Niu Research Group

​Seminars & Presentations

​INVITED AND KEYNOTE TALKS
  1. Niu, X. (Invited), “Bioinspired Design of Fracture Resistant Polymer-based Multilayer Structures”, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University,  Syracuse, NY, 13210 USA, Apr 19, 2025
  2. Niu, X. (Invited), “Bioinspired Design of Fracture Resistant Polymer-based Structures”, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) 2024 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Orlando, FL, USA, Mar 06, 2024
  3. ​Niu, X. (Invited), “Several Interphase-related Solid Mechanics Problems”, School of Mechanical Engineering at Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, Jun 06, 2022
  4. Niu, X. (Invited), “Several Interphase-related Solid Mechanics Problems”, Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, Sep 10, 2021
  5. Niu, X. (Invited), “Bioinspired Design of Fracture Resistant Layer-by-Layer Composite Structure”, The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) 2021 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Virtual meeting, USA, Mar 17, 2021
  6. Niu, X. (Invited), “Failure-resistant Interfaces and Their Applications”, The Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA, Feb 8, 2019
  7. Wang, Y. and Niu, X. (Invited), "Investigation of Multiscale Mechanical Behavior of Human Hair", 2018 National Conference on Solid Mechanics, Harbin, China, November 25, 2018
  8. Niu, X., Zijian Yao and Hao Zhang (Invited), “Atomistic Simulation Study on Ultrasound-Driven Aggregation Mechanism of Ceramic Nanoparticles”, World Congress in Computational Mechanics in 2018 (WCCMXIII) and the 2nd Pan American Congress on Computational Mechanics (PANACM II), New York, NY, USA, July 24, 2018
  9. Niu, X. (Invited), “Bio-inspired Design of Failure-resistant Interphases”, 2018 Workshop of Solid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Frontiers, Beijing Tang Yun Conference Resort, Beijing, China, July 04, 2018
  10. Niu, X. (Keynote), “Ultrasound Driven Coalescence of Zirconia Nanoparticles – a Molecular Dynamics Study”, Nano 2018 -- XIV International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China, June 28, 2018
  11. Niu, X. (Invited), “Extracting Hyperelastic Constitutive Parameters by Solving Inverse Indentation Problems”, International Conference on Applied Mathematics (ICAM) 2018, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, June 06, 2018
  12. Niu, X., "A Novel Method to Assemble Nanoparticles for Application of Nano Medicine", Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Sep 14, 2016
  13. Niu, X., "Bio-inspired Design of Functionally Graded Nanocomposites and Their Nanoreinforcements", Gordon Research Conference: Structural Nanomaterials - Interfacial and Surface Effects on Structural Nanomaterial Properties, The Chinese University of  Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Jul 10-15, 2016
  14. Niu, X., "Mechanical Behavior of Biological and Biomedical Structures", 2016 Tongji University International Forum for Young Scholars in Mechanics, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, Feb 20-21, 2016
  15. Niu, X., "Mechanical Behavior of Biological and Bio-inspired Structures", 2nd International Symposium of Frontiers in Applied Mechanics, Xi’an, China, Nov 7-10, 2015
  16. Niu, X., "Bio-inspired Design of Tough and Light Nanocomposite", Biomedical Engineering (BME) International Conference 2014, Hong Kong, Dec 4-6, 2014
  17. Niu, X., "Contact Damage of Biomimetic and Biomedical Structures", Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, Jan 6, 2014
  18. Niu, X., "Contact Damage of Biomimetic Dental Structures", Institute of Solid Mechanics at Department of Engineering Mechanics and Applied Mechanics Laboratory of Ministry of Education of People’s Republic of China, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Jan 3, 2014
  19. Niu, X., "Multi-scale Contact Damage in Dental Multilayers", The Collaborative Conference on Materials Research (CCMR) 2013, Jeju, Korea, Jun 24-29, 2013
  20. Niu, X., "Failure Mechanism of Dental Multilayers", The 13th International Conference on Fracture, Beijing, China, Jun 16-21, 2013
  21. Niu, X., "Contact Damage of Biomimetic Dental Structures", Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, Nov 23, 2012
  22. Niu, X., "Bio-inspired Design of Dental Structures", Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Nov 8, 2012
  23. Niu, X., "Contact Damage of Dental Multilayers", Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Mar 30, 2011
  24. Niu, X., "Contact Damage of Dental Multilayers", New York University, College of Dentistry, Department of Biomaterials and Biomimetics, New York, New York, Dec 19, 2008​​


RECENT PRESENTATIONS        

  1. ​​Niu, X. and Ji, H., “Bioinspired Design of Fracture Resistant Dental Restorative Composite”, Society of Engineering Science (SES) 2025 Annual Technical Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 30303 USA, Oct 14, 2025
  2. Liang, X.M., Ding, Y., Yuan, W.K., Wang, G.F. and Niu, X., “On the Determination of Plastic Properties through Spherical Indentation”, The 27th Annual Conference of Hong Kong Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (HKSTAM) in conjunction with the 19th Jiangsu-Hong Kong Forum on Mechanics and Its Applications, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, May 04, 2024
  3. Yuan, W.K., Niu, X. and Wang, G.F., “Contact model of elastic solids with adhesion and surface tension effects”, The 27th Annual Conference of Hong Kong HKSTAM in conjunction with the 19th Jiangsu-Hong Kong Forum on Mechanics and Its Applications, HKU, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, May 04, 2024
  4. Xu, B. and Niu, X, “A bioinspired adhesive to enhance crack-resistance of the screen glass of smartphone”, ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), Virtual, online, Nov 05, 2021
  5. Xu, B. and Niu, X., “Bioinspired design of liquid optical clear adhesive (LOCA) for improving the damage resistance of touchscreen in smartphone”, The 23rd Annual Conference of Hong Kong HKSTAM in conjunction with the 15th Jiangsu-Hong Kong Forum on Mechanics and Its Applications, The HKUST, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Apr 13, 2019
  6. Ji, H. and Niu, X., “Design of crack resistant dental composite”, 25th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structure and Materials, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Dec 7, 2018
  7. Niu, X., “Investigation of Multiscale Behavior of Nanocomposites”, 2018 National Conference on Solid Mechanics, Harbin, China, Nov 25, 2018
  8. Zhan, Y., Pan, Y., Chen, K., Ji, H., Zhong, Z. and Niu, X., “Load-displacement relation and its inverse problem of hyperelastic indentation”, 2018 National conference on Solid Mechanics, Harbin, China, Nov 25, 2018
  9. Ji, H. and Niu, X., “Fabrication and Experiments of Tough and Light Dental Composite”, 2018 National conference on Solid Mechanics, Harbin, China, Nov 25, 2018
  10. Zhan, Y. and Niu, X., “Derivation of Conical Indentation Model for Hyperelastic Materials Assisted by Dimensional Analysis and Finite Element Analysis”, WCCMXIII and PANACM II, New York, NY, USA, Jul 24, 2018
  11. Niu, X., “Bioinspired Design of Failure-resistant Interphases”, 2018 Tsinghua Mechanics Workshop and Celebration for 60th Anniversary of Department of Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Jul 03, 2018
  12. Zhan, Y., Chen, K. and Niu, X., “Reading of Hyperelastic Materials Parameters Obtained from AFM-Assisted Indentation on Soft Matters”, Nano 2018 -- XIV International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, CityUHK, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Jun 29, 2018
  13. Zhan, Y. and Niu, X., “Effect of Nanoparticle/polymer Interphase on Visco-hyperelastic Behavior of Nanocomposite Hydrogels”, Nano 2018 -- XIV International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, CityUHK, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Jun 29, 2018
  14. Zhan, Y., Chan, Y.T., Wong, T.L., Yiu, T.M., Chan, W.S., Leung, W.T., Tse, S.C. Yip, W.L. and Niu, X., “3D Printed Hydrogel-elastomer Hybrids with Enhanced Mechanical Integrity and Minimized Chemical Treatment”, Nano 2018 -- XIV International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, CityUHK, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Jun 26, 2018
  15. Zhan, Y., Chan, Y.T., Wong, T.L., Yiu, T.M., Chan, W.S., Leung, W.T., Tse, S.C. Yip, W.L. and Niu, X., “A Hydrogel-Elastomer Hybrid Fabricated via 3D Printing”, poster presentation on Gordon Research Conference: Advanced Health Informatics: Convergence: Integrating Informatics with Sensing, Imaging and Robotics for Health, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, Jun 18-22, 2018
  16. Pan, Y., Zhan, Y., Ji, H., Niu, X. and Zhong, Z., “Can Hyperelastic Material Parameters be Uniquely Determined from Indentation Experiment?” The Chinese Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 2017 (CCTAM 2017), Beijing, China, Aug 16, 2017​
  17. Wang, Y. and Niu, X., “Nanoindentation Investigation on the Superficial Elastic Modulus of Rat Liver at Vicinity Temperature of 8 to 22˚C”, CCTAM 2017, Beijing, China, Aug 16, 2017
  18. Yao, Z. and Niu, X., “Ultrasound Driven Aggregation of Ceramic Nanoparticles”, CCTAM 2017, Beijing, China, Aug 16, 2017
  19. Zhan, Y. and Niu, X., “Strain Rate Dependent Hyperelastic Stress-stretch Behavior of a Silica Nanoparticle Reinforced Poly (ethylene glycol) diacrylate Nanocomposite Hydrogel”, CCTAM 2017, Beijing, China, Aug 15, 2017
  20. Ji, H. and Niu, X., “Bioinspired Design of Fracture Resistant Dental Composite”, poster presentation on Gordon Research Conference: Nano-Mechanical Interfaces - The Nexus of Bio-, Nano-, Architecture, and Mechanics of Interfaces, HKUST, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Aug 2, 2017
  21. Zhan, Y., Pan, Y., Zhong, Z., Lu, J. and Niu, X., “Strain Rate Dependent Hyperelastic Stress-stretch Behavior of a Silica Nanoparticle Reinforced Poly (ethylene glycol) Diacrylate Nanocomposite Hydrogel”, poster presentation on Gordon Research Conference: Nano-Mechanical Interfaces - The Nexus of Bio-, Nano-, Architecture, and Mechanics of Interfaces, HKUST, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Aug 2, 2017
  22. Zhan, Y., Pan, Y., Chen, B., Zhong, Z., Lu, J. and Niu, X., “Effect of Nanoparticle/polymer Interphase on Visco-hyperelastic Behavior of Nanocomposite Hydrogels”, The 8th World Association for Chinese Biomedical Engineers (WACBE) World Congress on Bioengineering, HKPolyU, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Aug 2, 2017
  23. Niu, X., “Bio-inspired Design of Dental Multilayers”, The 8th World Association for Chinese Biomedical Engineers (WACBE) World Congress on Bioengineering, HKPolyU, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Jul 31, 2017
  24. Yao, Z., Zhang, H., Lu, J. and Niu, X., “A Novel Method to Assemble Nanoparticles for Application of Nano Medicine – A molecular dynamics study”, The 8th World Association for Chinese Biomedical Engineers (WACBE) World Congress on Bioengineering, HKPolyU, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Jul 31, 2017
  25. Wang, Y. and Niu, X., “Diameter Effect on Mechanical Behavior of Human Hair”, The 21st Annual Conference of HKSTAM in conjunction with the 13th Jiangsu-Hong Kong Forum on Mechanics and Its Applications, HKPolyU, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Apr 8, 2017
  26. Wang, Y. and Niu, X., “Elastic Modulus of Rat Liver from 8 to 22 ˚C”, The 21st Annual Conference of HKSTAM in conjunction with the 13th Jiangsu-Hong Kong Forum on Mechanics and Its Applications, HKPolyU, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Apr 8, 2017
  27. Yao, Z., Lu, J. and Niu, X., “Role of Particle Primary Aggregation on the Mechanical Properties of Particle Reinforced Polymer Composites”, The 21st Annual Conference of HKSTAM in conjunction with the 13th Jiangsu-Hong Kong Forum on Mechanics and Its Applications, HKPolyU, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Apr 8, 2017
  28. Zhan, Y., Pan, Y., Chen, B., Lu, J., Zhong, Z. and Niu, X., “Effect of Nanoparticle/polymer Interphase on Visco-hyperelastic Behavior of Nanocomposite Hydrogels”, The 21st Annual Conference of HKSTAM in conjunction with the 13th Jiangsu-Hong Kong Forum on Mechanics and Its Applications, HKPolyU, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Apr 8, 2017
  29. Chen, B., Ji, H., Wang, Y., Yao, Z., Lu, J. and Niu, X., “Enhanced Failure Strength of Ceramic/Polymer Composite Multilayer through a Bioinspired Micro-Interface”, 2016 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Nov 27 - Dec 2, 2016
  30. Chen, B., Ji, H., Wang, Y., Yao, Z., Lu, J. and Niu, X., “Structural Design of Dental Nanocomposite”, poster presentation on Gordon Research Conference: Structural Nanomaterials - Interfacial and Surface Effects on Structural Nanomaterial Properties, CUHK, Hong Kong, Jul 10-15, 2016
  31. Wang, Y., Zhan, Y., Zhang, L.Y., Feng, X-Q, Yao, Z., Chen, B., Man, S.Y., Cheung, L.S. and Niu, X., “Mechanical Behaviors of Rat Liver and Human Hair”, poster presentation on Gordon Research Conference: Structural Nanomaterials - Interfacial and Surface Effects on Structural Nanomaterial Properties, CUHK, Hong Kong, Jul 10-15, 2016
  32. Yao, Z., Chen, B., Lu, J. and Niu, X., “Investigations of the Stiffening Effect of Randomly Aggregated Clusters in Nanocomposites”, poster presentation on Gordon Research Conference: Structural Nanomaterials - Interfacial and Surface Effects on Structural Nanomaterial Properties, CUHK, Hong Kong, Jul 10-15, 2016
  33. Zhan, Y., Pan, Y., Zhong, Z., Lu, J. and Niu, X., “Rate-dependent Nonlinear Mechanical Behavior of Nanocomposite Hydrogels”, poster presentation on Gordon Research Conference: Structural Nanomaterials - Interfacial and Surface Effects on Structural Nanomaterial Properties, CUHK, Hong Kong, Jul 10-15, 2016
  34. Cheung, L., Man, T., Yam, S. and Yau, K., tutored by Wang, Y. and supervised by Niu, X. “Investigation on Mechanical and Structural Behavior of Human Hair”, CityUHK, College of Science and Engineering, Discovery and Innovation Gala 2016 - Student Project Exhibition, 22 Jun 2016
  35. Cheung, L., Man, T., Yam, S. and Yau, K., tutored by Wang, Y. and supervised by Niu, X. “Investigation on Mechanical and Structural Behavior of Human Hair”, “Challenge Cup” National Competition – CityUHK Finalist, Jun 2016
  36. Yao, Z., Zhang, H., Lu, J. and Niu, X., “Ultrasound Driven Nanoparticle Coalescence - A Molecular Dynamics Study”, The 20th Annual Conference of HKSTAM in conjunction with the 12th Shanghai-Hong Kong Forum on Mechanics and Its Application, HKUST, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Apr 9, 2016
  37. Chen, B., Ji, H., Lu, J. and Niu, X., “Bio-Inspired Design of Polymeric Composite Adhesive”, poster presentation on 2015 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Nov 29 - Dec 4, 2015
  38. Zhan, Y., Pan, Y., Lu, J., Zhong, Z. and Niu, X., “Time-Dependent Mechanical Property of Nanocomposite Hydrogel”, 2015 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Nov 29 - Dec 4, 2015
  39. Bian, J., Zhang, H., Wang, G.F. and Niu, X., “Mechanical Behaviors of Metallic Nanoparticles and Nanopillars”, 2015 Chinese Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CCTAM2015), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China Aug 15-18, 2015
  40. Chen, B., Ji, H. and Niu, X., “Mechanical Behavior of Dental Restorative Structures”, CCTAM2015, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Aug 15-18, 2015
  41. Zhan, Y., Pan, Y., Zhong, Z. and Niu, X., “A Convenient Method to Characterize and Model Rate-dependent Nonlinear Mechanical Behavior of Tough Hydrogels”, CCTAM2015, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Aug 15-18, 2015
  42. Wang, Y.L., Zhang, L.Y., Chen, B., Feng, X.Q. and Niu, X., “Multi-scale Mechanical Behaviors of Rat Liver”, CCTAM2015, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Aug 15-18, 2015
  43. Yao, Z., Hu, Y.L., Chen, B., Wang, Y.Y., Zhang, H., Lu, J. and Niu, X., “Ceramics Nano Interface Induced by Ultrasound”, poster presentation on Gordon Research Conference: Nano-Mechanical Interfaces - Theory, Computations and Experiments, HKUST, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Jul 19-24, 2015
  44. Zhan, Y., Pan, Y., Lu, J., Zhong, Z. and Niu, X., “Particle/polymer Interface Effect in Rate-dependent Mechanical Behaviors of Nanocomposite Hydrogels”, poster presentation on Gordon Research Conference: Nano-Mechanical Interfaces - Theory, Computations and Experiments, HKUST, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Jul 19-24, 2015
  45. Bian, J., Wang, G.F., Zhang, H. and Niu, X., “Atomistic Deformation Mechanisms in Copper Nanospheres”, The 19th HKSTAM Annual Conference in conjunction with The 11th Jiangsu-Hong Kong Forum on Mechanics and Its Application, HKUST, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Mar 28, 2015
  46. Chen, B., Zhang, Q. and Niu, X., “Indentation Size Effect of Ceramic Particle Reinforced Polymeric Nanocomposites”, The 19th HKSTAM Annual Conference in conjunction with The 11th Jiangsu-Hong Kong Forum on Mechanics and Its Application, HKUST, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Mar 28, 2015
  47. Zhan, Y., Pan, Y.H., Zhong, Z. and Niu. X., (Best Student Presentation Award) “Poro-visco-hyperelastic Modeling of Hydrogel Composites”, The 19th HKSTAM Annual Conference in conjunction with the 11th Jiangsu-HK Forum on Mechanics and Its Application, HKUST, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Mar 28, 2015
  48. Chen, B., Ji, H., Lu, J. and Niu, X., (Best Student Paper Competition Awarded - Merit) “Biomimetic Design of Crack Resistant Dental Restorative”, BME International Conference 2014, Hong Kong, Dec 4-6, 2014
  49. Wang, Y., Chen, B. and Niu, X., “Multi-scale Mechanical Behaviors of Human Hair”, BME 2014, Hong Kong, Dec 4-6, 2014
  50. Yao, Z., Zhang, H., Hu, Y., Wang, H., Liu, J., Chen, B., Lu, J. and Niu, X., “Molecular Dynamic Simulation on Collision Induced Cold Welding in Ceramic Nanoparticles”, The 5th International Conference on Computational Methods, Cambridge, England, Jul 28-30, 2014
  51. Chen, B., Du, J., Yao, Z., Wang, Y. and Niu, X., “Viscosity Related Failure Mechanism of Biomimetic Multilayers”, The 5th International Conference on Computational Methods, Cambridge, England, Jul 28-30, 2014
  52. Yao, Z., Zhang, H., Hu, Y., Liu, J., Chen, B., Wang, Y., Lu, J. and Niu, X., “Multi-scale Simulation of Nanoparticle Reinforced Polymeric Composites”, poster presentation on Gordon Research Conference: Structural Nanomaterials - Recent Advances in Understanding the Structures and Properties of Nanomaterials, CUHK, Hong Kong, Jul 20-25, 2014
  53. Yu, C.Y., Liu, X.J., Zheng, G.P., Niu, X. and Liu, C.T., “Atomic approach to predict the glass-forming ability in Zr-Cu-Al ternary metallic glasses”, poster presentation on Gordon Research Conference: Structural Nanomaterials - Recent Advances in Understanding the Structures and Properties of Nanomaterials, CUHK, Hong Kong, Jul 20-25, 2014
  54. Chen, B., Ding, Y., Du, J., Wang, Y., Yang, Y., Lu, J. and Niu, X., “Contact Damage in Biomimetic Multilayer Structures”, poster presentation on Gordon Research Conference: Structural Nanomaterials - Recent Advances in Understanding the Structures and Properties of Nanomaterials, CUHK, Hong Kong, Jul 20-25, 2014
  55. Chen, B., Hu, Y., Wang, Y., Lu, J. and Niu, X., “Indentation Size Effect of Nanoparticle Reinforced Polymer Composites for Bio-inspired Functional Gradient Dental Multilayers”, The 1st International Conference on Mechanics of Composites, Stony Brook University, Long Island, New York, USA, Jun 12, 2014
  56. Chen, B., Hu, Y., Wang, Y.Y. and Niu, X., “Bio-inspired Design of Dental Composites”, The 1st International Conference on Mechanics of Composites, Stony Brook University, Long Island, New York, USA, Jun 12, 2014
  57. Wang, Y., Liu, G., Yao, Z., Chen, B., Hu., Y. and Niu, X., “Temperature Effects on Mechanical Behavior of Rat Liver and PDMS/Nano-ceramic Composites”, 2014 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, Apr 22, 2014
  58. Chen, B., Hu, Y., Wang, Y., Lu, J. and Niu, X., “Indentation Size Effect in Polymeric Dental Composite”, The 18th HKSTAM Annual Conference in conjunction with the 10th Shanghai-Hong Kong Forum on Mechanics and Its Application, CityUHK, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Mar 15, 2014
  59. Ding, Y., Wang, G., Chen, B. and Niu, X., “Fatigue Behaviour of Dental Multilayer Structure”, The 18th HKSTAM Annual Conference in conjunction with the 10th Shanghai-Hong Kong Forum on Mechanics and Its Application, CityUHK, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Mar 15, 2014
  60. Chen, B., Du, J., Soboyejo, W.O. and Niu, X., “Failure Analysis of Loading Rate Dependent Damage in Biomimetic Layer-by-layer Structures”, The 5th Asia Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics & 4th International Symposium on Computational Mechanics, Singapore, Dec 11-14, 2013
  61. Niu, X., Du, J. and Liu, X., “Mechanical Analysis on Biomedical Devices”, BME International Conference 2012, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Dec 5-7, 2012
  62. Niu, X., “Contact Damage in Biomedical Devices”, The 16th National Conference of Fatigue and Fracture, Xiamen, China, Nov 2-5, 2012
  63. Niu, X., “Contact Damage in Synthetic Dental Structures”, Bilateral Meeting and International Workshop in Hong Kong, CityUHK, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Aug 28-31, 2012
  64. Niu, X. and Soboyejo, W.O., “Bioinspired Design of Dental Multilayers”, ISMM 2012 Satellite International Conference of Micro-TAS and the 4th International Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Jun 10-13, 2012
  65. Liu, X., Yu, J. and Niu, X. (Best Paper Award), “Finite Element Analysis on Design of Coronary Stent Based on Abaqus”, The 10th Simulia Chinese User Meeting, Hangzhou, China, Oct 23-26, 2011
  66. Du, J., Niu, X., Rahbar, N., Soboyejo, W.O., “Bioinspired Design of Multilayers: Effect of Layer Thickness”, Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Dec 2, 2009
  67. Niu, X., Du, J., Rahbar, N., Farias, S. and Soboyejo, W.O., “Bioinspired Design in Dental Multilayer Structures”, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Dec 5, 2008
  68. Yang, Y., Yao, N., Chen, J., Niu, X., Rahbar, N. and Soboyejo, W.O., “Focused Ion Beam Characterization Techniques: From MEMS Thin Films to Biological Cells and Dental Multilayers”, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Nov 28, 2006
  69. Soboyejo, W.O. and Niu, X., “Contact Fatigue of Dental Multilayers”, ASME 2005 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, USA, Nov 8, 2005
  70. Niu, X., Zhou, J., Huang, M. and Soboyejo, W.O., “Contact Damage of Dental Multilayers”, ASME 2005 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, USA, Nov 8, 2005
  71. Niu, X., Rekow, E.D., Thompson, V.P. and Soboyejo, W.O., “Loading Rate Effect of Dental Multilayer”, poster presentation on the 83rd General Session & Exhibition of The International and American Association for Dental Research (IADR), The 34th Annual Meeting of The American Association for Dental Research (AADR) and the 29th Annual Meeting of The Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR), Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Mar 9, 2005
  72. Niu, X., Huang, M., Zhou, J. and Soboyejo, W.O., “Contact-Induced Deformation and failure of Dental Multilayers: Effects of Loading rate”, 2005 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA Mar 5, 2005​