2000.06–Present: Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), China 1998.06–2000.06: Associate Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology, Beijing(USTB), China 1995.01–1998.06: Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Applied Mathematics, National University of Ireland-Cork (UCC), Ireland 1993.06–1995.01: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanics, Lanzhou University, China 1987.06–1993.06: Lecturer, Department of Mechanics, Lanzhou University, China 1982.03–1987.06：Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics and Mechanics, Lanzhou University, China 1978.02–1982.01：B.Sc., Undergraduate student in Mechanics, Department of Mathematics and Mechanics, Lanzhou University, China 1987.09–1990.06：M.Sc., Postgraduate student (On-the-job) in Solid Mechanics, Department of Mechanics, Lanzhou University, China 1991.09–1994.12：Ph.D., Postgraduate student (On-the-job) in Solid Mechanics, Department of Mechanics, Lanzhou University, China 2012.01–2012.05: Visiting Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Akron, USA 2004.11–2005.05: Visiting Scholar, Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Awards and Group Memberships Excellent Achievement Award for Scientific Research of Higher Education, First Prize of Science and Technology Progress, Awarded in Dec. 2019 by Ministry of Education, China, No. 2019-169-R18 Third Prize of Natural Science in Shanghai, Awarded in Dec. 2007 by Shanghai Municipal Government, China, No. 20072045-3-R03 Council Member of Chinese society of theoretical and applied mechanics (CUTAM), 2005-2020

No longer recruit graduate students as he will be emeritus

1. Xinchun Shang, Roderic S. Lakes. Stability of elastic material with negative stiffness and negative Poisson's ratio. Physica Status Solidi (b), 2007, 244(3): 805-1124 (Cover article, Editor’s Choice). 2. Zhenwei Zhao, Xinchun Shang. Analysis for temperature and pressure fields in process of hydrate dissociation by depressurization. International Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 2010, 34: 1831-1845. 3. Qiao Song, Xinchun Shang, Ernian Pan. Characteristics of elastic waves in FGM spherical shells: analytical solution. Wave Motion, 2016, 62: 114–128. 4. Yan Xu, Xinchun Shang. Vibration analysis of magnetostrictive thin-film composite cantilever actuator. Smart Materials and Structure, 2016, 25: 1-12. 5. Xinchun Shang, Peifei Wu. Quasi-static analysis of microvoid growth in elastic-viscoplastic materials under thermal shock. Journal of Thermal Stresses, 2018, 41(9): 1136-1152. 6. Junhong Yu, Xinchun Shang, Peifei Wu, Influence of pressure distribution and friction on determining mechanical properties in the Brazilian test: Theory and experiment. International Journal of Solids and Structures 161, 11-22 (2019). 7. Chenxi Wei, Xinchun Shang. Analysis on nonlinear vibration of breathing cracked beam. Journal of Sound and Vibration 461(24) 114901(2019). 8. Xinchun Shang, Jiaxuan Liu, Xuhua Gao , Weiyao Zhu. Analysis on nonlinear effect of unsteady percolation in the inhomogeneous shale gas reservoir. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition) 41(1), 105–122 (2020). 9. Yanan Chen, Xinchun Shang. Investigation on large elastoplastic deformation in expansion and springback for a composited bioresorbable stent. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 119, 104500 (2021).