1.Nanoscale energy conversion and high efficiency energy system
2.NEMS- and MEMS-based sensors and their applications
3.Nanocatalytic materials and its applications
4.BioMEMS and biomedical devices
5.Nano-opticals microelectronic system and its applications
6.Specialized Instrumentation

Prof. Dr. Zhiyu (Jerry) Hu (Ph.D. MBA), National Chair Professor of China, is also holding a Zi Yuan Chair professorship at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and serving as the director of National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Micro-/Nano-Fabrication. He is also the founder and director of the Institute of NanoMicroEnergy of Shanghai University at where he is holding professorships in 12 majors. Dr. Hu is an adjunct professor appointment at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA plus other honorary positions in several universities and institutes. He was a research staff member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) of the U.S. Department of Energy.

NEMS-and MEMS-based sensors, nanoscale energy conversion, implantable BioMEMS devices and nanocatalytic materials.

Dr. Hu is the author of more than eighty publications in peer reviewed journals; several dozens invited talks; eighty plus conference presentations and ten published and pending patents. He is the recipient of many awards that includes Discover Magazine Award, National and Regional Federal Laboratory Consortium awards and several awards from ORNL including The Inventor of the Year Award (2000). Dr. Hu’s work generated many press accolades and mentions around the world. He is an active member of APS, ASME, ACS, ECS, MRS, IECS and the National Physics Honor Society Sigma Pi Sigma. He is an executive member of Nano Engineering Council of ASME and a committee member of the Sensor Division of ECS.