Hui Wu Dr.

Dr. Hui Wu is currently a Research Fellow in the School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronics and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Wollongong (UOW). He was appointed as a full-time Associate Research Fellow and then the Research Fellow, right after his PhD graduation at UOW in 2017. His expertise falls into the fields of manufacturing and materials engineering, and his specific research interests include tribology and nanolubrication in metal forming, advanced rolling technology, composite materials, self-lubricating materials, materials characterisation, phase transformation of steels, micro forming and micro manufacturing.

As a chief or key investigator, Dr. Wu has been involved in 1 ARC DP, 1 ARC LP, 3 Baosteel‐Australia Joint Research & Development Centre (BAJC) projects, and 1 Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP) project, which covered interdisciplinary research in the areas of tribology, metal forming, micro manufacturing, and novel materials. His exceptional achievements obtained in these projects over the past 5 years have been published in over 50 prestigious international journals, which has attracted over 900 citations with an h-index of 15 as per Google Scholar. As an Early Career Researcher, Dr. Wu’s outstanding research outcomes in the aforementioned areas have been highly recognised by the international community. One of his publications in Tribology International was recognised as “Highly Cited Paper” by Web of Science in both 2020 and 2021, and another two publications won the “Best Paper Award”. He is serving as a Youth/Guest/Review/Topic Editor for 4 international journals and as a member of the Editorial Board/Reviewer Board/Youth Editorial Board/Topical Advisory Panel for 6 international journals. He is also serving as an active referee for 30 international journals.