2024

• 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!

• 05/09/2024:    Dr. Hui Hu is induced to be the Distinguished Professor of Iowa State University, which 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!

• 08/11/2023:     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/

• 11/16/2021:     Linchuan defended his PhD thesis successfully.  Congratulations, Dr. Linchuan Tian!

• 07/14/2021:     Zichen defended his PhD thesis successfully.  Congratulations, Dr. Zichen Zhang!

• 04/13/2021:     Haiyang defended his PhD thesis successfully.  Congratulations, Dr. Haiyang Hu!

• 04/09/2021:     Ram defended his PhD thesis successfully.  Congratulations, Dr. Ramsankar Veerakumar!

• 03/04/2021:    One of our recent research papers, entitled "A field study of ice accretion and its effects on the power production of utility-scale wind turbines",  is highlighted by the headline news of Iowa State University.

• 03/04/2021:    Our research efforts on wind turbine icing and anti-/de-icing is featured by the scientific magazine, "The Conversation", with the article entitled: "The science behind frozen wind turbines – and how to keep them spinning through the winter".

• 02/19/2021:    Our research on wind turbine icing and anti-/de-icing has been featured by several news agencies on "Should the frozen wind turbines be blamed for the over week-long blackout in Texas with millions of Texans being affected?".
  https://www.vox.com/2021/2/19/22290512/texas-winter-storm-wind-energy-power-outage-grid-fox-news
  https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/iowa-wind-turbines-equipped-to-handle-extreme-cold-ice-is-another-matter-20210219
  https://mashable.com/article/wind-turbines-texas/
  https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/wind-farms-arent-all-ready-for-icing-amid-changing-climate
  https://www.forbes.com/sites/uhenergy/2021/03/02/when-to-start-planning-for-the-next-deadly-cold-wave-the-answer-is-now/?sh=1745b6dc23dd
  https://www.amestrib.com/story/news/education/2021/03/07/iowa-state-study-finds-foot-thick-ice-can-reduce-wind-power-production-80-weather-winter-storms/4594328001/

• 02/012/2021:   A Postdoctoral Researcher position opening in our laboratory!

2020

• 03/22/2014:   Our recent research work on wind turbine aeromechanics received the Best Poster Award of 2014 Iowa Wind Energy Association (IWEA) Conference held in Des Moines on March 10~12, 2014.

• 03/12/2014:    Dr. Hu is invited to give an invited seminar at Illinois Institute of technology.

• 02/14/2014:     Iowa research could help prevent flight delays from ice. Read more at:
  KCCI News: http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iowa/iowa-research-could-help-prevent-flight-delays-from-ice/24486462#ixzz2tQLCirQ5;
  Ames Tribune: http://amestrib.com/news/isu-researchers-study-ice-turbines-airplanes;
  The Gazette:  http://thegazette.com/2014/02/13/iowa-state-university-icing-research-tunnel-could-improve-deicing-technology/.

• 01/20/2014:    Our research on aircraft icing and wind turbine anti-de-icing is highlighted at the headline news of Iowa State University!

• 01/20/2014:    Dr. Hu is invited to give an invited Plenary lecture on the 16th International Symposium on Flow Visualization (http://www.isfv.org/Lectures.html) to be held on June 24-28, 2014 at Okinawa Convention Center, Okinawa, Japan.

• 01/17/2014:    Mr. Andrew Bodling (BS, UTSA) joined our group as a PhD student. Welcome Andrew!

• 01/16/2014:    Dr. Rye Waldman (PhD, Brown) joined our group as a  postdoctoral reserach associate. Welcome Rye! 

• 01/14/2014:    Wenwu is selected to receive prestigious Alexander Lippisch Memorial Scholarship! Congratulations, Wenwu!

  2013:

• 12/23/2013: Season's greeting card for 2014 New Year!

• 11/16/2013:Fellowships are available to provide "International Research Experience for Graduate and Undergraduate Students" on Bio-Inspired Aerodynamics and Bio-Inspired Engineering at Shanghai JiaoTong University in Shanghai, China in 2014 summer.

• 08/01/2013: Our research on film cooling of gas turbine blades is highlighted on the headline news of Iowa State University!

• 04/18/2013: Dr. Yan Zhang was recommended to receive 2013 Research Excellence Award,  Congratulations!

• 04/16/2013: Yan Zhang defended his PhD thesis successfully.  Congratulations, Dr. Zhang

• 03/27/2013:  The poster of our research paper, entitled "An Experimental Investigation on the Wake Interferences Among Multiple Wind Turbines over Complex Terrains” , has been selected to receive the Best Poster Award of 2013 Iowa Wind Energy Association (IWEA) Conference held in Des Moines, March 25~27, 2013.

• 03/22/2013:  Our research paper, entitled "Development of Digital Image Projection Techniques to Quantify Surface Film/Rivulet Flows” (AIAA Paper 2012-3014)” , has been selected to receive 2013 AIAA Best Paper in Ground Testing Technology Award!

• 01/15/2013: Call for Paper of "2nd International Retreat on Vortex Dynamics and Vorticity Aerodynamics" to be held on 15-17 August, 2013, at Shanghai, China.

• 01/10/2013: An interview to Dr. Zifeng Yang, a former PhD student and post-doc of our laboratory and now Assistant Professor at Wright State University, about his study experience at Iowa State University http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzU2Njc4MTQ0.html.

  2012:

• 12/22/2012: Season's greeting card for 2013 New Year!

• 12/12/2012: Our research on bio-inspired aerodynamic designs for Micro-Air-Vehicle (MAV) applications is  on the headline news of Iowa State University!

• 10/12/2012: Fellowships are available to provide "International Research Experience for Graduate and Undergraduate Students" on Bio-Inspired Aerodynamics and Bio-Inspired Engineering at Shanghai, China in 2013 summer.

• 08/09/2012: Daniel Dvorak defended his MS thesis successfully.  Congratulations, Dan!

• 07/19/2012: our research work related to wind turbine interferences over hilly terrain is featured in an article of Renewable_energy_world.com.

• 07/17/2012: Meilin Yu defended his PhD thesis successfully.  Congratulations, Dr. Yu!

• 04/25/2012: Dr. Hui Hu received the prestigious 2012 ISU Award for Mid-Career Achievement in Research.

• 04/11/2012: Ahmet Ozbay defended his MS thesis successfully. Congratulations, Ahmet!

• 01/04/2012: our recent research work related to wind turbine aerodynamics is highlighted in an article of Scientific American.

  2011:

• 12/16/2011: Season's greeting card for 2012 New Year!

• 12/14/2011: Our research work to investigate the effects of complex terrains on wind energy production is featured on Science Daily!

• 12/12/2011: Our research on wind turbine aeromechanics is highlighted on the headline news of Iowa State University!

• 11/12/2011: Fellowships are available to provide International Research Experience for Graduate and Undergraduate Students on Bio-Inspired Aerodynamics and Bio-Inspired Engineering at Shanghai, China in 2012 summer.

• 09/10/2011:A Post-Doctoral Research Associate Position in Experimental Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics is available immediately!

• 08/12/2011:  Our research on "Molecular Tagging Techniques for Stratified Flow: Application to Boundary Mixing" is supported by National Science Foundation.

• 08/10/2011: National Science Foundation funds us to conduct researches on "Characterization of Surface Wind Energy Resources and Wake Interferences among Wind Turbines over Complex Terrains for Optimal Site Design and Turbine Durability" for three years.

• 07/14/2011: Hirofumi Igarashi receives an offer to be a quality engineer of ARK Technologies, Inc. in Chicago. Congratulations, Hiro!

• 07/11/2011: Travis Grager defended his MS thesis successfully. Travis has also received an offer to be a research engineer of PHYSICAL SCIENCES, INC. in Boston. Congratulations, Travis!

• 06/23/2011: Zifeng receives an offer to be an Assistant Professor at Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering of Wright State University. Congratulations, Prof. Yang!

• 06/20/2011:  Our research on wind turbine aeromechanics is supported by the Iowa Alliance for Wind Innovation and Novel Development (IAWIND).

• 04/06/2011:  Our research on "Icing physics studies pertinent to wind turbine icing and de-/anti icing" is supported by National Science Foundation.

• 04/04/2011: National Science Foundation funds us to establish "US-China Collaboration on Bio-Inspired Aerodynamic Designs for the Development of Next Generation Micro-Air-Vehicles".

  2010:

• 12/14/2010: Hirofumi Igarashi defended his MS thesis successfully! Congratulations, Hiro!

• 12/08/2010:Travis Grager receives 2010 Fall Teaching Excellence Award! Congratulations, Travis!

• 12/01/2010: Prof. Xueying Deng, Dr. Baofeng Ma and Dr. Wei Tian of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA) visit our laboratory and gave an invited seminar on "The Wing Rock Motion Induced by Forebody Asymmetric Vortices and its Active Control".

• 08/30/2010: Our group was awarded 2010 Grow Iowa Value Fund (GIVF) to develop advanced diagnostic techniques to quantify spray flow for the development of next generation fuel injectors.

• 08/21/2010: Daniel Dvorak joins our research group. Welcome, Dan!

• 08/19/2010: Meilin and Bin are selected to receive the Alexander Lippisch Memorial Scholarship Awards!  Congratulations, Bin and Meilin!

• 06/27/2010: Zifeng and Anand attend 28th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference at Chicago to give presentations about their research projects.

• 01/04/2010: Meilin and Hiro give presentations about their research projects on 48th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including The New Horizons forum and Aerospace Exposition at Orlando, Florida. 

  2009:

• 12/21/2009: Zifeng Yang receives the Fall 2009 Research Excellence Award! Congratulations, Zifeng!

• 11/11/2009:  Anand Gopa Kumar defended his MS thesis successfully! Congratulations, Anand!

• 11/10/2009:  Zifeng Yang defended his Ph.D. thesis successfully! Congratulations, Dr. Yang!

• 10/02/2009: Our recent research paper, “Quantification of unsteady heat transfer and phase changing process inside small icing water droplets”, is highlighted by Review of Scientific Instruments .

• 08/28/2009: Our research on wind turbine icing is also highlighted by livescience.com on Wind Power at  http://www.livescience.com/environment/090828-wind-energy.html.

• 04/29/2009: Our paper, "An Experimental Investigation on a Bio-Inspired Corrugated Airfoil” (AIAA Paper 2009-1087), has been selected to receive 2009 AIAA Best Paper in Applied Aerodynamics Award.

• 03/25/2009: Dr. Hui Hu is invited to give a talk at Mechanical Engineering Dept. of Old Dominion University.

• 02/26/2009: Prof. Koji Okamoto of the University of Tokyo visited our laboratory.

• 02/15/2009: Welcome Mr. Meilin Yu to join our research group as a Ph.D. student!

• 01/21/2009: Welcome Ms. Bin Wang to join our research group as a Ph.D. student!

• 01/10/2009: Dr. Hu, Zifeng and Zheyan attended 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit at Orlando, Florida.

  2008:

• 11/17/2008: Our research, development of a lifetime-based molecular tagging thermometry technique for aircraft icing  studies, was highlighted in 2008 Annual Review of Aerospace Sciences in the field of Aerodynamic Measurement Technology published in December 2008 issue of Aerospace America.

• 10/28/2008:  Zheyan Jin defended his Ph.D. thesis successfully! Congratulations, Zheyan!

• 06/30/2008:  Matthew Martin is going to drive ISU solar car for cross-continental race!

• 06/12/2008:  J. T.  Murphy defended his M.S. thesis successfully. Congratulations! J. T. will be working as an aerospace engineer at Boeing after his graduation.

• 06/19/2008: With NSF support, Hiro and Lucas will be visiting graduate students to  Visualization Laboratory of the University of Tokyo to conduct international collaborative research for three months.

• 06/10/2008: Our study about "Flying Rods" will be featured on the History Channel.

  2007:

• 12/15/2007: Lucas Clemons receives Teaching Excellence Award. Lucas, Congratulations!

• 12/01/2007: Our research work about "Thermal-Fluid Diagnostics Using Quantum Dots (QDs)" was highlighted in 2007 Annual Review of Aerospace Sciences in the field of Aerodynamic Measurement Technology published in December 2007 issue of Aerospace America.

• 03/07/2007:  Hui Hu, AER E and Chris Rehmann, CCEE receive 2007 Spring Research Grant Development Award

• 03/04/2007: Hu paper earns prestigious award . Our paper "Molecular tagging velocimetry and thermometry and its application to the wake of a heated circular cylinder" has won 2006 Outstanding Paper Award of  "Measurement Science and Technology".

• 02/22/2006: Hui Hu awarded Career Award from NSF.