2017～2019，主持安徽省教育厅重大项目“基于物联网及移动互联网的工业现场设备点检新模式及应用示范（KJ2017ZD03）”。

2017～2020，主持“金属制造智能工厂设计及设备点检管理系统研发及应用”，企业横向课题。

Yang, Lizhang. Xu Yaohua. Filtered-OFDM system performance research based on Nuttall's Blackman-Harris window. International Conference on Communication Technology Proceedings, ICCT,  v 2017-October, p 687-691,  May 15, 2018.

Li, Yun; Cai, Delin; Xu, Yaohua. Improved DMA algorithm for the PXIE bus. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Vision, Image and Signal Processing, ICVISP 2018

Xu, Yaohua. Wu, Yong. An approach of pilot contamination reduction based on power control and orthogonal identification. 2018 3rd IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing and Big Data Analysis, ICCCBDA 2018, p 476-480,  June 14, 2018,  2018 3rd IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing and Big Data Analysis, ICCCBDA 2018.