Professor Han Huang

Professor

School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
han.huang@uq.edu.au
+61 7 336 53583

Overview

Prof Huang is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UQ. He joined UQ in 2005 as a Senior Lecturer and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2008 and Professor in 2011. Prof Huang received his PhD from The University of Western Australia in 1996. He has won a number of prestigious research accolades, including ARC Future Fellowship (2011-2015), ARC Australia Research Fellowship (2005-2010), JSPS Invitation Fellowship (2009), Queensland International Fellowship (2012) and Singapore National Technology Award (1999). He is the Associate Editor of International Journal of Mechanical Science and has editorial roles in several international journals, such as International Journal of Machine Tool and Manufacture. He was elected as a Fellow of International Society of Nanomanufacturing in 2012. He published over 290 refereed journal papers, 2 books and 4 book chapters.

Prof Huang has established a leading group working on nanomechanics and advanced manufacturing and founded a world-class laboratory at UQ that is dedicated to a fundamental understanding of material removal mechanisms and mechanical characterisation of nanomaterials and nanostructures. Professor Han Huang’s research interests are nanomanufacturing, machining technologies, mechanical characterization of nanostructured materials and nanostructures and nanoparticle-based lubrication.

Research Interests

  • Dr Han Huang's research areas are:
    Science: manufacturing science, nanomechanics, nanostructured materials, surface science, physical property, mechanical characterization Engineering: Nanotechnology, advanced manufacturing, materials testing, lubrication, industrial automation

Research Impacts

Prof. Huang began applied research on aerospace applications such as the automatic overhaul of turbine vanes. His SMART robotic grinding/polishing system was employed by the aerospace industry for production, for which he was awarded the Singapore National Technology Award. Prof. Huang now specialises in advanced manufacturing technology for semiconductors, solar panels, steel making, and domestic appliances, and even grinding at the nanoscale, several orders of magnitude smaller than those used in aerospace applications.

Prof. Huang also researches on deformation mechanics and mechanical characterisation of micro/nano structures and emerging materials. His research has been continuously funded by industry and the research outcomes were adopted by semiconductor industries for improving their product quality.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  • Master of Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  • Phd, The University of Western Australia

Publications

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Supervision

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Publications

Book

  • Han Huang, Liangchi Zhang, Jun Wang, Zhengyi Jiang, Libo Zhou, Xipeng Xu and Tsunemoto Kuriyagawa eds. (2009). Advances in abrasive technology XII. Advanced Materials Research, Stafa-Zurich, Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications.

Book Chapter

  • Yin, Yu, Atrens, Andrej, Huang, Han and Zhang, Ming-Xing (2022). Cost-effective Fe-rich high-entropy alloys: a brief review. High entropy materials: microstructures and properties. (pp. 1-21) edited by Yong A. Zhang. London, United Kingdom: IntechOpen. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.105081

  • Lu, Mingyuan and Huang, Han (2015). Interfacial adhesion of film/substrate system characterised by nanoindentation. Thin Films and Coatings: Toughening and Toughness Characterization. (pp. 315-375) edited by Sam Zhang.. Hoboken, NJ United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/b18729

  • Huang, Han (2013). Micro grinding applications. Micro cutting: fundamentals and applications. (pp. 275-313) edited by Kai Cheng and Dehong Huo. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118536605.ch10

  • Huang, Han, Zhou, Libo and Yin, Ling (2011). Polishing using flexible abrasive tools and loose abrasives. Machining with abrasives. (pp. 345-384) edited by Mark J. Jackson and J. Paulo Davim. New York: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7302-3

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Edited Outputs

Other Outputs

  • Wang, Shiliang, Hou, Lizhen, Xie, Hongtao and Huang, Han (2015). High resolution optical images. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.1151

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

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