Huidi Ji

Education

September 2000 - Present

Duke University, Durham, NC
Ph.D. in Computational Mechanics, expected graduation: summer, 2004.

September 1997 - April 2000

Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
M.S. in Structural Mechanics, April, 2000.
Thesis: "Analysis of Ultimate Strength of Corrugated Bulkhead on Bulk Carriers".

September 1993 - June 1997

Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
B.S. in Naval Architecture, June, 1997.
Thesis: "Dynamic Buckling of Composite Laminated Columns under Impact Loading".

Related Courses

Adaptive Structure, Experimental Systems, Program Design/Analysis I, Program Design/Analysis II, Advanced Mechanics of Solids, Design/Analysis of Algorithms, Introduction to Finite Element Method, Nonlinear Finite Element Method, Computational Geometry, Numerical Analysis, Advanced Topics in Computational Mechanics, Asymptotics and Perturbation Methods, Mechanics of Multiphasic Biological Tissues, High Performance Cluster Computing. 

Research Interest

Computational methods for evolving discontinuities and interfaces, phase transition, dendritic solidification, crack growth, behavior of biphasic hyperelastic material with a sharp interface, simulation of the swelling behavior of Stimulus Responsive Hydrogels (SRHs).

Experience

September 2000 - Present

Duke University, Computational Mechanics Laboratory
Research Assistant.

May 2000 - August 2000

Shanghai Jiaotong University, Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
Classification software development for ABS (American Bureau of Shipping).

September 1997 - April 2000

Shanghai Jiaotong University, Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
Research Assistant.

Publication

J.E. Dolbow, E. Fried and H. Ji, "Chemically Induced Swelling of Hydrogels", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, in press.

H. Ji, D. Chopp, and J.E. Dolbow, "A Hybrid Extended Finite Element/Level Set Method for Modeling Phase Transformations", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 54(8), pp. 1209-1233 (2002).

D. Wang and H. Ji, "Dynamic Buckling of Composite Laminated Columns under Impact Loading", Journal of Vibration and Shock Contents, China, 17(4), pp. 45-48, (1998).

Skills

Programming: C/C++, FORTRAN, MATLAB, HTML, LaTeX, 8088 Assembly.

Operation Systems: Linux, Unix, MS-Windows, MS-DOS.

Software: NASTRAN, PATRAN, AutoCAD, MAPLE, TECPLOT, MS Office.

Membership

Student Member of ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineering).

Reference

References are available upon request.