Anming Hu

Associate Professor

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

Research

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

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

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

1. 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
2. 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
3. A. Hu, Progress of Nanojoining: the past, current and beyond. University of Waterloo, Canada, Dec. 13, 2024
4. 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
5. D. Bridges, David Fieser, J. Santiago, and A. Hu. “Novel frontiers of high entropy alloys”. Metals 13 (2023) 1193
6. Y. Yu, P. Joshi, D. Bridges, D. Fieser, A. Hu. “Femtosecond laser -induced Nano-joining of volatile tellurium nanotube memristor”, Nanomaterials 13 (2023) 789
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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