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Personal Statement
I joined the University of Strathclyde in 2007 and I’m currently a Professor in the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering. I am committed teaching in thermodynamics, heat transfer, energy system management, marine pipeline and computational fluid dynamics.
I have more than 25 years of research experience in the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) field with extensive experience ranging from numerical simulation of aerodynamic compressible flow to bio-mimetic and ocean renewable energy incompressible flow. My main research interests lie in the application of CFD for flow analysis of bio-inspired studies and ocean renewable energy. Some of my main research themes include the physical phenomena associated with a flapping wing and swimming fish with their applications in bioinspired under-water robots; flapping-based tidal energy device; the offshore renewable energy devices such as tidal turbine, the fixed and floating wind turbine; wave energy converter and offshore fluid-structure interaction such as Vortex Induced Vibration.
In addition to my extensive research activities, I am currently an ITTC Ocean Engineering Committee member, Associated Editor of OMAE Journal, Editorial Board member of Ocean Engineering; a senior member of AIAA, member of OMAE.
For more information please visit our research team webpage:
http://personal.strath.ac.uk/qing.xiao/
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Biomimetics
- Renewable energy technology
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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UKRI HPC Application
Xiao, Q. (Principal Investigator) & Huang, Y. (Co-investigator)
1/07/24 → 30/06/25
Project: Internally funded project
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Digital Twin model of Floating offshore wind turbine with fully coupled aero-hydrodynamic simulation (JARA Studentship External Funding - Kobe Hoi Yin Yung)
Xiao, Q. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/22 → 30/09/25
Project: Research - Studentship
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Aeroelastic investigations of composite blade on floating offshore wind turbine: insights into stress responses on multi-hierarchy blade structures
Deng, Z., Xiao, Q., Yang, L., Liu, Y. & Wang, E., 30 Jun 2025, In: Ocean Engineering. 330, 17 p., 121305.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bio-inspired adaptive flexible tube wave energy eonverters: resonant fluid-structure interaction and power extraction
Huang, Y., Xiao, Q., Idarraga Alarcon, G., Yang, L., Dai, D., Abad, F., Brennan, F. & Lotfian, S., 18 Apr 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Physics of Fluids.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Datasets
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A study of bio-fluid dynamics for fish swimming including muscle contraction and flexion effect
Xiao, Q. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 10 Mar 2017
DOI: 10.15129/f6a9c5a2-c029-461e-9d7a-0e59fe39837a
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A Benchmark Development & Investigation for Floating Offshore Wind Turbine FSI
Xiao, Q. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 14 Mar 2017
DOI: 10.15129/ad7fbed5-1a58-43ab-bc89-684bf37c422a
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Prizes
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OMAE Subrata Chakrabarti Young Professional Award 2017
Liu, Y. (Recipient), Xiao, Q. (Recipient) & Incecik, A. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards 2013
Xiao, Q. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Keynote presentation on modelling and control of bio-inspired autonomous underwater vehicles
Wright, M. S. (Speaker) & Xiao, Q. (Contributor)
26 Apr 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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29th International Towing Tank Conference (ITTC)
Xiao, Q. (Participant)
13 Jun 2021 → 18 Jun 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference