2021 Top1% Scientist, Honorary Advisor, the Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN)
2020 First Prize, Natural Science Research Award in Chongqing, the Government of Chongqing City, China
2020 Global Top 2% Research Scientists, Stanford University
2020 SAE Environmental Excellence to Transportation Award, Society of Automotive Engineers
2020 Fellow, Institute of Engineering and Technology IET, UK
2020 Volunteer Service Award for VPPC, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society
2020 Second Prize, Best Paper Award in Natural Science Research, Chongqing Association for Science and Technology, China
2020 Highly Cited Research Paper Award, Applied Energy, Elsevier, 2019
2020 IEEE ITSS Young Researcher Award, IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society
2020 Outstanding Young Researcher Award, China Automotive Industry, China Society of Automotive Engineering, China
2020 First Prize, Golden Bridge Award, Technology Market Association of China, TMAC, China
2020 Third Prize, Scientific and Technological Awards, China Automotive Industry, China Society of Automotive Engineering, China
2020 Finalist for Tencent Xplorer Prize, China
2020 JSPS Invitational Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan
2020 Best Vehicular Electronics Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, IEEE
2020 Highly Cited Chinese Researcher in Electrical Engineering, Awarded by Elsevier
2020 2019 Energies Young Investigator Award, Energies, MDPI, Switzerland
2019 Collaborative Innovative Award, China Industry-University-Research Institute Collaboration Association, Beijing, China
2019 Highly Cited Researcher Awarded by Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics
2019 Best Paper Award, Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing, China
2019 Excellent Employee Award, Chongqing University, China
2019 Award and Fellowship for Excellent Teaching and Research, Chongqing University & Hebei Iron & Steel Group Co. Ltd
2019 Effective Nominee for 2018 Sustainability Young Investigator Award, Sustainability, MDPI, Switzerland
2019 Outstanding Associate Editor, IEEE Access
2019 SAE Ralph Teetor Educational Award, USA
2018 Effective Nominee for IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Early-Career Award
2018 Shanxi “1000 Plan” Excellent Professor Award
2018 100 Most Influential International Academic Paper Award in China
2018 Best Paper Awards (Highly Cited Research Paper) 2018, Applied Energy, Elsevier
2018 10th Anniversary Best Paper Award 2018, Energies, MDPI
2018 Outstanding Associate Editor, IEEE Access
2018 Best Paper Award in Natural Science Research, Chongqing Association for Science and Technology, China
2017 Excellent Talent for Co-Establishing a Start-Up (Xigang New Energy Company) for Developing Battery Management Systems, Yantai, Shandong, China
2017 Excellent Talent for Co-Establishing a Start-Up (Zhongdian Intelligence Technology Company) for Developing Solar/Battery Sources, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
2017 Climate Impact Award, The peer Prize for Climate, Thinkable, Australia
2017 “the Recruitment Program of Global Talented Youth Experts” Award
2017 World Emerging Sustainability Leaders Award (Only two recipients)
2017 Outstanding Young Scientist in China, Awarded by Scientific Chinese Magazine
2016 IEEE Senior Member
2016 Chongqing “100 Plan” Excellent Professor Award
2016 Best Teaching Award (Second Prize), Department of Automotive Engineering, Chongqing University, China
2015 EU “Marie Curie” Fellowship
2015 ASME Energy Systems Best Paper Award, DSCC (Only one recipient)
2015 Most Cited Journal of Power Sources Articles, Journal of Power Sources, Elsevier
2015 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Power Sources, Elsevier
2015 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Energy Policy, Elsevier
2014 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Applied Energy, Elsevier
2014 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Energy Conversion and Management, Elsevier
2014 Most Cited Energy Articles, Energy, International Journal, Elsevier
2013 Best Ph.D. Dissertation in Beijing city (Only one in Mechanical Engineering)
2012 Best Ph.D. Dissertation, Beijing Institute of Technology
2011 Certificate of scientific research-level qualification for research associate in College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2011 Certificate of laboratory operation training in University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Toyota scholarship (Sponsored by Toyota Auto Incorporation)
Excellent undergraduate in Beijing Institute of Technology
2005 Excellent students’ role model in Beijing Institute of Technology
2005 Scholarship of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2005 Schenck scholarship (Sponsored by Carl Schenck AG in Germany)
2004 National Award Winner, Fifth National Zhou Pei-yuan Mechanics Contest in China
2004 North scholarship (Sponsored by North Industry Incorporation)
2004 Excellent student in Beijing Institute of Technology
2004 Excellent League member in Beijing Institute of Technology
2003 Excellent student in Beijing Institute of Technology
2002-2005 Level-1 Renmin scholarship for outstanding students all the 7 times
2001 Third Prize, National Mathematics Contest of Senior High School
2000 First Prize, Mathematics Competition of Senior High School
Key research project on state estimation and thermal management of traction batteries pack without module, Guangdong Science and Technology Bureau, China, 2021-2023. (PI, 1 million CNY)
The thermal-electric coupling mechanism and efficient management of the traction battery system of electric vehicles in cold regions, NSF, China, 2021-2023. (PI, 0.7 million CNY)
Key research project on thermal modeling, temperature estimation, and cell-pack life predication of lithium-ion batteries, Huawei, 2021. (PI, 1.2 million CNY)
Battery Mechanical-Electric-Thermal Coupling Mechanisms and Power-Flow Optimal Controls for Electrified Vehicles, Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Researchers, Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau, China, 2019-2022 (PI, 0.5 million CNY)
Critical Mechanistic Characteristics-Aware Hierarchical Co-Estimation of Li-ion Battery SOC/SOH/SOP for PHEVs, NSF, China, 2019-2022 (PI, 0.6 million CNY)
Thermal characteristics, transfer, and management for vehicular traction batteries, NSF, China, 2019-2022 (Co-PI, 0.5 million CNY)
National talent-introduction project on battery energy storage integration in electrified vehicles and smart grids, 2017-2019 (PI, 2 million CNY)
Automotive battery system thermal management, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 2017-2018, China (PI. 0.25 million CNY)
Key research project on modeling, control, optimization, and validation of electrified vehicles, Chongqing Automotive Collaborative Innovation Center, 2016-2019. (PI, 5 million CNY)
Key technologies for safety and performance of high energy density battery systems, Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau, China, 2017-2020, (Co-PI, 3 million CNY)
Battery Electro-thermal modeling for industrial applications, Siemens, 2018 (PI, 100K CNY)
Predictive Energy Management of PHEVs, EU-funded Marie Curie Fellowship, 2017-2018 (Co-PI, 140,000 Euro)
Integrated design of electromechanical coupling electric drive systems, Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau, China, 2015-2018, (Co-PI, 3.5 million CNY)
Industry project on advanced battery thermal management, Sokon Motor, 2016-2017, (PI, 0.5 million CNY)
HEV EVT technologies and prototype design, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 2016-2017, China (Co-PI. 0.3 million CNY)
Starting package in Chongqing University, Modeling, control, and optimization of alternative-energy propulsion systems with multiple power sources, 2016-2020. (PI, 2 million CNY)
Key research projects (electrochemical modeling, control, and estimation for lithium-ion batteries; battery fast charging; V2G/V2H interactions) supported by National Science Foundation in US, Samsung GRO, and Bosch Inc. etc. (key participant)
Key research projects (HEV sizing and power management, cell balancing, convex optimization and its applications to V2G and renewables interface technologies, etc.) supported by Swedish Energy Agency, Swedish Hybrid Vehicle Center, Volvo, Scania, Energy/Transport Initiative in Chalmers University of Technology, and ETHz. (key participant)
Key research project on condition-based battery management in Automotive Research Center at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. (key participant)
Multiple projects (HEV optimal control, battery modeling, etc.) supported by National Science Foundation in China. (key participant)
Key research project on Beijing Olympic electric buses supported by China Ministry of Science and Technology and Beijing Municipal Commission of Science and Technology. (key participant)
Research Achievements:
Dr. Hu is focused on sustainable mobility solutions, particularly in domains of modeling and control of power/propulsion systems of electrified vehicles in sustainable transportation. He has completed 35 China Invention Patents and around 180 papers (150 indexed by SCI and 30 indexed by EI), most of which are published on top journals in fields of clean energy and vehicle systems for more electric, sustainable transportation, e.g., Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Power Sources, Applied Energy, IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. The sum of impact factors of all SCI-indexed journal papers has exceeded 500. Currently, the total Google Scholar citations are 12307, with more than 11500 cited by others, H-index being 61, i10-index being 120, a Highly Cited Researcher awarded by Web of Science Clarivate Analytics (Top 1% most cited in engineering worldwide), and a Highly Cited Chinese Researcher in the discipline of Electrical Engineering awarded by Elsevier. The most highly cited journal paper has gained 1268 citations, and 38 papers have been cited by more than 100 times. Two papers have been awarded “ESI (Essential Science Index) hot paper”, and 40 papers have been awarded as “ESI highly-cited articles” (TOP 1% most cited worldwide). Two papers have been awarded “Most Highly-Cited Articles” by Journal of Power Sources and Energy, International Journal, since 2011. Three papers have been awarded “Best Most Highly-Cited Articles” by Applied Energy at 2015, 2018, and 2020. One paper has won “Best Vehicular Electronics Paper Award” of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. More than 50 academicians and IEEE/ASME/SAE/IFAC Fellows (see some examples below) cited and positively evaluated Dr. Hu’s publications. Moreover, as an independent PI, he has been in charge of numerous research projects of about 20 million CNY. Dr. Hu is an active IEEE Senior Member, IET Fellow, and serves an associate editor for many esteemed journals, including IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Access, Elsevier Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier Energy, SAE International Journal of Electrified Vehicles, IET Intelligent Transport Systems, IET Electrical Systems in Transportation, IET Power Electronics, MDPI Sustainability, Energies, as well as a guest editor-in-chief/editor for many scientific journals, e.g., IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics.
Official Wechat of College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering