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Dr Lu Xing

Associate Professor

Department: Mechanical and Construction Engineering

Obtained a Ph.D. and master's degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Oklahoma State University, United States, I completed multiple research projects in renewable energy system design and software development funded by the US Department of Energy, in cooperation with Oak Ridge National Laboratory. I was the principal scientific advisor for a project funded by the Innovation to Commercialisation of University Research (ICURe) Programme of Innovate UK and ICURe Exloite; I participated in developing a spin-out battery company Continuous Power as Chief Scientist. I was a principal investigator or co-investigator for 20+ research projects (about £14 million) sponsored by UK EPSRC, energy companies, etc.

Worked across three continents (North America, Asia, and Europe) with multi-cultural backgrounds, worked at different institutes (consultancy company, university, government), and with various collaborators, I published 70+ scientific journals or conference papers in energy system/material modeling, AI in green energy. I delivered several invited talks, including “AI for Green Energy” at Oxford University Innovation and keynote speeches at the 29th CSCST-SCI Conference. I chaired symposiums or sessions at international conferences such as EcoMat 2024 and the 15th International Conference on Materials Processing and Characterization etc.

Lu Xing

I am a theoretical scientist and chartered engineer with expertise in energy system and material modeling, sustainable energy storage, and AI for green energy. 

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Development of a domain adversarial fault diagnosis model for information poor variable refrigerant flow systems based on transfer learning, Liu, C., Xu, Y., Chen, H., Shi, J., He, Y., Xing, L. 24 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Building Engineering
  • Experimental study on current density distribution characteristics in a novel oxygen recirculation system of dead-ended proton exchange membrane fuel cell, Liu, Z., Pei, H., Sun, L., Wang, B., Xing, L. 2 Jan 2025, In: International Journal of Green Energy
  • Integrating Green Hydrogen into Building-Distributed Multi-Energy Systems with Water Recirculation, Lei, H., Thomas, J., Curnick, O., Shivaprasad, K., Roy, S., Xing, L. 1 Mar 2025, In: Applications in Energy and Combustion Science
  • Optimizing PEM fuel cells: Strategies to address local reverse polarity issue, Liu, H., Pei, H., Cai, S., Tu, Z., Xing, L. 27 Feb 2025, In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Configuration method for medium-deep ground source heat pump system considering renewable energy consumption and smart grid interaction, Li, J., Lu, F., Xu, W., Li, J., Sun, Z., Qiao, B., Sun, Z., Zheng, F., Xiang, Z., Zhang, G., Xing, L., Wang, L. 1 Sep 2024, In: Energy and Buildings
  • Design of a novel multizone cooling system for performance improvement in proton exchange membrane fuel cell, Liu, Z., Pei, H., Sun, L., Wang, B., Xing, L., Tu, Z., Cai, S. 1 Dec 2024, In: Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Dynamic response study of air-cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack, Pei, H., Liu, Z., Chen, J., Sun, L., Wang, B., Xing, L., Cai, S., Tu, Z. Dec 2024, In: Progress in Natural Science: Materials International
  • Energy-saving potential benchmarking method of office buildings based on probabilistic forecast, Liu, C., Li, Y., Chen, H., Xing, L., Zhang, S. 15 Oct 2024, In: Journal of Building Engineering
  • Fe3Co nanoparticles embedded carbon nanotube complex as effective bifunctional electrocatalysts for rechargeable zinc-air batteries, Dong, J., Pang, Y., Bildan, D., Xing, L., Liu, X., Zhuge, X., Yuan, Z., Ren, Y., Liu, D., Lei, W., Luo, K. 15 Nov 2024, In: Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Influence of cathode air supply mode on the performance of an open cathode air-cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack, Chen, J., Sun, L., Zhu, W., Pei, H., Xing, L., Tu, Z. 15 Apr 2024, In: Applied Thermal Engineering

Joseph Thomas Start Date: 01/10/2022

Joseph Thomas Novel eco-designed proton exchange membrane materials for green hydrogen production Start Date: 01/10/2022

  • Mechanical Engineering PhD October 18 2014
  • Mechanical Engineering MSc December 08 2010
  • English BA July 06 2008
  • EnvironmentalEngineering BSc June 20 2008


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