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.
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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
- IOP Reviewer Awards
- Recipient
- 2017
- Superconductor Science and Technology (SUST) highlights of 2017
- Recipient
- 2017
- The Jan Evetts SUST Award 2017
- Recipient
- 2017
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Publications
- Magnetization characteristics of HTS-stacked ring magnets with and without HTS stack inserts
- Liao Hengpei, Dennis Anthony R, Yuan Weijia, Zhang Min
- Journal of Applied Physics Vol 134 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0165643
- Protection system architecture for all-electric aircraft
- El-Wakeel Abdelrahman, Ertekin Ercan, Elshiekh Mariam, Iftikhar Muhammad, Yuan Weijia, Zhang Min
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity Vol 33, pp. 1-7 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2023.3248529
- Modelling of a high-temperature superconductor HVDC cable under transient conditions
- Chaganti Pavan, Yuan Weijia, Zhang Min, Xu Lie, Hodge Eoin, Fitzgerald John
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity Vol 33 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2023.3251948
- Characterizing semiconductor devices for all-electric aircraft
- El-Wakeel Abdelrahman, McNeill Neville, Pena Alzola Rafael, Galla Gowtham, Surapaneni Ravi, Ybanez Ludovic, Zhang Min, Yuan Weijia
- IEEE Access Vol 11, pp. 73490-73504 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3279088
- Feedback-controlled flux modulation for high-temperature superconducting magnets in persistent current mode
- Iftikhar Muhammad, Zhang Min, Yuan Weijia
- Superconductor Science and Technology Vol 36 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/acc69a
- Magnetization mechanism of a hybrid high temperature superconducting trapped field magnet
- Liao Hengpei, Yuan Weijia, Zhang Zhiwei, Zhang Min
- Journal of Applied Physics Vol 133 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0133219
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Professional Activities
- Superconductor Science and Technology (Journal)
- Guest editor
- 3/2021
- Organizing committee for EFATS 2021 (EMISSIONS FREE AIR TRANSPORTTHROUGH SUPERCONDUCTIVITY CONFERENCE) (Event)
- Member
- 2021
- Management committee for COST Action CA19108 - High-Temperature SuperConductivity for AcceLerating the Energy Transition (External organisation)
- Member
- 2021
- Advisory Board of the 7th International HTS Modelling Workgroup (Event)
- Member
- 2021
- 2021 joint 23rd Cryogenic Engineering Conference and International Cryogenic Materials Conference
- Invited speaker
- 2021
- AC loss calculation of monofilamentary MgB2 wire in harmonic condition for superconducting rotating machine applications
- Contributor
- 3/11/2020
Projects
- SCOHL - SuperConductor OverHead Lines
- Yuan, Weijia (Principal Investigator) Hong, Qiteng (Co-investigator) Zhang, Min (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2023
- Integrated 3D numerical modelling of high temperature superconductors for fusion applications
- Zhang, Min (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2026
- Industrial CASE Account - University of Strathclyde 2022 | Younas, Muhammad Bin
- Zhang, Min (Principal Investigator) Yuan, Weijia (Co-investigator) Younas, Muhammad Bin (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
- Zero Emissions for Sustainable Transport 1 "ZEST1" | Younas, Muhammad Bin
- Zhang, Min (Principal Investigator) Yuan, Weijia (Co-investigator) Younas, Muhammad Bin (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
- SCADENT - Superconductor Applications for Dense Energy Transmission - Ofgem 2021: whole system integration - Discovery
- Yuan, Weijia (Principal Investigator) Hong, Qiteng (Co-investigator) Papadopoulos, Panagiotis (Co-investigator) Zhang, Min (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2022
- UKAEA fusion plant
- Zhang, Min (Principal Investigator) Hong, Qiteng (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2024
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Contact
Professor
Min
Zhang
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: min.zhang@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2345