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

Experimental investigation of a dual-pontoon WEC-type breakwater with a hydraulic-pneumatic complementary power take-off system: Cheng Yong, Song Fukai, Fu Lei, Dai Saishuai, Yuan Zhiming, Incecik Atilla; Energy Vol 286 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.129427
Time-optimal path planning and tracking based on nonlinear model predictive control and its application on automatic berthing: Zhang Ming, Yu Shuang-Rui, Chung Kwang Sic, Chen Ming-Lu, Yuan Zhi-Ming; Ocean Engineering Vol 286 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.115228
Review on the development of marine floating photovoltaic systems: Shi Wei, Yan Chaojun, Ren Zhengru, Yuan Zhiming, Liu Yingyi, Zheng Siming, Li Xin, Han Xu; Ocean Engineering Vol 286 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.115560
Real-time control of ship's roll motion with gyrostabilisers: Hu Lifen, Zhang Ming, Yu Xingxing, Yuan Zhi-Ming, Li Wubin; Ocean Engineering Vol 285 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.115348
The resistance of a trans-critically accelerating ship in shallow water: Terziev Momchil, Liu Yihan, Yuan Zhiming, Incecik Atilla; Ship Technology Research, pp. 1-19 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1080/09377255.2023.2252232
Control of underwater suspended vehicle to avoid "falling deep" under the influence of internal solitary waves: Cheng Lu, Du Peng, Hu Haibao, Yuan Zhiming, Kaidi Sami; Ships and Offshore Structures (2023); https://doi.org/10.1080/17445302.2023.2244726

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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;
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.