Education and Professional   Experience  | Education:  08/2017–12/2021: PhD, General Mechanics and   Mechanical Foundation, Shanghai University, China 09/2019–09/2021: Visiting PhD student, Department of   Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at   Urbana-Champaign, the US 08/2014–07/2017: M.Sc., General Mechanics and   Mechanical Foundation, Shanghai University, China 09/2010–07/2014: B. Sc., Engineering Mechanics, Shenyang   Aerospace University, China   Professional   Experience:  03/2022–Present:   Lecturer, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Jiangsu University,   China  | 
Scientific Research Field  | Research focuses on dynamics and control, with an   emphasis on dynamics issues in mechanical equipment under the background of   new materials and new energy. The main areas of research include: (1) Nonlinear Passive Vibration Damping:   Control of broadband vibrations, nonlinear targeted energy transfer, etc. (2) Nonlinear Noise Reduction: Noise control,   dynamic design and optimization of sound-absorbing structures or materials,   etc. (3) Nonlinear Dynamics Analysis: Bifurcation,   chaos, nonlinear normal modes, internal resonance, non-smooth dynamics,   impact and collision, etc. (4) Vibration Energy Harvesting: Integrated   research on system vibration energy harvesting and suppression based on   nonlinear unidirectional vibration energy regulation. (5) Data-Driven Dynamic Control: Advanced   dynamic control of mechanical systems using artificial intelligence or   data-driven methods. (6) Wave Propagation and Nonreciprocity: Wave   propagation characteristics and anisotropy in mechanical systems.    | 
Main Papers and Patents  | Papers: [1]       Xiang Li*, Wen-An Jiang, Xiujing Han, Qin-Sheng Bi*, Li-Qun Chen.   Nonlinear modal interactions of a linear oscillator coupled to a cubic   nonlinear oscillator in the gravitational field. Communications   in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 2025, 142, 108554. [2]     Xiang Li, Alireza Mojahed, Li-Qun Chen*, Lawrence A.   Bergman, Alexander F. Vakakis. Assessing the dissipative capacity of particle   impact dampers based on their nonlinear bandwidth characteristics. Journal   of Sound and Vibration, 2024, 585, 118480. [3]     Xiang Li*,   Alireza Mojahed, Li-Qun Chen*, Lawrence A. Bergman, Alexander F.   Vakakis. Irreversible energy transfers in systems with particle impact   dampers. Nonlinear Dynamics, 2023, 112(1), 35–58. [4]     Xiang Li, Hu Ding, Li-Qun Chen*.   Effects of weights on vibration suppression via a nonlinear energy sink under   vertical stochastic excitations. Mechanical Systems and Signal   Processing, 2022, 173, 109073. [5]     Xiang Li*,   Alireza Mojahed, Li-Qun Chen*, Lawrence A. Bergman, Alexander F.   Vakakis. Shock response mitigation of a large-scale structure by modal energy   redistribution facilitated by a strongly nonlinear absorber. Acta   Mechanica Sinica, 2021,   38, 121464. [6]     Li-Qun Chen*, Xiang   Li, Ze-Qi Lu, Ye-Wei Zhang, Hu Ding. Dynamic effects of weights on   vibration reduction by a nonlinear energy sink moving vertically.   Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2019, 451: 99–119. [7]     Xiang Li, Ye-Wei Zhang, Hu Ding, Li-Qun Chen*. Dynamics and evaluation of a nonlinear energy sink   integrated by a piezoelectric energy harvester under a harmonic excitation. Journal   of Vibration and Control, 2019, 25(4): 851–867. [8]     Xiang Li, Ye-Wei Zhang*,   Hu Ding, Li-Qun Chen. Integration of a nonlinear energy sink and a   piezoelectric energy harvester. Applied Mathematics and   Mechanics–English Edition, 2017, 38(7): 1019–1030.   Conference   Papers: [1] Xiang Li*, Li-Qun Chen, Lawrence A. Bergman, Alexander F. Vakakis. Energy transfer of particle impact damper systems.   Advances in Applied   Nonlinear Dynamics, Vibration, and Control – 2023, Springer, Singapore, 2024, 1152.   Patents: [1] Invention Patent in Chinese: One device to realize integration of   active and passive nonlinear vibration control together with self-power for   whole-spacecrafts. ZL201610533535.4, 2018–04–06. (3/5)    |