Professor Xiu Yan

Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management

Personal statement

Prof. Xiu-Tian YAN, (BEng, PhD, CEng, FIMechE, FIET, FHEA), is a Professor in Mechatronics in the department of Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management. He was the past Chairman of Robotics and Mechatronics TPN Executive Committee of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Vice-Chairman of Mechatronics Forum - an international mechatronics organisation established in 1992 and sponsored by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the UK.

His research contributions include a mechatronic system design methodology through the development of a novel ‘design process model’ and associated computer support tools for mechatronic systems design. This model is then applied and validated in developing mechatronic and sustainable solutions to challenging problems found in

agriculture through award nominated collaborative and innovative AgriRover for autonomous soil fertility sensing for sustainable farming and selective harvesting,
construction with a sustainable and autonomous factory blueprint for future innovative renovation of social houses in the North Sea Region in Indu-Zero project, and
Sustainable manufacturing with a SmartMan system for cake production to minimise the waste.

He has published over 260 journal and conference papers and book chapters in leading international journals and conferences in mechatronic system design and modelling, smart farming, engineering system design, haptic system modelling, computer modelling and design support tools for mechatronic system development and applications of design process in several engineering disciplines, manufacturing and assembly, and bio-structure modelling. His research output impact has been realised through extensive knowledge exchange projects and recognised by the awards of National Judges Commendation Award for Knowledge Transfer Partnership Best Partnership Awards 2010, MCN Best Product of the Year 2009 and finalist for the John Logie Baird Innovation Awards.

Prof. Yan has been nominated for the award of Excellent Teaching for the award of Strathclyde Teaching Excellence in 2014 for "He is very skilful and hardworking teacher".

Prizes and awards

Best Paper Award: Recipient; 24/1/2019
The nomination of the first of three finalists for the award of the Best paper in the category D Infrastructure at 69th (2018) International Astronautical Congress, Germany: Recipient; 5/10/2018
Best Poster (Application) Award: Recipient; 21/6/2017
The First finalist in the Engineer magazine’s "Collaborate to Innovate" award in the category of Energy, Efficiency and Sustainability (2016): Recipient; 2016
Excellent Teaching nomination for Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Awards: Recipient; 2014
Elected a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology: Recipient; 2011

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Publications

Additive manufacturing process design for complex aircraft components: Dogea Ramona, Yan Xiu T, Millar Richard; The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology Vol 123, pp. 4195-4211 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-022-10413-x
Sustainable mechatronic solution for agricultural precision farming inspired by space robotics technologies: Niu Cong, Yan Xiu-Tian, Li Youhua; EcoMechatronics Challenges for Evolution, Development and Sustainability (2022) (2022)
Examining the inherent strains of aluminium alloy 7050-T7451 powder for additive manufacturing processes: Dogea Ramona, Yan Xiu T, Millar Richard; MRS Communications Vol 12, pp. 813-818 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-022-00244-y
Modularity for the future in space robotics : a review: Post Mark A, Yan Xiu-Tian, Letier Pierre; Acta Astronautica Vol 189, pp. 530-547 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.09.007
A smart wing rib structure suitable for design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) process: Dogea Ramona, Yan Xiu T, Millar Richard; Journal of Material Sciences & Manufacturing Research Vol 2, pp. 1-21 (2021); https://doi.org/10.47363/JMSMR/2021(2)122
An investigation of haptic modelling for oral and maxillofacial surgical training and planning: Li Mutian, Smart Susie, Li Youhua, Ayoub Ashraf, Drikakis Dimitris, Yan Xiu-Tian; Journal of Robotics and Automation Vol 5, pp. 227-235 (2021); https://doi.org/10.36959/673/373

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Professional activities

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering (Journal): Associate Editor; 2020
UK-China Space Robotics Inspired Seedling Grafting Robotic Systems Workshop: Chair; 14/3/2019
EU - European Research Council (External organisation): Advisor; 1/2/2019
AgriRover: a space robotics inspired platform for precision farming: Speaker; 12/2018
69th International Astronautical Congress: Participant; 1/10/2018
Scottish Research Partnership in Engineering: Robotics and Autonomous Systems Thematic Leader Group (RAS-TLG) (External organisation): Advisor; 10/2018

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Projects

Made Smarter Innovation - Research Centre for Smart, Collaborative Industrial: Yan, Xiu (Principal Investigator); 30-Jan-2021 - 29-Jan-2025
An smart robotic system for SmartFarm (ISCF): Yan, Xiu (Principal Investigator) Marshall, Stephen (Co-investigator) Ren, Jinchang (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2023
AFRC_DIRF_1838: Evans, Dorothy (Principal Investigator) Yan, Xiu (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2025
ACCELERATE adoption of EXOSKELETONS for construction and manufacturing applications in the NorthSea Region (EXSKALLERATE): Yan, Xiu (Principal Investigator) McMahon, Daniel (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2023
PSA Auto Group: Novel Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques in dealing with manufacturing variations for automobile assembly systems: Yan, Xiu (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2023
Head Mounted Vision: Yan, Xiu (Principal Investigator) Wodehouse, Andrew (Co-investigator) Wong, Andy TC (Co-investigator) McMahon, Daniel (Co-investigator); AI and augmented reality enabled Head Mounted Vision for construction industry; 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2020

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