Dr Xuemei Liu
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Personal details
Keywords
durability, sustainable cement composite/concrete, nano science based concrete, fiber reinforced concrete, road and pavement materials, steel-concrete composite, high strain rate effect
Research field
Civil Engineering
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Structural Engineering) (National University of Singapore)
Professional memberships and associations
Professional services
- Member, American Concrete Institute
- Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
- Member, Structural Engineering Institute
- Member, Concrete Institute of Australia
- Memeber, The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC)
- Technical assessor, Singapore Accreditation Council - Singapore Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (SAC-SINGLAS )
- Committee, Asian Concrete Construction Institute
Teaching
Xuemei has been a lecturer in civil engineering at QUT for 3 years. She has been coordinating and/or teaching the following subjects:
Xuemei has a particular interest in developing sustainable cement based materials. Having completed her PhD on Transport Properties of Concrete with Lightweight Aggregates, she is passionate about educating her students in the field related to durability and sustainable concrete technologies.
- Structural mechanics
- Civil Engineering Materials
- Mechanics of Materials
- Advanced Concrete Technology
- Design of RC Structures
- Work Integrated Learning
- Student Research Project I/II
Xuemei has a particular interest in developing sustainable cement based materials. Having completed her PhD on Transport Properties of Concrete with Lightweight Aggregates, she is passionate about educating her students in the field related to durability and sustainable concrete technologies.
Publications
- Zhang, M., Chia, K., Yan, J., Liew, J. & Liu, X. (2016). Mechanical properties of ultra-lightweight cement composite at low temperatures of 0 to -60 (degrees)C. Cement and Concrete Composites, 73, 289–298. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/98310
- Yan, J., Liu, X., Liew, J., Qian, X. & Zhang, M. (2016). Steel-concrete-steel sandwich system in Arctic offshore structure: Materials, experiments, and design. Materials and Design, 91, 111–121. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/91184
- Liu, X., Du, H. & Zhang, M. (2015). A model to estimate the durability performance of both normal and light-weight concrete. Construction and Building Materials, 80, 255–261. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/79601
- Du, H., Du, S. & Liu, X. (2015). Effect of nano-silica on the mechanical and transport properties of lightweight concrete. Construction and Building Materials, 82, 114–122. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/82322
- Wu, J., Liu, X. & Soon Hoe, C. (2015). Parametric study on cement-based soft-hard-soft (SHS) multi-layer composite pavement against blast load. Construction and Building Materials, 98, 602–619. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/87321
- Du, H., Du, S. & Liu, X. (2014). Durability performances of concrete with nano-silica. Construction and Building Materials, 73, 705–712. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/78135
- Chia, K., Liu, X., Liew, J. & Zhang, M. (2014). Experimental study on creep and shrinkage of high-performance ultra-lightweight cement composite of 60 MPa. Structural Engineering and Mechanics, 50(5), 635–652. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/72158
- Liu, X., Chia, K. & Zhang, M. (2011). Water absorption, permeability, and resistance to chloride-ion penetration of lightweight aggregate concrete. Construction and Building Materials, 25(1), 335–343. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/60643
- Liu, X., Chia, K. & Zhang, M. (2010). Development of lightweight concrete with high resistance to water and chloride-ion penetration. Cement and Concrete Composites, 32(10), 757–766. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/60647
- Liu, X. & Zhang, M. (2010). Permeability of high-performance concrete incorporating presoaked lightweight aggregates for internal curing. Magazine of Concrete Research, 62(2), 79–89. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/60648
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Assessor, Examiner or Supervisor Role
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Dr. Xuemei Liu has been serverd for an Technical Assessor (in the area of Civil Engineering) for Singapore Accreditation Coundil. She is serving for the Council Committee for Laboratory Accreditation (CCLA) under the SAC council.The assessor's mission is to accredit and promote conformity assessment bodies so as to enhance the competitiveness of Singapore based enterprises.
- Type
- Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Appointment in the Review Committee for Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference, 2015
- Type
- Reviewer for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Invited as reviewer for international Academic Journals including Construction and Building Materials, Advances in Structural Engineering,Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering etc.