Mike Xie

Yi Min “Mike” Xie AM FTSE (Chinese: 谢亿民; born 1963) is a Chinese-Australian researcher and engineer. He is an Australian Laureate Fellow, a Distinguished Professor and the Director of the Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials at RMIT University.[1]

Mike Xie

AM FTSE
谢亿民
Born1963
Jiangsu, China
EducationShanghai Jiao Tong University (BEng),
Swansea University (PhD)
OccupationStructural engineer,
professor at RMIT University
AwardsClunies-Ross Award (2017),
AGM Michell Medal (2017),
Australian Laureate Fellowship (2019),
Member of the Order of Australia (2019),
Victoria Prize for Science and Innovation (2020)

Early life and education

Xie was born in Jiangsu, China, to parents who were both secondary school teachers. He attended Changzhou Senior High School (1978–1980) and then Shanghai Jiao Tong University (1980–1984) where he obtained his bachelor’s degree in engineering mechanics.[1] Later he studied at Swansea University (1987–1991) from which he received the PhD degree in computational mechanics under the supervision of Olgierd Zienkiewicz.[1]

Career

Xie migrated to Australia in 1991. He joined the Department of Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Sydney in 1992 where he carried out the early research on the evolutionary structural optimization (ESO) method which has became a popular method used in topology optimization.[2] He was appointed a lecturer at Victoria University in 1993 and promoted to senior lecturer in 1995, associate professor in 1998 and professor in 2002.[1] He joined RMIT University in 2002 and served as professor and head of civil engineering discipline for the next 10 years. He founded the Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials at RMIT University in 2012 and was appointed an RMIT Distinguished Professor in 2016.[1]

Honours

References
  1. Distinguished Professor Mike Xie. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. A simple evolutionary procedure for structural optimization. Retrieved 17 October 2020. Evolutionary Structural Optimization . Retrieved 17 October 2020. Evolutionary Topology Optimization of Continuum Structures: Methods and Applications. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. List of fellows of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. Major award for pioneer in evolutionary structural optimisation. Retrieved 17 October 2020. Clunies Ross Award winners 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  5. Accolades keep coming for pioneering engineer. Retrieved 17 October 2020. Mechanical College Awards Evening 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  6. Government backs RMIT researcher’s sustainable architecture vision. Retrieved 17 October 2020. 2019 Laureate Profile: Professor Yi-Min (Mike) Xie. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  7. 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  8. Pioneering research wins prestigious Victoria Prize. Retrieved 27 October 2020. Recipients of the Victoria Prize & Victoria Fellowships. Retrieved 27 October 2020.


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