Flash of the Month:

Shedding of unsteady vortex structures from a wind turbine in ABL wind (Tian, Ozbay & Hu, Physics of Fluids, 2014)

(Copyright © Wei Tian, Ahmed Ozbay and Hui Hu @ Iowa State University)

 (More HU group's pictures in the past years)

What's New?!

• Recent Research Highlights

• Research Highlights on Aircraft Icing Physics and Anti-/De-Icing (updated on 03/02/2020)

• 11/11/2023:     Jincheng Wang defended his PhD thesis successfully.  Congratulations, Dr. Wang!

• 09/25/2024:    Dr. Hui Hu is induced to be a Distinguished Professor of Iowa State University, which is the highest academic honor of Iowa State University. Thanks for the hardworking of all the current and previous postdocs and graduate students over the past 20 years!

• 08/01/2024:     Our research paper, entitled "An Experimental Study on the Detrimental Effects of Rainfall on Wind Turbine Blades" (AIAA-2024-4147), with Harsha Sista as the first author was selected to receive the 2024 AIAA Best Student Paper Award in Applied Aerodynamics along with $1,000 monetary in the prize! Congratulations, Harsha and the research team!  (Link to the ISU news about the award).

• 08/11/2023:     Chukwudum Eluchie defended his PhD thesis successfully.  Congratulations, Dr. Eluchie!

• 04/15/2023:    Dr. Haiyang Hu  accepted a tenure-track assistant professor offer from Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Congratulations, Haiyang!

• 11/12/2022:    Linchuan, Linkai and Haiyang's technical paper, entitled “An Experimental Study on the Dynamic Ice Accretion Process over the Surfaces of the Rotating Fan Blades of an Aero-Engine Model " (AIAA-2022-2435), has been selected to receive  2022 AIAA Gas Turbine Engine Best Paper Award!  Congratulations, Linchuan, Linkai and Haiyang!

• 10/01/2022:     A postdoctoral research associate position is available immediately in our laboratory!

• 07/18/2022:     Nianhong and Anvesh were selected to be the winners (i.e., the 2nd and 3rd place) in the ASE Student Paper Competition at 2022 AIAA Aviation Conference.  Congratulations, Nianhong and Anvesh!

• 07/06/2022:     Nianhong Han defended his PhD thesis successfully.  Congratulations, Dr. Han!

• 04/06/2022:    Our group is a part of the team to win a $2.5M DoE research grant to develop a novel plasma-assisted thermal conversion technology for upcycling plastic films into biodegradables.

• 01/27/2022:    Dr. Hu is Interviewed by "Uptime Wind Energy Podcast" on our research on wind turbine icing and anti-/de-icing:
  · iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-uptime-wind-energy-podcast/id1504249857?i=1000549110661 
  · YouTube: https://youtu.be/rEKkNoqWGS8
  · Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7d19Rm5qK7IapGY49sFHrb?si=c68b1d7e54694334
  · Weatherguardwind: https://weatherguardwind.com/dr-hui-hu-wind-turbine-icing/

Open Positions:

• A postdoctoral research associate position is available immediately in our laboratory (updated on 09/01/2024).

• RA and/or TA positions for Ph.D. study are available.  Students with experimental fluid mechanics or aerodynamics background, especially with hands-on experiences of using optical diagnostic techniques such as LDV, PIV and LIF, are encouraged to apply.