Academic Degrees

Sept. 2003- Nov. 2006   Ph.D. in Control Theory and Control Engineering,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Sept. 1999-Jun. 2002     M.S. in Control Theory and Control Engineering,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Sept. 1991- Jun. 1995        B.S. in Measurement Technology and Meter,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Professional Experience

- present Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Nov.2008  Associate Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Aug.2012- Aug.2013  Visiting scholar in Colorado State University, USA
Nov. 2002- Jul. 2008   Lecturer, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Sep.1999-Sep.2002    Assistant Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Awards and Honors

1 Second Prize of Excellent Teaching Quality Award of HUST in 2008,2009,2010,2014 respectively.
2 Third Prize of Teaching Competition of Young Teachers of HUST in 2008.

Courses Taught

For Undergraduates: Computer Network, Microcomputer Principle
For Graduates: Optimal Control

Project

Current Research Projects:
1 Jan.2015-Dec.2018: National Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant No.61471177):“Adaptive hybrid MAC protocol for multi-hops wireless sensor networks”
2 Jan. 2015- Dec.201: Open research project from the State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems (Grant No.20150109): “Modeling based on parallel system theory for artificial network”
Finished Research Projects:
1 2013-2014: The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (HUST: 2013 TS127):“Frame of wireless sensor networks for urban intelligent transportation”
2 2011-2012: The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (HUST: 2011TS140):“Channel model of wireless underground sensor networks”
3 2009-2011: National Nature Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60802002):“Key technologies of wireless sensor networks for bridge structure health monitoring”

Selected Publications
[1] X. Hu, B.Wang, H. Ji. Wireless sensor network-based structure health monitoring system for highway bridges, Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 193-209, 2013.

[2] W.Xiong, X. Hu ﹡, T.Jiang. Measurement and Characterization of Link Quality for IEEE 802.15.4-compliant Wireless Sensor Networks in Vehicular Communications, IEEE transactions on industrial informatics. (DOI :10.1109/TII.2015.2499121)

[3] X. Cheng, X. Hu, I. Husain, K. Inoue, P. Krein, Y. Li, H. Nishi, J. Taiber, F. Wang, L. Yang. Electrified Vehicles and the Smart Grid: the ITS Perspective, IEEE transactions on intelligent transportation systems. Vol.15,no.4,pp. 1388-1404,2014

[4] X. Hu, L. Yang, W. Xiong. A Novel Wireless Sensor Network Frame for Urban Transportation. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. (DOT: 10.1109/JIOT.2015.2475639)

[5] W. Xiong, X. Hu, Z.Li, et al. Particle Swarm Optimization Application in Detection of Power System Low-Frequency Oscillation. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 2015, 12(7): 1311-1316.

[6] C. Gao, X. Hu﹡, L. Guo, et al. A Data Dissemination Algorithm using Multi-Replication in Wireless Sensor Networks. Przegląd Elektrotechniczny, 2013, 89(1b): 91—93.

[7] C. Gao, X. Hu*, B. Wang, H. Gao, W. Xiong. Data Dissemination in Wireless Sensor Networks with Clustering Method, Information Technology Journal, vol.11, no.10, pp. 1477-1483, 2012.

[8] H. Gao，B. Wang, X. Hu *, W. Xiong. Research on network performance of wireless sensor networks with adaptive sleeping MAC protocol based on different kinds of topology structure, Information Technology Journal, vol.11, no. 8, pp.1040-1047, 2012.

[9] H. Gao, X. Hu*, B. Wang, H. Qi, W. Xiong. A novel fuzzy PID excitation controller with PSS in power system, Journal of Computational Information Systems, vol. 8, no. 21, pp. 8735-8743, 2012.

[10] H. Gao, B. Wang, C. Gao, X. Hu*. Network performance comparison between linear and hybrid topology structure of WSN in coal mining equipment, Advanced Materials Research, vol. 548, pp. 775-779, 2012.

[11] X. Hu, W. Xiong, L. Li, et al. Application scenarios of wireless sensor networks for urban transportation: A survey. IEEE 2015 34th Chinese Control Conference (CCC), 2015: 7688-7691.

[12] X. Hu, J. Fang,. Performance analysis of IEEE 802.15. 4 with the unslotted CSMA/CA for mobile vehicle. IEEE 2014 International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo (ICCVE), 2014: 902-903.

[13] W. Xiong, X. Hu, B. Wang, et al. Vehicle node localization without GPS in VANET. IEEE 2014 International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo (ICCVE), 2014: 1068-1073.

[14] X. Hu, C. Gao, B. Wang, W. Xiong. Channel modeling for wireless Underground sensor networks, in Proc. 35th Annual IEEE Computer Software and Applications Conference Workshop, 2011, pp. 249-254

[15] X. Hu, B. Wang, X.J. Hu. A novel energy-balanced time synchronization protocol in wireless sensor networks for bridge structure health monitoring, in Proc. 2nd International IEEE Workshop on Database Technology and Applications, 2010, pp.5-9

[16] X. Hu, B. Wang, W. Chen, J. Han. Highway Bridge Assessment Based on Wireless Sensor Network, in Proc. 2nd International Symposium on Computer Network and Multimedia Technology, 2010, pp.15-18

[17] C. Gao, X. Hu*, B. Wang, L. Guo, W. Wang. Design of Train Ride Quality Testing System Based on Wireless Sensor Network, in Proc. 2011 International Conference on Electronic & Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology, 2011, vol. 5, pp. 2636-2639