Dr Hui Zhu
Manufacturing Engineer
Advanced Forming Research Centre
Personal statement
I am a manufacturing engineer and researcher specialising in material forming and modelling, with a particular strong background in flexible forming technologies such as incremental sheet forming. My expertise covers experimental testing, analytical modelling, constitutive modelling, numerical simulation and microstructure characterisation of metals, polymers, and composites in forming processes. I focus on innovating forming technologies, as well as understanding and optimising the relationships between processing history, material behaviour, and product performance to improve the efficiency and quality of advanced forming technologies.
With over a decade of research experience, a PhD from the University of Nottingham, and PDRA experience at the University of Sheffield, I have published widely in leading journals and contributed to several patents, collaborating closely with academic and industrial partners in a range of research projects to advance forming technologies and the applications.
Prize And Awards
- UK Global Talent
- Recipient
- 2023
- Research Excellence PhD Scholarship
- Recipient
- 2018
- National Scholarship
- Recipient
- 2017
- Presidential Scholarship
- Recipient
- 2014
- National Scholarship
- Recipient
- 2014
Publications
- New insights into combined thermal and vibration softening of magnesium alloy in rotational vibration assisted incremental sheet forming
- Zhu Hui, Zeng Xiaohan, Long Hui, Quinta da Fonseca João
- Journal of Magnesium and Alloys (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jma.2025.09.016
- ESAFORM benchmark 2024 : study on the geometric accuracy of a complex shape with single point incremental forming
- Vanhulst Marthe, Lee Youngrok, Steinfels Dennis, Bremen Thomas, Perzyński Konrad, Vanhove Hans, Ambrogio Giuseppina, Breaz Radu-Eugen, Buffa Gianluca, Conte Romina, De Napoli Liugi, Fratini Livan, Fu Xiao Da Terrence, Gagliardi Francesco, Gralha Margarida, Kang Putong, Kuczek Łukasz, Kumar A Senthil, Kunke Andreas, Leonhardt André, Li Yanle, Li Zhuoer, Licari Roberto, Long Hui, Low Darren Wei Wen, Racz Sever-Gabriel, Scholz Peter, Silva M Beatriz, Song Shaoqi, Weise Dieter, Żaba Krzysztof, Zhu Hui, Bailly David, Banu Mihaela, Madej Lukasz, Duflou Joost R
- International Journal of Material Forming Vol 18 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12289-025-01928-1
- Analytical modelling of local contact behaviour in incremental sheet forming
- Zhu Hui, Ou Hengan
- Journal of Materials Research and Technology Vol 36, pp. 6741-6757 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2025.04.257
- Heat-assisted friction stir incremental sheet forming of thermoplastics
- Zhu Hui, Ou Hengan
- Journal of Materials Processing Technology Vol 328 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2024.118396
- New rosette tools for developing rotational vibration-assisted incremental sheet forming
- Long H, Peng W X, Chang Z D, Zhu H, Jiang Y J, Li Z H
- Journal of Materials Processing Technology Vol 326 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2024.118311
- Effect of vibration frequency and amplitude on formability in rotational vibration-assisted incremental sheet forming (RV-ISF)
- Zhu Hui, Peng Wenxuan, Long Hui
- Material Forming 27th International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming Materials Research Proceedings Vol 41, pp. 1559-1568 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903131-173
Research Interests
- Advanced metal forming technologies
- Forming process modelling and control
- Constitutive and failure modelling
- Intelligent manufacturing
Contact
Dr
Hui
Zhu
Manufacturing Engineer
Advanced Forming Research Centre
Email: hui.zhu@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted