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Rui (Ray) Xu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southern California, starting in January 2025. Prior to joining USC, he was a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Chemistry at Stanford University and at the PULSE Institute within the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University in 2019, his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University in 2014, and his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2012. His research specializes in multiscale reacting flow modeling, focusing on sustainable high-speed aerospace propulsion and clean energy transitions. He has received the ACS Wiley Computers Chemistry Outstanding Postdoc Award in 2024 and several other awards for his contributions to the field of computational chemistry and engineering.
Stanford University • Stanford, CA
Conducted research in the Department of Chemistry and the PULSE Institute.
Requires general GRE for all graduate degrees.