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  1. An Experimental Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Biphillic Surface Coatings for Aircraft Inflight Icing Protection

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Harsha Sista, Jincheng Wang, Hui Hu

  2. Experimental Analysis of Thrust Efficiency and Noise Characteristics of Toroidal Propellers for Fixed-Wing UAVs

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  3. An Experimental Study of Thermal Flow Characteristics inside a DBD Plasma Reactor for Plastic Upcycling

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Harsha Sista, Jincheng Wang, Hui Hu

  4. An Experimental Investigation on Bubble-Induced Heat Transfer Enhancement

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  5. An Experimental Investigation on Splashing Characteristics of Supercooled Large Droplets Impinging onto Inclined Surfaces

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  6. Direct Numerical Simulations of the Effect of Wind-Driven Runback Droplets and Rivulets on Boundary Layer Transition

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jincheng Wang, Hui Hu

  7. An Experimental Study on the Aerodynamic Performance Degradation of a High-Lift UAV Airfoil Induced by Ice Accretion

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jincheng Wang, Hui Hu

  8. An Experimental Investigation on the Dynamic Ice Accretion and Heat Transfer Characteristics Over an Airfoil Surface Under Mixed-Phase Icing Conditions

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  9. The Effects of the Substrate Thermal Conductivity on the Dynamic Ice Crystal Icing Process Over Heated Airfoil Surfaces

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  10. An Experimental Investigation on Dynamic Water Runback Process Over the Blade Surface of a Rotating Drone Propeller

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jincheng Wang, Anvesh Dhulipalla, Hui Hu

  11. An Exploratory Study on the Usage of Dielectric-Barrier-Discharge (DBD) Plasma Actuators for UAV Propeller Icing Mitigation

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Harsha Sista, Anvesh Dhulipalla, Hui Hu

  12. A Machine-Learning-Based Digital Inline Holography (DIH) for Airborne Water Droplet and Ice Crystal Characterization

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jincheng Wang, Harsha Sista, Hui Hu

  13. Experimental Analysis of Thrust Efficiency of Toroidal Propellers for Quadcopters and Hybrid UAVs

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  14. An Experimental Study on the Droplet Impinging Dynamics and Icing Process on Cold Surfaces with Different Wettabilities

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Harsha Sista, Jincheng Wang, Hui Hu

  15. A Comparative Study to Examine Rain Erosion Characteristics Upon Impingements of Freshwater and Saltwater Droplets Pertinent to Offshore Wind Turbine Operation

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Harsha Sista, Anvesh Dhulipalla, Hui Hu

  16. An Experimental Study on Transient Wind-Driven Water Droplet Runback and Dynamic Ice Accretion Process Over a Frozen Cold Surface

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  17. Comparative Study of Various Strategies for Multirotor UAV Propeller Icing Mitigation

    Article • AIAA Journal, February 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  18. An Experimental Study of the Dynamic Icing Process on UAV Rotor Blades in Forward Flight

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu, Anvesh Dhulipalla

  19. Development of a Digital Inline Holography Technique to Characterize Airborne Supercooled Water Droplets and Ice Crystals for Aircraft Icing Studies

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jincheng Wang, Hui Hu, Harsha Sista, Zilong He

  20. An Experimental Study on the Performance Degradation of an Offshore Wind Turbine Blade Model Induced by Ice Accretion

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jincheng Wang, Hui Hu, Harsha Sista

  21. An Experimental Study on the Rain-Erosion Characteristics of Anti-Icing Coatings Used for UAV Inflight Icing Mitigation

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Harsha Sista, Hui Hu

  22. An Experimental Study To Characterize Wind-Driven Runback of Water Droplets/Rivulets Over a Flat Surface

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jincheng Wang, Hui Hu

  23. An Experimental Study on Wind-Driven Flowoff Characteristics of Deicing Fluids Pertinent to Aircraft Ground Deicing

    Article • July 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jincheng Wang, Hui Hu

  24. Unsteady Heat Transfer Characteristics of Aircraft Anti-/De-Icing with Continuous and Pulsed Surface Heating

    Article • July 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu, Harsha Sista

  25. An Experimental Study on Detrimental Effects of Rainfall on Wind Turbine Blades

    Article • July 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Harsha Sista, Hui Hu

  26. An Experimental Study on the Characteristics of Supersonic/Sonic Jet Flows Impinging Onto Solid Surfaces

    Article • July 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jincheng Wang, Hui Hu

  27. An Experimental Study on the Characteristics of Ice Crystal Icing Over a Heated Airfoil Surface

    Article • July 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  28. An Experimental Study on Aerodynamic Performance Degradation of a Drone Propeller Due to Rainfall

    Article • July 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Anvesh Dhulipalla, Hui Hu

  29. A New Class of Carbon-Nanotube-Based, Self-Heating Superhydrophobic Coatings for UAV Icing Mitigation

    Article • July 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jincheng Wang, Hui Hu

  30. Comparative Study of Using Superhydrophobic and Icephobic Surface Coatings for Aircraft Icing Mitigation

    Article • AIAA Journal, January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  31. Experimental Study on the Dynamic Droplet Impingement Force onto Surfaces with Various Wettability at High Weber Number

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  32. A machine learning study to predict wind-driven water runback characteristics

    Article • Physics of Fluids, October 2023, American Institute of Physics

    Hui Hu

  33. Experimental Study of Dynamic Icing Process on a Pitot Probe Model

    Article • Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, February 2023, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  34. Experimental Study of Dynamic Ice Accretion Process over Rotating Aeroengine Fan Blades

    Article • Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, November 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  35. Quantification of the Ice Structures Accreted over the Surfaces of Rotating Aero-Engine Fan Blades

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  36. An Explorative Study to Use Graphene-based Materials for Aircraft Icing Mitigation

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  37. An Experimental Study to Compare Water Droplet Impinging Dynamics and Wind-Driven Water Runback Process over Laser Treated Surfaces with Different Wettability Characteristics

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  38. An Experimental Investigation on the Impinging Dynamics of Supercooled Large Droplets in comparison to Water Droplets at Room Temperature

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  39. Understanding the Icing Process expected at Offshore Wind Turbines in Cold Climates.

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu, Harsha Sista

  40. An Experimental Investigation to Assess the Effectiveness of Various Anti-Icing Coatings for UAV Propeller Icing Mitigation

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  41. A Comparative Study to Characterize the Effects of Adverse Weathers on the Flight Performance of an Unmanned-Aerial-System

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu, Anvesh Dhulipalla

  42. An Experimental Investigation on the Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Characteristics of Dual-Rotor Propellers for UAV Applications

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  43. An Experimental Study of Ice Accretion Characteristics Due to Impacting of Ice Crystals onto Heated Surfaces Pertinent to Aero-Engine Icing Phenomena

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  44. An Experimental Study on a Hybrid Anti-/De-icing Strategy for Aero-Engine Inlet Guide Vane Icing Protection

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu, John Hilker

  45. Machine Learning Prediction of Wind-Driven Water Runback Characteristics Related to Aircraft Icing

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu, Jincheng Wang

  46. An experimental study on the transient runback characteristics of wind-driven film/rivulet flows

    Article • Physics of Fluids, November 2021, American Institute of Physics

    Hui Hu

  47. Wind turbine icing characteristics and icing-induced power losses to utility-scale wind turbines

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Hui Hu

  48. Optimization of Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Actuators for Icing Control

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, March 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Xuanshi Meng, Hui Hu

  49. Icing control using the AC-SDBD plasma actuator

    Article • Physics of Fluids, March 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Mr Afaq Ahmed Abbasi, Xuanshi Meng, Hui Hu

  50. An Experimental Investigation on the Transient Runback Process of Wind-Driven Water Droplets over Surfaces with Different Wettabilities

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Yang Liu, Hui Hu

  51. A Hybrid Anti-/De-Icing Strategy by Combining NS-DBD Plasma Actuator and Superhydrophobic Coating for Aircraft Icing Mitigation

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Yang Liu, Hui Hu

  52. Experimental Investigation on the Dynamic Icing Process over a Rotating Propeller Model

    Article • Journal of Propulsion and Power, July 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    linkai li, Yang Liu, Hui Hu

  53. Utilization of Thermal Effect Induced by Plasma Generation for Aircraft Icing Mitigation

    Article • AIAA Journal, March 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Yang Liu, wenwu zhou, Hui Hu

  54. Effects of Flow Compressibility and Density Ratio on Film Cooling Performance

    Article • Journal of Propulsion and Power, July 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    wenwu zhou, Hui Hu

  55. Analysis of Turbine Wake Characteristics by using Dynamic Mode Decomposition Method

    Article • June 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  56. A Novel Vortex Method to Investigate Wind Turbine Near-Wake Characteristics

    Article • June 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  57. Investigation of Wind Turbine Wakes over Complex Terrain Based on Actuator Disk Method

    Article • June 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  58. Measurements of Ice Adhesion over Ice Mitigation Coatings Pertinent to Aircraft Icing and Anti-/De-Icing

    Article • June 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  59. An Experimental Study on Small UAV Propellers with Serrated Trailing Edges

    Article • June 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  60. An Experimental Study on the Aerodynamic and Aeroacoustic Performances of a Bio-Inspired UAV Propeller

    Article • June 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  61. An Experimental Investigation on Rotor-to-Rotor Interactions of Small UAV Propellers

    Article • June 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    wenwu zhou, Hui Hu

  62. An Experimental Investigation on the Unsteady Heat Transfer Process over Ice Accreting Surfaces of Aero-engine Spinner Models

    Article • June 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    linkai li, Hui Hu

  63. An Experimental Investigation on the Dynamic Ice Accretion Process over the Surface of a Wind Turbine Blade Model

    Article • June 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Yang Liu, Hui Hu

  64. Ultrasound for ice characterization

    Article • AIAA Journal, May 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Leonard Bond, Yang Liu, Hui Hu

  65. A Passive Method to Control the Wake Flow behind a Circular Cylinder

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Professor Wen-Li Chen, Hui Hu

  66. Quantification of Dynamic Droplet Impact onto a Solid Surface by using a Digital Image Projection Technique

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  67. An Experimental Study on Icing Physics for Wind Turbine Icing Mitigation

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  68. An Experimental Study on the Transient Ice Accretion Process over a Rotating UAV Propeller

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    linkai li, Hui Hu

  69. engine icing

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    linkai li, Hui Hu

  70. An Experimental Study on the Dynamics of Water Droplets Impingement onto a Goose Feather

    Article • January 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  71. Analysis of Turbine Wake Characteristics using Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) and Triple Decomposition Methods

    Article • June 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  72. An Experimental Study of Barchan-Dune-Shaped Injection Compounds for Improved Film Cooling Effectiveness

    Article • June 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    wenwu zhou, Hui Hu

  73. Gravitational Effects in Low-Speed Air-Driven Films

    Article • June 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  74. An Experimental Investigation on the Water Runback Process over an Airfoil Surface with Realistic Ice Roughness

    Article • June 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Yang Liu, Hui Hu

  75. An Experimental Investigation on the Effects of Surface Wettability on Water Runback and Ice Accretion over an Airfoil Surface

    Article • June 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  76. An Experimental Invesitgation on the Dynamic Water Runback Process Over an Airfoil Surface Pertinent to Aircraft Icing Phenomena

    Article • June 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  77. An Experimental Study on the Wake Characteristics of Dual-Rotor Wind Turbines by Using a Stereoscopic PIV Technique

    Article • June 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  78. High-Speed Imaging to Quantify Transient Ice Accretion Process over an Airfoil

    Article • Journal of Aircraft, March 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  79. An Experimental Investigation on Unsteady Heat Transfer and Transient Icing Process upon Impingement of Water Droplets

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  80. An Experimental Study on The Transient Behavior of Wind-Driven Water Runback over a Flat Surface

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  81. An Experimental Study on the Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustic Characteristics of Small Propellers

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  82. An Experimental Investigation on the Convective Heat Transfer Process over an Ice Roughened Airfoil

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Yang Liu, Hui Hu

  83. An Experimental Investigation on the Near Wake Characteristics of a Darrious Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  84. An Experimental Investigation on the Aeromechanic Performance and Wake Characteristics of a Wind Turbine Model Subjected to Pitch Motions

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  85. An Experimental Study of Compressibility Effects on the Film Cooling Effectiveness Using PSP and PIV Techniques

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    wenwu zhou, Hui Hu

  86. Simultaneous Measurements of Droplet Size, Velocity and Temperature of “In-flight” Droplets in a Spray Flow by using a Molecular Tagging Technique

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  87. High-Speed Imaging to Quantify the Transient Ice Accretion Process on a NACA 0012 Airfoil

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Yang Liu, Hui Hu

  88. An Experimental Investigation on the Unsteady Heat Transfer Process Over an Ice Accreting NACA 0012 Airfoil

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Yang Liu, Hui Hu

  89. An Experimental Investigation on the Performance and the Wake Characteristics of a Wind Turbine Subjected to Surge Motion

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Morteza Khosravi, Hui Hu

  90. An Experimental Investigation on the Wake Characteristics behind a Novel Twin-Rotor Wind Turbine

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  91. Numerical Investigation of Aerodynamic Performance and Loads of a Novel Dual Rotor Wind Turbine

    Article • January 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  92. A Comparative Study of the Wake Characteristics behind a Single-Rotor Wind Turbine and Dual-Rotor Wind Turbines

    Article • June 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  93. An Experimental Study of Wind-Driven Water Film Flows over Roughness Array

    Article • June 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Yang Liu, Hui Hu

  94. On the Numerical Solution of Three-Dimensional Condensed Layer Films

    Article • June 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  95. An Experimental Study of Momentum-Preserving Shaped Holes for Film Cooling Using PSP and PIV

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    wenwu zhou, Hui Hu

  96. Suppression of Vortex Shedding from a Circular Cylinder by using a Traveling Wave Wall

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Professor Wen-Li Chen, Yang Liu, Hui Hu

  97. An Experimental Investigation on Wind-Driven Rivulet/Film Flows over a NACA0012 Airfoil by Using Digital Image Projection Technique

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  98. An Experimental Investigation on the Aeromechanics and Near Wake Characteristics of Dual-Rotor Wind Turbines (DRWTs)

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu

  99. An Experimental Investigation on Dynamic Wind Loads Acting on a Wind Turbine Model in Atomspheric Boundary Layer Winds

    Article • January 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Hui Hu