Dr Wenjin Xing

Background

Wenjin studied the multiscale fracture modelling of quasi-brittle materials such as concrete, thermoset polymers, and cortical bone for his PhD, with particular emphasis on addressing numerical issues with strain localisation within conventional finite element methods, which can render simulation results as meaningless.

Following his PhD study, Wenjin worked on investigating and understanding the fracture and toughening of soft materials especially hydrogels as a postdoctoral researcher at Flinders University in the faculty of Science and Engineering. Now, he is dedicated to an industry project focusing on numerical simulations together with experimental investigation of a promising fogponics-based microalgae culture system via computational fluid dynamics.