Dr Xiaoli Zhao

Principal Engineer

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5782  
Email: x.zhao@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO5.201  

 

Current Teaching

  • ENS3180 - Finite Element Methods

Research Areas and Interests

  • Finite Element Modelling
  • Advanced coating structures and metamaterials
  • Structure and properties of biomaterials
  • Computational fluid dynamics
  • Radio frequency measurement

Staff Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of New South Wales, 1996 .

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

  • Ahmed, M., Zhao, X., Zhou, Z., Munroe, P., Tan, NC., Li, LK., Xie, Z., (2011), Effect of Thermal Annealing Upon Residual Stress and Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured TiSiN Coatings on Steel Substrates. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 94(5), 1546-1551, United States, DOI: DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04280.x.
  • Ahmed, M., Munroe, P., Jiang, Z., Zhao, X., Rickard, W., Zhou, Z., Li, L., Xie, Z., (2011), Corrosion behaviour of nanocomposite TiSiN coatings on steel substrates. Corrosion Science, 53(11), 3678-3687, DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2011.07.011.
  • Zhao, X., Xie, Z., Munroe, P., (2011), Nanoindentation of hard multilayer coatings: Finite element modelling. Materials Science and Engineering A, 528(3), 1111-1116, DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2010.09.073.

Conference Publications

  • Ullah, I., Kiani, G., Zhao, X., Habibi, D., (2011), Selective Transmission of RF Signals through Energy Saving Glass using FSS., 1-2.
  • Ullah, I., Zhao, X., Habibi, D., Kiani, G., (2011), Transmission Improvement of UMTS and Wi-Fi Signals Through Energy Saving Glass Using FSS. Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), 2011 IEEE 12th Annual, Article number 5872858(18-19 April), 1-5, Piscataway, N. J., DOI: 10.1109/WAMICON.2011.5872858.
  • Cai, Z., Wu, H., Zhao, X., Zhang, J., (2011), Bending stiffness analysis of elastic shafts with three types of transverse cracks. Advanced Materials Research: Progress in Environmental Science and Engineering, 356-360(21-23 October 2011), 2197-2204, DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.356-360.2197.
  • Ullah, I., Habibi, D., Zhao, X., Kiani, G., (2011), Design of RF/Microwave Efficient Buildings Using Frequency Selective Surface. 2011 IEEE 22nd International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2080-2084, DOI: 10.1109/PIMRC.2011.6139878.

Research Student Supervision

Associate Supervisor

  • Master of Engineering Science,  Vibration Diagnosis Of Elastic Shafts With A Transverse Crack.
  • Master of Engineering Science,  Finite Element Analysis Of Stress Distribution Within Metal- On - Metal Joint Replacements.