Associate Professor, College of Aerospace Engineering, NUAA

Personal Details:

Dr. Ni’s research work is focusing on the dynamical performances and energy absorption mechanisms of hybrid-cored sandwich structures including analytical, numerical and experimental analysis; constitutive relationships of materials including UMAT subroutine developments; design, optimization and mechanical analysis of bio-inspired structures; 3D printing structures and so on.

Dr. Ni has published more than 10 journal papers, 4 patents, and several conference papers. Products based on Dr. Ni’s work were exhibited on 2014 China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai and 2015 International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi.

Education:

BEng (07/2007): School of Engineering Mechanics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China 

PhD (03/2014):   School of Aerospace Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China, Supervisor: T.J. Lu

Employment:

Visiting Academic (08/2014-04/2016): School of Engineering, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

Research Associate (04/2016-11/2018): School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University, Bentley, Australia

Associate Professor (12/2018-present): College of Aerospace Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), Nanjing, China