Shuozhi Xu

Assistant Professor

Email: shuozhixu@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-1737
Office: Felgar Hall 236
Office Hours: T/W 10:20-11:50am
Website: https://shuozhixu.github.io

Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (2016)
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
M.S., Computational Science and Engineering (2015)
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
M.S., Solid Mechanics (2011)
China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, China
B.S., Thermal Energy and Power Engineering (2008)
Beihang University, Beijing, China

Research Focus

Advance multi-physics and data-driven materials modeling methods from subatomic to macro scale
Apply those methods to structure-property relation in chemically and structurally complex materials
Develop numerical models for additive manufacturing of materials

Experience and Awards

Finalist, 3rd Rising Stars in Computational Materials Science 2022
TMS Light Metals Division Magnesium Technology Best Poster Award 2020
Elings Prize Fellowship in Science, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara 2017
Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, Georgia Institute of Technology 2017
Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award Silver Medal 2017

Professional Activities and Organizations

Assistant Professor, School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 2023-current
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2020-2022
Elings Postdoctoral Fellow, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2017-2020
Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-2017

Recent Publications

Shuozhi Xu, Justin Y. Cheng, Nathan A. Mara, Irene J. Beyerlein, Dislocation dynamics in heterogenous nanostructured materials, J. Mech. Phys. Solids 168 (2022) 105031
Shuozhi Xu, Justin Y. Cheng, Zezhou Li, Nathan A. Mara, Irene J. Beyerlein, Phase-field modeling of the interactions between an edge dislocation and an array of obstacles, Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Eng. 389 (2022) 114426
Shuozhi Xu, Yanqing Su, Wu-Rong Jian, Irene J. Beyerlein, Local slip resistances in equal-molar MoNbTi multi-principal element alloy, Acta Mater. 202 (2021) 68-79
Shuozhi Xu, Yanqing Su, Lauren T.W. Smith, Irene J. Beyerlein, Frank-Read source operation in six body-centered cubic refractory metals, J. Mech. Phys. Solids 141 (2020) 104017
Shuozhi Xu, Jaber R. Mianroodi, Abigail Hunter, Bob Svendsen, Irene J. Beyerlein, Comparative modeling of the disregistry and Peierls stress for dissociated edge and screw dislocations in Al, Int. J. Plast. 129 (2020) 102689
Shuozhi Xu, David L. McDowell, Irene J. Beyerlein, Sequential obstacle interactions with dislocations in a planar array, Acta Mater. 174 (2019) 160-172
Shuozhi Xu, Liming Xiong, Youping Chen, David L. McDowell, Shear stress- and line length-dependent screw dislocation cross-slip in FCC Ni, Acta Mater. 122 (2017) 412-419
Shuozhi Xu, Liming Xiong, Youping Chen, David L. McDowell, An analysis of key characteristics of the Frank-Read source process in FCC metals, J. Mech. Phys. Solids 96 (2016) 460-476
Shuozhi Xu, Liming Xiong, Youping Chen, David L. McDowell, Sequential slip transfer of mixed-character dislocations across Σ3 coherent twin boundary in FCC metals: A concurrent atomistic-continuum study, npj Comput. Mater. 2 (2016) 15016
Shuozhi Xu, Rui Che, Liming Xiong, Youping Chen, David L. McDowell, A quasistatic implementation of the concurrent atomistic-continuum method for FCC crystals, Int. J. Plast. 72 (2015) 91-126