Professor Min Zhang
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
Personal statement
Prof Min Zhang received her PhD from the University of Cambridge in Engineering. Before that, she received Bachelor and Master degrees from Tsinghua University in Electrical Engineering. Prof Zhang spent a year as a Junior Research Fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge and then joined University of Bath as a Lecturer. She joined the University of Strathclyde as a Reader in 2018 and was appointed as the first female professor in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering in 2021.
Prof Zhang received an ERC grant (funded by UKRI) in 2022 and she is a Fellow of IET.
Prof Zhang's research focuses on the application of high temperature superconductors in aviation electrification, fusion and renewable applications. More information can be found at https://cryogenicpropulsion.com/wordpress/our-team/
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Prize And Awards
- The Jan Evetts Superconductor Science and Technology Award 2019 Second Prize
- Recipient
- 2019
- Superconductor Science and Technology: 2018 Reviewer Awards
- Recipient
- 2018
- The Jan Evetts SUST Award 2017
- Recipient
- 2017
- Superconductor Science and Technology (SUST) highlights of 2017
- Recipient
- 2017
- IOP Reviewer Awards
- Recipient
- 2017
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Publications
- Self-powered heater-driven quench protection of an HTS magnet
- Gautam Gaurav, Tippetts Sam, Ertekin Ercan, Zhang Min, Morton Derryck, Jose Bennet, Wimbush Stuart C
- Superconductor Science and Technology Vol 39 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/ae787b
- Coordinated differential protection for multimode operation in a future spherical tokamak fusion power plant
- Yu Shiyao, Zhang Min, Hong Qiteng, Sato Eduardo, Antoniou Ioannis
- IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, pp. 1-7 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tps.2026.3693938
- AC loss of parallel-wound HTS coils designed for the armature coil of aviation propulsion motor
- Li Rui, Shchukin Aleksandr, Serracanta Oriol Fernandez, Ertekin Ercan, Yuan Weijia, Zhang Min
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity Vol 36 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2025.3631453
- Gas properties studies using reflectometry : first steps towards real time cooling gas temperature monitoring in superconducting magnets
- Fernández-Serracanta Oriol, Chouhan Shailendra, Konoplev Ivan V, Zhang Jin, Chen Xiaodong, Yang Yisong, Zhang Min
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity Vol 36 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2025.3631451
- AC loss of an HTS armature coil under a moving magnetic field
- Li Rui, Zhang Min, Yuan Weijia
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity Vol 36 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2026.3684778
- 10 kW cryogenic dc/dc converter for superconducting propulsion applications
- Elwakeel Abdelrahman, Liao Yuchuan, Zao Zihao, Alzola Rafael Peña, Liao Yudi, Zhang Min, Yuan Weijia
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity Vol 36 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2026.3666493
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Professional Activities
- UK Superconducting Machines & Systems Catalyst Workshop
- Organiser
- 12/2/2026
- Progress on a 100-kW superconducting propulsion unit for zero emission aviation
- Speaker
- 1/7/2025
- Axial-flux superconducting motor to enable zero emission aviation
- Speaker
- 3/9/2023
- Superconductor Science and Technology (Journal)
- Guest editor
- 3/2021
- Management committee for COST Action CA19108 - High-Temperature SuperConductivity for AcceLerating the Energy Transition (External organisation)
- Member
- 2021
- Organizing committee for EFATS 2021 (EMISSIONS FREE AIR TRANSPORTTHROUGH SUPERCONDUCTIVITY CONFERENCE) (Event)
- Member
- 2021
Projects
- CubeTherm: Harnessing Heat for Space Power
- Xiao, Yudi (Principal Investigator) Yuan, Weijia (Co-investigator) Zhang, Min (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2026
- HTS material testing LOT3
- Zhang, Min (Principal Investigator) Sillars, Fiona (Co-investigator) Yuan, Weijia (Co-investigator) Shchukin, Aleksandr (Co-investigator) Ertekin, Ercan (Co-investigator) Marrocco, Tiziana (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2028
- Magnets Mechanical and Thermal Testing LOT 1
- Sillars, Fiona (Principal Investigator) Zhang, Min (Co-investigator) Ertekin, Ercan (Co-investigator) Marrocco, Tiziana (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2028
- NGET SIF ALPHA
- Yuan, Weijia (Principal Investigator) Hong, Qiteng (Co-investigator) Stewart, Brian (Co-investigator) Zhang, Min (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- Airbus Cryoprop
- Zhang, Min (Principal Investigator) Yuan, Weijia (Co-investigator)
- 31-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2026
- Hire of High-Temperature Superconducting Small Coil Winding and Testing Facilities
- Zhang, Min (Principal Investigator) Shchukin, Aleksandr (Co-investigator) Yuan, Weijia (Co-investigator)
- 21-Jan-2024 - 03-Jan-2026
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Contact
Professor
Min
Zhang
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: min.zhang@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2345