Bowen Xu PH.D

Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

Dr. Bowen Xu is currently a lecturer (assistant professor) in the Department of Civil Engineering at XJTLU. He holds a BEng in Civil Engineering from the Dalian University of Technology in China and an MSc in Earthquake Engineering From Imperial College London in the U.K. He continued his research at Imperial College London and acquired his PhD degree working on the European Union Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 within the project 'Anagennisi: Innovative Use of All Tyre Components in Concrete'. He later worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the same institution, focusing on the experimental and numerical study of the comprehensive behaviour of cementitious composites incorporating sustainable components, such as rubber particles, vinyl banner plastics or polymer emulsions.


  • PhD, Civil Engineering, Imperial College London, UK. 2019
  • MSc, Earthquake Engineering, Imperial College London, UK. 2014
  • BEng, Civil Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China. 2013


  • Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Department of Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China. 2020 - Present
  • Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial Collge London, UK. 2019-2020


  • Mechanical and microstructural behaviour of cementitious composites
  • Reinforcecd concrete structure design and analysis
  • Experimental and numerical studies of materials and engineering structures
  • Multidiscipline applications of innovative sustainable materials, such as polymer modified composites and FRP condined structures


  • Cao C, Xu B, Li X. (2020) Monitoring Method on Loosened State and Deformational Fault of Transformer Winding Based on Vibration and Reactance Information. IEEE Access, 8, 215479-215492
  • Xu B, Bompa D, Elghazouli A. (2020) Monotonic and cyclic compressive properties of rubberised concrete. fib Symposium 2020.
  • Xu B, Li H, Chen J, Bompa D. (2020) Performance characteristics of polymer cement mortars. fib Symposium 2020.
  • Xu B., Bompa D.V., Elghazouli A.Y. (2020) Cyclic stress-strain rate-dependent response of rubberised concrete, Construction and Building Materials , 254(10).
  • Xu B., Bompa D.V., Elghazouli A.Y., Ruiz-Teran A.M. and Stafford P.J.(2020) Numerical assessment of reinforced concrete members incorporating recycled rubber materials. Engineering Structures, 204 (1).
  • Xu B., Bompa D.V., Elghazouli A.Y., Ruiz-Teran A.M. and Stafford P.J. (2018) Behaviour of rubberised concrete members in asymmetric shear tests. Construction and Building Materials. 159, 361-375.
  • Xu B, Li H. Bompa D.V. Chen J., (2020) Thermal, electrical, and mechanical properties of styrene-acrylic polymer cementitious composites. Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology (Submitted to Journal)
  • Bompa D.V., Xu B., Elghazouli A.Y., (2019) Effect of particle size and replacement ratio on the mechanical performance of cementitious composites incorporating recycled vinyl banner plastics, Journal of Cleaner Production (Submitted).
  • Elghazouli, A. Y., Bompa, D. V., Xu, B., Stafford, P. J., and Ruiz‐Teran, A. M. (2018) Performance of rubberised reinforced concrete members under cyclic loading. Engineering Structures. 166, 526-545.
  • Bompa D.V., Elghazouli A.Y., Xu B. Stafford P.J. and Ruiz-Teran A.M. (2017) Experimental assessment and constitutive modelling of rubberised concrete materials. Construction and Building Materials. 137, 246–260.
  • Elghazouli, A. Y., Bompa, D. V., Xu, B., Stafford, P. J., and Ruiz‐Teran, A. M. (2017) Inelastic behaviour of RC members incorporating high deformability concrete. fib Symposium Maastricht, Netherlands. 2399-2406.


  • CEN325 Timber and Masonry Structures
  • CEN208 Capstone Design
  • CEN403 Advanced Simulation of Sustainable Structural Systems
  • CEN901 Research Methods
  • CEN903 Research and Development in Engineering
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