Han Hu
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Associate Professor
Also affiliated: Kunming University of Science and Technology (2025); University of Vermont (2022); Tongji University (2020–2021); University of Science and Technology of China (2024); Tianjin University of Science and Technology (2013); Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (2022); Shanghai University of Engineering Science (2022); Hefei University of Technology (2023); Purdue University West Lafayette (2017–2022); Hefei University (2023); State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse (2020–2021); Huai'an University (2019); Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security (2020–2021); Drexel University (2012–2017); Hubei University (2022)
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Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Han Yan Hu's research focuses on advancing materials science and engineering, with a particular emphasis on semiconductor devices and their applications. Hu has received significant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for projects investigating acoustic signatures in flow boiling and condensation under microgravity, immersion cooling for electric motors, and advanced acoustic monitoring for power modules. Additionally, Hu has been awarded funding for developing deep learning models for fault detection in cooling systems using acoustic emissions.
With a scholarly record of 119 publications and 1,451 citations, Hu's work spans diverse areas including graphene-based photodetectors, photocatalysis, and efficient computational systems for big data analytics and vision transformers. Hu's recent publications explore topics such as memory-efficient vision transformers, carbon-neutral data centers, and the optimization of unmanned aerial vehicle-enabled mobile-edge computing systems. Hu's research network includes collaborators such as Christy Dunlap, Changgen Li, Stephen W. Pierson, and Ethan Weems, all from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, with whom Hu has co-authored multiple publications.
Metrics
- h-index: 26
- Publications: 161
- Citations: 2,195
Positions
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Associate Professor 2025–presentUniversity of Arkansas Mechanical Engineering ORCID
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Assistant Professor 2019–presentUniversity of Arkansas Department of Mechanical Engineering ORCID
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Post-Doctoral Research Associate 2016–presentPurdue University Mechanical Engineering ORCID
Selected Publications
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dr-jppanda/AgenticTool-MultiPhaseHUB: v1.0.2 (2026)
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dr-jppanda/AgenticTool-MultiPhaseHUB: v1.0.2 (2026)
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BoilingBench-CV Dataset (2026)
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BoilingBench-CV Dataset (2026)
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Dataset of subatmospheric pool boiling of water on copper surfaces (2026)
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Dataset of subatmospheric pool boiling of water on copper surfaces (2026)
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Multimodal Flow-Boiling Dataset for BubbleID-Flow (2026)
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Multimodal Flow-Boiling Dataset for BubbleID-Flow (2026)
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BoilingBench-Multimodal Lite: Multimodal Boiling and Thermal-Management Benchmark Dataset (2026)
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BoilingBench-Multimodal Lite: Multimodal Boiling and Thermal-Management Benchmark Dataset (2026)
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Open datasets and machine learning for two-phase heat transfer: a review following a spatial-temporal taxonomy (2026)
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Physical descriptors guided image translation for generalizable critical heat flux detection (2026)
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Development of FDD-ON: an Ontology for VAV HVAC System Fault Detection and Diagnostics (2026)arXiv (Cornell University) OpenAlex
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Development of FDD-ON: an Ontology for VAV HVAC System Fault Detection and Diagnostics (2026)
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Acoustic Emission Signatures of Flow Boiling in a Microchannel Heat Sink (2026)
Federal Grants 4 $1,080,963 total
PFI-TT: Advanced Acoustic Monitoring for Safer and More Reliable Power Modules
I-Corps: Non-Intrusive Cooling System Fault Detection Using Deep Learning of Acoustic Emissions
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
- Nonintrusive heat flux quantification using acoustic emissions during pool boiling
- Acoustic sensing for investigating critical heat flux enhancement during pool boiling on electrodeposited copper foams
- BubbleID: A deep learning framework for bubble interface dynamics analysis
- Unveiling hysteresis of transient boiling: A multimodal perspective
- Multimodal boiling dataset with synchronized acoustic, optical, and thermal measurements under steady-state and transient heat loads
Showing 5 of 24 shared publications
- Nonintrusive heat flux quantification using acoustic emissions during pool boiling
- BubbleID: A deep learning framework for bubble interface dynamics analysis
- Unveiling hysteresis of transient boiling: A multimodal perspective
- Introducing LabVIEW and Arduino as Data Acquisition System Alternatives
- Design and fabrication of a low-cost and programmable dip coating machine
Showing 5 of 23 shared publications
- Deep learning strategies for critical heat flux detection in pool boiling
- Learning new physical descriptors from reduced-order analysis of bubble dynamics in boiling heat transfer
- A framework for generalizing critical heat flux detection models using unsupervised image-to-image translation
- Domain-knowledge Inspired Pseudo Supervision (DIPS) for unsupervised image-to-image translation models to support cross-domain classification
- A Temporal–Spatial Framework for Efficient Heat Flux Monitoring of Transient Boiling
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
- BubbleID: A deep learning framework for bubble interface dynamics analysis
- Unveiling hysteresis of transient boiling: A multimodal perspective
- Multimodal boiling dataset with synchronized acoustic, optical, and thermal measurements under steady-state and transient heat loads
- Hit2flux: A machine learning framework for boiling heat flux prediction using hit-based acoustic emission sensing
- A Temporal–Spatial Framework for Efficient Heat Flux Monitoring of Transient Boiling
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
- Open datasets and machine learning for two-phase heat transfer: a review following a spatial-temporal taxonomy
- Data from: Additively manufactured lightweight hybrid multi-tier liquid cooler for 10 kV SiC MOSFET power module
- Data from: Acoustic signatures of two-phase flows in a microchannel heat sink
- Lightweight Hybrid Additively Manufactured Liquid Cooler for 10 kV SiC MOSFET Power Module
- Acoustic Emission Signatures of Flow Boiling in a Microchannel Heat Sink
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
- Physically interpretable surrogate modeling of thermal fields in electronics cooling using combined proper orthogonal decomposition and neural networks
- Data from: Physically interpretable surrogate modeling of thermal fields in electronics cooling using combined proper orthogonal decomposition and neural networks
- Open datasets and machine learning for two-phase heat transfer: a review following a spatial-temporal taxonomy
- CFDTwin: An open-source GUI and Python toolkit for POD-NN surrogate modeling of ANSYS Fluent simulations
- Open datasets and machine learning for two-phase heat transfer: a review following a spatial-temporal taxonomy
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
- Introducing LabVIEW and Arduino as Data Acquisition System Alternatives
- Enhancing Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Education with CAM and CNC Machining
- Two-Phase Immersion Cooler for Medium-Voltage Silicon Carbide MOSFETs
- Quantification and mitigation of uncertainties in thermal conductivity measurements using a modified ASTM D5470 thermal resistance tester
- COMPARING THE PERFORMANCE OF MICROCHANNEL HEAT SINKS PRODUCED BY CNC MILLING VERSUS POWDER BED FUSION
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
- Open datasets and machine learning for two-phase heat transfer: a review following a spatial-temporal taxonomy
- Open datasets and machine learning for two-phase heat transfer: a review following a spatial-temporal taxonomy
- BoilingBench-Multimodal Lite: Multimodal Boiling and Thermal-Management Benchmark Dataset
- BoilingBench-Multimodal Lite: Multimodal Boiling and Thermal-Management Benchmark Dataset
- Multimodal Flow-Boiling Dataset for BubbleID-Flow
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
- Microlayer evaporation governs heat transfer enhancement during pool boiling from microstructured surfaces
- A figure of merit to characterize the efficacy of evaporation from porous microstructured surfaces
- Generalizable Physical Descriptors of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer from Unsupervised Learning of Images
- Generalizable physical descriptors of pool boiling heat transfer from unsupervised learning of images
- Special Section on Silicon-Package-Rack-Data Center Thermal Management: Challenges, Opportunities, and Solutions
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
- Deep learning strategies for critical heat flux detection in pool boiling
- A framework for generalizing critical heat flux detection models using unsupervised image-to-image translation
- Domain-knowledge Inspired Pseudo Supervision (DIPS) for unsupervised image-to-image translation models to support cross-domain classification
- SequenceSync-GAN: sequence-aware domain translation for generalizable boiling crisis detection
- Open datasets and machine learning for two-phase heat transfer: a review following a spatial-temporal taxonomy
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
- Microlayer evaporation governs heat transfer enhancement during pool boiling from microstructured surfaces
- A figure of merit to characterize the efficacy of evaporation from porous microstructured surfaces
- Generalizable Physical Descriptors of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer from Unsupervised Learning of Images
- Generalizable physical descriptors of pool boiling heat transfer from unsupervised learning of images
- BoilingBench-CV Dataset
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
- Deep learning strategies for critical heat flux detection in pool boiling
- Learning new physical descriptors from reduced-order analysis of bubble dynamics in boiling heat transfer
- A framework for generalizing critical heat flux detection models using unsupervised image-to-image translation
- Generalizable Physical Descriptors of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer from Unsupervised Learning of Images
- Generalizable physical descriptors of pool boiling heat transfer from unsupervised learning of images
- Learning new physical descriptors from reduced-order analysis of bubble dynamics in boiling heat transfer
- Generalizable Physical Descriptors of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer from Unsupervised Learning of Images
- Generalizable physical descriptors of pool boiling heat transfer from unsupervised learning of images
- BoilingBench-CV Dataset
- BoilingBench-CV Dataset
- Nonintrusive heat flux quantification using acoustic emissions during pool boiling
- Nonintrusive Heat Flux Quantification Using Acoustic Emissions During Pool Boiling
- Remote Thermal Measurements With Regression of Acoustic Emissions
- Two-Phase Immersion Cooler for Medium-Voltage Silicon Carbide MOSFETs
- Nonintrusive Heat Flux Quantification Using Acoustic Emissions During Pool Boiling
- Deep learning strategies for critical heat flux detection in pool boiling
- Learning new physical descriptors from reduced-order analysis of bubble dynamics in boiling heat transfer
- A framework for generalizing critical heat flux detection models using unsupervised image-to-image translation
- Domain-knowledge Inspired Pseudo Supervision (DIPS) for unsupervised image-to-image translation models to support cross-domain classification
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