1. H.J. Qi, B.F.J.  Bruet, J.S. Palmer,  C. Ortiz, M.C. Boyce, 2004, Micromechanics of Nacre, in preparation.

2. B.J.F. Bruet, R. Panas, K. Tai, L. Frick, C. Ortiz, H.J. Qi and M.C. Boyce, Nanoscale morphology and indentation of individual nacre tablets from the gastropod mollusc Trochus Niloticus, in preparation.

3. H.J. Qi, C. Ortiz, M.C. Boyce, 2004. A constitutive model for the finite deformation stress-strain behavior of biomacromolecular networks containing folded domains, submitted to Biophys. J in November.

4. K. Tai, H.J. Qi, C. Ortiz, 2004. Nanoindentation of bovine tibial cortical bone and reconstituted films of type I bovine tendon collagen, J. Biomedical Mater. Res.,  in press.

5. H.J. Qi, M.C. Boyce, 2004. Stress-strain behavior of thermoplastic polyurethane, submitted to Mech. Mater., available on line as article in press.

6. H.J. Qi, M.C. Boyce, 2004. Constitutive model for stretch-induced softening of stress strain behavior of elastomeric material, J. Mech. Phys. Solids, November,  52:2187-2205.

7. H.J. Qi, 2003. Mechanics of Abrasive Wear of Elastomeric Materials, Ph.D. dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

8. H.J. Qi, K.B.K. Teo, K.K.S. Lau, M.C. Boyce, W.I. Milne, J. Robertson, K.K. Gleason, 2003. Determination of mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes and vertically aligned carbon nanotube forests using nanoindentation, J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 51:2213-2237.

9. H.J. Qi, K. Joyce, M.C. Boyce, 2003. Relationship between durometer hardness and the stress-strain behavior of elastomeric and elastomeric-like materials, Rubber Chem. Tech., 76: 419-435.

10. H. Qi, D. Fang, Z. Yao, 2001. Analysis of electric boundary condition effects on crack propagation in piezoelectric ceramics, ACTA Mech. Sinica, 17:59-70.

11. D. Fang, H. Qi, Z. Yao, 1998.  Numerical analysis of crack propagation in piezoelectric ceramics. Fatigue, Frac. Eng. Mater. Struc. 21: 1371-1380.

12. H. Qi, D. Fang, Z. Yao, 1997. FEM analysis of electro-mechanical coupling effect of piezoelectric materials, Compu. Mater. Sci., 8: 283-290.

13. D. Fang, H. Qi, T. Liu, 1997. Optimization of micro structures to elastoplastic properties in fiber reinforced composite materials, Tsinghua Sci. Tech., 2:539-544.

14. Z. Yao, H. Qi, M. Fu, J. Yao, 1997.  A kind of super-parametric finite element for geometric nonlinear analysis of plates and shells, Tsinghua Sci. Tech., 2:707-712.

15. Z. Yao, H. Qi, M. Fu, J. Yao, 1997. Geometric nonlinear finite element analysis of sandwich plates and shells, Chinese J. Compu. Mech., 14:173-176. (in Chinese)

16. D. Fang, H. Qi, S. Tu, 1996. Elastic and plastic properties of metal-matrix composites: geometrical effects of particles, Compul Mater. Sci., 6:303-309.

17. D. Fang, H. Qi, 1996. Numerical study of effective properties of particulate reinforced composite materials, ACTA Mechanica Sinica, 28: 475-482. (in Chinese)

Proceedings in Conferences

1. H. Qi, N. Nishimura, Z. Yao, S.Kobayashi, Application of 3D time domain direct integral BEM to crack and inverse problem, In: Theory and Application of Boundary Element Methods, Proc. of the 8th Chinese-Japan Symposium on Boundary Element Methods, Beijing, China, May, 1998, International Academic Publishers, 105-112.

2. H. Qi, D. Fang, Z. Yao, N. Nishimura, S. Kobayashi, FEM analysis of crack problem with different crack surface electric boundary conditions in piezoelectric materials. In: Mechanical Properties of Advanced Engineering Materials, Proc. of the Third International Symposium on Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of New Engineering Materials, Tsu, Japan, August 1997, Mie University Press, 315-322.

3. D.Fang, H. Qi. An investigation of 3-D simulations for predicting elastic and plastic properties of particulate-reinforced metal-matrix composites. Wang T.C., Chou T. W. eds., Progress in advanced materials and mechanics, ICAm'96, 1996, 2 , 96-101.

Presentations in Conferences

1. H.J. Qi, M.C. Boyce, C. Ortiz, Protein unfolding and mechanics of nacre, in Workshop on Reliability Issues in Nanomaterials (invited only), Boulder, CO, August 16-18, 2004.

2. B. Bruet, H.J. Qi, K.L. Frick, C. Ortiz, M.C. Boyce. Nanomechanical properties of individual nacre plates from Trochus Niloticus (poster), MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April, 2004.

3. H.J. Qi, K. Teo, K. Lau, J. Lao, M.C. Boyce, J. Robertson, W. Milne, Z. Ren, K.K. Gleason, Nanoindentation of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes, PMMA Coated Nanotubes, and ZnO Nanofibers, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, December, 2003.

4. H.J. Qi, M.C. Boyce, Influence of time dependence and cyclic softening on surface traction of elastomers, 40th Annual Technical Meeting, Society of Engineering Science, Detroit, MI, October, 2003.

5. H.J. Qi, M.C. Boyce, Topography studies of thermoplastic polyurethane upon cyclic micro scratching tests, 40th Annual Technical Meeting, Society of Engineering Science, Detroit, MI, October, 2003.

6. H.J. Qi, M.C. Boyce, FEM simulations of micro indentation/scratching tests on elastomeric materials, 2003 ASME Mechanics and Materials Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, June, 2003.

7. H. Qi, K. Teo, K. Lau, M.C. Boyce, J. Robertson, W. Milne, K.K. Gleason, On determining the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes and vertically aligned carbon nanotube forests using nanoindentations, MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April, 2003.

8. H. Qi, K. Lau, M.C. Boyce, K.K. Gleason, K. Teo, J. Robertson, W. Milne, Effects of processing conditions and dimensions on the mechanical properties of vertically aligned carbon nanotube forests, Annual APS March Meeting 2003, Austin, TX, March, 2003.

9. H. Qi, M.C. Boyce, Micro in-situ SEM study of abrasive wear of elastomeric materials (poster), presented at 2001 Gordon Research Conference on Elastomers, Networks and Gels, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, August, 2001.

10. H. Qi, M.C. Boyce, Micro in-situ SEM study of abrasive wear of elastomeric materials, presented at the Symposium on the Durability of Elastomeric Material Systems, part of the national 2001 Mechanics and Materials Conference, San Diego, CA, June, 2001.