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For his pioneering advances in welding residual stress characterisation and fatigue assessment, integrating AI-enhanced simulations with rigorous experiments, with high-impact publications that significantly strengthen structural integrity evaluation and inform engineering practice.<\/span><\/p>\n

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PhD Thesis Advisor: Dean’s Chair and Associate Professor Qian Xudong<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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