Dr Zhiming Yuan
Reader
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
Personal statement
I am a Reader 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 130 peer-reviewed articles on these areas. I am currently acting as the Executive Editor of Ocean Engineering, and Chair of ITTC Maneuvering Committee. I am currently leading the Hydrodynamics and Ocean Renewable Energy Laboratory (HOREL) at Strathclyde. 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”. I was elected as the Fellow of Royal Institution of Naval Architects.
For more information about our research group, please visit our webpage Hydrodynamics & Ocean Renewable Energy Laboratory @ Strathclyde
Prize And Awards
- OMAE CONFERENCE APPRECIATION AWARD
- Recipient
- 6/2026
- 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
Publications
- Hydroelastic analysis of a VLFS under wave-current interactions
- Wu Haitao, Liao Boyu, Yuan Zhiming
- Ships and Offshore Structures (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17445302.2026.2713181
- Effects of sea current on the sailing performance of an autonomous sailboat based on VPP analysis
- Sun Zhaoyang, Jin Qianlong, Wei Zhiyuan, Feng Ao, Yuan Zhi Ming, Hu Feng, Yu Jiancheng
- Ocean Engineering Vol 363 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2026.126753
- Wave energy conversion and attenuation of a floating composite-stiffness carpet as a flexible WEC-breakwater hybrid system
- Cheng Yong, Zhang Xinxin, Dai Saishuai, Yuan Zhiming, Incecik Atilla, Li Mingxin
- Energy Conversion and Management Vol 365 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2026.121787
- Hydroelasticity and power capture of raft-type WEC–interconnected VLFS configuration
- Wu Haitao, Jia Laibing, Xu Xiaosen, Deng Wanru, Yuan Zhiming
- Ocean Engineering Vol 363 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2026.126646
- Three-degree-of-freedom motion responses of the damaged DTMB 5415 in head waves
- Hu Lifen, Liu Jie, Yuan Zhiming, Sun Delin, Bi Junying, Song Chaojie
- Ocean Engineering Vol 363 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2026.126564
- Adaptive backstepping sliding mode control for an under-actuated Dish-shaped autonomous underwater vehicle
- Sun Yu, Kong Linghui, Zhu Zijian, Zhang Ming, Yuan Zhiming, Du Peizhou
- Ocean Engineering Vol 358 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2026.125835
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.
Professional Activities
- ASME 2026 45th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2026)
- Participant
- 6/2026
- Ocean Engineering (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 5/2026
- Conceptual design of marine train and waveless ship
- Speaker
- 4/2026
- 41st International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies
- Participant
- 4/2026
- The 16th International Conference on Hydrodynamics
- Participant
- 4/2026
- 7th International Conference on Ship Manoeuvring in Shallow and Confined Water
- Participant
- 18/5/2025
Projects
- Survivability of Floating Offshore Solar Farms under Extreme Weather Conditions (International Joint Project)
- Yuan, Zhiming (Principal Investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator) Incecik, Atilla (Co-investigator) Terziev, Momchil (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2026 - 29-Jan-2028
- Hydrogen Floating Powerhub - Feasibility Study
- Dai, David (Principal Investigator) Ahmed, Khaled (Co-investigator) Egea Alvarez, Agusti (Co-investigator) Li, Shen (Co-investigator) Turan, Osman (Co-investigator) Yuan, Zhiming (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- Development of short-term wave prediction method for the motion control of offshore installation and crew transfer vessels
- Incecik, Atilla (Principal Investigator) Yuan, Zhiming (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 28-Jan-2027
- CPD course on seakeeping and manoeuvring
- Yuan, Zhiming (Principal Investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator) Terziev, Momchil (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2026
- EPSRC and NERC Centre for Doctoral Training in Offshore Renewable Energy 2 (IDCORE 2) | McAlister, Liam
- Yuan, Zhiming (Principal Investigator) McAlister, Liam (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027
- Subsea and Pipeline Engineering & Management (RAE Visiting Professor- Ibrahim Hussein Fahmy Mohamed Abdelaty)
- Yuan, Zhiming (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2026
Contact
Dr
Zhiming
Yuan
Reader
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
Email: zhiming.yuan@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3308