Dr. Min Xia joined Western University in 2023 as an Associate Professor and the Director of Machine Intelligence Laboratory (MIN Lab) in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. Dr. Xia has been awarded the Wolfe-Western Fellowship At-Large for his groundbreaking research on repurposing retired lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles (EVs) into sustainable energy storage systems.

He received B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Southeast University, China (2009); M.S. degree in Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation from the University of Science and Technology of China, China (2012); and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, Canada (2017). From 2019-2023, he was an Assistant Professor and was then promoted to Associate Professor at Lancaster University in the UK.

His research interests include scientific machine learning, intelligent machine condition monitoring, advanced manufacturing process monitoring and optimization, industrial data mining, and smart clean energy systems. Dr. Xia has published more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences, including top journals in mechatronics and industrial informatics. He has been ranked in the World's Top 2% Scientists (by Stanford University) since 2020, based on the impact of published works. He has led 19 research projects in Canada, the UK, and Japan, with total funding of $20 million ($3.7 million as PI).

Dr. Xia is Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Mechatronic Systems and Control, Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Istrumentation and Measurement, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, and IET Collaborative Intelligent Manufacturing.