Anming Hu

Biography

August 2019-present 
Associate Professor, Department Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

November 2013-July 2019
Assistant Professor, Department Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

August 2012-December 2017
Visiting Professor (short-term), Institute of Laser Engineering, Beijing University of Technology 

April 2012-August 2012
Visiting Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University

August 2009-October 2013
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, University of Waterloo

January 2008-July 2009
Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, University of Waterloo

Education

• 2008, PhD in Laser Physics, University of Waterloo
• 1997, PhD in Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 1993, Master of Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• 1990, Bachelor of Science, Shandong University

Research

Nanomanufacturing, laser processing and 3D microprinting, nanojoining, nanoelectronics, nanotechnology for optoelectronics, energy and environment

Professional Service

• Member of NMJ, ASM, LIA, IIW, and ASME
• 2023-2026 Faculty Senator
• 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 Organization Committee, Co-Chair, International Conference on Nano-Micro Joining
• 2019, founder of Nano-Micro Joining Association
• 2016, 2019 NSF-Graduate Student Research  Scholarship Program Reviewer  
• 2018 Technical Committee Chair of Joining of Advanced Materials and Specialty, American Society of Materials

Awards and Recognitions

• 2025 Fellow of Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF)
• 2015 Innovative Faculty Award
• 2000 New Energy Development Organization Senior Research Fellowship on Industrial Technology (New Energy Development Organization), Japan
• 1998 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (AvH), German Government

Publications

• D. Fieser, Y. Lan, A. Gulino, G. Compagnini, D. Aaron, M. Bridges, H. Shott, P. Liaw, A. Hu. Synthesis and unique behaviors if high-purity HEA nanoparticles using femtosecond laser ablation. Nanomaterials 14 (2024) 554
• Y. Yu, M. Xiao, D. Fieser, W. Zhou, A. Hu. Nanoscale memristor devices: materials, fabrication, and artificial intelligence. J. Mater. Chem. C 12 (2024) 3770
• A. Hu, Progress of Nanojoining: the past, current and beyond. University of Waterloo, Canada, Dec. 13, 2024
• L. Zhang, D. Fieser, B. Bera, D. Aaron, M. Mench, A. Hu, Y. Li, C. Chen, Z. Feng,  A. Gulino, C. Compagnini. “High performance aluminum-air flow batteries through double-face architecture and laser-modified and friction-stir processed 3D anode”. J. Power Sources, 589 (2024) 233752
• D. Bridges, David Fieser, J. Santiago, and A. Hu. “Novel frontiers of high entropy alloys”. Metals 13 (2023) 1193
• Y. Yu, P. Joshi, D. Bridges, D. Fieser, A. Hu. “Femtosecond laser -induced Nano-joining of volatile tellurium nanotube memristor”, Nanomaterials 13 (2023) 789
• S. Zhang, Y. Li, A. Frederick, Y. Wang, Y. Wang, L. Allard Jr, M. Koehler. S. Shin, A. Hu, Z. Feng. “In-situ formation of Al3Ni nanoparticles in synthesis of Al77075 alloy by friction stir processing with Ni powder addition”. J. Mater. Proc. Tech. 311 (2023) 117803
• L. Zhang, S. Zhang, P. Joshi, M. Bhandari, A. Hu, S. Shin. “Laser strengthening of additive manufactured edge seal for vacuum insulated glazing with micro-size glass frit”. J. Building Eng. 53 (2022) 104539
• S. Bai, A. Hu, Y. Hu, Y. Ma, K. Obata, K. Sugioka. “Plasmonic superstructure arrays fabricated by laser near-field reduction from wide-range SERS analysis of fluorescent materials”. Nanomaterials 12 (2022) 970
• D. Bridges, B. Nielsen, L. Zhang, S. Zhang, R. Xu, A. Hu, “Wettability, diffusion behaviors and modeling of Ni nanoparticles and nanowires in brazing Inconel 718”, Adv. Eng. Mater. 23 (2021) 2001053
• Y. Ma, L. Tao, S. Bai, A. Hu, “Green synthesis of Ag nanoparticles for plasmon[1]assisted photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue”. Catalysts 11 (2021) 1499
• L. Zhang, A. Hu, “Fe2O3 nanowire flux enabling tungsten inert gas welding of high manganese steel thick plates with improved mechanical properties”, Appl. Sci. 11 (2021) 5052
• S. Lei, X. Zhao, X. Yu, A. Hu, S. Vukelic, MBC Jun, HE Joe, YL Yo, YC Shin, “Ultrafast laser applications in manufacturing processes: a state-of-the-art review”, J. Manufacturing Sci. Engr. 142 (2020) 031005
• Y. Yu, Y. Deng, M. A. AlHasan, Y. Bai, RZ Li, S. Deng, P. Joshi, s. Shin, A. Hu, “Femtosecond laser-induced nano-thermal welding for a single Cu nanowire glucose sensor”, Nanoscale Adv. 2 (2020) 1195
• Q. Su, S. Bai, J. Han, Y. Yu, Y. Deng, M. Wu, C.Zheng, A. Hu, “Precise laser trimming of alloy strip resistor: a comparative study with femtosecond laser and nanosecond laser”, J. Laser Appl. 32 (2020) 022013

Books

• A. Hu, Laser Micro-Nano-Manufacturing and 3D Printing, ISBN: 978-3-030-59313-1, Springer, 2020
• A. Hu, Allen Apblett, Nanotechnology for Water Treatment and Purification, ISBN: 978-3-319-37470-3, Springer 2014.

Seminars

• A. Hu. Progress of Nanojoining: the past, current and beyond. University of Waterloo, Canada, Dec. 13, 2024
• A. Hu. Femtosecond laser materials processing and applications: beyond non-thermal effect, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, Feb. 17, 2023
• A. Hu. Nano Joining: The Past, Today and Beyond. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Oct. 28, 2022