014-8 (2009).
  5. X. L. Chen, W. Cui and W. Xue, “Process modeling and device-package simulation for optimization of MEMS gyroscopes”, Computer-aided Design and Applications, 6, No. 3, 375-386 (2009).
  6. X. L. Chen and H. Zhang, “An integrated imaging and BEM for fast simulation of freeform objects”, Computer-aided Design and Applications, 5, No.1-4, 371-380 (2008).
  7. P. Allen and X. L. Chen, “Process simulation of micro electro-discharge machining on molybdenum”, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 186, No. 1-3, 346-355 (2007).
  8. X. L. Chen, "Comparison of numerical methods for noise source identification", Noise Control Engineering Journal, 54, No. 6, 420-428 (2006).
  9. X. L. Chen and Y. J. Liu, "An advanced 3-D boundary element method for characterizations of composite materials," Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 29, No. 6, 513-523 (2005).
  10. Y. J. Liu, N. Nishimura, Y. Otani, T. Takahashi, X. L. Chen and H. Munakata, "A fast boundary element method for the analysis of fiber-reinforced composites based on a rigid-inclusion model," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, 72, No. 1, 115-128 (2005).
  11. Y. J. Liu and X. L. Chen, "Modeling of carbon nanotube-based composites by the boundary element method," JASCOME Reviews, No. 2004-1, 45-57 (2004).
  12. X. L. Chen and Y. J. Liu, “Square representative volume elements for evaluating the effective material properties of carbon nanotube-based composites,” Computational Materials Science, 29, No. 1, 1-11(2004).
  13. Y. J. Liu and X. L. Chen, “Evaluations of the effective material properties of carbon nanotube-based composites using a nanoscale representative volume element,” Mechanics of Materials, 35, No. 1-2, 69-81 (2003).
  14. Y. J. Liu and X. L. Chen, "Continuum models of carbon nanotube-based composites using the boundary element method," Electronic Journal of Boundary Elements, 1, No. 2, 316-335 (2003).
  15. X. L. Chen and Y. J. Liu, “Thermal stress analysis of multi-layer thin films and coatings by an advanced boundary element method,” CMES: Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, 2, No. 3, 337-349 (2001).
  16. X. L. Chen and Y. J. Liu, “Multiple-cell modeling of fiber-reinforced composites with the presence of interphases using the boundary element method,” Computational Materials Science, 21, No. 1, 86-94 (2001).

Education

  • Ph.D. 2004, Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
  • M.S.1999, Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
  • B.S. 1996, Engineering Mechanics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

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