Academic staff

Prof. Mingxin HUANG (黃明欣) BEng. (SJTU), MSc (SJTU), PhD (TU Delft) Associate Head Professor (tenured) Department of Mechanical Engineering The University of Hong Kong Office: HW-7-18B Email: mxhuang (at) hku.hk Tel:+852 3917 7906

Prof. Huang received his BEng and MSc in Mechanics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) in 2002 and 2004, respectively, and his PhD in Materials Science in 2008 from Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands. From 2008 to 2010, he worked as a research engineer at ArcelorMittal (the largest steel company in the world) in Maizieres-les-Metz, France. His research work in ArcelorMittal focused on the development of new advanced steels for lightweight automotive applications. Prof. Huang joined University of Hong Kong in 2010 as an Assistant Professor, and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2016 and full Professor in 2019. Prof. Huang’s research interests focus on two areas: (1) fundamentals of microstructure-property relationship and phase transformation of advanced steels and alloys, and (2) development of lightweight materials for automotive applications. Both experimental and modelling works are involved in his research. Being the PI, Prof. Huang secured funding from Collaborative Research Fund (UGC, HK), Research Impact Fund (UGC, HK), National Key R&D Program (國家重點研發計劃, mainland China),  General Research Fund (UGC, HK), Innovation and Technology Fund (HK), National Natural Science Foundation of China (mainland China), and industries from Europe and China (e.g. ArcelorMittal France, General Motors, Ansteel, Baosteel etc). Prof. Huang has published 100+ SCI journal papers on top international journals in the field such as Science, Acta Materialia, Scripta Materialia, JMPS and IJP etc.

 

Editorship and Editorial Board Membership

1.     2019-present, Editor, Metal and Materials International, Springer, Q1

2.     2019-present, Associate Editor, Journal of Materials Science and Technology, Elsevier, Q1

3.     2020-present, Member of Editorial Board, Steel Research International, Wiley, Q2

4.     2019-present, Member of Editorial Board, Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering, Taylor & Francis

5.     2018-2021, Guest Editor, JOM, Springer, Q1

6.    2018-present, Member of Editorial Review Board, Materials Research Letters, Taylor & Francis, QQ1

7. 2014-present, Member of Editorial Board (Board of Review), Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A,, Springer, Q2

8. 2014-present, Member of Editorial Board, Materials Science and Technology, Maney Publishing, UK. Q2

 

Honors and Awards

2021 Gold Medal, Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions

2020 Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor (長江學者講座教授)

22020 Fellow of The Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (FIMMM)

2019 Member of The Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences

2019 Outstanding reviewer award for Scripta Materialia

2019 Excellent Article Award, Journal of Iron and Steel Research International

2018 Outstanding Young Researcher Award, The University of Hong Kong

2018 Outstanding Research Output Prize, The University of Hong Kong

2018 TechConnect Global Innovation Awards, TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo 2018, USA

2018 Highly Cited Article form Web of Science

2018 Most Cited Scripta Materialia Articles since 2012 (Scopus)

2018 Outstanding reviewer award for Acta/Scripta Materialia

2017 中國新銳科技人物

2017 Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award, HKU

2016 Outstanding reviewer award for Scripta Materialia

2015 Outstanding reviewer award for Scripta Materialia

2013 Excellent paper award, 12th IUMRS International Conference on Advanced Materials, Qingdao, China

 

Dr. Yizhuang LI Emai: lyizli2 (at) hku.hk Education Background: PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (2014-2018) BEng in Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong Unviersity, Shanghai, China (2010-2012), The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (2012-2014) Research Areas: Ultrahigh strength spring steel

Dr. Zhengwu PENG Email:pengzw(at)hku.hk Education Background: PhD in Materials Processing Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China (2011-2016) BEng in Materials Processing & Controlling, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou China (2007-2011) Research Areas: Ultrahigh strength spring steel

Dr. Linke HUANG （香江學者） Email: lkhuang(at) hku.hk Education Background: PhD in Materials Processing Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China (2012-2018) MEng in Materials Processing Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China (2011-2012) BEng in Material forming & Control engineering, Hefei University of Technology, hefei, China (2007-2011) Research Areas: Phase transformation in steels

Dr. Liran DONG Email: lrdong (at) hku.hk Education Background: PhD in Material Science and Engineering, Beijing university of Technology, Beijing, China (2015-2019) MEng in Material Science and Engineering, Beijing university of Technology, Beijing, China (2012-2015) BEng in Material Science and Engineering, Beijing university of Technology, Beijing, China (2008-2012) Research Areas: Refractory metals, powder metallurgy and functional materials

Dr. Ming WANG Email:mwang94 (at) connect.hku.hk Education Background: PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong, China (2016-2020) BSc in Mechanical Engineering, Haribin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China (2012-2016) Research Areas: High strain rate deformation of steels;Hopkinson tensile bar

Dr. Gang QIN Email:qingang(at)hku.hk Education Background: PhD in Materials Processing Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China (2016-2020) MEng in Materials Processing Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, China (2013-2016) BEng in Materials Processing Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, China (2009-2013) Research Areas: High entropy alloy

Dr. Zhao SHEN Email: shenzhao (at) hku.hk Education Background: PhD in Materials Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (2015-2018) MEng in Nuclear Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China (2012-2015) BEng in Mechanical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China (2008-2012) Research Areas: Materials degradation in high-temperature environments

Dr. Cuncai FAN (RGC Postdoctoral Fellow) Email:cuncai(at)hku.hk Education Background: PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA (2015-2019) MSc in Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Mechanics-Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (2012-2015) BEng in Metallic Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China (2008-2012) Research Area: Radiation damage effects in BCC high entropy alloys

PhD students 

Mr. Kaiping YU Email: kpyeu(at)connect.hku.hk Education Background: PhD candidate (2017-present) MSc in Metallurgy, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China (2012-2015) BSc in Mining, Wuhan Institue of Technology, Wuhan, China (2007-2011) Research Areas: Ni-free stainless steel

Mr. Litao LIU Email: ltliu (at) connect.hku.hk Education Background: PhD candidate (2017-present) BSc in Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China (2013-2017) Research Areas: Antibacterial stainless steels

Mr. Chengpeng HUANG Email: huangcp (at) connect.hku.hk Education Background: PhD candidate (2018-present) MSc in Engineering Mechanics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China (2013-2017) BSc in Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China (2013-2017) Research Areas: CPFEM on martensitic transformation and Medium Mn steel

Mr. Zuoheng CAO Email: czh2018 (at) connect.hku.hk Education Background: PhD candidate (2018-present) BSc in Engineering Mechanics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China (2014-2018) Research Areas: Delayed fracture in PHS

Miss Xinyu XU Email: xinyuxu (at) connect.hku.hk Education Background: PhD candidate (2018-present) MSc in Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China (2016-2019) BSc in Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China (2012-2016) Research Area: Ductile Mg alloys

Mr. Heng Jiang Email: Hengjiang (at) connect.hku.hk Education Background: PhD candidate (2019-present) MEng in Materials Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China (2016-2018) MEng in Materials Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin,China (2016-2018) BEng in Welding Technology and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, China (2011-2015) Research Area: High Entropy Alloys

Miss Yi WANG Email: wang.yi20 (at) connect.hku.hk Education Background: PhD candidate (2020-present) MEng in Materials Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, UK (2019-2020) BEng in Materials Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, UK (2016-2019) Research Area: Cu-Cu direct bonding interconnect

Mr. Yuxuan LIU Email: liuyuxuan2020 (at) connect.hku.hk Education Background: PhD student (2020-present MSc in Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China (2017-2020) BSc in Material Processing and Control Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2013-2017) Research Areas: Hydrogen embrittlement, welding and coating of steels

Mr. Shuai PAN Email: pans (at) connect.hku.hk Education Background: PhD student (2020-present) MEng in Materials Processing Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China (2017-2019) MEng in Materials Processing Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China (2017-2019) BSc in Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China (2013-2017) Research Areas: FCC high entropy alloys

Mr. Chen HU Email:hchen95 (at) connect.hku.hk Education Background: PhD candidate (2020-present) MSc in Aerospace Propulsion Theory and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China (2016-2019) BSc in Flying Vehicle Power Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China (2012-2016) Research Areas: Fracture mechanics of steel and high entropy alloys

 Mphil students

Mr. Chun Kit NG Email: ckngpat (at) connect.hku.hk Education Background:  MPhil candidate (2019-present). Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong (2015-2019). Research Areas: High strain rate deformation of alloys, Hopkinson tensile bar.

 

Mr. Yan NGIAM Email: yanxin (at) connect.hku.hk Education Background:  MPhil candidate (2019-present). Bachelor of Engineering Science, The University of Hong Kong (2013-2018). Research Areas: Plasiticity and phase transformation simulations

Former group memebrs
Dr. Zhou WANG (PhD from our group 2021), currently Researcher at Genernal Motors China Science Lab, Shanghai, China
Dr. Li LIU (PhD and Postdoc from our group 2020), currently Assciciate Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China
Dr. Shihui HE, (PhD and Postdoc from our group 2018), currently Associate Professor at Hunan University, Changsha, China
Dr. Zhichao LUO, (PhD from our group 2018), currently Researcher at Guangdong Academy of Science, Guangzhou, China
Dr. Zhiyuan LIANG (PhD from our group 2017), currently Researcher at Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, China
Dr. Peng ZHOU (PhD from our group 2017), currently Postdoc in CAS
Mr. GAHOUSSON Omaru NIMAGA (MPhil from our group 2017)
Dr. Xiaogang WANG  (Postdoc in our group 2015), currently Associate Professor at Hunan University, Changsha, China
Dr. Binbin HE (PhD and Postdoc from our group 2015), currently Associate Professor (青年千人) at Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
Mr. Guowei YUAN (MPhil from our group 2013)
Dr. Suzhou WU (Postdoc in our group 2012)