Dr. Junling (Joyce) Hu
Contact Info
Chair, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Director, Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
- Office: Tech Building, Room 133
- Phone: 203-576-4757
- E-mail: jjhu@bridgeport.edu
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Dr. Junling (Joyce) Hu joined the University of Bridgeport as an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering in August 2005. She is tenured and promoted to associate professor in 2011. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Thermal Engineering from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1996 and 1999, respectively. She received her Ph.D. and Postdoctoral training in Mechanical Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2005.
Dr. Hu is the Director of the Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory at UB. Her research has been focused on studying the transport phenomena (transport of heat, mass and momentum) in a wide range of applications, including manufacturing and materials processing, fuel cell design, thermal management of electronics, wellbore circulation in drilling operation, and vehicle aerodynamics. She is also interested in micro-/nano- scale energy transport and finite element analysis of industrial applications. Her research activities are characterized by multiphysics coupling and require a strong multi-disciplinarity between thermal fluids and solid mechanics. Her work has been published in prestigious journals and conferences. Her research has been funded by NASA CT Space Grant College Consortium, UB Seed Money Grant, and Pegasus Vertex, Inc.
Dr. Hu is a member of ASME, AWS, ASM, ASEE, and SWE. She has chaired/ co-chaired sessions in ASME and ASEE conferences. She is a reviewer of many journals and conferences.
Research Interests
Transport phenomena in manufacturing and materials processing, Thermal Management of Electronic Devices and Systems, Renewable Energy Systems, Modeling Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer inside Wellbore during Drilling Operation, Micro-/Nano-Scale Energy Transport, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis, Gas Metal Arc Welding, Laser-Based Manufacturing and Materials Processing: Welding, Cutting, Drilling, Cladding, etc.
Education and Professional Experience
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT (08/20011 – present)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT (08/2005 – 08/2011)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO (03/2005 – 06/2005)
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO, (2005)
- Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO 08/1999 – 12/2004)
- Summer Intern, General Motors R&D Center, Warren, MI (05/2001 – 08/2001)
- M.S. in Thermal Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology (1999)
- Graduate Research Assistant, National Key Lab of Coal Combustion, Huazhong University of Science & Technology (06/1996 – 06/1999)
- B.S. in Thermal Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology (1996)
Course Instructions
- MEEG 410 Advanced Fluid Dynamics
- MEEG 463 Advanced Heat Transfer
- MEEG 429 Electronics Cooling
- MEEG 512 Computational Fluid Dynamics
- MEEG 505 Welding Engineering
- MEEG 426 Materials Selection for Mechanical Engineers
- MEEG 223 Material Science for Engineers
- ENGR 111 Introduction to Engineering
Awards and Honors
- NSF-TRUST fellowship ($2500, 2006)
- Advanced Communicator Bronze, Toastmasters International (2006)
- Competent Leadership, Toastmasters International (2003)
- Competent Toastmaster, Toastmasters International (2003)
- Dean’s Fellowship, UMR, Rolla, MO (1999 – 2002)
- Graduate Fellowship, UMR, Rolla, MO (1999 – 2000)
- Excellent Academic Paper, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China, (1997)
- Excellent Graduate, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China, (1996)
- Academy Fellowship, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China, (1992 – 1996)
Professional Affiliation
- ASM International (ASM) (2011 – present)
- American Welding Society (AWS) (2010 – present)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (2001 – present)
- Heat Transfer Division (HTD) K-15 Committee on Transport Phenomena in Manufacturing and Materials Processing
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) (2007 – 2010)
- Society of Women Engineering (SWE) (2008 – 2010)