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Yi Min “Mike” Xie is a Distinguished Professor and Director of the CISM Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials Team within School of Engineering at RMIT University.

Early life and education

Xie was born in China and attended Shanghai Jiao Tong University obtaining his Bachelor's degree in Engineering Mechanics. Later he studied at Swansea University and received a PhD degree in Computational Mechanics.

Career

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Xie came to Australia and joined the University of Sydney in the 1990's where he carried out research on the Evolutionary Structural Optimization (ESO) method which has become a popular method used in topology optimization. He was appointed a Lecturer at Victoria University promoted to Senior Lecturer, then Associate Professor and eventually Professor. He moved to RMIT University in the early 2000's as Professor and Head of Civil & Infrastructure engineering for the coming years.

Honours

• He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering in 2011.
• In 2017, he received the Clunies-Ross Award from the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. In the same year, he was awarded the AGM Michell Medal by Engineers Australia.
• He was awarded the Australian Laureate Fellowship in 2019 by the Australian Research Council.
• In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours List, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), for "significant service to higher education, and to civil engineering".
• He was awarded the Victoria Prize for Science and Innovation in 2020.

References

1. Xie, Y.M.; Steven, G.P. (1993). "A simple evolutionary procedure for structural optimization". Computers & Structures. 49 (5): 885–896. doi:10.1016/0045-7949(93)90035-C.
2. Xie, Y. M.; Steven, G. P. (1997). Evolutionary Structural Optimization. doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-0985-3. ISBN 978-1-4471-1250-1.
3. Huang, X.; Xie, Y. M. (2010). Evolutionary Topology Optimization of Continuum Structures. doi:10.1002/9780470689486. ISBN 978-0-470-74653-0.
4. "Distinguished Professor Mike Xie - RMIT University". www.rmit.edu.au. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
5. List of fellows of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
6. Major award for pioneer in evolutionary structural optimisation. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
7. Clunies Ross Award winners 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
8. "Accolades keep coming for pioneering engineer". RMIT University. 29 August 2017. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
9. Mechanical College Awards Evening 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
10. Government backs RMIT researcher’s sustainable architecture vision. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
11. 2019 Laureate Profile: Professor Yi-Min (Mike) Xie. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
12. 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
13. Pioneering research wins prestigious Victoria Prize. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
14. Recipients of the Victoria Prize & Victoria Fellowships. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

• 1963 births
• Living people
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University alumni
• Alumni of Swansea University
• Members of the Order of Australia
• Engineers from Jiangsu
• Academic staff of RMIT University