Zhimin Xi

•    Defense TechConnect 2022 Innovation Awardees (autonomy, mobility, space, defense), 2022 
•    ASME – Design Automation Young Investigator Award, 2021 
•    ASME – Journal of Mechanical Design - Reviewer with Distinction Award, 2020 
•    Walter Tyson Assistant Professorship Award, Rutgers School of Engineering, 2019 
•    DARPA – Young Faculty Award, 2016 
•    Best Paper Award, International Conference on QR2MSE, 2015 
•    Top 10 Best Paper Award (10 out of 168 submissions), ASME – IDETC: 41st Design Automation Conference, 2015 
•    Best Paper Award (1 out of 142 submissions), ASME – IDETC: 39th Design Automation Conference, 2013 
•    Top 10 Best Paper Award (10 out of 156 submissions), ASME – IDETC: 37th Design Automation Conference, 2011 
•    Best Paper Award (1 out of 174 submissions), ASME – IDETC: 34th Design Automation Conference, 2008 

•    IISE, Senior Member
•    ASME, Member
•    INFORMS, Member
 

•    Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering (Program of Reliability Engineering), University of Maryland, College Park, 2010
•    M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China 2004
•    B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China 2001
 

Zhimin Xi is an associate professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Rutgers University–New Brunswick. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Science and Technology Beijing in 2001 and 2004, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Program of Reliability Engineering) at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2010. His research interests are design for reliability and the applications for reliable autonomous vehicles/robots, lithium-ion batteries, and additive manufacturing. He has published more than 80 papers in prestigious journals and peer-reviewed conference proceedings. His research has been supported by National Science Foundation, DARPA, Department of Energy, Ford Motor Company, Denso North American Foundation, and The Woodbridge Group. He is a member of IISE, ASME, and IEEE. He is the recipient of 2021 ASME – Design Automation Young Investigator Award, 2020 Journal of Mechanical Design - Reviewer with Distinction Award, 2019 Rutgers A. Walter Tyson Assistant Professorship Award, 2016 DARPA - Young Faculty Award. He is the winners of multiple (including twice Top 10) Best Paper Awards from ASME – Design Automation Conference in 2008, 2011, 2013, and 2015 respectively. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.