Dr Zhiming Yuan

Reader

Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

Personal statement

I have been a Lecturer (2014-2019), then a Senior Lecturer (2019-2022), and then a Reader (2022- ) in the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde at Glasgow. I received my PhD degree at Strathclyde in 2014 on Ocean Engineering. My research activity mainly focused on the Marine Hydrodynamics and Offshore Renewable Energy, and I have published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles on these areas. I is currently acting as the Deputy Editor of Ocean Engineering, and editorial board member for couple of international journals. I am an ITTC committee member and sectary of ITTC Maneuvering Committee. I has been the PI/CoI for more than 10 research projects, securing more than £3M grants from various funding sources, and I was invited by Prof. Ronald Yeung to carry out joint research at UC Berkeley under Sir David Anderson Bequest Award. I am currently leading the Hydrodynamics and Ocean Renewable Energy Laboratory (HOREL) at Strathclyde, acting as the first supervisor of 9 PhD students. My research work on wave interference has been selected as Focus on Fluids article of Journal of Fluid Mechanics and highlighted by Nature (Nature. 565(7741):538), and these works have also been widely reported by TheTimes, DailyMail, Today Headline, ScienceNews, etc. In 2022, I shared the Ig Nobel prize in the field of Physics for “trying to understand how ducklings manage to swim in formation”.

For more information about our research group, please visit our webpage Hydrodynamics & Ocean Renewable Energy Laboratory @ Strathclyde

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Prize And Awards

Ig Nobel Prize: Recipient; 9/2022
External examiner for PhD: Recipient; 12/2019
Best Reviewer of NAOME: Recipient; 11/2018
Distinguished Professor: Recipient; 10/2018
Visiting Professor: Recipient; 7/2018

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Publications

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Publications

Wave energy harvesting performance of a novel Dual-mode Oscillating Buoy- Parabolic Oscillating Water Column (DOB-POWC) hybrid system: Liu Weifeng, Cheng Yong, Dai Saishuai, Yuan Zhiming, Incecik Atilla; Renewable Energy Vol 248 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2025.123157
Performance analysis of the oscillating-body wave energy converter with a novel bistable mechanism under irregular wave conditions: Wu Haitao, Zhu Fengshen, Yuan Zhiming; Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment (2025); https://doi.org/10.1177/14750902251339118
WEC spacing effects on the performance of a floating energy harvesting platform: Wu Haitao, Yuan Zhiming; Ocean Engineering Vol 327 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.120971
A time-domain BEM for instantaneous interaction by two ships head-on encountering in incident waves: Zhang Xiao, Cheng Yong, Dai Saishuai, Li Mingxin, Yuan Zhiming, Incecik Atilla; Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements Vol 172 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enganabound.2025.106128
Dynamic response characteristics of floating offshore photovoltaic systems with anchor position deviations under extreme environmental conditions: Du Jun-Feng, Zhang De-Qing, Jin Tao, Zhu Feng-Shen, Yuan Zhi-Ming, Incecik Atilla; Physics of Fluids Vol 37 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0253742
Resistance experiments on ships in a leader-follower formation: Zhu Fengshen, Dai David, Yuan Zhiming; Physics of Fluids Vol 37 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0249171

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Research

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Research Interests

The recent research directions carried out by my group include:

Offshore renewable energy system, including offshore wind, solar and wave energy;
Controllability and autonomous ships;
Offshore hydrogen;
Floating Offshore PV;
Hydrodynamics of ship and offshore structures;
Multibody hydrodynamic interaction and wave interference;
Ship-bottom, Ship-bank, Ship-lock, Ship-ship interactions;
Very large floating structures;
Real-time control of wave energy converters;
Free surface waves and the bio-mimetic study on animal swim.