Name: Hu Zhi Title: Professor

Email: huzhi@ncu.edu.cn

Supervisor Type: Master's/Ph.D. Supervisor

Main Courses: Principle of Material Forming

Personal Website:

https://teacher.ncu.edu.cn/publish/091727/index.html

Research Directions

Research on advanced alloy preparation, precision forming, and corrosion protection.

Education Background

Sep 2005 – Jun 2010, Nanchang University, Materials Processing Engineering (Combined Master’s-Doctoral Program), Ph.D.

Work Experience

Dec 2021 – Present, Professor, Nanchang University

Dec 2016 – Dec 2017, Visiting Scholar, Monash University, Australia

Dec 2013 – Dec 2021, Associate Professor, Nanchang University

Jul 2010 – Dec 2013, Lecturer, Nanchang University

Academic Appointments

Served as an expert in the China International Engineering Consulting Corporation's expert database, a communication reviewer for the National Natural Science Foundation of China, an evaluator for provincial-level science and technology projects in Jiangxi Province, Hunan Province, etc., and a reviewer for over twenty international journals.

Moreover, served as president of the Forging and Pressing Branch of the Jiangxi Provincial Society of Mechanical Engineering, secretary-general of the Jiangxi Provincial Forging and Pressing Association, vice chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Mold Industry Association, member of the Rare Earth Light Alloy Committee of the Chinese Society of Rare Earths, and young editorial board member of the journal “Special Casting and Nonferrous Alloys”.

Personal Honors

1. Jiangxi Province's Ganpo Outstanding Talent Support Program - Academic and technical leaders in key disciplines.

2. Jiangxi Provincial Young Scientist (“Jinggang-Star”)

3. Outstanding Master's Thesis Supervisor of Jiangxi Province

4. Deputy director of Nanchang Key Laboratory for Preparation and Processing of Light Alloy Materials

Major Achievements

Presided over more than 20 projects including three National Natural Science Foundation of China grants, Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation projects, and industry-academia-research collaborations. Received one second prize of the Outstanding Achievements Award (Science and Technology Progress Award) of the Ministry of Education for Higher Education Institutions, one Second Prize in Jiangxi Provincial Technological Invention Award, one Second Prize in Jiangxi Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, two First Prizes in Jiangxi Provincial Higher Education Science and Technology Achievement Awards, and one Second Prize in Jiangxi Provincial Teaching Achievement Award. Published over 80 papers in prestigious domestic and international academic journals including Journal of Magnesium and Alloys, Corrosion Science, and Materials Science & Engineering A, and holds 23 authorized national invention patents.