Dr. Wei Chau Xie

Biography

Wei-Chau Xie is a Professor in the Department of Civil Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on seismic risk analysis and the design of critical engineering structures, reliability and safety analysis of engineering systems, dynamic stability of structures, and structural dynamics and random vibration. His primary research pertains to the reliability and safety design of nuclear power plants, on-shore and off-shore structures, and tall buildings subjected to loading caused by earthquakes, ocean waves, and wind turbulence. Professor Xie's objective is to enhance the understanding of the dynamic behavior of structures and to provide methods for safety and reliability analysis as well as the design of structures, machinery, and engineering systems as a whole. His teaching has been recognized with several awards, including the Distinguished Teacher Award from the University of Waterloo in 2007 and the Teaching Excellence Award from the Faculty of Engineering in 2001. He has authored and co-authored around 100 referred journal publications and has written two textbooks published by Cambridge University Press: "Dynamic Stability of Structures" and "Differential Equations for Engineers." He is also a member of the Canadian Standards Association N289 Technical Committee for Seismic Design and serves as an Associate Editor and on the Editorial Board of several international journals.

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