Xinming Li

Education: Ph.D. (Qingdao University   of Technology)

Major: Mechanical Engineering

School: School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering   (MAE)

Department/Institute：Department   of Mechanical Manufacturing; Institute of Tribology

Title:   Associate Professor

Email:   lixinming@qut.edu.cn

Personal profile（个人简介）

Xinming Li is currently employed as a full-time   associate professor in MAE, and the vice director of the Institute of Tribology.   His recent research interests focus on grease and minimal   quantity lubrication mechanisms of rolling bearings, lubricant rheology, and development   of lubrication approaches of machine elements.

Employment track（工作履历）

s 2016-:   Associate Professor for the field of Mechanical Engineering, Qingdao University   of Technology, School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering

s 2017-2019:   Post-doctorate for the field of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao Institute of   Energy and Process sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

s 2018-2019:   Visiting Scholar for the field of Tribology, Gottfried Wilheim Leibniz   University Hannover, Institute of Mechanical Design and Tribology

s 2015.04-2015.10:   Visiting Scholar for the field of Tribology, Gottfried Wilheim Leibniz   University Hannover, Institute of Mechanical Design and Tribology

s 2013-2015:   Lecture for the field of Mechanical Engineering, Qingdao University of   Technology, School of Mechanical Engineering

s 2012-2013:   Senior Research Assistant for the field of Tribology, City University of   Hongkong, Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering

s 2011-2012:   Research Assistant for the field of Tribology, City University of Hongkong,   Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering

s 2009-2010:   Research Assistant for the field of Tribology, City University of Hongkong, Department   of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management

Professional Service （学术兼职）

1. Member of the Youth Working Committee of Tribology Society

2. Member of the Committee   of Tribology Society

Research field（研究领域）

Mechanical   Engineering, Mechanical Design and Manufacturing

Teaching（教学情况）

1. Engineering   Fluid Mechanics, undergraduate course

2. Tolerance   and Measurement Technique, undergraduate course

3. Hydraulic   Transmission, undergraduate course

4. Surface Engineering   and Experimental Methods in Tribology, Postgraduate course

Scientific research（科研情况）

Current research interests

s Elastohydrodynamic   lubrication

s Applied   basic research on rolling bearing grease lubrication

s Tribology   instrument development

Academic achievements（学术成果）

Selected   Research Projects:

s 2019-2022: Motion and replenishment of micro-droplet groups on   wettability gradient surfaces and regulation of rolling bearing lubrication   with fixed oil amount feeding (National Natural Science Foundation of China, NSFC)

s 2019-2022: Lubrication regulation of rolling bearing of high-end   equipment under harsh conditions (Natural Science Foundation of Shandong   Province)

s 2019-2022: On the lubrication technique of high-speed rolling   bearings (Program for Young Scholars Innovative Research Team in Higher   Education Institutions of Shandong province)

s 2017-2019: Flow of grease and lubrication failure of wind   turbine bearing under low temperature (China Postdoctoral Science Foundation)

s 2015-2016: Lubricating film formation at high speeds with oil droplets   feeding (NSFC)

s 2014-2016: On the lubrication mechanism with micro-oil droplet   supply. (Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province)

Selected   Publications：

[1] Chenglong LIU, Feng GUO*, Patrick WONG*, Xinming LI.   Laser pattern-induced unidirectional lubricant flow for lubrication track   replenishment.

[2] Jin, X., Li, X*., Chen, Q., Yang, P., Guo, F., and   Jiang, N. (April 19, 2021). "Observation of Grease Film Behavior in Sliding-Rolling   Concentrated Contacts." ASME. J. Tribol. January 2022; 144(1): 011602.   https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4050712

[3] Li Xinming, Guo Feng, Gerhard Poll, Fei Yang, Yang   Ping. Grease film evolution in rolling elastohydrodynamic lubrication   contacts. Friction, 2021, 9(1), 179-190.

[4] Li X M, Zhou G Y, Guo F, Wang X B, Zhang J J. Enhanced   lubricant replenishment by angled surface velocities in EHL contacts.   Tribology International, 2020, 145: 106132.

[5] Liu C L, Guo F, Wong P L, Li X M. Tribological   behaviour of surfaces with stepped wettability under limited lubricant supply.   Tribology International, 2020, 141: 105880.

[6] van   der Kruk W M, Smit S A, Segers T J, Li X M, Venner C H. Drop-on-demand   printing as novel method of oil supply in elastohydrodynamic lubrication.   Tribology Letters, 2019, 67:95.

[7] Gerhard   Poll, Xinming Li*, Norbert Bader, Feng Guo. Starved lubrication in rolling   contacts-a review. Bearing World Journal, 2019, 4: 69-81.

[8] Li   S Y, Guo F, Li X M, Liu C L,   Liu X L. Effect of the slide-roll ratio on point contact EHL   under oil droplet supply[J]. Tribology International, 2019, 130: 261-269.

[9] Li X M, Guo F, Wong P L, Zhao Y. Regulation of lubricant supply by wettability gradient in rolling EHL   contacts[J]. Tribology International, 2018, 120: 565-574.

[10] Liu C L, Guo F, Li X M, Li S Y, Han S L, Wan Y. Experimental study of elastohydrodynamic   lubrication behaviour under single oil droplet supply[J].   Tribology International, 2018, 118: 432-440.

[11] Guo F, Li S Y, Liu C L, Li X M, Liu X L. Film building in circular EHL contact   lubricated by oil droplet groups[J]. Lubrication Science. 2018(4): 1-11.

[12] Li S Y, Guo F, Li X M, Liu C L. Numerical simulation of an droplet passing   through an EHL contact[J]. Tribology International, 2017, 112: 58-67.

[13] S.Y. Li, F. Guo, X. M. Li, C. L. Liu, Elatohydrodynamic lubrication with oil   droplets[J], Tribology Letters, 2017, 65:162.  

[14] Zhang S G, Wang W Z, Li X M, Guo F. The effect of oil droplet on the lubrication   performance[J]. ASME Journal of Tribology, 2016, 138: 031506.

[15] Li X. M., Guo F., Wang S. P., Liu C. L., Wang W. Z. Behaviours of a micro droplet   in an EHL contact[J]. Friction, 2016, 4(4): 359-368.

Honors   and Awards

s 2020: Science and Technology Award in Higher Institution of   Shandong Province (second prize), Order of Affiliations of Authors:1.

s 2018: Outstanding achievement award of the ministry of education   (second prize), Order of Affiliations of Authors: 2.

s 2017: Science and Technology Award in Higher Institution of   Shandong Province (second prize), Order of Affiliations of Authors:4.

s 2013: Award of Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation of Shandong   province

s 2012: Qingdao Natural Science Award (first prize), Order of Affiliations   of Authors: 2.