2026 Lin-Wen Hu: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	39	7512	7248	2054	1904	151	10771

Overview

Lin-Wen Hu is affiliated with MIT in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with a strong emphasis on the intersection of these fields in nuclear reactor physics and engineering. The scientist's work encompasses topics related to nuclear materials, radiation, and reactor technologies.

The main fields of study in Lin-Wen Hu's research include:

Materials Science
Engineering

They delve into various subfields such as:

Materials Chemistry
Aerospace Engineering
Radiation
Computational Mechanics
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

The principal research topics covered by Lin-Wen Hu span several specialized areas:

Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies
Fusion materials and technologies
Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
Nuclear Physics and Applications
Nuclear Materials and Properties
Nuclear and radioactivity studies

Lin-Wen Hu has contributed to multiple scientific journals and conference proceedings. Their frequent publication venues include:

Nuclear Technology
Progress in Nuclear Energy
Nature Communications
Fusion Science & Technology
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society - Volume 123

Their recent papers exemplify the scope and focus of their research:

Tritium generation, release, and retention from in-core fluoride salt irradiations, 2020, Progress in Nuclear Energy
Tritium Content and Chemical Form in Nuclear Graphite from Molten Fluoride Salt Irradiations, 2020, Fusion Science & Technology
Tetris-inspired detector with neural network for radiation mapping, 2024, Nature Communications
Modeling Tritium Retention in Graphite for Fluoride-Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Reactors, 2021, Nuclear Technology
Numerical Simulations of Flow-Induced Deflections in MITR LEU Fuel Plate Due to Channel Size Disparity, 2023, Nuclear Technology

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Kieran Dolan
Guiqiu Zheng
David Carpenter
Ryotaro Okabe
Shangjie Xue

Best Publications

A benchmark study on the thermal conductivity of nanofluids

Jacopo Buongiorno;David C. Venerus;Naveen Prabhat;Thomas McKrell

1419
Citations
Surface wettability change during pool boiling of nanofluids and its effect on critical heat flux

S.J. Kim;I.C. Bang;J. Buongiorno;L.W. Hu

1134
Citations
Laminar convective heat transfer and viscous pressure loss of alumina–water and zirconia–water nanofluids

Ulzie Rea;Tom McKrell;Lin-wen Hu;Jacopo Buongiorno

680
Citations
Experimental Investigation of Turbulent Convective Heat Transfer and Pressure Loss of Alumina/Water and Zirconia/Water Nanoparticle Colloids (Nanofluids) in Horizontal Tubes

Wesley Williams;Jacopo Buongiorno;Lin-Wen Hu

630
Citations
Effects of nanoparticle deposition on surface wettability influencing boiling heat transfer in nanofluids

S. J. Kim;I. C. Bang;J. Buongiorno;L. W. Hu

491
Citations
Study of bubble growth in water pool boiling through synchronized, infrared thermometry and high-speed video

Craig Gerardi;Jacopo Buongiorno;Lin-Wen Hu;Thomas J. McKrell

404
Citations
Separate effects of surface roughness, wettability, and porosity on the boiling critical heat flux

Harrison F. O'Hanley;Carolyn P. Coyle;Jacopo Buongiorno;Thomas J. McKrell

397
Citations
Augmentation of nucleate boiling heat transfer and critical heat flux using nanoparticle thin-film coatings

Eric Forrest;Erik Williamson;Jacopo Buongiorno;Lin-Wen Hu

369
Citations
Nanofluids for Enhanced Economics and Safety of Nuclear Reactors: An Evaluation of the Potential Features, Issues, and Research Gaps

Jacopo Buongiorno;Lin-Wen Hu;Sung Joong Kim;Ryan Hannink

324
Citations
Effect of magnetic field on laminar convective heat transfer of magnetite nanofluids

R. Azizian;R. Azizian;E. Doroodchi;T. McKrell;J. Buongiorno

285
Citations
On the effect of surface roughness height, wettability, and nanoporosity on Leidenfrost phenomena

Hyungdae Kim;Bao H. Truong;Jacopo Buongiorno;Lin-Wen Hu

284
Citations
On the quenching of steel and zircaloy spheres in water-based nanofluids with alumina, silica and diamond nanoparticles

Hyungdae Kim;Gregory DeWitt;Thomas McKrell;Jacopo Buongiorno

265
Citations
Measurement and Model Validation of Nanofluid Specific Heat Capacity with Differential Scanning Calorimetry

Harry O'Hanley;Jacopo Buongiorno;Thomas McKrell;Lin-wen Hu

230
Citations
Experimental Study of Flow Critical Heat Flux in Alumina-Water, Zinc-Oxide-Water, and Diamond-Water Nanofluids

Sung Joong Kim;Tom McKrell;Jacopo Buongiorno;Lin Wen Hu

222
Citations
Mean-field versus microconvection effects in nanofluid thermal conduction.

Jacob Eapen;Wesley C. Williams;Jacopo Buongiorno;Lin-wen Hu

213
Citations
Photovoltaic-thermoelectric hybrid systems: A general optimization methodology

D. Kraemer;L. Hu;A. Muto;X. Chen

213
Citations
Subcooled flow boiling heat transfer of dilute alumina, zinc oxide, and diamond nanofluids at atmospheric pressure

Sung Joong Kim;Tom McKrell;Jacopo Buongiorno;Lin-wen Hu

191
Citations
A feasibility assessment of the use of nanofluids to enhance the in-vessel retention capability in light-water reactors

J. Buongiorno;L.W. Hu;G. Apostolakis;R. Hannink

183
Citations
LES benchmark study of high cycle temperature fluctuations caused by thermal striping in a mixing tee

Lin-Wen Hu;Mujid S. Kazimi

182
Citations
Viscosity measurements on colloidal dispersions (nanofluids) for heat transfer applications

David C. Venerus;Jacopo Buongiorno;Rebecca Christianson;Jessica Townsend

180
Citations