Jianmin Qu

Dr. Jianmin Qu is the Karol Family Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology and serves as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. He earned his PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Northwestern University (1987) and completed postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania.

Education:

• PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics - Northwestern University (1987)
• MS in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics - Northwestern University (1984)
• BS in Mathematics - Jilin University (1982)
• Postdoc in Mechanical Engineering - University of Pennsylvania (1989)

Research Interests: Dr. Qu's research spans micromechanics of composites, interfacial fracture, fatigue/creep damage, fuel cells/batteries, microelectronic reliability, and ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation. His seminal contributions include reciprocity relations for anisotropic bimaterials and solutions to imperfect interface problems in composites.

Publication Trends: Recent articles focus on ultrasonic characterization of materials (2025), solid-state battery electrolytes (2022), and adhesive joint durability (2022). Earlier foundational work established dislocation-based acoustic nonlinearity models and advanced wave-based NDE techniques.

Awards and Honors: Fellow of ASME and IEEE. Served as Chair of ASME Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division and editorial board member for multiple technical journals.

Research Funding: Over $13M in sponsored research from NSF, DoE, ONR, DARPA, NASA, Intel, IBM, AMD, Boeing, and others. Led multi-institutional projects on materials characterization and reliability.