Shaofan Li
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| Native name | 李少凡 |
| Born | China |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Chinese-American |
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Shaofan Li is a Chinese-American professor of applied and computational mechanics in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.[1][2]
As of August 2025, Li has authored or co-authored over 280 peer-reviewed journal articles.[3]
Early life and education
Li was born and educated in China. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from East China University of Science and Technology in 1982, followed by a Master of Science in computational mechanics at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1989.[4][irrelevant citation] He later moved to the United States, completing a Master of Science in aerospace engineering at the University of Florida in 1993 and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Northwestern University in 1997.[2][irrelevant citation]
Career
Li began his career as an assistant engineer at the Wuhan Material Protection Research Institute in China (1982–1986). After completing his Ph.D., he was a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University from 1997 to 2000.[2][irrelevant citation]
In 2000, Li joined the University of California, Berkeley, as an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He was promoted to associate professor in 2005 and to full professor in 2010.[1][irrelevant citation]
Research
Li has developed methods for 3D printing of amorphous and polymeric materials and conducted extensive studies in atomistic and multiscale simulations. He has worked on piezoelectric material fracture, phase-field modeling of fracture, and peridynamics.
In solid and fluid mechanics, Li has contributed to computational fracture mechanics, non-local computational fluid dynamics, and dislocation pattern dynamics. He has applied AI and machine learning to forensic structural analysis and design optimization. His research area includes micromechanics, composite materials homogenization, nanomechanics, and soft matter physics, including biomaterials and metamaterials.[2][5][irrelevant citation]
Editorial service
Li has served as Editor-in-Chief of CMES: Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences since 2018 and of the Journal of Micromechanics and Molecular Physics since 2016[not in citation given].[6] In 2025, he joined the editorial board of the International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering.[citation needed] He has served as Associate Editor for Scientific Reports since 2023 and for Engineering Failure Analysis from 2024 to 2025, and as Editor for Acta Mechanica since 2021.[7][irrelevant citation]
Honors and awards
- Member, National Academy of Artificial Intelligence (NAAI), 2025[8][not in citation given]
- Member, EU Academy of Sciences, 2025[8][irrelevant citation]
- Fellow, Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), 2024[8][irrelevant citation]
- Distinguished Fellow, International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI), 2022[8]
- Fellow, International Association of Computational Mechanics (IACM), 2017[citation needed]
- Fellow, United States Association of Computational Mechanics (USACM), 2013[citation needed]
- A. Richard Newton Research Breakthrough Award, 2008[citation needed]
Selected publications
- Li, S. and P. A. Mataga (1996). "Dynamic crack propagation in piezoelectric materials Part I: Electrode solution." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 44, 1799–1830.
- Li, S. and W. K. Liu (1999). "Reproducing kernel hierarchical partition of unity Part I: Formulations." International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 45, 251–288.
- Li, S., Liu, W.-K., Rosakis, A., Belytschko, T., and W. Hao (2002). "Meshfree Galerkin simulations of dynamic shear band propagation and failure mode transition." International Journal of Solids and Structures, 39, 1213–1240.
- Li, S., Sauer, R. A., & Wang, G. (2007). "The Eshelby tensors in a finite spherical domain: I. Theoretical formulations." ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, 74, 770–783.
- Li, S. and S. Urata (2016). "An atomistic-to-continuum molecular dynamics: Theory, algorithm, and applications." Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 306, 452–478.
- Li, S. and H. Fan (2015). "On multiscale moving contact line theory." Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 471, 20150224.
- Lyu, D. and Li, S. (2017). "Multiscale crystal defect dynamics: A coarse-grained lattice defect model based on crystal microstructure." Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 107, 379–410.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Shaofan Li". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Shaofan Li". UC Berkeley Research. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ↑ "Shaofan Li — Research Profile". Research.com. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ↑ "Shaofan Li". MS2Discovery Interdisciplinary Research Institute. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ↑ "[Lecture] Multiphase Large-eddy Simulations of Human Cough Jet Development and Expiratory Droplet Dispersion". newsen.pku.edu.cn.
- ↑ "CMES Editorial Board". TechScience. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ↑ "Shaofan Li — Publications". IEEE Xplore. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "Shaofan Li, IETI Distinguished Fellow". International Engineering and Technology Institute. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
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