Professional Highlights
- Principal Engineer leading R&D and industry projects for conventional and hydrogen pipelines.
- 35+ publications in top journals and conferences, 2000+ citations, h-index 19.
- Skilled in FEA, fracture mechanics, materials, electrochemistry, programming, and AI/ML for engineering.
Expertise
Pipeline Integrity
Fracture Mechanics
Hydrogen Pipelines
Pipeline Dent/Crack/Corrosion Assessments
Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Electrochemistry
AI/Machine Learning Applications
Experience
Principal Engineer — Hydrogen & Modeling
- Technical leader in research projects for hydrogen pipelines.
- Technical leader in FEA modeling for corrosion/dent/crack/lamination/CP assessments.
- Develop pipeline integrity assessment software/procedures/methods and multiphysics FEA models.
- Apply AI/ML approaches in pipeline engineering assessment
Education
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Calgary (2010–2013)
- M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of Calgary (2007–2008)
- B.Sc., Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum–Beijing (2002–2006)
Selected Publications
- Xu, L., Finneran, S. Fitness-for-service assessment of crack-like features for hydrogen pipelines, AMPP 2025 (C2025-00229).
- Xu, L., Finneran, S. Engineering assessment of hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility at defects, IPC 2024 (IPC2024-133907).
- Xu, L., Brust, A., Kemp, D., et al. Advanced 3D profile matching for dent FEA assessment, IPC 2024 (IPC2024-133117).
- Xu, L., et al. FE model for corrosion defects in hydrogen pipelines, Rio Oil & Gas 2024 (RIO2024-3965).