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.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

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

Key Publications

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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. 15 May 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. 25 Mar 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