Yi Min “Mike” Xie is an honorary professor at RMIT University.

Early life and education Xie was born in China and attended Shanghai Jiao Tong University obtaining his bachelor's degree in Engineering Mechanics. Later he studied at Swansea University and received a PhD degree in Computational Mechanics.

Career

Xie came to Australia and joined the University of Sydney in the 1990s where he carried out research on the Evolutionary Structural Optimization (ESO) method which has become a popular method used in topology optimization. He was appointed a lecturer at Victoria University promoted to Senior Lecturer, then Associate Professor and eventually professor. He moved to RMIT University in the early 2000s as Professor and Head of civil and infrastructure engineering for the coming years. He founded the Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials in 2012.

Honours He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering in 2011.List of fellows of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering. Retrieved 17 October 2020. In 2017, he received the Clunies-Ross Award from the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering.Major award for pioneer in evolutionary structural optimisation. Retrieved 17 October 2020.Clunies Ross Award winners 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2020. In the same year, he was awarded the AGM Michell Medal by Engineers Australia. Mechanical College Awards Evening 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2020. He was awarded the Australian Laureate Fellowship in 2019 by the Australian Research Council.Government backs RMIT researcher’s sustainable architecture vision. Retrieved 17 October 2020. 2019 Laureate Profile: Professor Yi-Min (Mike) Xie. Retrieved 17 October 2020. In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours List, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), for "significant service to higher education, and to civil engineering".2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Retrieved 17 October 2020. He was awarded the Victoria Prize for Science and Innovation in 2020.Pioneering research wins prestigious Victoria Prize. Retrieved 27 October 2020.Recipients of the Victoria Prize & Victoria Fellowships. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

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