Jianmin Qu

Jianmin Qu

Chair, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Walter P. Murphy Professor

A234 Technological Institute
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-3109

E-mail address: j-qu@northwestern.edu
Phone: (847) 467-4528
Fax: (847) 491-4011

Curriculum Vitae:

Education

• Ph.D., Northwestern University, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• M.S., Northwestern University, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
• B.S., Jilin University, Mathematics

Honors and Awards

• Outstanding Sustained Technical Contribution Award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Components, Packaging, & Manufacturing Technology Society (CPMT), 2008
• Sigma Xi Best Paper Award, 2007
• ASME Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division Outstanding Contribution Award (Engineering Mechanics), 2006
• Changjiang Professorship, Beijing University, 2005 - 2008
• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2001
• Water Arbitration Prize, Institute of Mechanical Engineers, UK, 2001
• Ralph R. Teetor Education Award, SAE, 1996
• Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award, 1994
• Dow Outstanding Young Faculty Award, ASEE, 1993
• Amoco Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, Amoco Foundation, 1992
• Lilly Teaching Fellow, Lilly Endowment, 1992

Selected Publications

• Qu, J. and M. Cherkaoui, 2006, Fundamentals of Micromechanics of Solids, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Hoboken, NJ.
• Su, B. and Qu, J., 2008, “Fatigue Behavior of Electrically Conductive Adhesives,” J. Adhesion Science & Technology, Vol. 22, pp. 927 – 946.
• Dingreville, R. and Qu, 2008, “Interfacial Excess Energy, Excess Stress and Excess Strain in Elastic Solids - Planar Interfaces,” J. Mech. Phys. Solids, Vol. 56. pp. 1944–1954.
• Pei, M. and Qu, J., 2008, “Creep and Fatigue Behavior of SnAg Solders with Lanthanum Doping,” IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technology, Vol. 31, pp. 712 – 718.
• Swaminathan, N. and Qu, J., 2007, "An Electrochemomechanical Theory for Ionic Solids II - Examples," Phil. Mag., Vol. 87, pp. 1723 - 1742. 
• Johnson, J. and Qu, J., 2008, “Effective Modulus and Coefficient of Thermal Expansion of Ni-YSZ Porous Cermets,” J. Power Sources, Vol. 181, pp. 85–92.
• Capolungo, L., Benkassem, S., Cherkaoui, M., and Qu, J., 2008, “Self-consistent Scale Transition with Imperfect Interfaces: Application to Nanocrystalline Materials, Acta Materialia, Vol. 56, pp. 1546-1554.
• Pruell, C., Kim, J.Y., Qu, J., and Jacobs, L.J., 2007, “Evaluation of Plasticity Driven Material Damage Using Lamb Waves,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 91, pp. 231911-3.
• Cui, Z., Sun, Y., Li, J., Qu, J., 2007, “On a Combination Method for the Calculation of Elastic Constants,” Physical Review B, Vol. 75, 214101-1-6.
• Kim, J.-Y., Jacobs, L. J., Qu, J. and Littles, J.W., 2006, "Experimental Characterization of Fatigue Damage in a Nickel-Base Superalloy Using Nonlinear Ultrasonic Waves," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 120, pp. 1266 - 1273.
• Ferguson, T. and Qu, J., 2006, "Elastic Modulus Variation due to Moisture Absorption and Permanent Changes Upon Redrying in an Epoxy Based Underfill," IEEE Component and Manufacturing Tech., Vol. 29, pp. 105 – 111.