Professor Weijia Yuan
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
Professor Weijia Yuan received his Bachelor degree from Tsinghua University and his PhD from the University of Cambridge. He then became both a research associate in the Engineering Department and a junior research fellow at Wolfson College, both at the University of Cambridge. Dr Yuan joined the University of Bath as a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in 2011, where he was later promoted to Reader/Associate Professor in 2016. He joined the University of Strathclyde as a Professor in 2018. He is now leading a research team of 15 researchers in the area applied superconductivity including energy storage, fault current limiters, machines and power transmission lines. He has been working closely with industry partners on all electric propulsion for future electric aircraft, designing a fully superconducting system for aerospace application. His work also involves renewable energy integration and power system stability using energy storage systems. Professor Yuan's achievement in Engineering and Physics have been recognised as being awarded the Fellowship by both the Institute of Engineering and Technology and the Institute of Physics. For more information, please visit our group website www.cryogenicpropulsion.com
Prize And Awards
- Fellow of the Institute of Physics
- Recipient
- 2021
- Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology
- Recipient
- 2020
- IEEE Van Duzer Prize
- Recipient
- 2014
- Research Fellowship
- Recipient
- 2013
Publications
- A compact conduction cooled flux pump operating below 77 K
- Iftikhar Muhammad H, Ertekin Ercan, Zhang Min, Yuan Weijia
- Superconductor Science and Technology Vol 38 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/adaf5c
- The radial flux HTS synchronous motor stator windings comparison for electrified aircraft applications
- Qiu Zhishu, Shchukin Aleksandr, Younas Muhammad Bin, Liao Hengpei, Yuan Weijia, Zhang Min
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2025.3545412
- Review of cryogenic power electronics for all-electric aircraft
- Elwakeel Abdelrahman, Liao Yuchuan, Xiao Yudi, Peña Alzola Rafael, Zhang Min, Yuan Weijia
- IEEE Access Vol 13, pp. 30646-30664 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3539572
- Characterization of 650 V GaN transistors at cryogenic temperature in all-electric aircraft applications
- Liao Yuchuan, Xiao Yudi, Elwakeel Abdelrahman, Alzola Rafael Pena, Zhang Min, Yuan Weijia
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, pp. 1-7 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2025.3531694
- A novel trapped field magnet enabled by a quasi-operational HTS coil
- Liao Hengpei, Shchukin Aleksandr, Parajuli Roshan, Chaud Xavier, Song Jung-Bin, Zhang Min, Yuan Weijia
- iEnergy Vol 3, pp. 261-267 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.23919/IEN.2024.0030
- A cryogenic isolated gate drive circuit for medium-voltage medium-current IGBT modules
- Xiao Yudi, Liao Yuchuan, Ye Hanlin, Alzola Rafael Pena, Yuan Weijia, Zhang Min
- 2024 CPSS & IEEE International Symposium on Energy Storage and Conversion (ISESC) 2024 CPSS & IEEE International Symposium on Energy Storage and Conversion (ISESC), pp. 280-286 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/isesc63657.2024.10785411
Professional Activities
- Organizing committee for EFATS 2021 (EMISSIONS FREE AIR TRANSPORTTHROUGH SUPERCONDUCTIVITY CONFERENCE) (Event)
- Member
- 2021
- Founding organizing committee member of EFATS conference (Emission free air transport through superconductivity conference) 2021 (External organisation)
- Member
- 2021
- AC loss calculation of monofilamentary MgB2 wire in harmonic condition for superconducting rotating machine applications
- Contributor
- 3/11/2020
- Invited Speaker
- Invited speaker
- 9/2019
- Keynote speaker - RAEng Research Forum (2018)
- Keynote speaker
- 2018
- IOP Superconductivity Group committee member (External organisation)
- Member
- 2010
Projects
- Airbus Cryoprop
- Zhang, Min (Principal Investigator) Yuan, Weijia (Co-investigator)
- 31-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2026
- Hire of High-Temperature Superconducting Small Coil Winding and Testing Facilities
- Zhang, Min (Principal Investigator) Shchukin, Aleksandr (Co-investigator) Yuan, Weijia (Co-investigator)
- 21-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- Cryogenic testing for liquid hydrogen tank
- Yuan, Weijia (Principal Investigator) Ertekin, Ercan (Co-investigator) Zhang, Min (Co-investigator)
- 18-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2025
- Magnetostatic Simulations
- Yuan, Weijia (Principal Investigator) Macdonald, Malcolm (Co-investigator) Zhang, Min (Co-investigator)
- 06-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2024
- Superconducting cable testing
- Parker, Max (Principal Investigator) Yuan, Weijia (Co-investigator) Zhang, Min (Co-investigator)
- 29-Jan-2024 - 07-Jan-2024
- HTS winding services
- Zhang, Min (Principal Investigator) Yuan, Weijia (Co-investigator)
- 14-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2024
Contact
Professor
Weijia
Yuan
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: weijia.yuan@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2951