Dr. Hu is an expert on the material structure characterization, mechanical and physical properties of fiber, yarn and textiles.
Industry Experience
Dr. Hu has recently managed many projects on carbon and other fibers reinforced composite materials at Element Los Angeles (formerly known as Delsen Testing Laboratory), such as test programs for Boeing 787, JSF (F35 & F22), Sikorsky, United States Automotive Materials Partnership, etc.
Through his 32 years of experience, he has focused on developing analytical methodology on material structural characterization and physical property testing on fiber, textile, polymer and composites. Prior to joining in Delsen (now Element Los Angeles), Dr. Hu spent three years at University of California-Davis and successfully created, modified and implemented several computer programs for monitoring and data analysis to predict outcomes of statistical models for material structure and properties by using X-ray diffraction and crystallography. Dr. Hu also worked on polymer material pulverization processing design and development when he worked at Tennessee Technology University.
Publications
Hsieh YL; Hu XP, ‘Structural Transformation of Ultra-High Modulus and Molecular Weight Polyethylene Fibers’, J. Polym. Sci: Polym. Phys.,1997, 35, 623-630
Hsieh YL; Hu XP, NguyenN, ‘Strength and Crystalline Structure of Developing Acala Cotton’, Text. res. J., 1997, 67(7), 529-536
Hsieh YL; Hu XP, ‘Melting Behavior, Crystal Transformation and Morphology of Sulfonated Poly(ethylene terephthalate ) Fibers’, Polymer, (1997)
Hu XP; Hsieh YL, ‘Interpretations of single cotton fiber tensile properties’, Beltwide Cotton Conference, New orleans, USA, January, 1997
Hu XP; Hsieh YL, ‘The Breaking Elongation Distributions of Single Fibers’, J. Mater. Sci., 1997, 32, 3905-3912
Hu XP; Hsieh YL, ‘High-Temperature Wide-Angle X-ray Diffraction Studies of Acrylic Fibers’, Philadelphia fiber conference, Philadelphia, USA , Nov., 1995
Hu XP; Hsieh YL, ‘Distributions of Tensile Properties of Single Cotton Fibers’, Text. res. J., (submitted)
Hsieh YL; Hu XP, ‘Distributions of Single Fiber Toughness’, J. Text. Inst., (1997)
Hu XP; Hsieh YL, ‘Crystalline Phases in Developing Cotton Fibers by FTIr’, recent research Developments in Polymer Science, (invited paper)
Hu XP; Hsieh YL, ‘Crystallite Sizes and Lattice Distortions of Gel-Spun Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Fibers’, Polymer Journal, (1998)
Hu XP; Hsieh YL, ‘Dehydration Effects on the Structure and Tensile Properties of Developing Acala Cotton Fibers’
