Maoxu

• 2013.09.01-2018.12.31，Ph.D.，Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A＆M University

• 2011.09.01-2013.07.01，M.Sc.，Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China Agricultural University

• 2007.09.01-2011.06.27，B.S.，Mechanical design, manufacture and its automation, Harbin Engineering University

Basic Info：Xu Mao, Specialization in Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Vice dean. He received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Harbin Engineering University, Heilongjiang, China, in 2011, the M.S. degree in mechanical engineering from China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, in 2013, and the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA, in 2018. From 2019 to 2021, he was a postdoctoral researcher in SICA-Lab (Supervisor: Jose A. Martinez-Lorenzo) with the Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA, and completed postdoctoral work on thermoacoustic imaging of fluid flow and transport in geological media, and acoustic imaging for sound localization. 

Research Interests：

(1) Intelligent measurement and control of agricultural equipment;

(2) Non-destructive inspection and measurement;

(3) Microwave sensing and imaging instrument.

Academic Contributions：

He is introduced of an outstanding talent and an associate professor with China Agricultural University, Beijing, China. 

Now, he is the vice dean of College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Shihezi University.

    Have hosted 5 projects since 2021, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, ongoing), the project of National Key R&D Program (ongoing), the project of the Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Agricultural Equipment and Technology (ongoing), and horizontal projects.

    In terms of international cooperation, within the past five years, he participated in the U.S. Department of Energy (U.S. DOE) Geoscience Program as the second leader (3.5 million yuan) and carried out research on multimodal sensing and imaging methods; he participated in the U.S. Air Force (U.S. AF) Program as the group leader (4.8 million yuan) and proposed an optimization method for acoustic sensing based on the theory of compressed sensing and the interferometry method. He is also a core member of an international cooperation project with Kangwon National University for working on agricultural image segmentation and yield prediction.

    Published 20 SCI/EI papers in the last 5 years. 10 SCI papers in JCR Q1 or JCR Q2 and 5 EI papers. Reported 3 times in high-level international conferences. Applied for/authorized 11 patents, authorized 14 software copyrights.

Current Research Work 1：Microwave sensing and imaging in Agriculture; 

Current Research Work 2：Intelligent mesaurement and control of combine harvester and potato planter 

Serve as a vice dean of the College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Shihezi University in charge of international cooperation.

Member of Artificial Intelligence Branch of Chinese Society for Agricultural Machinery, Senior Member of CSAM, Member of IEEE, Member of ASME, Member of AGU, Reviewer of MAMS, JVTSD, IMECE.

Committee Member of the international conference ICESTE.

Serve as a member of the Artificial Intelligence Branch of the Chinese Society for Agricultural Machinery.

Serve as an external expert of Jiangsu Changfa Agricultural Equipment Technology Center.

(1) Intelligent measurement and control of agricultural equipment;

(2) Non-destructive inspection and measurement;

(3) Microwave sensing and imaging instrument.

Underground Student Course:

(1)  Academic English for Mechatronics

(2) Principle and application of single chip microcomputer A

Graduate Student Course:

(1) Modeling and analysis of electromechanical systems

Publications

(1)  Dai, D.,   Mao, X.*; Liu, Y., Chen, D. et al.   AdaBoost-SVR   Model-Based Transmitted Microwave Sensing in Wheat Moisture Prediction. IEEE   Sensors Journal. 2024, 24(3): 3988-3998. doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2023.3339209 (SCI,   Q2, IF5=4.3).

(2)  Guo, S.; Mao, X.*; Dai, D.; Wang, Z.; Chen, D.; Wang, S. Embedded   Yolo-Fastest V2-Based 3D Reconstruction and Size Prediction of Grain   Silo-Bag. Remote Sens. 2023, 15, 4846. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15194846 (SCI，Q1, IF5=5.0).

(3)  Liu, C., Mao, X., Wang, C., Liyanage, R., Heredia Juesas, J., Juanes, R.,   & Martinez-Lorenzo, J. A. (2023). Monitoring preferential flow of water   in sand using thermoacoustics wave imaging. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL105248. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105248 (SCI, Q1, IF5=5.2).

(4)  Liu Y.,   Wang X., Dai D., Tang C., Mao X.,   Chen D., et al. (2023).   Knowledge Discovery and Diagnosis
   Using Temporal-Association-Rule-Mining-Based Approach for Threshing Cylinder   Blockage. Agriculture.
   13(7): 1299. doi: 10.3390/agriculture13071299 (SCI, Q2,   IF5=3.6).

(5)  Tang C.,   Chen D., Wang X., Ni X., Liu Y., Liu Y., Mao   X., and Wang S. (2023). A   fine recognition method of strawberry ripeness combining Mask R-CNN and   region segmentation. Front. Plant Sci. 14: 1211830. doi:   10.3389/fpls.2023.1211830. (SCI, Q1, IF5=6.8)

(6)  Dong Dai, Du Chen, Xu Mao*, Yawei Zhang, Yutong, Shumao   Wang, Bin Zhang, (2023) Design and performance analysis of indoor calibration   device for force-measuring system of the tractor three-point hitch [J], International Journal of Agricultural and   Biological Engineering. 2023; (SCI, Q2, IF5=2.4)

(7)  Xindong Ni, Kaidong Liu,   Xiaoyi Zhou, Xu Mao, Du Chen,   Shumao Wang, (2023), Unsupervised Anomaly Analysis-based Manufacturing   Quality Test and Grading Method for Combine Harvesters, Computers and Electronics in   Agriculture (SCI, Q1, IF5=8.3)

(8)  Dai, Dong, Chen D, Mao, Xu*, et al (2023) Compilation   and Extrapolation of Load Spectrum of Tractor Ground Vibration Load Based on   CEEMDAN-POT Model [J], Agriculture.   2023; 13(1):125. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13010125(SCI, Q2,   IF5=3.6)

(9)  王玲;毛旭; 王书茂* (2022) 基于最优分布拟合的拖拉机三点悬挂牵引力载荷谱编制与台架试验, 农业工程学报 (EI，期刊论文)

(10)  Wang, Ling; Mao, Xu*; et al (2021) Numerical verification on   influence of multi-feature parameters to the downwash airflow field and   operation effect of a six-rotor agricultural UAV in flight [J], Computers and Electronics in Agriculture (SCI, Q1, IF5=8.3)

(11)  Liu, Chang; Mao,   Xu; Wang, Chang; Heredia Juesas, Juan; Martinez-Lorenzo, Jose A.*(2021) Real-Time Sound Source Localization Using a Parabolic   Reflector [C], In ASME International Mechanical Engineering   Congress and Exposition (IMECE)    (EI   Conference)

(12)  Mao, Xu;et al (2020) Microwave Induced   Thermoacoustic Imaging with Multi-Pulse in Geological Application[C],   In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE)  (EI Conference)

(13)  Mao, Xu;et al (2020) Microwave-Induced   Thermoacoustic Compressive Imaging with Metamaterial Coding [C],   In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition(IMECE)   (EI Conference)

(14)  Mao, Xu; and Suh, C. Steve* (2020)   Thermo-elasto-plasto-dynamics of ultrafast optical ablation in   polycrystalline metals. Part I: Theoretical formulation [J], Journal of Thermal Stresses, DOI: 10.1080/01495739.2020.1822767. (SCI, Q2,   IF5=3.5)

(15)  Mao, Xu; and Suh, C. Steve* (2020) Thermo-elasto-plasto-dynamics   of ultrafast optical ablation in polycrystalline metals. Part II: Response   and damage evaluation [J], Journal of Thermal Stresses, DOI:   10.1080/01495739.2020.1822766. (SCI, Q2,   IF5=3.5)

(16)  Liu, Chang;   Mao, Xu; Heredia   Juesas, Juan; Molaei, Ali; and Martinez-Lorenzo, Jose A. * (2019). Preliminary Results of   Microwave Induced Thermoacoustics Imaging in Geological Media [C], In ASME International   Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition(IMECE)  (EI conference)

(17)  Liu, Chang;   Mao, Xu; Heredia   Juesas, Juan;   Martinez-Lorenzo, Jose A. *(2019) The   Application of Thermoacoustics Imaging in Geophysical Medium. AGUFM, 2019,   H51I-1603. (Conference   Poster)

(18)   Mao, Xu; Liu, Chang; Heredia Juesas, Juan; Martinez-Lorenzo, Jose A. *(2019) Thermoacoustic   imaging and dynamical sensing of fluid flow in geological media. AGUFM,   2019, H51I-1604. (Conference   Poster)

(19)   Mao, Xu and   Suh, C. Steve*(2019) Ultrashort   pulse-induced elastodynamics in polycrystalline materials. Part I: Model   validation [J], Journal of Thermal Stresses, 42:3, 374-387, DOI:   10.1080/01495739.2018.1524729. (SCI, Q2,   IF5=3.5)

(20)   Mao, Xuand Suh, C. Steve*(2019) Ultrashort pulse induced elastodynamics in polycrystalline   materials. Part II: Thermal–mechanical response [J], Journal of   Thermal Stresses, 42:3, 388-400, DOI: 10.1080/01495739.2018.1524730. (SCI, Q2,   IF5=3.5)

(21)   Mao, Xu and   Suh, C. Steve* (2019) Generalized   Thermo-Elastodynamics for Polycrystalline Metallic Thin Films in Response to   Ultrafast Laser Heating [J], Journal of Thermophysics and Heat   Transfer 33:1, 106-116.https://doi.org/10.2514/1.T5429. (SCI, Q2,   IF5=3.5)

(22)   Mao, Xu and   Suh, C. Steve* (2017) A Preliminary   Framework for Modelling Polycrystalline Metal Processing Using Ultrafast   Pulsed Laser [C]. ASTFE Digital   Library. Begel House Inc.DOI:10.1615/TFEC2017.mnt.018437

(23)   Mao, Xu et al (2013) Design of Electric   Orchard Vehicle Four-Wheel Steering Control System [J], Advanced   Materials Research, Vols. 753-755, pp. 1966-1969. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.753-755.1966. (EI)

(24)   Mao, Xu; Wang, Xin*; and Wang,   Shumao（王书茂） (2012) Design of agricultural machinery reliable remote   monitoring system based on GSM [C], In 2012 4th Electronic   System-Integration Technology Conference. (Conference)