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
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
Publications
- Numerical investigation of the effects of short-crested irregular waves on the performance of a floating power capture platform
- Wu Haitao, Yuan Zhiming
- Ocean Engineering Vol 313 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.119548
- Comparative study of dynamic characteristics between a FHAWT and a helical type FVAWT
- Deng Wanru, Liu Liqin, Lin Zihe, Yuan Zhiming, Li Yan, Liu Dongsheng, Li Haoran, Guo Ying
- Ocean Engineering Vol 311 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.118981
- Wave energy conversion by multi-mode exciting wave energy converters arrayed around a floating platform
- Cheng Yong, Liu Weifeng, Dai Saishuai, Yuan Zhiming, Incecik Atilla
- Energy Vol 313 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2024.133621
- Tuning control parameters of underwater vehicle to minimize the influence of internal solitary waves
- Cheng Lu, Du Peng, Wang Chao, Xie Zhongliang, Hu Haibao, Chen Xiaopeng, Li Zhuoyue, Yuan Zhiming
- Ocean Engineering Vol 310 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.118681
- An experimental and numerical study of motion responses of multi-body arrays with hinge connections
- Zhang De-Qing, Yuan Zhi-Ming, Zhao Guang-Wei, Chen Yu-Jing, Du Jun-Feng
- Journal of Marine Science and Engineering Vol 12 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12101791
- A prediction method for blade deformations of large-scale FVAWTs using dynamics theory and machine learning techniques
- Deng Wanru, Liu Liqin, Dai Yuanjun, Wu Haitao, Yuan Zhiming
- Energy Vol 304 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2024.132211
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
- BSI Committee SME/32 – Ships and Marine Technology (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 12/2024
- China Ocean Engineering (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 11/2024
- International Conference on Large Floating Offshore Structures
- Participant
- 9/10/2024
- BSI Committee SME/32 – Ships and Marine Technology (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 2024
- Marine Energy Research (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2024
- 海洋工程 (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2024
Projects
- CPD course on seakeeping and manoeuvring
- Yuan, Zhiming (Principal Investigator) Dai, David (Co-investigator) Terziev, Momchil (Co-investigator)
- 01-Mar-2024 - 01-Mar-2026
- Subsea and Pipeline Engineering & Management (RAE Visiting Professor- Ibrahim Hussein Fahmy Mohamed Abdelaty)
- Yuan, Zhiming (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Sep-2023 - 31-Aug-2026
- Tank Testing of Hydrogen Offshore Transfer System
- Yuan, Zhiming (Principal Investigator) Shi, Weichao (Co-investigator) Tao, Longbin (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jul-2023 - 30-Jun-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-Apr-2023 - 09-Oct-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-Mar-2023 - 28-Feb-2025
- Project ZERO - Zero Emission Research and Offshore Service Vessel
- Tao, Longbin (Principal Investigator) Shi, Weichao (Co-investigator) Yuan, Zhiming (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Aug-2023
Contact
Dr
Zhiming
Yuan
Reader
Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering
Email: zhiming.yuan@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3308