Xu Dai
Lecturer In Structural Engineering at University of Liverpool
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolXu Dai is a structural fire engineering researcher and lecturer with a decade of experience bridging academic research and industry practice to improve building resilience to large compartment fires. Currently a Lecturer at the University of Liverpool and a 2024 RAEng/Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship awardee, he develops performance-based design methods that couple advanced modelling with experimental validation. His background spans high-impact applied roles—from NIST’s National Fire Research Laboratory to senior engineering at Buro Happold and course leadership for the UK’s first fire safety engineer apprenticeship—demonstrating fluency in both system-level research and real-world design optimisation. Xu’s work on travelling fires and steel–concrete composite floor systems informs sustainable fire protection strategies for complex assets such as stadia, power plants and modular construction. He holds a PhD from Edinburgh and an MSc with distinction from Sheffield, and is known for translating rigorous computational and experimental studies into practical engineering guidance. An often overlooked strength is his track record of integrating multidisciplinary teams across academia, industry and standards bodies to accelerate uptake of research into practice.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Structural Fire Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Structural Fire Engineering at The University of EdinburghMaster of Science (MSc), Structural Engineering, Distinction, Master of Science (MSc), Structural Engineering, Distinction at The University of SheffieldBachelor of Engineering - BEng, Engineering Mechanics, first class, Bachelor of Engineering - BEng, Engineering Mechanics, first class at Chongqing Jiaotong University
Chinese, English
Github Skills (21)
python10
kubernetes9
routines7
psi7
parse6
dia6
java5
bioinformatics4
file-parser3
shotgun3
datasets2
semi-supervised-learning2
parser2
data-analysis2
xml2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
PGB-LIV/mzidlib
Jan 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:40 commits, 6 PRs, 37 pushes in 11 months
mzidentmlpsiroutines
PGB-LIV/mzqLibrary
Oct 2015 - Mar 2020
Contributions:1 PR, 98 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 5 months
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