Summary
Ming Huo is a Lead Product Engineer with over a decade of focused experience in automotive powertrain development, specializing in combustion, emissions control, air systems, and reacting flows. He combines deep CFD expertise and DOE optimization with Python-driven workflows to deliver efficient engine designs and calibration across both conventional and alternative-fuel platforms. His career spans hands-on research at UIUC to industry leadership roles developing opposed-piston 2-stroke (OP2S) and hydrogen powertrains, where he led hybrid system integration and engine family programs. Known for bridging simulation and test—developing workflows from Converge CFD to piston thermal/FEA and test-cell validation—he consistently turns complex physics into producible solutions. Based in Detroit, he brings PhD-level research rigor to commercial product development and a knack for translating novel combustion concepts into deployable engine architectures.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechanical Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering at Zhejiang University
Chinese, English, French