Dr. Y F HU
Deputy Executive SecretaryChinese National Engineering Research Centre for Steel Construction (Hong Kong Branch)
Laboratory-in-chargeCNERC Laboratory for Adaptive Tubular StructuresResearch Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Biography
Dr. Y. F. HU was appointed as Deputy Laboratory-in-charge of CNERC Laboratory for Mechanics and Steel Materials of the Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Steel Construction (Hong Kong Branch). He is currently a Research Assistant Professor in Structural Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Dr. HU received his BEng degree from Tongji University in 2012, and his MSc degree from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2013. He worked as a graduate structural engineer for an international engineering consulting firm in Hong Kong from 2013 to 2014. After he received his PhD degree from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2019, Dr. Hu joined Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Steel Construction (Hong Kong Branch) as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
Dr. Hu’s research has been focused on high-performance steel materials and their structural behaviour. With his specialty in the manufacturing processes of cold-formed high-strength steel tubular structures, he was able to develop a novel analysis method which various fabrication effects including residual stresses due to cold-forming and welding were considered. Since 2019, he has published 17 research papers and 1 book chapter. Besides, he is the first inventor of two patents on a novel type of demountable steel modular system for modular integrated construction.
The total funding level of Dr Hu was more than HKD 1 million. As Principal Investigator, He has received CNY 300,000 from the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC). The funded project aims to investigate the structural behaviour of high-strength steel tubular joints for the maritime environment. He was also the Principal Investigator of a research project on high-performance stainless-clad bi-metallic steel structures funded by CNERC with a funding at HK$300,000. Besides, He has secured HKD 714,500 as Co-Investigator from the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong. The funded GRF project aims to develop an effective sustainability evaluation system for end-of-life planning in temporary modular buildings using building information modelling.
Dr. HU received his BEng degree from Tongji University in 2012, and his MSc degree from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2013. He worked as a graduate structural engineer for an international engineering consulting firm in Hong Kong from 2013 to 2014. After he received his PhD degree from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2019, Dr. Hu joined Chinese National Engineering Research Centre for Steel Construction (Hong Kong Branch) as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
Dr. Hu’s research has been focused on high-performance steel materials and their structural behaviour. With his specialty in the manufacturing processes of cold-formed high-strength steel tubular structures, he was able to develop a novel analysis method which various fabrication effects including residual stresses due to cold-forming and welding were considered. Since 2019, he has published 17 research papers and 1 book chapter. Besides, he is the first inventor of two patents on a novel type of demountable steel modular system for modular integrated construction.
The total funding level of Dr Hu was more than HKD 1 million. As Principal Investigator, He has received CNY 300,000 from the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC). The funded project aims to investigate the structural behaviour of high-strength steel tubular joints for the maritime environment. He was also the Principal Investigator of a research project on high-performance stainless-clad bi-metallic steel structures funded by CNERC with a funding at HK$300,000. Besides, He has secured HKD 714,500 as Co-Investigator from the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong. The funded GRF project aims to develop an effective sustainability evaluation system for end-of-life planning in temporary modular buildings using building information modelling.
