Maoxiaochen

Xiaochen Mao, PhD, Professor.

Received his PhD degree from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2009, under the supervision of Professor Haiyan Hu, Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences, and Foreign Member of the European Academy of Sciences.

He worked as a visiting scholar in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA, in 2016.

His research interests cover structural dynamics and control, acoustic/mechanical metamaterials, mechanics of smart materials and structures, nonlinear vibration, intelligent robot control, time-delay systems, and high-performance numerical simulation.

He has presided over nearly 20 research projects, including four National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) projects (one Young Scientists Fund and three General Programs), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China, three open funds of national key laboratories, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, and engineering application research projects.

He has published more than 50 academic papers in peer-reviewed domestic and international journals, among which nearly 40 SCI-indexed papers are published as sole first author or sole corresponding author. The journals include Nonlinear Dynamics, Engineering Structures, European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, Journal of the Franklin Institute, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Acta Mechanica Sinica, International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Chaos, Neurocomputing, Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition), Acta Mechanica, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, and The European Physical Journal – Special Topics.

Publications:

1. Fan, XL, Mao, XC*, Wang, LF, Dong, YH, Shao, MQ, Wen, H. Bandgap control of a metamaterial beam using voltage-induced phase transition. Nonlinear Dynamics, 114(5): 336, 2026.

2. Shao, MQ, Chen, WD, Huang, YM, Ni, SH, Chen, T, Mao, XC*, Miao, SY. Numerical and experimental study on vibration suppression of a flexible manipulator using time-delayed acceleration feedback control. European Journal of Mechanics / A Solids, 120: 106237, 2026.

3. Miao, SY, Mao, XC*. A fixed-time identical trajectory tracking control for tractor-trailer wheeled mobile robot with an off-axle hitching. Journal of the Franklin Institute, 363(8): 108685,  2026.

4. Mao, XC*, Zhang, SJ, Guo, Zhixi, Shao, MQ. Mechanical properties and energy absorption capacity of a crossed petal-shaped auxetic metamaterial. International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 2750315,  2027.

5.  Mao, XC*, Zhang, SJ, Tong, X, Fan, XL, Dong, YH, Liu, H, Wang, LF. Bandgap properties and optimization of a metamaterial structure with tunable resonators. Acta Mechanica Sinica, 42(4): 524788, 2026.

6. Fan, XL, Mao, XC*, Dong, YH, Shao, MQ, Wang, LF, Wu JH. Low-frequency broadband bandgap of a tunable metamaterial beam with electromagnetic resonators: Numerical and experimental study. International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 2750119,  2027.

7. Ji, YS, Mao, XC*. Complex firing patterns of a delayed thermosensitive neuronal network with synaptic crosstalk. Nonlinear Dynamics, 114(5), 381, 2026.

8.  Mao, XC*, Tong, X, Zhang, LF, Dong, YH. Wave attenuation in a metamaterial beam with time delay control. Acta Mechanica Sinica, 41: 524192, 2025.

9. Ji, YS, Mao, XC*. Chimera states in a ring thermosensitive neural network with synaptic crosstalk and time delay. European Physical Journal-Special Topics, 234: 8957–8972, 2026.

10. Dong, YH., Wang, Z., Mao, XC. Marco Amabili*. On the combined iteration scheme of harmonic balance-pseudo arclength-extrapolation method applied to the nonlinear systems with nonlinear damping and time delay. Nonlinear Dynamics, 113, 20729-20746, 2025.

11. Fan, XL, Mao, XC*, Dong, YH, Liu, H, Shao, MQ, Wang, LF. Tunable bandgaps of a metamaterial beam with nonlinear magnetic resonators. Nonlinear Dynamics, 112(12): 9743–9765, 2024.

12.  Mao, XC*, Ding WJ. Dynamics of a nonlinear vibration absorption system with time delay. Nonlinear Dynamics, 112(7): 5177–5193, 2024.

13.  Liu, ZQ, Mao, XC*. Dynamical analysis of a stay cable with a nonlinear energy sink and time-delayed feedback control. Engineering Structures, 310: 118074, 2024.

14. Ji, YS, Mao, XC*. Fast and slow dynamical behaviors of delayed-coupled thermosensitive neurons under electromagnetic induction. Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 189: 115721, 2024.

15.  Ji, YS, Mao, XC*. Spatiotemporal dynamics of a modified FitzHugh-Nagumo neuronal network with time delays. Nonlinear Dynamics, 112(9): 7571-7582, 2024.

16. Mao, XC*, Ding, WJ. Nonlinear dynamics and optimization of a vibration reduction system with time delay. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 122: 107220, 2023.

17. Mao, XC*, Zhang, LF, Fan XL. Wave attenuation of a multi-span continuous beam with variable cross-sections. Acta Mechanica, 234: 1451-1464, 2023.

18.  Dong, YH, Hu, HY*, Wang, LF, Mao, XC. Nonlinear coupled multi-mode vibrations of simply-supported cylindrical shells: Comparison studies. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 128: 107667, 2024.

19. Ji YS, Shen JW, Mao, XC. Pattern formation of brusselator in the reaction-diffusion system. Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-S, 16: 434-459, 2023.

20. Mao, XC*, Lei, FC. Stability analysis and coexisting behaviors of a delayed multiplex network under electromagnetic radiation. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 32(10): 2250148, 2022.

21. Hu, DL, Mao, XC*, Han, L. Stochastic stability analysis of a fractional viscoelastic plate excited by Gaussian white noise. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 177: 109181, 2022.

22. Ding, WJ, Mao, XC*, Qiao, L, Guan, MJ, and Shao, MQ. Delay-induced instability and oscillations in a multiplex neural system with Fitzhugh-Nagumo networks. Electronic Research Archive 30(3), 1075-1086, 2022.

23. Mao, XC*,Li, XL, Ding WJ, et al. Dynamics of a multiplex neural network with delayed couplings. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics-English Edition, 42(3): 441-456, 2021.

24. Mao, XC*, Lei, FC, Li, XY, et al. Multiple bifurcations and complex responses of nonlinear time-delay oscillators. ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 16(11): 111001, 2021.

25. Mao, XC*, Ding, WJ, Zhou, XY, et al. Complexity in time-delay networks of multiple interacting neural groups, Electronic Research Archive, 29(5): 2973-2985, 2021.

26. Mao, XC*, Zhou, XY, Shi, TT, et al. Dynamical analysis of coupled bidirectional FHN neuronal networks with multiple delays. ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 14, 061002, 2019.

27. Mao, XC*, Sun, JQ, Li, SF. Dynamics of delay-coupled FitzHugh-Nagumo neural rings. Chaos, 28(1): 013104, 2018.

28. Mao, XC*. Bifurcations and synchronization of delay-coupled neuronal networks with autaptic connections. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 28(6), 1850071, 2018.

29. Mao, XC*. Complicated dynamics of a ring of non-identical FitzHugh-Nagumo neurons with delayed couplings. Nonlinear Dynamics, 87(4), 2395–2406, 2017.

30. Mao, XC*, Wang, ZH. Stability, bifurcation, and synchronization of delay-coupled ring neural networks. Nonlinear Dynamics, 84(2): 1063-1078, 2016.

31. Mao, XC*. Bifurcation, synchronization, and multi-stability of two interacting networks with multiple time delays. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 26(9), 1650156, 2016.

32. Mao, XC*, Wang, ZH. Stability switches and bifurcation in a system of four coupled neural networks with multiple time delays. Nonlinear Dynamics, 82(3), 1551-1567, 2015.

33. Mao, XC*. Switches of oscillations in coupled networks with multiple time delays. Neurocomputing, 110: 1-8, 2013.

34. Mao, XC*. Stability switches, bifurcation, and multi-stability of coupled networks with time delays. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 218(11): 6263-6274, 2012.

35. Mao, XC*. Stability and Hopf bifurcation analysis of a pair of three-neuron loops with time delays. Nonlinear Dynamics, 68(1):151-159, 2012.

36. Mao, XC, Hu, HY*. Stability and bifurcation analysis of a network of four neurons with time delays. ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 5(4), 041001, 2010.

37. Mao, XC, Hu, HY*. Dynamics of a delayed four-neuron network with a short-cut connection: analytical, numerical and experimental studies. International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation 10(4): 523-538, 2009.

38. Mao, XC, Hu, HY*. Hopf bifurcation analysis of a four-neuron network with multiple time delays. Nonlinear Dynamics, 55(1-2): 95-112, 2009.

39. Mao, XC, Hu, HY*. Stability and Hopf bifurcation of a delayed network of four neurons with a short-cut connection. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 18(10): 3053-3072, 2008.