About

Smart Materials & Systems LAB

Dr. Guobiao HU

Principal Investigator

    Dr. Guobiao Hu has published over 150 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers in leading venues, with multiple papers recognized as ESI Highly Cited Papers. His research contributions have been recognized by several international awards, including the ASME SMASIS Best Paper Award (2023) and the ASME SMASIS Ephrahim Garcia Best Paper Award (2024). He has filed several patents related to energy harvesting and intelligent sensing technologies. According to Google Scholar statistics, his publications have received over 4800 citations with an H-index of 37 (as of February 2026). Dr. Hu has been continuously listed among the World’s Top 2% Scientists (2022–2024) released by Stanford University. He serves as a reviewer for more than 60 SCI journals and has acted as a guest editor for journals including Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics.

Research Interests

  • Energy Harvesting
  • Acoustic-Elastic Metamaterials
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Piezoelectric Materials

Appointments

  • 2022.11-Present, Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (GZ)
  • 2020.03-2022.10, Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University
  • 2019.08-2019.12, Research Associate, The University of Auckland

Guest Editorships & Special Issues

Education

  • 2015.08-2019.07, Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland
  • 2012.09-2015.07, M.Sc in Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University
  • 2010.09-2012.07, Diplôme d'Ingénieur in General Engineering, École centrale de Paris
  • 2008.09-2012.07, B.Ec. in Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University

Honors & Awards

  • 2019.05, Research Excellence Scholarship, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UoA, New Zealand
  • 2018.11, Merit Scholarship, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UoA, New Zealand
  • 2016.07, CSC Doctoral Scholarship, China Scholarship Council, China
  • 2015.05, EET PhD Research Scholarship, Energy Education Trust, New Zealand
  • 2014.09, First-class Postgraduate Scholarship, SWJTU, China
  • 2013.09, First-class Postgraduate Scholarship, SWJTU, China
  • 2012.09, First-class Postgraduate Scholarship, SWJTU, China
  • 2010.07, Eiffel Scholarship, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, France
  • 2010.05, First-class Undergraduate Scholarship, SWJTU, China
  • 2009.11, National Scholarship, Ministry of Education, China
  • 2009.11, Merit Student, SWJTU, China
  • 2009.05, First-class Undergraduate Scholarship, SWJTU, China

Students and Mentoring

  • Hao TANG (唐浩), (Ph.D., 2023)
  • Yawei WANG (王雅巍), (Ph.D., 2023)
  • Yihao LI (黎一豪), (MPhil, 2023)
  • Yizhou LI (李逸舟), (MPhil, 2023)
  • Dian LI (李典), (MPhil, 2023)
  • Yi WU (吴佚), (RA, 2023)
  • Jingyi LIU (刘婧仪), (RA, 2023-2024)
  • Depeng SU (苏德鹏）, (Ph.D., 2024)
  • Ye ZHANG (张野）, (RA, 2024)
  • Chengyun DU (杜承运）, (RA, 2024)