Yiqun Huang
Director, Engine and Emissions Programs

email:  yhuang@harc.edu

Dr. Yiqun Huang currently is a senior research scientist and program director of the New Technology Research and Development (NTRD) program funded by the State of Texas through the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Texas Environmental Research Consortium to facilitate the development and verification of technologies to reduce emissions from diesel engines.

Dr. Yiqun Huang was a Principal Engineer from 2007 to 2008, Senior Research Engineer from 2004 to 2007 and Research Engineer from 2001 to 2003, at Department of Engine and Vehicle Technology, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI).

At SwRI, he managed and conducted multiple research and development projects for worldwide clients in the areas of emission controls for both light-duty and heavy-duty diesel engine powered vehicles. He was the project manager for development of emissions control systems with four-way catalysts (NOx, PM, HC, CO) for the next generation light-duty vehicle to meet Euro VI and US Tier 2 Bin 5 emission regulations for auto-makers. In addition, he served as project manager for two high profile projects, "U.S. Tier 2 Combustion Strategies for a Light-Duty Diesel Engine" with exhaust aftertreatment for the Clean Diesel IV Consortium and "High Efficiency Light-duty Tier 2 Bin5/Bin2 Diesel" for the Clean Diesel V Consortium. These consortia have more than 45 members from auto-makers, engine manufacturers, exhaust aftertreatment suppliers and oil companies.

Dr. Huang has managed and conducted a wide variety of research and development projects on diesel engine technology, including aftertreatment system applications with low engine-out emissions control strategies including low temperature combustion and premixed controlled compression ignition combustion. At the early stage of his career at SwRI, he conducted and managed projects in the areas of production ECU software development, in-cylinder ion- sensing applications in spark ignited and HCCI combustion, production ECU transient control strategies analysis using neural network, and high-speed imaging study for in-cylinder flame ionization process.

He holds eight US patents and one Chinese patent. He is a member of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and has served as Treasurer (2002 – 2003) and Chairman (2003 – 2005) of SAE South Texas Section and an organizer for SAE symposia and conferences and general chair for 2005 SAE F&L conference.

As a Research Assistant at the University of Texas at Austin, he conducted research on "Hydrocarbon Emissions Sources of Direct Injection Gasoline Engines" using Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry and GC/FID. His paper "The Effects of Fuel Volatility and Structure on HC Emissions from Piston Wetting in DISI Engines" won the Myers Award for Outstanding Student Paper during SAE 2002 World Congress. He also conducted research for US DOE on alternative fuel vehicle operation and maintenance cost analysis (comparison of operating and maintenance characteristics of bi-fuel vehicles), NREL/SR-540-26003, 1999. He was team captain of University of Texas at Austin, led a team won first place overall, most innovative component award and best cold start performance award in the 2000 international Ethanol Vehicle Challenge.

He serves as guest professor for Shanghai University of Engineering Science, and as vice director of the technical advisory committee of the Tianjin University-Infineon Automotive Electronic Joint Laboratory.