Supervisor of Doctorate Candidates
Yong Yan has been the Director and Lead Scientist of International Center for Carbon Neutralization at Hangzhou International Innovation Institute of Beihang University since. He was a Professor of Electronic Instrumentation, Director of Research and Innovation, and Head of Instrumentation and Control Research Group at the School of Engineering, University of Kent, UK from June 2004 to June 2024. He gained the BEng, MEng and PhD degrees from Tsinghua University (1980-1988) and Teesside University in the UK (1989-1992), respectively. In recognition of his contributions to pulverised fuel fl... More+
Honor and Reward
2016 Excellent Teacher Award by the Student Union of the University of Kent
2012 Industrial Application Award of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
2012 Distinguished Lecturer (2012-2018) of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
2011 Alec Hough-Grassby Award of the Institute of Measurement and Control
2011 IEEE Fellow (Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)
2011 Partner prize for successful projects in the Science Bursary Programme for Schools & Colleges, Nuffield Foundation
2010 Fellow of the Institute of Measurement and Control
2010 Fellow of the Institute of Physics and Chartered Physicist
2009 Fellow of the Institution of Engineering Technology
2007 Prize for the engineering education by the Royal Academy of Engineering