
Dr. HU Alice (胡琪怡)
- Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Visiting address
YEUNG-P6419
Phone: +852 34429469
Research Interests/Areas
- Quantum Computing
- Algorithms
- Ab Initio Methods
Selected publications
- C.-L. Hong, T. Tsai, J.-P. Chou, P.-J. Chen, P.-K. Tsai, Y.-C. Chen, E.-J. Kuo, D. Srolovitz, A. Hu, Y.-C. Cheng, and H.-S. Goan, “Accurate and Efficient Quantum Computations of Molecular Properties Using Daubechies Wavelet Molecular Orbitals: A Benchmark Study against Experimental Data,” PRX Quantum, vol. 3, no. 2, p. 20360, Jun. 2022.
- Y.-C. Chen, Y.-Q. Chen, A. Hu*, C.-Y. Hsieh*, and S. Zhang, "Variational quantum simulation of the imaginary-time Lyapunov control for accelerating the ground-state preparation," arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.11782, 2021.
- C.Dang, J.-P.Chou, B.Dai, C.-T.Chou, Y.Yang, R.Fan, W.Lin, F.Meng, A.Hu*, J.Zhu*, J.Han, A. M.Minor, J.Li*, and Y.Lu*, “Achieving large uniform tensile elasticity in microfabricated diamond,” Science, vol. 371, no. 6524, pp. 76–78, 2021.
- C. H.Hu, Y. C.Chen, P. J.Yu, K. Y.Fung, Y. C.Hsueh, P. K.Liaw, J. W.Yeh*, and A.Hu*, “From symmetry to entropy: Crystal entropy difference strongly affects early stage phase transformation,” Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 115, no. 26, Dec.2019.
- P.Yu, R.Feng, J.Du, S.Shinzato, J. P.Chou, B.Chen, Y. C.Lo, P. K.Liaw, S.Ogata*, and A.Hu*, “Phase transformation assisted twinning in a face centered-cubic FeCrNiCoAl0.36 high entropy alloy,” Acta Mater., vol. 181, pp. 491–500, Dec.2019.
- S.Li, J.-P.Chou*, J.Wei, M.Sun, A.Hu*, and A.Gali, “Oxygenated (113) diamond surface for nitrogen-vacancy quantum sensors with preferential alignment and long coherence time from first principles,” Carbon N. Y., vol. 145, pp. 273–280, Apr.2019.
- T. Yang, Y. L. Zhao, Y. Tong, Z. B. Jiao, J. Wei, J. X. Cai, X. D. Han, D. Chen, A. Hu, J. J. Kai, K. Lu, Y. Liu, and C. T. Liu*, “Multicomponent intermetallic nanoparticles and superb mechanical behaviors of complex alloys,” Science., vol. 362, no. 6417, pp. 933–937, Nov. 2018.
- Y. H. Zhang, Y. Zhuang, A. Hu*, J. J. Kai, and C. T. Liu, “The origin of negative stacking fault energies and nano-twin formation in face-centered cubic high entropy alloys,” Scr. Mater., vol. 130, pp. 96–99, 2017.
- A. Hu* and A. Hassanein, “How surface roughness affects the angular dependence of the sputtering yield,” Nucl. Instruments Methods Phys. Res. Sect. B Beam Interact. with Mater. Atoms, vol. 281, pp. 15–20, Jun. 2012.
Qualifications/Experiences
- 2014 Ph. D. Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University
- 2011 M. S., Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University
- 2009 B. S., Physics, National Taiwan University
Teaching
Current courses:
- MNE 3107 - Principles of Nuclear Engineering
- MNE 4121 - Machine Learning and Quantum Computation
- MNE 6125/8108 - Engineering Methods
Previous courses:
- JC 4231 - Nuclear Reactor Physics
- GE 1321 - Our Life in the Nuclear Age
- MBE 2034 - Engineering Materials and Processing
- MNE 3108 - Nuclear Power System
- MNE 4109 - Risk Engineering for Applications Related to Nuclear Engineering