Gang Xu, D.Sc.

Assistant Professor of Engineering and Physics

Box 87, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK 73034

TEL: (405)-974-5423

FAX: (405)-974-3812

Email: gxu@uco.edu

Education

Fudan University (Shanghai, China): B.S. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 1994-1998

Fudan University (Shanghai, China): M.S. in Fluid Mechanics (Biomechanics), 1998-2001

Washington University (St. Louis, MO): M.S. and D.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering, 2001-2006

Appointments

University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK

2012-         Assistant Professor, Engineering and Physics

Washington University, St. Louis, MO

2012          Research Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

2011-2012   Research Associate, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

2009-2011   Research Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

2006-2011   Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biomedical Engineering

Awards

Research Opportunity Award, Oklahoma INBRE - 2013

Travel Grant Award, Oklahoma NASA EPSCoR - 2013

CURE-STEM Faculty Scholarship, University of Central Oklahoma – 2012-

Research Fellowship, Children’s Discovery Institute – 2012

NSF Fellowship, Center for Cellular Mechanics Workshop on Cell Mechanosensitivity (UIUC) – 2007

Travel Award, Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society – 2005

Travel Award, Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society – 2004

Merit Certificate of Recognition, 1st National Symposium on Frontiers in Biomechanics – 2003

Professional Activities

 Reviewer: Biomechanics & Modeling in Mechanobiology, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering, Physical Biology, Biorheology, Springer (book proposals), ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference (Extended Abstracts; 2010, 2011, 2012)