DrMing Huang

Honorary Lecturer

Department of Mechanical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering

  • Honorary Lecturer
    Department of Mechanical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
  • 563, City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom

BIO

Dr Ming Huang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Design at the University of Sussex (March 2025-present) and an Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London.

Prior to joining Sussex, Dr Huang was a Research Associate at Imperial College London's Non-Destructive Evaluation Group, where he also completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering (2021) with Professors Michael Lowe FREng and Peter Cawley FRS FREng. He previously served as a Research Engineer at Dongfang Electric Corporation's R&D Centre (2013-2016) after earning his master's (2013) and bachelor's (2010) degrees in Solid Mechanics from Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.

Dr Huang develops innovative ultrasonic technologies for non-destructive materials characterisation and monitoring to enhance material health, safety and longevity. His expertise includes microstructure characterisation for polycrystalline materials and quantitative characterisation and monitoring of Li-ion batteries. His current research expands into metal additive manufacturing and hydrogen production/storage applications.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Assistant Professor
    University of Sussex, Engineering and Design, Brighton, United Kingdom31 Mar 2025 - present
  • Honorary Lecturer
    Imperial College London, Mechanical Engineering, London, United Kingdom1 Apr 2025 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Associate
    Imperial College London, Mechanical Engineering, London, United Kingdom11 Jan 2021 - 28 Mar 2025
  • Research Engineer
    Dongfang Electric Corporation (China), R&D Centre, Chengdu, China15 Jul 2013 - 31 Dec 2016

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom9 Jan 2017 - 1 Feb 2021
  • MEng
    Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China1 Sep 2010 - 1 Jul 2013
  • BEng
    Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China1 Sep 2006 - 1 Jul 2010

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Engineering

POSITION NAME

  • Honorary Lecturer

FIELDS OF RESEARCH