2025-now   Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Combustion Energy, Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University

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My research interests lie in the field of fluid mechanics. The current interests of research are as follows.

- Multiphase flows

- Thermal turbulence

- Phase-change mechanism in multiphase systems

2025 Outstanding Graduate, Zhejiang University

2024 National Scholarship for Doctoral Students

2024 Best Paper Award, 5th National Academic Forum for Mechanics PhD Students

2022 Best Paper Award, 3rd International Symposium of Thermal-Fluid Dynamics

2021 Outstanding Graduate Student, Zhejiang University

2020 Excellent Graduation Design (Thesis) and Outstanding Graduate, China University of Mining and Technology

1. Xia Zhenhua, Hu Jin. An Efficiency optimization method for solid-liquid phase change numerical simulation based on the enthalpy method. Chinese Invention Patent Appliation No. 202410697842.0, Patent pending, 2024.

Publications（ORCID: 0009-0006-3645-505X）

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jin-Hu-20

Selected Publications:

1. J. Hu, S. Zhang, Z. Xia*. An efficient modified enthalpy method for phase-change melting problems with dual time-steps[J]. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 239, 126544 (2025).

2. J. Hu, S. Zhang, Z. Xia*. Flow reversal and multiple states in turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection with partially isothermal plates[J]. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 987, A9 (2024).

3. J. Hu, S. Zhang, Z. Yang, L. Chen, Z. Xia*. Numerical investigations of melting process with sidewall heating under various control parameters[J]. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 227, 125529 (2024).

4. J. Hu, S. Zhang, Z. Xia*. Flow field and heat transfer properties in turbulent convection

with local heating condition at the bottom wall[J]. Acta Aerodynamica Sinica, 40, 2: 208-214.