Summary
Biography
| Date | Role |
|---|---|
| Oct 2019- | Director of the Graduate School, Imperial College London |
| 2016-2019 | Consul for the Faculty of Engineering & Business School, Imperial College London |
| 2011-2015 | Director of Postgraduate Studies, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London |
| 2009- | Professor of Biofluid Mechanics, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London |
| 2005-2009 | Reader in Biofluid Mechanics, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London |
| 2003-2005 | Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London |
| 1998-2003 | Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London |
| 1992 | PhD in Mechanical Engineering , City University, London, UK, Thesis Title: “Numerical Analysis of Blood Flow in 3-D Arterial Bifurcations” |
| 1987 | MSc in Thermo-Fluids Engineering , Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China. |
Research Interests
- Computational modelling of blood flow, tissue mechanics and mass transport in the cardiovascular system, with applications ranging from evaluating the hemodynamic performance of medical devices to predicting the outcome of endovascular interventional procedures for the treatment of aortic diseases.
- Multiscale modelling of blood clot formation and thrombolysis, examples include false lumen thrombosis in aortic dissection and clot lysis in ischemic stroke.
- Multi-physics modelling of drug delivery to solid tumour, examples including thermosensitive liposomal drug delivery systems in conjunction with focused ultrasound, nanoparticle transport, drug distribution and uptake in solid tumour.
- Process modelling and mass transport in reverse osmosis membrane systems
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Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Liu X, Fan Y, Xu XY, et al., 2012, Nitric oxide transport in an axisymmetric stenosis, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Vol:9, ISSN:1742-5689, Pages:2468-2478
Su J, Gu Z, Xu XY, 2011, Discrete element simulation of particle flow in arbitrarily complex geometries, Chemical Engineering Science, Vol:66, ISSN:0009-2509, Pages:6069-6088
Xu XY, Borghi A, Nchimi A, et al., 2010, High Levels of 18F-FDG Uptake in Aortic Aneurysm Wall are Associated with High Wall Stress, European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol:39, ISSN:1078-5884, Pages:295-301
Downie SP, Raynor SM, Firmin DN, et al., 2008, Effects of elastic compression stockings on wall shear stress in deep and superficial veins of the calf, American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol:294, ISSN:0363-6135, Pages:H2112-H2120