Personal statement
Prof. Xiu T YAN, (BEng, PhD, CEng, FIMechE, FIET, FHEA), is a Professon in Mechatronic Systems Technology, the Director of Space Mechatronic Systems Technology Laboratory (SMeSTech), Strathclyde Space Institute. He is currently the Chairman of Robotics and Mechatronics TPN Executive Committee of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Vice-Chiarman of Mechtronics Forum - the Vice Chairman of the Mechatronics Forum – an international mechatronics organisation established in 1992 and sponsored by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the UK.
His research contributions include a systematic mechatronic system design methodology through the development of a novel ‘design process model’ and associated computer support tools for mechatronic systems design. He is the founding director of a research centre on mechatronic systems technology – SMeSTech. 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. He has published over 180 journal and conference papers and book chapters published in leading international journals and conferences in mechatronic system design and modelling, enginggering system design, haptic system modelling, computer modelling and design support tools for mechatronic system development and applications of design process in several engineering discplines, manufacturing and assembly, bio-structure modelling.
Two of his books have been rated as top 25% top 25% most downloaded eBooks in the relevant Springer eBook collection with a third book as top 50% most downloaded eBooks in the relevant Springer eBook collection. Prof Yan currently manages and hosts over 20 researchers within SMeSTech lab.
Prof. Yan has been nominated for the award of Excellent Teaching for the award of Strathclyde Teaching Excellence in 2014 for "He is very skillful and hardworking teacher".
Professional activities
- 69th International Astronautical Congress
- Participant
- 1/10/2018
- Mechatronics 2018: Reinventing Mechatronics16th Mechatronics Forum International Conference
- Chair
- 19/9/2018
- Mechatronics 2018: Reinventing Mechatronics16th Mechatronics Forum International Conference
- Chair
- 19/9/2018
- AgriSense, AgriRover and AgriHarvester for SmartFarm
- Invited speaker
- 3/9/2018
- 19th International Conference on Research and Education in Mechatronics (REM 2018)
- Member of programme committee
- 6/6/2018
- External PhD Examiner of Loughborough University of Technology, the UK
- External Examiner
- 24/4/2018
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Projects
- A feasibility study of nitrogen detection using remote sensor in collaboration with AgriRover
- Yan, Xiu (Principal Investigator)
- Data analysis of soil fertility through nitrogen level estimation for in-situ & satellite correlation mapping algorithms for effective plant health monitoring. Evaluation and integration of these analyses into an integrated model and information platform on crop growth and pest and diseases.
- 01-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2019
- Deep Learning-Based Smart Autonomous Systems for the Visual Inspection of Asset Integrity in Harsh Environment
- Yang, Erfu (Principal Investigator) Yan, Xiu (Co-investigator)
- Robotic and autonomous systems (RAS) have received the increasing interests both in onshore and offshore applications where harsh environment has been a challenging issue particularly in the oil and gas industry. With the rising safety, time and cost concerns relating to the inspection of important industrial equipment and infrastructures, the use of small, lightweight and smart RASs such as UAVs/drones that can be deployed quickly to assess the internal and external conditions are highly desirable.
- 01-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2021
- OGTC Robotics Vessel Inspection
- Dobie, Gordon (Principal Investigator) Gachagan, Anthony (Co-investigator) MacLeod, Charles Norman (Co-investigator) Pierce, Gareth (Co-investigator) Yan, Xiu (Co-investigator) Yang, Erfu (Co-investigator)
- 20-Jan-2018 - 19-Jan-2020
- Space Robotic Technologies for Plant Grafting (SR-Grafting) Agri-Tech in China: Newton Network+
- Yan, Xiu (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 31-Jan-2019
- Smartfarm1.0
- Yan, Xiu (Principal Investigator) Andonovic, Ivan (Co-investigator)
- This project is the flagship challenge project between UK-China in their first ever joint science and technology innovation flagship challenge programme. In its first year of joint innovation, both countries agreed to collaborate in agricultural technologies. The project is a pilot funded by InnovateUK through Agri-EPI.
- 02-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2019
- SIROM (Standard Interface for Robotic Manipulation of Payloads in Future Space Missions) (COMPET)
- Yan, Xiu (Principal Investigator) Post, Mark (Co-investigator) Vasile, Massimiliano (Co-investigator) Donaldson, Karen (Researcher) Li, Youhua (Researcher) Palazzetti, Roberto (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2016 - 31-Jan-2019
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