Wenjie XiaWenjie Xia is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University (NDSU). He obtained his PhD from Northwestern University, and prior to joining NDSU he was an MGI-CHiMaD (Materials Genome Intiative- The Center for Hierarchical Materials Design) Fellow at National Institute of Standards and Technology from 2016-2018. His research interests lie in understanding the complex behaviors of structural materials via bottom-up predictive modeling and data-driven approaches for design and prediction of their performance in engineering applications. He and his group have developed multiscale modeling tools and established innovative materials-by-design frameworks to facilitate design and development of high-performance multifunctional materials. He has authored over 30 peer-reviewed papers, mostly on the topics of computational materials and nanoscale science. Read More Read Less