Hsingtzu Wu

Hsingtzu Wu  Assistant Professor

Address：LTM Building Room 606
E-mail：hsingtzu@mx.nthu.edu.tw
Telephone No.：03-5715131 ext.35259
Laboratory：Multiphysical Analyses of Nuclear Power Plant and Radiation
Discipline

Engineering mathematics, Application of atomic physics, Passive safety systems of nuclear power plants

Specialty

Thermal-hydraulics, Neutronics, Coupling, Safety analysis of nuclear fuel, Passive system of nuclear power plants, Analysis of public acceptance of nuclear power
Academic Degrees

  1. Aug 2011 to Dec 2013, Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering (NPRE), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA

  2. Aug 2007 to May 2011, Master of Science in Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA

  3. Sept 2002 to June 2006, Bachelor of Science in Atomic Science (AS), National Tsing-Hua University(NTHU), Hsinchu, Taiwan
Journal Articles

  1. Linfeng Yan, Dawei Wang, Hsingtzu Wu*, Numerical study on the influence of input power and tube shape on a single-phase natural circulation for passive residual heat removal heat exchanger, Progress in Nuclear Energy, Volume 159, 2023, 104643.

  2. Hsingtzu Wu*, Dawei Wang, Pilot study of response-order effects on survey on young Chinese's perceptions of nuclear power, Progress in Nuclear Energy, Volume 157, 2023, 104587.

  3. Li Zhou, Hsingtzu Wu*, A pilot study on modification of containment dome surface to enhance condensation, Progress in Nuclear Energy, Volume 156, 2023, 104557.

  4. Linfeng Yan, Dawei Wang, Hsingtzu Wu*, Analysis of Influence of Tube Failure on Performance of Passive Residual Heat Removal Heat Exchanger, Nuclear Technology, Volume 208, Issue 12, 2022, pages 1822-1831.

  5. Hsingtzu Wu*, A proposed new configuration of a shuffle-dwell gamma irradiator, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Volume 54, Issue 8, 2022, Pages 3176-3180.

  6. Hsingtzu Wu*, Linfeng Yan, Lanshan Yuan, Pilot numerical study of new design of passive residual heat removal heat exchanger tubes, Progress in Nuclear Energy, Volume 146, 2022, 104150.

  7. Hsingtzu Wu*, Leyao Huang, Lanshan Yuan, Da-Wei Wang, Shaoxuan Wang, Young Chinese people's perceptions of nuclear power: Connection with enthusiasm for information, perceptions of nuclear reactor technology and NIMBY, Progress in Nuclear Energy, Volume 141, 2021, 103964.

  8. Hsingtzu Wu*, Leyao Huang, Young Chinese people's radiological beliefs significantly associated with their opinions on nuclear power, Progress in Nuclear Energy, 138, 2021, 103797.

  9. Hsingtzu Wu*, Leyao Huang, Corrigendum to Young Chinese people's radiological beliefs significantly associated with their opinions on nuclear power [Prog. Nucl. Energy 138 (2021) 103797], Progress in Nuclear Energy, Volume 139, 2021, 103934. 

  10. Hsingtzu Wu*, Experience of teaching gas-liquid two-phase flow using PBL pedagogy, Research in Higher Education of Engineering, 2019, 80-81 (in Chinese).

  11. Yang Jun, Zhu Donglai, Wu Hsingtzu, Wang Beiqi, Xu Lejin. Hot spots of nuclear energy science and technology in 2018. Science & Technology Review, 2019, 37(1): 121-133. (in Chinese).

  12. Yang Jun, Yang Zhangcan, Xu Lejin, Wu Hsingtzu, Deng Chengcheng, Zhou Xiafeng, Hu Bangda, Hot spots of nuclear energy science and technology in 2017, Science & Technology Review, 2018, 36(1) pages 31-45. (in Chinese).

  13. Hsingtzu Wu, Yutaka Udagawa, Takafumi Narukawa, Masaki Amaya, Crack formation in cladding under LOCA quench conditions, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 303, July 2016, Pages 25-30.

  14. Hsingtzu Wu, Yutaka Udagawa, Takafumi Narukawa, Masaki Amaya, Validation of updated RANNS with effect of oxygen-dissolved metallic Zircaloy-4 under LOCA quench condition, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 300, 15 April 2016, Pages 249-255. 

  15. Hsingtzu Wu*, Rizwan-uddin, A Tightly Coupled Scheme for Neutronics and Thermal-hydraulics using Open-source Software, Annals of Nuclear Energy. Vol. 87, January 2016, pages 16-22.

  16. Hsingtzu Wu, Haihua Zhao, Validation of hydrogen gas stratification and mixing models, Annals of Nuclear Energy. Vol. 85, November 2015, pages 137-144.  
Experience

  1. Aug 2024 to present, Assistant professor, Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Science, NTHU, Hsinchu, Taiwan

  2. Aug 2018 to May 2024, Associate Researcher, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China

  3. Sept 2017 to Aug 2018, Project-Appointed Assistant Research Fellow, National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan

  4. May 2016 to Aug 2016, Guest researcher, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendrof (HZDR), Dresden, Germany

  5. Oct 2013 to Mar 2016, Postdoctoral Fellow, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Tokai-mura, Japan