•Associate Professor, University of Science and Technology of China, 1995-1999

•Associate Professor, Tsinghua University, 1999-2004

•Full Professor, Tsinghua University, 2005-date

•The research areas of Professor Li’s group are Micro/Nano Mechanics, Experimental Mechanics, and Mechanics of Aerospace and Engineering Safety, with special focus on:

•Investigating the mechanical behaviors of micro/nano objects owing to their dimension reducing, environmental atmosphere effect and interactions, developing new measurement techniques and instruments to measure the mechanical properties of micro/nano objects/ components or films.

•Advanced experimental methods and technologies in optical techniques, such as Speckle interferometry, Holography interferometry, Digital holography, Moiré interferometry, Phase shifting, Carried wave, Marker and grating methods, Digital speckle/image correlation, interfermetric and synchrony radiation computerized tomography.

•New methods and instruments to defect detection and structure evaluation, 3-D reconstruction and measurement of the engineering structures and devices with the optical and the synchronic radiation beams, nondestructive test techniques and analysis methods, particular in large-scale structures and harsh environment.

•Material property characterization and thermal-mechanical reliability assessment of interconnect structure, microelectronic packaging and micro/nano-electrical-mechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS).

•LI Xide, Investigation of new key technologies of Aerodynamic testing system, Tsinghua University, 2010-2012 ( LI Xide, Co-Investigator)

•Investigation on the nanomechanical measurement system based on the multi-probe stage, NSFC Project, 2010-2012, (LI Xide, Principal Investigator)

•Characterization of the service property of nanomaterials and devices, Project of the National Basic Research Program of China, 2010-2014, (LI Xide, Co-Investigator)

•Study on the sensing, measurement and identification in micro/nano scale experimental mechanics, NSFC Key Project, 2008-2011, (LI Xide, Co- Investigator).

•Metrology of mechanical properties of nanomaterials and nanodevices, Project of the National Basic Research Program of China, 2007-2011, (LI Xide, Co-Investigator)

•Research on the mechanical measurement techniques based on the scanning probe stage, Project of Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China, 2007-2010. (LI Xide, Investigator)

•Mechanics modelling and numerical simulating of nanomaterial, Project of the National Basic Research Program of China, 2004-2009. (LI Xide, Principal Investigator).

•Developing the new experimental approach to investigate the polycrystalline deformation behavior at the grain scale, NSFC Project, 2006-2008, (LI Xide, Principal Investigator).

•Projection grating profilometry system to detect human spinal column morphology, General Hospital of Air Force of Chinese, 2006-2007 (LI Xide, Investigator)

•Experimental mechanics techniques for micro size and multi-fields environment, NSFC Key Project, 2003-2006 (LI Xide, Co- Investigator).

•Study on the Micro/nano speckle method and its application in the MEMS device mechanical behaviours and thermal falure mechanism, NSFC Project, 2004-2006, (LI Xide, Principal Investigator).

•Phase Shifting ESPI Microscope for Measuring the Dynamic and Static Characteristic of Micro-objects, NSFC, 2001-2003, ( LI Xide, Principal Investigator)

Guest Editor of the Special issue

[1] Li Xide, Wu, XP, Kang, Yilan (2005): Microoptical metrology in China. Opt. Lasers Eng. 43, 833-835. [PDF]

[1] Li Xide, XiHuimin e, Kang Yilan, Wu Xiaoping. A brief review and prospect of experimental solid mechanics in China, Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, 2010, 23(6), 498-548. [PDF]

[2] Li Xide, Su Dongchuan, Zeng Dujuan, Sun Lijuan, Progress of micro and nano solid experimental mechanics based on the optical and the probe techniques, Chinese Journal of Solid Mechanics, 2010, 31(6), 664-678.

[3] Li Xide, Liu Liang, Zeng Dujuan, Su Dongchun, Clamping properties investigation in micro/nano scale experimental mechanics, Proc. of SPIE, 2010, 7522, 75221K.

[4] Li Xide, Sun Lijuan, Su Dongchuan, Zeng Dujuan, Jiang Bo, Micro/nano scale mechanical tests based on the probe platform, Proc. of SPIE, 2009, 7375, 73752Y.

[5] Li Xide, Probe Experimental Mechanics, Journal of Experimental Mechanics, 2007, 22(3-4), 217-228

[6] LI Xide, Yang Yan, Wei Cheng, Peng Yun, Zhang Zhao. Measurement of Microscale Experimental Mechanics Based on Stage of Optical and Scanning Microscopes, Journal of Experimental Mechanics, 2006, 21(4), 427-428.

[7] LI Xide, Shi Huiji, Measurement of Device Surface Profile and Roughness, Journal of Experimental Mechanics2006, 21(2), 111-121

Micro/Nanomechanics, micro/nanodevices, micro/nano sensors

[1] Su Dongchuan, Li Xide, Fractionized calibration of the sample stage used in an AFM-probe mechanical testing system, Optics and Lasers in Engineering 48 (2010) 1076-1081.[PDF]

[2] Xia, Re, WangJian Li, Wang Rongyue, Li, Xide, Zhang Xing, Feng, Xi-Qiao, Ding, Yi Correlation of the thermal and electrical conductivities of nanoporous gold, Nanotechnology, 21(8), 085703, 2010. [PDF]

[3] Liang Liu, Dujuan Zeng, Xianlong Wei, Qing Chen, Xide Li, Strength Analysis of Clamping in Micro/Nano Scale Experiments, Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, 22（6），584-592, 2009.[PDF]

[4] Li Xide, Su Dongchuan, Zhang Zhao (2009): A novel technique of microforce sensing and loading, Sensor Actuat A-physt. 153, 13-23. [ PDF ]

[5] Zeng DJ, Wei XL, Liu JZ, Chen Q, Li Xide, Zheng QS (2009): Tunable resonant frequencies for determining Young's moduli of nanowires. J Appl Phys, 105, 114311. [PDF]

[6] Li Xide, Yang Yan (2006): An optical probe stage and its applications in mechanical behavior measurements of micro-objects and thin films, J Micromech Microeng, 16, 1897-1907. [PDF]

[7] Li Xide, Peng Yun (2006): Investigation of capillary adhesion between the microcantilever and the substrate with electronic speckle pattern interferometry, Appl Phy Lett, 89, 234104. [PDF]

Mechanical behaviors of Materials and Structures

[8] Wu W, Li Xide, Liu L (2009): A uniaxial tension system and its applications in testing of thin films and small components. Rev Sci Instrum. 80, 085107. [PDF]

[9] Li Xide, Yang Yan, Wei Cheng (2005): Experimental investigation of polycrystalline material deformation based on a grain scale, Chin. Phys. Lett. 22, 2553-2556. [PDF]

[10] Tao Gang, Li Xide, Shi Hui-Ji (2004): Study of Ballistite material Mechanical Behaviors Using Temporal Speckle Pattern Interferometry, Mechanics of Materials, 36, 275-283. [PDF]

Speckle Interferometry and Temporal speckle pattern Interferometry

[1] Li Xide, Yang Yan, Wei Cheng (2004): In-situ and real-time tensile testing of thin films using double-field-of-view electronic speckle pattern interferometry, Meas Sci Technol, 15, 75-83. [PDF]

[2] Li Xide, Soh AK, Deng Bing, Guo Xianghua (2002): High-precision large deflection measurements of thin films using time sequence speckle pattern interferometry, Measurement Science and Technology, 13, 1304-1310. [PDF]

[3] Li Xide, Tao Gang, Yang Yizhang (2001): Continual deformation analysis with scanning phase method and time sequence phase method in temporal speckle pattern interferometry, Optics & Laser technology, 33, 53-59. [PDF]

Nondestructive Testing/Evaluation

[1] Li Xide, Liu Xingfu, Wang Kai (2002): Quantitative detection of the defects in thin-walled pressure vessels with holography and shearing speckle interferometry, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, 21, 85-94. [PDF]

[2] Li Xide, Soh A K, Huang C, Shi HJ (2002): Detection of small cracks and cavities using laser diffraction, Optical Engineering, 41, 1295-1308. [PDF]

[3] Li Xide (2000): Wavelet transform for detection of partial fringe patterns induced by defects in nondestructive testing of holographic interferometry and electronic speckle pattern interferometry, Optical Engineering, 39, 2821-2827. [PDF]

Optical computerized Tomography

[4] Li Xide, Gren P, Wahlin A, Schedin S (1999): Pulsed TV holography and tomography for the study of transient waves in air, Optics & Laser Technology, 31, 23-32. [PDF]

[5] Gren P, Schedin S, Li Xide (1998): Tomographic reconstruction of transient acoustic fields recorded by pulsed TV holography, Applied Optics, 38, 834-840. [PDF]