Xie George Xu
Associate Professor
Department Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
Education:
Ph.D. Nuclear Eng/Health Physics, Texas A&M University
M.S. Physics, University of Louisiana
B.S. Physics, Xidian University
Professional Background :
Dr. Xu received his B.S. degree in Applied Physics in China and practiced engineering design for five years before coming to the United States where he received an M.S. degree in Applied Physics and a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering (with a focus on Health Physics). He is currently Associate Professor of Nuclear and Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer (Troy, New York). In addition, he holds adjunct faculty appointments in Medical Physics at Albany Medical College (Albany, New York). He is also a visiting guest professor of Biomedical Engineering at Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) and at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Wuhan, China).
Dr. Xu's research and teaching have centered on the understanding of scientific principles and development of biomedical applications related to delivery, measurement, and dosimetry of ionizing radiation. He and his students developed the whole-body radiation dosimetry model, VIP-Man, using extremely fine images from the famous Visible Human Project and several most widely used Monte Carlo simulation codes. This VIP-Man model allowed radiation dose to human to be more accurately studied for the purposes of radiation protection and therapy.
A recipient of the prestigious NSF Faculty CAREER Award in 1999, Dr. Xu has so far two patents and 50 publications covering computational radiation dosimetry, radiation measurement, instrumentation and medical image processing. He is a member of the Health Physics Society, American Nuclear Society, and Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards, and has held numerous positions in these organizations.
Research:
- Detection of Sub-surface Radioactivity
- Tomographic Human Modeling
- 3-D/4-D Image Processing and Visualization
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CAD-based Realistic Geometry Modeling and Prototyping Tools
- Radiation Treatment Planning and Optimization
- Novel Medical X-rays Sources Using Nanotechnology
Honors:
- NSF Career Award, 1999
- Honorary Professorship, National Laboratory of Biomedical Photonics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Honorary Professorship, Biomedical Engineering Program, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Outstanding Overseas Chinese Scholar Award, Chinese Natural Science Foundation, 2002
Contact Information:
X. George Xu
Associate Professor
Room 1-11, NES Bldg., Tibbits Ave.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, N.Y. 12180 USA
Phone: (518) 276-4014
Fax: (518) 276-4832
xug2 at rpi dot edu
http://www.rpi.edu/~xug2/
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