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
- Mechanical analysis of trapped field HTS-stacked ring magnets with and without HTS stack inserts
- Liao Hengpei, Yuan Weijia, Zhang Min
- Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica Vol 40 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10409-023-23281-x
- Fault tolerant superconducting busbar with reduced self-field effect on critical current design for all electric aircraft
- Gautam Gaurav, Zhang Min, Yuan Weijia, Burt Graeme, Malkin Daniel
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity Vol 34, pp. 1-5 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2024.3351610
- Multi-filament HTS cables to reduce AC loss : proof-of-concept experiments and simulation
- Lan Tian, Liao Hengpei, Iftikhar Muhammad Haseeb, Yuan Weijia, Cole Alexandre, Abdouh Reda, Zhang Min
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity Vol 33 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2023.3265436
- Magnetization characteristics of HTS-stacked ring magnets with and without HTS stack inserts
- Liao Hengpei, Dennis Anthony R, Yuan Weijia, Zhang Min
- Journal of Applied Physics Vol 134 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0165643
- Modelling of a high-temperature superconductor HVDC cable under transient conditions
- Chaganti Pavan, Yuan Weijia, Zhang Min, Xu Lie, Hodge Eoin, Fitzgerald John
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity Vol 33 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2023.3251948
- Protection system architecture for all-electric aircraft
- El-Wakeel Abdelrahman, Ertekin Ercan, Elshiekh Mariam, Iftikhar Muhammad, Yuan Weijia, Zhang Min
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity Vol 33, pp. 1-7 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2023.3248529
Professional Activities
- Founding organizing committee member of EFATS conference (Emission free air transport through superconductivity conference) 2021 (External organisation)
- Member
- 2021
- Organizing committee for EFATS 2021 (EMISSIONS FREE AIR TRANSPORTTHROUGH SUPERCONDUCTIVITY CONFERENCE) (Event)
- 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
- Spirits testing
- Zhang, Min (Principal Investigator) Yuan, Weijia (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2023
- SCOHL - SuperConductor OverHead Lines
- Yuan, Weijia (Principal Investigator) Hong, Qiteng (Co-investigator) Zhang, Min (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2023
- Superconducting Direct Current for a Decarbonised 2050 Grid: PDRA 3
- Xu, Lie (Principal Investigator) Egea Alvarez, Agusti (Co-investigator) Yuan, Weijia (Co-investigator) Chen, Yin (Research Co-investigator)
- Linked to 180100 for overarching agreement
- 07-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2024
- Zero Emissions for Sustainable Transport 1 "ZEST1" | Younas, Muhammad Bin
- Zhang, Min (Principal Investigator) Yuan, Weijia (Co-investigator) Younas, Muhammad Bin (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
- Industrial CASE Account - University of Strathclyde 2022 | Younas, Muhammad Bin
- Zhang, Min (Principal Investigator) Yuan, Weijia (Co-investigator) Younas, Muhammad Bin (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
- SCADENT – SuperConductor Applications for Dense Energy Transmission (Strategic Innovation Fund - SIF, Discovery Phase)
- Yuan, Weijia (Principal Investigator) Hong, Qiteng (Co-investigator) Papadopoulos, Panagiotis (Co-investigator) Zhang, Ming (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
Contact
Professor
Weijia
Yuan
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: weijia.yuan@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2951