1. Education

Ph.D., Mining Engineering, McGill University (2024).

B.Eng. (Honours), Bioresource Engineering, McGill University (2019).

 

2. Appointments

Assistant Professor, Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, 2025-now.

Banting Postdoctoral Researcher, NBK Mining Institute, University of British Columbia, 2024.

Visiting Researcher, Fibre Science & Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, 2024.

Research Intern, CanmetENERGY (Varennes), Natural Resources Canada, 2022-2023.

 

3. Awards and Grants

3.1. Awards, Scholarships and Honours*

2024 – Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship, NSERC.

2024 – Accelerate Award (International), Mitacs.

2023, 2021, 2020 – James Douglas Fellowship, McGill.

2022 – B. J. Harrington Bursary in Mining Engineering, McGill.

2022 – Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, NSERC.

2021 – Bourses de formation au doctorat, FRQ-NT.

2021 – Bourses de formation à la maîtrise, FRQ-NT.

2019 – McGill Engineering Doctoral Award, McGill.

2018 – First Class Honours in Bioresource Engineering, McGill.

2018 – Tomlinson Engagement Award for Mentoring, McGill.

2017 – Bieler Family Internship Award, McGill.

3.2. Research Grants

2026 – RAC Allocation, Digital Research Alliance.

2026 – Globalink, Mitacs.

2025 – Start-up Fund, UofT.

3.3. Conference and Travel Awards

2021 – Best Paper Award in Energy Storage, 15th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT).

2021 – Best Student Paper Award, 18th North American Mine Ventilation Symposium (NAMVS).

2021 – Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel (GREAT) Award, McGill.

2020 – Post-Graduate Students’ Society (PGSS) Travel Grant, McGill.

 

4. Scholarly and Professional Work

4.1. Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, Conference Proceedings, and Oral/Poster Presentations

Available on this Lab Website, Google Scholar, and Scopus.

4.2. Media Coverage

M4. “McGill’s College of Graduate Mentorship supports students headed for academic careers,” McGill Reporter, 2025/06. [Link]

M3. “Meet Minghan Xu: CivMin’s newest faculty member,” UofT News, 2025/01. [Link1; Link2]

M2. “Postdoctoral fellows receive Banting Fellowship,” UBC Postdoctoral Fellows Office, 2024/05. [Link1;Link2]

M1. “2022 Vanier Scholars,” McGill Graduate and Postgraduate Studies, 2022/05. [Link]

 

5. Teaching

5.1. UofT

Instructor, MIN470 Ventilation and Occupational Health, 2026-now.

Client for Design Projects (non-instructional role), APS112 Engineering Strategies & Practice II, 2026-now.

5.2. McGill (Non-instructional Teaching Experience)

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Mine Ventilation and Materials Handling, 2021-2023.

Undergraduate Course Assistant, Calculus I, 2018.

Peer Tutor, Freshman Physics and Calculus, 2016-2018.

 

6. Professional Services (selected)

Associate Editor, CIM Journal, 2026-now.

Assistant Editor, Drying Technology, 2025-now.

Executive Member, Maintenance, Engineering and Reliability Society (MERS), Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), 2025-now.