Jia Xu
Student of aerospace engineering and international relations. Aspiring social entrepreneur.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Industries: | Cleantech, Computing, Information Technology, Internet, Media |
| Location: | Stanford |
| Groups: | E-Challenge Competition 2008, Social e-challenge Competition 2008, SSE Ventures |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup, Starting a company |
| Tags: | aerospace, clean power, international development., remote sensing |
| Schools: | Imperial College London, London School of Economics and Political Science, Stanford University, University System of Georgia - Georgia Institute of Technology |
FEATURED STARTUP
BlueGrass
BlueGrass
A platform to bring the benefits of precision agriculture to cultivators in developing countries.
- Startup type: Social Enterprise
- Status: Active
- Stage: Just An Idea
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | The Boeing Company |
| Position: | Aircraft Configuration & Design Intern |
| Time period: | June 2007 - September 2007 |
| Description: | Developed design tools and large-scale design space exploration strategies in support of conceptual and preliminary aircraft design.
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| Employer: | The National Academies of Science |
| Position: | Technology Policy Fellow |
| Time period: | June 2006 - September 2006 |
| Description: | Supported effort to prepare the National Research Council and NASA Decadal Survey of Aeronautics Technologies.
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| Employer: | The Royal United Service Institute |
| Position: | Transatlantic Studies Intern |
| Time period: | March 2005 - December 2005 |
| Description: | Examined NATO plans for force generation and expeditionary sustainment, led a project to assess British perspectives on EU space defense and authored articles on force transformation.
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| Employer: | Naval Surface Warfare Center |
| Position: | Naval Architect |
| Time period: | June 2004 - October 2004 |
| Description: | Applied response surface surrogate models to integrate design, optimization and campaign simulators and study the design space of high-speed sealift ships and the Littoral Combat Ship.
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| Employer: | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| Position: | Technology Policy Intern |
| Time period: | June 2004 - September 2004 |
| Description: | Conducted policy research into the interdependent dimensions of future American expeditionary strategy: technology, domestic policy and international relations.
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| Employer: | Georgia Tech, Office of Minority Education |
| Position: | Tutor |
| Time period: | January 2003 - December 2004 |
| Description: | Calculus, physics and writing tutor. |
| Employer: | Georgia Tech School of Aerospace Engineering |
| Position: | Research Assistant |
| Time period: | September 2001 - November 2003 |
| Description: | Applied direct numerical simulations (DNS) to investigate turbulent mixing under rotation.
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| Employer: | University of Maryland, Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel |
| Position: | Research Intern |
| Time period: | June 2001 - September 2001 |
| Description: | Designed an automated Pitot array calibrator for the University of Maryland’s Wind Tunnel.
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EDUCATION
| University: | Imperial College London |
| Time period: | 2006 - 2007 |
| Degree: | Computational Fluid Dynamics, MSc |
| University: | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| Time period: | 2004 - 2005 |
| Degree: | Internatinal Relations, MSc |
| University: | University System of Georgia - Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Time period: | 2000 - 2004 |
| Degree: | Aerospace Engineering, BSc |
| University: | Stanford University |
| Time period: | 2007 - Present |
| Degree: | Aero/Astro, PhD |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | Xu Jia. Beiyang Resurrected: China Returns to the Sea. Chinese Military Update. The Royal United Service Institute (RUSI). London 9/2005.
Xu Jia. Sea Base and American Expeditionary Transformation. Royal United Service Institute Newsbrief. The Royal United Service Institute (RUSI). London 6/2005. Xu Jia. The 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review – Revolution Reloaded? Royal United Service Institute Newsbrief. The Royal United Service Institute (RUSI). London 3/2005. |
| Papers: | Yeung P.K, Xu Jia. Effects of Rotation on Turbulent Mixing: Non-Premixed Passive Scalars. The Physics of Fluids. American Institute of Physics. 1/2004.
Yeung P.K, Xu Jia, Sreenivasan K.R. Scaling properties in Rotating Homogeneous Turbulence. Proceedings to the 2003 American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Fluid Engineering Conference. 7/2003. Yeung P.K, Xu Jia, Xu Shuyi, Sreenivasan K.R. Mixing of Nonpremixed Passive Scalars in Rotating Turbulence. Presented at the 2002 American Physical Society Fluid Dynamics Meeting. 11/2002. Xu Jia. Building the Sea Base for Future Expeditionary War. Journal of Engineering and Public Policy. Association of American Engineering Societies. Washington D.C. 6/2004. |
INFORMATION
| Awards: | Stanford Aero/Astro Departmental Fellowship
The National Academies Graduate Science Policy Fellowship The Marshall Scholarship The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship American Society of Mechanical Engineer’s WISE Fellowship Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Society Research Award Georgia Tech Henry Ford II Engineering Fellow |
Jia's Startups (3)
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KRISHAK
67% Indians are employed in agriculture,yet it contributes to only 19% of its GDP.Rice being the staple food of 65% Indians,KRISHAK will provide a cheap and fully indigenous Mechanical Rice Transplanter for the poor Indian farmers to bridge this gap.
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Lilliwatt
Lilliwatt reveals the economic value of reducing energy use and helps bring positive change to people, communities, and the environment.
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Nonprofit Knowledge Network (NKN)
Nonprofit Knowledge Network(NKN) empowers ordinary individuals to become strategic philanthropists. NKN identifies top nonprofits, provides info for making donation decisions, and manages your personal donation portfolio.
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Jia's Contacts (4)
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Christiana Chen
I am fun, therefore, I work..No fancy background, just my passion in entrepreneurship. Money talks, everything else comes second.
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Steve Teffenhardt
American, 40. CEO Pure Moxie, LLC, biz incubator born in 2002. Also PM Jets, LLC Business Aircraft Charter Broker. Goals #1 Create the best possible team, #2 Motivate, #3 Delegate. Leader and Motivator, and a Jet Pilot in a previous lifestyle...
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Felix Mathew
Indian, 21, Vice President, BASES Entrepreneur's Challenge, Co-lead, 8th Start-Up@Singapore, Singapore's premier business plan competition. Computer Science Major, Addicted to startups and soccer