Associate Professor Phone: (027) 87559409 Email: huhp@hust.edu.cn Academic Areas: Solid Mechanics Research Interests:Smart Structures and Vibration Control，Piezoelectric Structures and Devices Academic Degrees PhD in Mechanics, 2006, Huazhong University of Science and Technology; MS in Environmental Engineering, 2003, Huazhong University of Science and Technology; BE in Mechanical Engineering, 1996, Nanchang University. Professional Experience Associate Professor (2009-present); Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Postdoctoral fellow (2007-2009); Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Assistant Engineer (1996-2000); Jiangxi Changlin Machinery Limited Corporation. Selected Publications •Dai, L. X., Jiang, S., Lian, Z. Y., Hu, H. P. and Chen, X. D., Locally resonant band gaps achieved by equal frequency shunting circuits of piezoelectric rings in a periodic circular plate, Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2015, 337: 150-160. •Wang, Y. J., Lian, Z. Y., Yao, M. G., Wang, J. and Hu, H. P., Analysis of a piezoelectric power harvester with adjustable frequency by precise electric field method, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 2013, 60(10): 2154-2161. •Zhang, R. Y. and Hu, H. P., A Few Transient Effects in AT-Cut Quartz Thickness-Shear Resonators, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 2011, 58(12): 2758-2762. •Hu, H. P., Hu, Y. T. and Yang, J. S., On the inaccuracy of using Mindlin's first-order plate theory for calculating the motional capacitance of a thickness-shear resonator, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 2009, 56(1): 7-8. •Xue, H. and Hu, H. P., Nonlinear characteristics of a circular plate piezoelectric harvester with relatively large deflection near resonance, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 2008, 55(9): 2092-2096. •Hu, H. P., Zhao, C., Feng, S. Y., Hu, Y. T. and Chen, C. Y., Adjusting the resonant frequency of a PVDF bimorph power harvester through a corrugation-shaped harvesting structure, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 2008, 55(3): 668-674. •Hu, H. P., Hu, Y. T., Chen, C. Y. and Wang, J., A system of two piezoelectric transducers and a storage circuit for wireless energy transmission through a thin metal wall, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 2008, 55(10): 2312-2319. •Cui, Z. J., Hu, H. P. and Yang, F., Interaction between collinear periodic cracks in an infinite piezoelectric body, Applied Mathematics and Mechanics-English Edition, 2008, 29(7): 863-870. •Hu, H. P., Xue, H. and Hu, Y. T., A spiral-shaped harvester with an improved harvesting element and an adaptive storage circuit, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 2007, 54(6): 1177-1187. •Hu, H. P., Cui, Z. J. and Cao, J. G., Performance of a piezoelectric bimorph harvester with variable width, Journal of Mechanics, 2007, 23(3): 197-202. •Hu, H. P., Chen, Z. G., Yang, J. S. and Hu, Y. T., An exact analysis of forced thickness-twist vibrations of multi-layered piezoelectric plates, Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, 2007, 20(3): 211-218. •H.P. Hu, J.S. Yang, Y.T. Hu, X.D. Chen, A helix spring low-frequency piezoelectric energy harvester, Patent number: ZL 201110234398.1 Courses Taught •0800058: Engineering Mechanics (Undergraduate Course) •0800084: Theoretical Mechanics (Undergraduate Course) •0835491: Functional Materials and Structures (Undergraduate Course) •151.801: Smart Materials and Structures (Graduate Course) Project •National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.11272126) •Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No. 20110142120050) •Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of the Ministry of Education of China (No. 2015TS121) Awards •Chinese Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award Nomination, 2009 •Hubei Province Natural Science Award, 2008 •Outstanding Postdoctoral of HUST, 2008
