Rate My Professor Luofeng Huang

Huang's research covers interdisciplinary areas of energies, structures, and fluids, particularly their interactions in renewable energy systems such as floating solar farms, wave/tidal energy devices, and offshore wind turbines. His expertise includes coastal and offshore engineering, experimental modelling (towing/wave tank), computational modelling (CFD), and AI technologies like machine learning, computer vision, and digital twins. He led a team to deliver Indonesia's first-ever ocean-based floating solar farm at a remote island, serves as PI for the Innovate UK Solar2Wave project coordinating over 30 academia-industry members, and collaborates on EPSRC-funded clean maritime research with UK ports including Port of Dover, Shetlands, and Port of Tyne. Additionally, he is PI for digital-twin projects on recycling rare-earth materials: ReCell-Smart Digital Platform for Battery Recycling and ReEarth: Smart Digital Platform for Rare Earth Recycling. Huang has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and authored the book Ocean Renewable Energy Systems by Springer Nature. Key publications include "Floating solar power loss due to motions induced by ocean waves: an experimental study" (Ocean Engineering, 2024), "Developing reliable floating solar systems on seas: a review" (Ocean Engineering, 2025), "Towards a full-scale CFD guideline for simulating a ship advancing in open water" (Ship Technology Research, 2023), and "COVID-19 transmission inside a small passenger vessel: risks and mitigation" (Ocean Engineering, 2022).