Professor Min Zhang
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
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/
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
- Superconductor Science and Technology (SUST) highlights of 2017
- Recipient
- 2017
- The Jan Evetts SUST Award 2017
- Recipient
- 2017
- IOP Reviewer Awards
- Recipient
- 2017
Publications
- Analytical AC loss comparison between REBCO, MgB2, copper and aluminum Litz wires for cryogenic electrical machines
- Chow Calvin C T, Zhang Min, Chau K T
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity Vol 35, pp. 1-16 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2024.3519419
- A compact conduction cooled flux pump operating below 77 K
- Iftikhar Muhammad H, Ertekin Ercan, Zhang Min, Yuan Weijia
- Superconductor Science and Technology Vol 38 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/adaf5c
- The radial flux HTS synchronous motor stator windings comparison for electrified aircraft applications
- Qiu Zhishu, Shchukin Aleksandr, Younas Muhammad Bin, Liao Hengpei, Yuan Weijia, Zhang Min
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity Vol 35, pp. 1-6 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2025.3545412
- Review of cryogenic power electronics for all-electric aircraft
- Elwakeel Abdelrahman, Liao Yuchuan, Xiao Yudi, Peña Alzola Rafael, Zhang Min, Yuan Weijia
- IEEE Access Vol 13, pp. 30646-30664 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3539572
- Characterization of 650 V GaN transistors at cryogenic temperature in all-electric aircraft applications
- Liao Yuchuan, Xiao Yudi, Elwakeel Abdelrahman, Alzola Rafael Pena, Zhang Min, Yuan Weijia
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, pp. 1-7 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2025.3531694
- A novel trapped field magnet enabled by a quasi-operational HTS coil
- Liao Hengpei, Shchukin Aleksandr, Parajuli Roshan, Chaud Xavier, Song Jung-Bin, Zhang Min, Yuan Weijia
- iEnergy Vol 3, pp. 261-267 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.23919/IEN.2024.0030
Professional Activities
- Axial-flux superconducting motor to enable zero emission aviation
- Speaker
- 3/9/2023
- Superconductor Science and Technology (Journal)
- Guest editor
- 3/2021
- Advisory Board of the 7th International HTS Modelling Workgroup (Event)
- Member
- 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
- 2021 joint 23rd Cryogenic Engineering Conference and International Cryogenic Materials Conference
- Invited speaker
- 2021
Projects
- 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 - 31-Jan-2025
- Cryogenic testing for liquid hydrogen tank
- Yuan, Weijia (Principal Investigator) Ertekin, Ercan (Co-investigator) Zhang, Min (Co-investigator)
- 18-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2025
- Magnetostatic Simulations
- Yuan, Weijia (Principal Investigator) Macdonald, Malcolm (Co-investigator) Zhang, Min (Co-investigator)
- 06-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2024
- Superconducting cable testing
- Parker, Max (Principal Investigator) Yuan, Weijia (Co-investigator) Zhang, Min (Co-investigator)
- 29-Jan-2024 - 07-Jan-2024
- AFRC-CRAD-06476 Target H2
- Yakushina, Evgenia (Principal Investigator) Zhang, Min (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2027
Contact
Professor
Min
Zhang
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: min.zhang@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2345