Kaiwen Xia

 Kaiwen Xia

Kaiwen Xia

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Biography

University of Toronto St. George Campus - Civil Engineering


Resume

  • 2000

    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

    Mechanical Engineering & Geophysics

    California Institute of Technology

  • 1998

    Master of Science (M.S.)

    Geophysics and Seismology

    California Institute of Technology

  • 1995

    Master of Science (M.S.)

    Applied Mechanics

    University of Science and Technology of China

  • 1991

    English

    Chinese

    Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

    Applied Mechanics

    University of Science and Technology of China

  • Modeling

    Earth Science

    Matlab

    Geophysics

    Fortran

    Science

    Numerical simulation of impacts

    Civil Engineering

    Geology

    Structural health monitoring of rock mass

    Mathematical Modeling

    Geotechnical Engineering

    Characterization

    Measurement of dynamic properties of rocks and other materials

    Rock Mechanics

    Simulations

    Numerical Analysis

    Research

    Xia

    Xia

    University of Toronto

    Assistant Professor

    Toronto

    Canada Area

    University of Toronto

    • Teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in rock engineering and general civil engineering fields\n • Developing innovative testing methods and tools for measuring mechanical properties of stress-free or confined rocks subjected to dynamic loading\n• Developing fibre optical sensors and networks for rock mass monitoring from DC to kHz ranges\n• Developing versitile numerical methods for simulating dynamic failure of brittle solids

    Associate Professor

    Toronto

    Canada Area

    University of Toronto

CME 261

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