Xuemei Liu

Associate Professor Xuemei Liu is a structural engineer and serves as the Academic Cluster Lead of the Structural, Geotechnic, and Environmental (SGE) Cluster in the Department of Infrastructure Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Melbourne. Her primary research interest is cement and concrete technology, with expertise spanning rheology and 3D printing, durability, mechanics, numerical modeling, and structures. Liu's research focuses on advanced structural engineering, including composite materials, impact resistance, and innovative construction techniques for infrastructure such as pavements, bridges, and modular buildings. She employs computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, and structural dynamics to advance civil engineering materials and construction practices.

Liu earned her PhD from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore in 2010. She commenced her career at the University of Melbourne as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Infrastructure Engineering in 2015, progressing to Senior Lecturer and then Associate Professor. With more than 15 years of experience in structural engineering, her contributions have attracted grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Key Research Program of China, and the National University of Singapore. Notable projects include ESD Concrete Durability and Sustainability. Key publications encompass 'Robustness analysis for innovative tall composite modular buildings with composite shear walls' (2025), 'Novel modelling methods for composite steel-concrete shear walls using shell element' (2025), 'Structural robustness of composite modular buildings: The roles of CFST columns and inter-module connections' (2023), 'Performance evaluation of improved flexible runway Pavement under aircraft loads' (2022), 'NUMERICAL AND THEORETICAL STUDIES ON DOUBLE STEEL PLATE COMPOSITE WALLS UNDER COMPRESSION AT LOW TEMPERATURE' (2021), 'Enhancing the Impact Performance of Runway Pavements with Improved Composition' (2021), 'Performance evaluation of innovative composite pedestrian bridge' (2020), and 'Numerical study of pedestrian suspension bridge with innovative composite deck' (2020). Her work has accumulated over 2,223 citations.

Professional Email: xuemei.liu@unimelb.edu.au