Hank Hu
Advanced Sr. Engineer at Honeywell Aerospace
Chengdu City, Sichuan, United States
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Top SchoolHank Hu is an Advanced Senior Engineer with two decades of cross-domain experience in aerospace, defense, and automotive engineering, currently driving turbomachinery and propulsion optimization at Honeywell Aerospace. He combines deep theoretical knowledge and hands-on CAE expertise—FEA, LS-DYNA, Abaqus, Nastran, Hypermesh/Optistruct—and a track record of delivering weight, fatigue and reliability improvements across engines, railgun systems, and armored vehicles. Hank has led product development and simulation teams, applying optimization tools like HEEDS and OptiStruct to cut weight and extend life while meeting CFR/FAA/NASA standards. His open-source contributions to microsoft/vcpkg demonstrate strong build-system and C++ library integration skills that complement his photogrammetry and computer-vision interests. Comfortable bridging engineering disciplines, he brings a rare mix of structural dynamics, impact/crashworthiness insight, and practical automation ability to complex system problems.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D, Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech UniversityM.S, Mechanical Engineering, M.S, Mechanical Engineering at Southwest Jiaotong University
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Github Skills (17)
c-language10
integrate10
lib10
package-management10
build-system10
cmake10
integrations10
cprogramming-language10
c119
c179
openblas8
lapack8
glog7
openscenegraph7
api6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/vcpkg
Apr 2017 - Jan 2019
C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:12 commits, 8 PRs, 14 comments in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Hank primarily focused on porting and integrating external libraries into the vcpkg package manager. This involved creating and modifying portfiles (CMake scripts) to build and install various C++ libraries, including openblas, clapack, geographiclib, glog, ceres, openscenegraph, embree, geogram, and openmvg. They also addressed build issues, fixed relative paths, and installed CMake configuration files to enable easy consumption of these libraries by other projects. The contributions demonstrate expertise in build systems, dependency management, and integration of external C++ libraries.
c-plus-plussetuptoolspackage-managermacoscplusplus
saedrna/2020-Website
Dec 2020 - Aug 2024
Contributions:45 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
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