Dr Xiancheng Yu
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Lecturer in Brain Biomechanics
xiancheng.yu@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7788
+44 114 222 7788
Pam Liversidge Building
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Dr Xiancheng Yu
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Pam Liversidge Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Pam Liversidge Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
- Profile
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I'm currently a Lecturer in Brain Biomechanics and my journey into this field began with a Ph.D. in Brain Biomechanics from Imperial College London, funded by the Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies, completed in 2020.
Following my Ph.D., I spent three years at Imperial College as a postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Fellow, further deepening my expertise.
My foundational academic background was built at Northwestern Polytechnical University, where I earned both my bachelor's and master's degrees.
- Research interests
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My research is centered on the biomechanics of traumatic brain injuries (TBI), with a particular focus on understanding their mechanisms, developing protective measures, and advancing wearable sensor technologies for real-time monitoring of head impacts.Through computational modeling and experimental studies, I aim to improve diagnostic methods and protective strategies against TBI, enhancing safety in sports, transportation and working environment.If I were to explain my research to a 10 year old I would say: I study how to protect the brain from injuries that can happen during sports or accidents. It's like figuring out the best way to keep an egg from cracking if you were to drop it.I look into how injuries happen, how to make helmets and protective gear better, and how to use technology to warn us when a hit might be dangerous.My goal is to make sure people can stay active and safe, understanding the best ways to guard our brains against harm.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Development of an experimental method for well-controlled blast induced traumatic limb fracture in rats. Defence Technology, 34, 168-176.
- An Assessment of Sikh Turban’s Head Protection in Bicycle Incident Scenarios. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 52(4), 946-957.
- Head Impact Location, Speed and Angle from Falls and Trips in the Workplace. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 52(10), 2687-2702.
- A Review of Cyclist Head Injury, Impact Characteristics and the Implications for Helmet Assessment Methods. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 51(5), 875-904.
- The Protective Performance of Modern Motorcycle Helmets Under Oblique Impacts. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 50(11), 1674-1688.
- Investigation of blast-induced cerebrospinal fluid cavitation: Insights from a simplified head surrogate. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 162, 104146-104146.
- Protective Performance of Helmets and Goggles in Mitigating Brain Biomechanical Response to Primary Blast Exposure. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 50(11), 1579-1595.
- Development of a rodent high-energy blast injury model for investigating conditions associated with traumatic amputations. Bone & Joint Research, 10(3), 166-172.
- Mechanisms of tensile failure of cerebrospinal fluid in blast traumatic brain injury. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 38, 100739-100739.
- An assessment of blast modelling techniques for injury biomechanics research. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 35(12).
- Design of aircraft structures against threat of bird strikes. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 31(7), 1535-1558.
- A novel design for reinforcing the aircraft tail leading edge structure against bird strike. International Journal of Impact Engineering, 105, 89-101.
- A numerical model for bird strike on sidewall structure of an aircraft nose. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 27(3), 542-549.
- How Well Do Popular Bicycle Helmets Protect from Different Types of Head Injury?. Annals of Biomedical Engineering.
- An Instrumented Mouthguard for Real-Time Measurement of Head Kinematics under a Large Range of Sport Specific Accelerations. Sensors, 23(16), 7068-7068.
- In-Depth Bicycle Collision Reconstruction: From a Crash Helmet to Brain Injury Evaluation. Bioengineering, 10(3), 317-317.
- Oblique impact responses of Hybrid III and a new headform with more biofidelic coefficient of friction and moments of inertia. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 10.
- Non-Lethal Blasts can Generate Cavitation in Cerebrospinal Fluid While Severe Helmeted Impacts Cannot: A Novel Mechanism for Blast Brain Injury. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 10.