Faculty Profile

Yunwei Xu

Title
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department
Mechanical Engineering
College
College of Engineering

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of Miami, 2018. 
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Degree Specialization: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Dissertation Title: An Orthotropic Augmented Finite Element Method (A-FEM) for Progressive Damage Analyses of Laminated Composites (High-F)
MS, Florida International University, 2015. 
Major: Mechanical and Material Engineering
Degree Specialization: Masters
Dissertation Title: The strength of prototyping structures
BS, Zhejiang University, 2012. 
Major: Machine Design, Manufacturing and Automation





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
MEEN 3250.001, Analytical Methods for MEE Engineers, Spring 2024 Syllabus
MEEN 4140.001, Finite Element Analysis, Spring 2024 Syllabus
MEEN 4140.301, Finite Element Analysis, Spring 2024 Syllabus
MEEN 2240.001, Programming for Mechanical Engineers, Spring 2024 Syllabus
ENGR 2301.003, Statics, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  


    

    

      


        


          


            
Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    MEEN 3250.003, Analytical Methods for MEE Engineers, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 2110.002, Engineering Data Analysis, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 4140.001, Finite Element Analysis, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 4140.101, Finite Element Analysis, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 2240.001, Programming for Mechanical Engineers, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 3250.001, Analytical Methods for MEE Engineers, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 4140.001, Finite Element Analysis, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 4140.301, Finite Element Analysis, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 5440.001, Finite Element Analysis, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 5440.101, Finite Element Analysis, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 5440.601, Finite Element Analysis, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 5440.615, Finite Element Analysis, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 2240.001, Programming for Mechanical Engineers, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 3250.003, Analytical Methods for MEE Engineers, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 4140.001, Finite Element Analysis, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 4140.101, Finite Element Analysis, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 2240.001, Programming for Mechanical Engineers, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 2240.002, Programming for Mechanical Engineers, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 3250.001, Analytical Methods for MEE Engineers, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 4140.001, Finite Element Analysis, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 4140.301, Finite Element Analysis, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 5440.001, Finite Element Analysis, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 5440.101, Finite Element Analysis, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 5440.601, Finite Element Analysis, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 5440.615, Finite Element Analysis, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 2240.001, Programming for Mechanical Engineers, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 3250.001, Analytical Methods for MEE Engineers, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 3250.003, Analytical Methods for MEE Engineers, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 2240.001, Programming for Mechanical Engineers, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 2240.002, Programming for Mechanical Engineers, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 3250.001, Analytical Methods for MEE Engineers, Summer 10W 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGR 2302.001, Dynamics, Summer 10W 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 2302.001, Mechanics II, Summer 10W 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 2240.001, Programming for Mechanical Engineers, Summer 10W 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 3250.001, Analytical Methods for MEE Engineers, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 4140.001, Finite Element Analysis, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 4140.301, Finite Element Analysis, Spring 2021 
                    

                    MEEN 2240.001, Programming for Mechanical Engineers, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 5800.005, Selected Topics of Contemporary Interest in Mechanical Engineering, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 3250.001, Analytical Methods for MEE Engineers, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 3250.003, Analytical Methods for MEE Engineers, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 2240.001, Programming for Mechanical Engineers, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 2240.002, Programming for Mechanical Engineers, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 3250.001, Analytical Methods for MEE Engineers, Summer 10W 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 2301.001, Mechanics I, Summer 10W 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 3250.001, Analytical Methods for MEE Engineers, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 3250.003, Analytical Methods for MEE Engineers, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 2302.001, Mechanics II, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 2302.002, Mechanics II, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 3250.001, Analytical Methods for MEE Engineers, Summer 10W 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 2301.001, Mechanics I, Summer 10W 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 3250.001, Analytical Methods for MEE Engineers, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 3250.002, Analytical Methods for MEE Engineers, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 1000.001, Discover Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 5600.006, Feedback Control of Dynamical Systems, Spring 2019  SPOT
                    

                    MEEN 5600.606, Feedback Control of Dynamical Systems, Spring 2019  SPOT

          


          
*
  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Journal Article
Ma, Z., Xu, Y., Yang, Q.  (2021). A Conforming A-FEM for Modeling Arbitrary CrackPropagation and Branching in Solids. 
Hu, J., Xu, Y., Zhang, K.  (2019). Modeling on bearing behavior and damage evolution of single-lap bolted composite interference-fit joints. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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