1985年至1995年一汽集团技术中心工程师，1995年至今吉林大学汽车学院教授、博士生导师。主要从事汽车车身设计、汽车被动安全性和汽车轻量化的教学和科研工作，主讲过《汽车车身结构实验学》、《汽车空气动力学》、《汽车安全性》、《汽车碰撞安全性及其仿真技术》和《汽车碰撞力学》等课程；承担国家自然科学基金、国家重点研发计划等课题以及企业合作项目40余项；获汽车工业科技进步奖2项；在国内、外发表学术论文100余篇，获专利30余项，出版学术专著一部。

汽车碰撞力学与被动安全性设计 车身结构与材料多尺度分析与优化 智能复合材料及其结构性能监测 基于机器学习的汽车安全结构性能预测

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