Overview
Dr Zhu is a Reader in Mechanics of Materials. He has been listed in different editions of the "world's top 2% scientists" published by Stanford University. His research work is mainly focused on the mechanical properties and physical functions of different types of materials/structures. He is a member of the Institute of Applied and Computational Mechanics in the Cardiff School of Engineering, and the tutor of PhD students in disciplines of the Architectural, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. He did his PhD in Metallurgy and Materials at Birmingham University. Prior to joining the Cardiff School of Engineering, he worked as a research associate at Cambridge University.
His research involves theoretical analysis, computational simulation and experimental measurements, and his research interests include
- Cellular/porous materials
- Biological materials and hierarchical materials
- Nano-materials
- Composite materials
- Fibrous materials
- Fracture mechanics
- Light-harvesting
- Functional materials
He has authored/co-authored over 100 publications. Many of his research papers are published in top mechanics journals (e.g., J. Mech. Phys. Solids; Int. J. Plasticity; J. Biomechanics), top materials journals (e.g., Advanced Materials; Acta Materialia; Carbon; 2D Materials), and top energy journals (e.g., Energy & Environmental Science; Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews). His research papers are cited over 4200 times (Google Scholar) or 3300 times (SCI) or 3200 (Scopus), and his H-index is 32 (Google Scholar), 28 (SCI) or 27 (Scopus). Dr Zhu delivered many invited research presentations at universities/institutes (e.g., National Centre of Nano Sci. & Tech. of China, Peking Univ., Shanghai Jiaotong Univ., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Tech., Fraunhofer Institute, Glasgow Univ.). He has been a scientific commitee memeber of many international conferences, and orgnised and chaired many international conference sessions. He was invited to make plenary (e.g. 2nd International Conference on Computational and Experimental Methods for composite materials and structures, Wuhan, China, May 2017) and keynote (e.g., 23rd ICTAM, Beijing, August, 2012; 6th European Congress of Computational Mechanics, Glasgow, UK, June 2018) presentations at international conferences. Dr Zhu is a member of the EPSRC peer-reviewer college. He has acted as an external PhD examiner for many universities, e.g., Imperial College, Manchester University, Glasgow University, Bristol University. He served as Lead Guest Editor for a special edition of the journal Advances in Condensed Matter Physics (2014) and is an editorial board member for a few international journals, e.g., Scitific Reports, Materials, Biomimeticss, etc. Dr Zhu is a reviewer of EPSRC proposals and research papers for many prestige international journals including all the top solid mechanics journals and many top materials journals, e.g.,
- Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
- International Journal of Plasticity
- Applied Materials Today
- Acta Materialia
- Acta Biomaterialia
- Scientific Reports
- Soft Matter
- Scientific Data
- ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics
- International Journal of Solids and Structures
- Mechanics of Materials
- Physical Biology
- J. Biomechanics
- Smart Materials Structures
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
- J. Applied Physics
- Philosphical Magazine
- Int. J. Materials Science
- Materials Science & Engineering A
- J. Mech. Behavior of Biomedical Materials
- International Journal of Mechanical Science
- ACS Appli. Mater. & Interface
- Phys. Lett. A
- Composite Structures
- Materials and Design
- J. Micromechanics & Microengineering
- Applied Mech. and Math.
- Automation in Construction
- J. Materials Design and Application
- Int. J. Impact Eng.
- European Journal of Mechanics
- J. Micromech. & Microeng.
- Biomimetics
- Nanomaterials
- Comoutational Materials Science
- J. Comput. Materials
- Surface Coatings Technology
- Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
- J. Mater. Sci. Tech.
- ASME J. Eng. Mater. Tech.
- International Journal of nanomanufacturing
- Computer Physics Communications
- Computational Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering
- J. Texture Studies
- Int. J. Nonlinear Mechanics
- Int. J. for Num. Meth. in Biomedical Eng.
- Textile Research Journal
- Acta Mechanica
- Applied Science
- Energies
- J. Phys. D.
- J. Bionic Eng.
- Science China
- Acta Mech Solida Sinica
- Applied Math. Modelling
- J. Mech. Sci. Tech.
- J. Nano Manufacturing
- Micron
- Adv. Mater. Sci. Eng.
- Int. J. Phys. Sci.
- Eng. Comput. Mech.
- Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
Biography
Dr Zhu did his PhD in Metallurgy and Materials at Birmingham University (Oct. 1994 -- July 1997). Prior to joining the Cardiff School of Engineering, he worked as a research associate at Cambridge University (1997-2003). His research involves theoretical anaysis, computational simulation and experimental measurements. His research interests mainly focus on the mechanical and physical properties/behaviours of materials and structures, including cellular/porous materials, biological materials, nano-structured and hierarchical materials, composite materials, fibrous materials, functional materials, fracture mechanics, and energy harvesting.
Publications
We are currently unable to retrieve the list of publications. Visit our institutional repository.Contracts
| Title | People | Sponsor | Value | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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The corrosion and cracking mechanisms of assembled concrete structures exposed to dry and cold sulfate environment |
Zhu H, Kwan A | China | £30000 |
01/09/2021 -31/08/2025 |
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EPSRC DTP studentship for Petar Markov |
Zhu H, Blain E. Boote C. | EPSRC | £65000 |
01/10/2016 - 31/03/2000 |
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Regulation of stem cell differentiation by modelling and turning of stiffness of nanofibrous scaffolds |
Zhu H | EPSRC | £7400 | 01/10/2012 - 31/03/2013 |
| Laser nanoscale manufacturing (LASER NAMI) - network | Zhu H | European Commission (FP7) | £75276 | 01/09/2010 - 31/08/2013 |
| Size-dependent elastic properties of honeycombs | Zhu, H X | Royal Academy of Engineering | £600 | 08/08/2010 - 13/08/2010 |
| Micro and nanocrystalline functionally graded materials for transport application | Karihaloo BL, Kulasegaram S, Zhu H | European Commission (FP7) | £153602 | 01/02/2010 - 31/01/2013 |
Supervised Students
| Title | Student | Status | Degree |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF NANO-SIZED MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES | ZHANG Hongchao | Graduate | PhD |
| INVESTIGATION OF THE LIGHT HARVESTING PERFORMANCE OF ARTIFICIAL BIOMATERIALS. | DING Liang | Graduate | PhD |
| DEVELOPMENT OF NUMERICAL ALGORITHM FOR COMPRESSIBLE TWO-PHASE FLOWS AND ITS APPLICATION TO AEROBREAKUP. | LI Qijie | Graduate | PhD |
| Mechanical properties of transversely isotropic fibre network composites | LIN Xiude | Graduate | PhD |
|
The Mechanical Properties of a Three-Dimensional Stochastic Fibrous Network with Cross-linking |
MA Yan Hui | Graduate | PhD |
| Soft tissue modelling and facial movement simulation using finite element method | LU Yongtao | Graduate | PhD |
| Renovation and optimization of existing district heating networks: towards smart low carbon thermal grids | LI Yu | Graduate |
PhD |
| Composite Materials |
Zhang Zhengyang |
Garduate | PhD |
| Biomechanics |
Chen Xindong |
Graduate | PhD |
| Mechanical properties of biomaterials |
Wang Xiaobo |
Graduate | PhD |
| Nanosecond laser processing of engineering materials |
Jiao Yang |
Graduate | PhD |
| Gaining cellular control of ocular biomechanics – a potential route to the treatment of eye disease |
Markov Petar |
Graduate |
PhD |
| Automatic BIM models conversation |
Ali Khudhair |
Graduate |
PhD |
| Concrete Materials |
Xiong Zeyu |
Current |
PhD |
| Canonical Metamaterials | Z. Chen | Current | PhD |
| Quasicrystalline Metamaterials | A. Farhat | Current | PhD |
| Soft Dielectric Actuator | P. Liguori | Current | PhD |
| Safety in Nuclear Power Plant | M.E. Kanik | Current | PhD |
| Nano-structured Materials | Penghao Qi | Current | PhD |