CV

Education

• Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2021-
  • Supervised by Prof. Patrick Dumond
• Master in Vehicle Engineering, Soochow University (苏州大学), Suzhou, CN, 2018-2021
  • Supervised by Prof. Juanjuan Shi
• Bachelor in Vehicle Engineering, Soochow University (苏州大学), Suzhou, CN, 2014-2018

Work experience

• Teaching Assistant for MCG3131 Machine Design at University of Ottawa
  • 2023 Winter, 2023 Spring/Summer, 2024 Winter, and 2025 Winter
  • Instructor: Prof. Ahsan Ahmed
• Teaching Assistant for GNG1105 Engineering Mechanics at University of Ottawa
  • 2024 Fall
  • Instructor: Prof. Ahsan Ahmed
• Teaching Assistant for MCG2108 Mechanics at University of Ottawa
  • 2023 Fall
  • Instructor: Prof. Ahsan Ahmed
• Teaching Assistant for Modern Control Engineering at Soochow University (苏州大学)
  • 2020 Fall
  • Instructor: Prof. Juanjuan Shi

Awards & Honors

• Admission & International Doctoral Scholarship, University of Ottawa
• China Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship, Soochow University
• National Scholarship for Graduate Students, Soochow University

Skills

• Software: Matlab, Python, SQL, C/C++, C#
• Languages: English, Chinese
• Development: Linux(Ubuntu), Raspberry Pi, Git, Docker, AWS

Publications

Journal papers

1. Latent subdomain assignment based on pseudo domain labels for fault diagnosis of unseen data
   Zehui Hua*, Juanjuan Shi and Patrick Dumond
   Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2025
   [pdf]

2. Towards a universal vibration analysis dataset: A framework for transfer learning in predictive maintenance and structural health monitoring
   Mert Sehri, Igor Varejão, Zehui Hua, Vitor Bonella, Adriano Santos, Francisco de Assis Boldt, Patrick Dumond, Flavio Miguel Varejão
   International Journal of Prognostics and Health Management, 2025
   [pdf]

3. Domain-invariant feature exploration for intelligent fault diagnosis under unseen and time-varying working conditions
   Zehui Hua*, Juanjuan Shi* and Patrick Dumond
   Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2025
   [pdf]

4. Instantaneous frequency synchronized generalized stepwise demodulation transform for bearing fault diagnosis
   Juanjuan Shi, Zehui Hua, Weiguo Huang*, Patrick Dumond, Changqing Shen and Zhongkui Zhu
   IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2022
   [pdf]

5. Refined matching linear chirplet transform for exhibiting time-frequency features of nonstationary vibration and acoustic signals
   Juanjuan Shi, Zehui Hua, Patrick Dumond, Zhongkui Zhu*, Weiguo Huang and Changqing Shen
   Measurement, 2022
   [pdf]

6. Matching and reassignment based time-frequency enhancement for rotating machinery fault diagnosis under nonstationary speed operations
   Zehui Hua, Juanjuan Shi*, Xingxing Jiang, Yang Luo and Zhongkui Zhu
   Measurement Science and Technology, 2021
   [pdf]

7. Iterative matching synchrosqueezing transform and application to rotating machinery fault diagnosis under nonstationary conditions
   Zehui Hua, Juanjuan Shi*, Yang Luo, Weiguo Huang, Jun Wang and Zhongkui Zhu
   Measurement, 2021
   [pdf]

8. A generalized instantaneous-frequency-estimation-free stepwise demodulation transform and its application in vibration signal analysis of rotating machinery
   Juanjuan Shi，Zehui Hua，Changqing Shen*，Xingxing Jiang，Yixiong Feng, Zhongkui Zhu and Lin Kong
   Journal of Vibration and Shock, 2021
   [pdf]

9. Matching linear chirplet strategy-based synchroextracting transform and its application to rotating machinery fault diagnosis
   Zehui Hua, Juanjuan Shi* and Zhongkui Zhu
   IEEE Access, 2022
   [pdf]

Conference papers

1. Bearing fault diagnosis using text analysis on the CWRU dataset
   Zehui Hua*, Mert Sehri, Patrick Dumond
   Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering 32nd Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada Canadian Society of Rhelogy (CSME-CFD-CSR 2025), 2025
   

2. Bearing fault diagnosis using traditional machine learning via ChatGPT
   Niousha Khalilian, Mert Sehri, Zehui Hua, Patrick Dumond
   Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering 32nd Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada Canadian Society of Rhelogy (CSME-CFD-CSR 2025), 2025
   

3. A structural re-parameterization network for bearing fault diagnosis under variable working conditions
   Zehui Hua* and Patrick Dumond
   International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC-CIE 2024), 2024
   [pdf]

4. Intelligent bearing fault diagnosis on the Paderborn dataset under variable working conditions
   Zehui Hua* and Patrick Dumond
   Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress 31st Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada (CSME-CFD 2024), 2024
   

5. Matching linear Chirplet strategy-based synchroextracting transform and its application to rotating machinery fault diagnosis
   Zehui Hua, Juanjuan Shi, Xingxing Jiang and Zhongkui Zhu
   Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Advanced Reliability and Maintenance Modeling (APARM 2020), 2020
   [pdf]