Xiaobin Le
Bio
Dr. Xiaobin Le, PE. has Bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering. He is a full professor in the Mechanical Engineering program of the school of Engineering. He is also a registered professional mechanical engineer. He likes to do engineering education research and would like to use some approaches to solve some issues identified during course lecturing. He also likes to do research and is willing to collaborate with other researchers and colleagues when there are appropriate opportunities. He is specialized in Computer-Aided Design, Mechanical Design, Finite Element Analysis, Fatigue Design, and Reliability.
Education
Accomplishments
PUBLISHED BOOKS:
(1) Xiaobin Le, “Reliability-Based Mechanical Design, Volume 1: component under static load,” 2019, Morgan & Claypool Publishers.
(2) Xiaobin Le, “Reliability-Based Mechanical Design, Volume 2: component under cyclic load and dimension design with required reliability,” 2019, Morgan & Claypool Publishers.
(3) Z. Hu and Xiaobin Le, “Probabilistic Design Method of Mechanical Components,” (A monograph) Shanghai Jiao Tong University Publisher, September 1995, Shanghai, China.
Research Interests
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Solid Mechanics-Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas,
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology,
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology,
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2007- Now Professor, full time
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
CERTIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATIONS
• Registered and licensed professional mechanical engineer
CURRENT MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
• Registered and licensed professional mechanical engineer,
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Society of Reliability Engineering (SRE)
HONORS AND AWARDS
• 2015 Sagan Faculty Fund Grants Award: $20,000, the first principal investigator, Project: “Fatigue Tests and Data Analysis of Metal Components Under Different Stress Levels with Different Stress Concentrations”
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
(1) Xiaobin Le, and Anthony William Duva, “Facilitate Students to integrate FEA simulation skills through a practical simulation project,” The 2020 ASEE annual conference, June 22-26, Virtual online conference.
(2) Xiaobin Le, Richard L. Roberts, and Gloria Guohua MA, “A team built-test-redesign project in an engineering statics course,” The 2020 ASEE annual conference, June 22-26, Virtual online conference.
(3) Xiaobin Le, “Mechanical component’s dimension design with required reliability by the Monte Carlo method,” The ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2020, November 16-19, 2020, Virtual online conference.
(4) Xiaobin Le, “Reliability-Based Mechanical Design, Volume 1: component under static load,” 2019, Morgan & Claypool Publishers.
(5) Xiaobin Le, “Reliability-Based Mechanical Design, Volume 2: component under cyclic load and dimension design with required reliability,” 2019, Morgan & Claypool Publishers.