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Principal Engineer — Hydrogen & Modeling, DNV

Pipeline Integrity
Fracture Mechanics
Pipeline Defects FFS
Multiphysics FEA
Programming, AI/ML

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 @ DNV · Jun 2023 – Present

  • 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).

Full list on Google Scholar.

Contact

Email: luyao_xu@hotmail.com
Location: Calgary, AB, Canada

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