Mingming Xu current is Assistant Professor (Associate Researcher) at Zhuhai campus, BeijingInstitute of Technology in China. He finished his PhD study (2017-2022) in the Composites Research Group of Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK. He obtained his master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the Beijing Institute of Technology in 2016 and 2014, respectively. His main research interest is in the multiscale modelling and analysis of textile reinforced composites and lightweight structures, nonlinear and dynamic behaviour of composites, in particular, blast and impact resistance.