Hui Hu has received the 2006 Outstanding Paper in Fluid Mechanics award presented by Measurement Science and Technology. Hu, an assistant professor in aerospace engineering at Iowa State University, wrote the article with Manoochehr Koochesfahani, professor of mechanical engineering at Michigan State University.
The article, “Molecular tagging velocimetry and thermometry and its application to the wake of a heated circular cylinder,” was published in Measurement Science and Technology in April 2006 (volume 17, issue 6, pp 1269–1281). In selecting the article, the journal’s editorial board recognized the paper’s contribution to the use of molecular tagging techniques in the service of velocity and temperature measurements.
Hu, who joined the Iowa State faculty in 2004, received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation in 2006. Prior to coming to Ames, Hu was a research associate at Michigan State University. He holds PhD degrees from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, and the University of Tokyo, Japan.