Dr Zhiming Yuan

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Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

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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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Publications

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, pp. 1-13 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1177/14750902251339118
3-DOF motion response analysis of damaged ships in quartering waves
Hu Lifen, Yuan Zhiming, Liu Jie, Guo Yanli, Liu Weiqi, Terziev Momchil
Applied Ocean Research Vol 161 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2025.104659
Evaluation of hydrodynamic performance of a marine train advancing in waves
Zhu Feng-Shen, Yuan Zhi-Ming, Wu De-Feng, Zhang De-Qing
Ocean Engineering Vol 329 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.121183
Wave energy harvesting of a floating membrane carpet tethered by array-arranged power take-off units
Teng Zhiyuan, Cheng Yong, Dai Saishuai, Yuan Zhiming, Incecik Atilla
Renewable Energy Vol 254 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2025.123744
Broadband wave conversion by a “Pan Flute”-type multi-oscillating-water-column (M-OWC) breakwater system
Hu Yinong, Cheng Yong, Dai Saishuai, Yuan Zhiming, Incecik Atilla
Energy Conversion and Management Vol 333 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2025.119820
Energy optimal path planning of ocean-energy driven unmanned surface vehicles
Liao Yulei, Li Ke, Zhao Yongbo, Tang Haotian, Zhang Ming, Liu Xiaofeng, Yuan Zhi-Ming
Ocean Engineering Vol 327 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.120965

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Research Interests

The recent research directions carried out by my group include:

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

Professional Activities

7th International Conference on Ship Manoeuvring in Shallow and Confined Water
Participant
18/5/2025
40th International Workshop on Water Waves and Floating Bodies
Participant
11/5/2025
National Taiwan University
Visiting researcher
4/2025
PhD examiner
Examiner
3/2025
BSI Committee SME/32 – Ships and Marine Technology (External organisation)
Advisor
12/2024
China Ocean Engineering (Journal)
Peer reviewer
11/2024

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Projects

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
Subsea and Pipeline Engineering & Management (RAE Visiting Professor- Ibrahim Hussein Fahmy Mohamed Abdelaty)
Yuan, Zhiming (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2026
Tank Testing of Hydrogen Offshore Transfer System
Yuan, Zhiming (Principal Investigator) Shi, Weichao (Co-investigator) Tao, Longbin (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2024
Hydrodynamic testing of a jacket platform under wave and current loading
Dai, David (Principal Investigator) Black, Steven (Co-investigator) Yuan, Zhiming (Co-investigator) Zhao, Guangwei (Co-investigator)
03-Jan-2023 - 09-Jan-2023
A low-cost wind load modelling technique for offshore floating wind tank testing (International Exchanges 2022)
Dai, David (Principal Investigator) Jia, Laibing (Co-investigator) Yuan, Zhiming (Co-investigator)
31-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2026

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Dr Zhiming Yuan
Reader
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering

Email: zhiming.yuan@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3308