Tongqing Lu

Professor

Department of Engineering Mechanics, State Key Lab for Strength and Vibration of Mechanical Structures, Soft Machines Lab, Xi’an Jiaotong University

Vice Dean of School of Aerospace Engineering

Research Interests: 

Solid Mechanics,  Fracture Mechanics, Mechanics of Soft Materials, Hydrogel, Dielectric Elastomer.

Representative Papers:  

Yang Gao, Daming Liu, Jing Zhou, Wen Zhang, Danqi Sun, Shuyang Wang, Yipeng Yang, Yuchen Xiang, Yang Zhang*, Wei Lei, Tongqing Lu*. Instant and secure fixation of ePTFE medical implants in surgery by designing a bioadhesive interface. Science Advances. 11, eadw3845 (2025).

Yifan Zhou^#, Sirui Lin^#, Xuhui Zhang, Hou Wu, Jose Blanchet*, Zhigang Suo*, Tongqing Lu*. Is a high-throughput experimental dataset large enough to accurately estimate a statistic?. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 183, 105521 (2024).

Hou Wu, Xuhui Zhang, Yifan Zhou, Jose Blanchet*, Zhigang Suo*, Tongqing Lu*. Detection and reduction of systematic bias in high-throughput rupture experiments. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 174, 105249 (2023).

Yifan Zhou, Xuhui Zhang, Meng Yang, Yudong Pan, Zhenjiang Du, Jose Blanchet*, Zhigang Suo*, Tongqing Lu*.   High-throughput experiments for rare-event rupture of materials. Matter. 5(2), 654 (2022).

Yang Gao, Xiuyuan Han, Jiaojiao Chen, Yudong Pan, Meng Yang, Linhe Lu,  Jian Yang, Zhigang Suo*, Tongqing Lu*. Hydrogel–mesh composite for wound closure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118 e2103457118 (2021).

Yang Gao#, Jiaojiao Chen#, Xiuyuan Han, Yudong Pan, Peiyao Wang, Tiejun Wang,Tongqing Lu*. A universal strategy for tough adhesion of wet soft material.  Advanced Functional Materials. 30, 2003207 (2020).

Education: 

2007-2013: MS and PhD, Solid Mechanics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.

2010-2012: Joint PhD, Harvard University, USA.

2003-2007: BS, Engineering Mechanics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.

Employment: 

2019-present: Professor, Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Aerospace Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University.

2015-2019: Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Aerospace Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University.

2013-2015: Lecturer, Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Aerospace Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University.

E-mail:

tongqinglu@mail.xjtu.edu.cn

Address:

School of Aerospace Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China.