Finite element method, FE-Meshfree method, Heterogeneous materials, Software development

• J. P. Xu and S. Rajendran. A 'FE-Meshfree' QUAD4 element with radial-polynomial basis function for static analyses. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2011, 200(47-48): 3309-3323.
• J. P. Xu and S. Rajendran. A 'FE-Meshfree' TRIA3 element based on partition of unity for linear and geometry nonlinear analyses. (DOI: 10.1007/s00466-012-0762-2, Computational Mechanics, 2012)
• J . P. Xu, K.A. Khan and Tamer EI Sayed. A novel method to alleviate flash-line defects in coining process. (In press, Precision Engineering, 2012)

• PhD. Material science and engineering. HuaZhong University of Science & Technology (HUST), China 2006 – 2009
• M.S. Material science and engineering. HuaZhong University of Science & Technology (HUST), China 2004 – 2006
• B.S. Material science and engineering, Wuhan University of Technology (WHUT), China, 2000 - 2004