Hui Hu

Title(s):

Anson Marston Distinguished Professor in Engineering
Martin C. Jischke Professor in Aerospace Engineering
Associate Dept. Chair for Graduate Education
Director, Aircraft Icing Physics & Anti-/De-Icing Technology Laboratory
Director, Advanced Flow Diagnostics & Experimental Aerodynamics Lab

Office

2249 Howe Hall, 537 Bissell Road, Ames, IA 50011-1096

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Education:

  • Ph. D., Mechanical Engineering, the University of Tokyo, Japan.
  • Ph. D., Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Univ. of Aero. & Astro., China.
  • M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Univ. of Aero. & Astro., China.
  • B.S., Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Univ. of Aero. & Astro., China.

Awards and Honors:

Teaching:

Undergraduate courses:

  • Engr160: Engineering Problems and Computer Programming
  • AerE243: Fundamentals of Aerodynamics;
  • AerE310: Incompressible Aerodynamics;
  • AerE344: Experimental Aerodynamics and Propulsion Laboratory
  • AerE445: Advanced Experimental Aerodynamics;

Graduate courses:

  • AerE541: Incompressible Aerodynamics;
  • AerE545: Advanced Experimental Aerodynamics.

Research:

Interest Areas: Fundamental studies on challenging thermal-fluids problems

  • Aircraft/aero-engine icing physics and anti-/de-icing technologies.
  • Wind turbine aeromechanics and wind farm aerodynamics.
  • Heat transfer of gas turbines and cooling technology.
  • Hyper-/super-sonic aerodynamics and aero-thermo-structure interactions.
  • Plasma Thermodynamics and Applications for flow control and anti-/de-icing.
  • UAS aerodynamics and Bio-inspired flow dynamics
  • Fluid-structure interactions (FSI) of built structures in violent tornadic and storm winds.

Advanced flow diagnostics and instrumentation

  • Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Stereoscopic Particle Image Velocimetry (SPIV)
  • Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF) and Laser-Induced Phosphorescence (LIP)
  • Pressure Sensitive Paint (PSP) and Temperature Sensitive Paint (TSP)
  • Molecular Tagging Velocimetry (MTV) and Molecular Tagging Thermometry (MTT)
  • Quantum Dots (QD) Thermal Imaging Technique
  • Digital Image Projection (DIP) technique

Sponsored Research:  Received over 70 grants from federal agencies such as NSF, NASA, DoE, AFOSR, NAVY, USDA, and NOAA, and industries such as GE, P&W, DuPont, General Atomics, and Collins Aerospace Systems with a total funding amount over $24M ( Dr. Hu’s share over $15M).

Publications

Selected Publications: (1 monograph book; 10 book chapters; ~ 185 journal papers; ~ 300 conference papers; ~150 invited lectures; Google Citations: 12,000; H-index: 64)

  • J185. H. Sista, HY Hu and H. Hu, An experimental study on ice accretion characteristics and icing-induced aerodynamic penalties to offshore wind turbines. Renewable Energy, Vol. 256,  124348 (13 pages), 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2025.124348.
  • J184. JM. Muhammed, A. Dhulipalla, H. Sista, HA Khawaja, M. Virk and H. Hu, An Experimental Investigation of Transient Ice Accretion Process on a High-Lift Airfoil Model for UAV Applications. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 171, 111612 (15pages), 2026, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2025.111612.
  • 183. HY Hu, F. Al-Masri, H. Hu, An Experimental Study on Pitot Probe Icing Protection with an Electro-Thermal/Superhydrophobic Hybrid Strategy. Aerospace, Vol. 12, 862. (24 pages), 2025. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace12100862.
  • J182. JC Wang, J Frantz, E Chumbley, A Samad, and H. Hu, “An Explorative Study on Using Carbon-Nanotube-Based Superhydrophobic Self-Heating Coatings for UAV Icing Protection”, Molecules – Special issue of “Micro/Nano-Materials for Anti-Icing and/or De-Icing Applications“, Vol. 30, No.17, 3472. 2025. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30173472.
  • J181. JC Wang, P He, and H. Hu, “A numerical study on wind-driven runback characteristics of a thin water film flow over a solid surface”, Acta Mechanica Sinica, 41, 725073, 2025. DOI: 10.1007/s10409-025-25073-x.
  • J180. ZT Johnson, G Ellis, CC. Pola, C Banwart, A McCormick, GL Miliao, D Duong, J Opare-Addo, H Sista, EA Smith, H. Hu, CL Gomes, and JC Claussen. “Enhanced Laser-Induced Graphene Microfluidic Integrated Sensors (LIGMIS) for On-Site Biomedical and Environmental Monitoring”, Small,  2500262, 2025. DOI: 10.1002/smll.202500262.
  • J179. JC Wang, E. Chumnley, S Kumar, JR Hong, and H. Hu, “ Development of a Digital Inline Holographic (DIH) System for Aircraft Icing Studies”, Applied Optics, Vol. 64, No. 16, D95-D102, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.559679.
  • J178. A. Samad, A. Dhulipalla, H. Hu, “ An Experimental Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Rotor-Integrated-Heating System for UAV Inflight Icing Protection”, Experimental Thermal Fluid Science, Vol. 166,  111485, July, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2025.111485.
  • J177. JC Wang, NB Jiang, PS Hsu, N. Rodrigues, P. Danehy, and S. Roy, and H. Hu, “ Applications of single-beam 100 kHz krypton tagging velocimetry in high-pressure N2 flows”, Applied Optics, Vol.64, No. 16, pp. D16-D24, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.550099.
  • J176. A. Samad, A. Dhulipalla, H. Hu, “ A Comparative Study of Various Strategies for Multirotor UAV Propeller Icing Mitigation”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 63, No.7, pp2892-2907, 2025. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J064823.
  • J175. H. Li, T. Phan, L. Zhang, SZ Xu, A. Bastawros, H. Hu, LM Xiong, “Computational Characterization of the Structure, Energy, Strengths, and Fracture Resistances of Symmetric Tilt Grain Boundaries in Ice”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 17, pp2541−2555, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c17074
  • J174. H Radhakrishnan, S. Gnangbe, A Duereh, S Uday, A ALusi,  HY Hu, H. Hu, M. Wright and XL Bai, “Non-equilibrium plasma co-upcycling of waste plastics and CO2 for carbon-negative oleochemicals  Green Chemistry, Vol. 26, 9156–9175, 2024.  https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/gc/d4gc02340d
  • J173. LC Tian, HY Hu,  R. Veerakumar,  and H Hu, “ Ice Accretion Characteristics on Rotating Aeroengine Fan Blades  Experimental Thermal Fluid Science, Vol. 155 111181, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2024.111181
  • J172. NB Jiang, PS Hsu, Sukesh Roy, JC Wang, H Hu,  N. Rodrigues, PM Danehy, “Long-lived Nitric Oxide Molecular Tagging Velocimetry with 1 + 1 REMPI, Optics Letter, Vol., 49, No. 5, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.514912.
  • J171. HY Hu, LC Tian, C Eluchie, H Sista and H Hu, “A Comparative Study of Using Superhydrophobic and Icephobic Surface Coatings for Aircraft Icing Mitigation“, AIAA Journal, 13 pages, 2024, https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J063579.
  • J170. JC Wang, HY Hu, P He, and H Hu, “A Machine Learning Study to Predict Wind-Driven Water Runback Characteristics“,  Physics of Fluids, Vol. 35, 102104 (18 pages) 2023. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0167545.
  • J169. R. Veerakumar, HY Hu, LC Tian, NH Han, and H Hu, “ An Experimental Study of Rime Ice Accretion on Bundled Conductors”, Experimental Thermal Fluid Science, Vol. 147, 110962 (12 pages), 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2023.110962.
  • J168. HY Hu, LC Tian, and H Hu, “Experimental Investigation on Ice Accretion Process Upon Impacting of Ice Particles onto a Heated Surface”,  AIAA Journal, Vol. 61 No. 7, pp3019-3031. 2023.https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/1.J062425
  • J167. HY Hu, F. Al-Masri, LC Tian, and H Hu, ” An Experimental Study of Dynamic Icing Process on a Pitot Probe Model “, AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, 2023. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.T6782
  • J 166. NH Han, MA Siddique, ZC Zhang, LC Tian, HY Hu, and H Hu, “ A Flight-Testing Campaign to Examine Inflight Icing Characteristics and Its Effects on the Flight Performance of An Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicle”, Cold Regions Science and Technology, Vol. 2XX, 103775 (11 pages), 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2023.103775
  • J165. R. Veerakumar, LC Tian, HY Hu, Y. Liu, and H Hu, “An Experimental Study of Dynamic Icing Process on an Aluminum-Conductor-Steel-Reinforced Power Cable with Twisted Outer Strands”, Experimental Thermal Fluid Science, Vol. 142,110823 (12 pages), 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2022.110823.

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