Dr. Yu joined the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, where he worked as an assistant professor from 2006-2010, and associate professor from 2010 -2011. Dr. Yu’s primary research areas include nanotechnology-based smart materials and smart structures, multifunctional materials for energy and biomedical applications, sensors, actuators and controls. His current projects include self-sensing concrete pavement that can monitor structure health and detect traffic flow, active noise cancellation systems for medical instruments, real-time non-intrusive driver sleepiness detection sensors and carbon nanotube-based devices. In the last five years, he has received more than $2.1 million external research funding with $1.2 million received as the principal investigator from funding agencies like the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Transportation. He also led several award-winning national student design and paper competitions.

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, 2006

MEEN 4800: Topics in Mechanical & Energy Engineering
MEEN 4800: Energy Harvesting System Design

Articles

Cui, Y., Liu, C., Hu, S., and Yu, X. (2011). The experimental exploration of carbon nanofiber and carbon nanotube additives on thermal behavior of phase change materials. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 95, 1208-1212.

Han, B.G., Han, B.Z., Yu, X., and Ou, J.P. (2011). Ultrahigh pressure-sensitive effect induced by field emission at sharp nano-tips on the surface of spiky spherical nickel powders. Sensor Letters, 9, 1629-1635.

Han, B., Yu, X., Kwon, E., and Ou, J. (2012). Effects of CNT concentration level and water/cement ratio on the piezoresistivity of CNT/cement composites. Journal of Composite Materials, 46, 19-25.

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Books/Chapters

Han, B., Yu, X., and Ou, J.P. (2011). Multifunctional and Smart Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Cement-based Materials. Attoh-Okine, N.O., Birgisson, B., Gopalakrishnan, K., and Taylor, P. (Eds). Nanotechnology in Civil Infrastructure. pp 1-47. New York: Springer.

Conference Papers

Han, B., Yu, X., Kwon, E., and Ou, J. (2010). Effects of CNT concentration level and water/cement ratio on the piezoresistivity of CNT/cement composites. ASME 2010 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SAMASIS), Sep 28-Oct 1, 2010, Philadelphia, PA.

Han, B., Yu, X., and Ou, J.P. (2010). Piezoresistive MWNTs filled cement-based composites for smart civil structures. TRB First International Conference in North America on Nanotechnology in Cement and Concrete, May 5-7, Irvine, CA.

Hu, S., Rajamani, R., and Yu, X. (2011). Active Noise Control Systems for Selective Cancellation of External Disturbances. Proceedings of the American Control Conference.

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