Contact Information:

Email: bo.li@pku.edu.cn

Work experience:

2022-present        Associate Professor(Tenured)     College of Engineering       Peking University, Beijing, China

2020-2022     Associate Professor(Tenured)     Department of Mech&Aero Engineering,  Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

2013-2020     Assistant Professor      Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

2009-2013        Research Scientist     Graduate Aerospace Laboratories & Powell Booth Computational Science Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

Education:

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA， Doctor of Philosophy in Aeronautics  2004-2009

Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China， Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering  2001-2003

Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China， Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering  1997-2001

Research Areas:

dynamic behavior of materials under extreme conditions, multiphysics and multiscale material modeling and simulations, meshfree methods, computational fracture mechanics, additive manufacturing, high performance CAE software

Grants and Awards：

2017       NSF CAREER Award, USA

2014       NASA Glenn Summer Faculty Fellowship, USA

Selected Publications：

1. R. Ke, E. Kucukal, U. Gurkan, B. Li*, Characterization of fibronectin properties by integrated micro-fluidic experiments and fluid-structure interaction simulations, Journal of Biomechanics, 2023.
2. H. Jiang, H. Wang, V. Scott, B. Li*, Numerical Studies of Space Structure Materials against Oblique Hypervelocity Impact of Ice in Cryogenic Environment, Acta Astronautica, 195:392-404, 2022.
3. H. Wang, X. Li, M. Phipps, B. Li*, Numerical and Experimental Study of Hot Pressing Technique for Resin-based Friction Composites, Composite Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Vol 153:106737, 2022.
4. Z. Fan, H. Wang, H. Liao, J. Fan, X. Li, B. Li*, A Lagrangian Meshfree Mesoscale Simulation of Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing of Metals, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 122(2), 483-514, 2020.
5. H. Wang, Z. Fan, H. Liao, J. Fan, L. Stainier, X. Li, B. Li*, The Hot Optimal Transportation Meshfree (HOTM) Method for Materials under Extreme Dynamic Thermomechanical Conditions, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 364:112958, 2020.
6. H. Jiang, J. Fan, D. Hu, R. Wang, J. Lu, B. Li*, Numerical Modeling of Compressive Failure Mechanisms in Ceramic Materials at High Strain Rates, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 347:806-826, 2019.