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
2021 Specially Appointed Qiushi Professor at Zhejiang University（2021-2024, part-time)
2021 Excellence award for the completed knowledge transfer partnership project by Innovate UK
2020 Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng)
2020 Gold medal for the most published author of all time (since 1950) from the UK in the top journal in the field of instrumentation and measurement - IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM)
2020 Gold medal for the most published author over the past seven years from the UK in the top journal in the field of instrumentation and measurement - IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM)
2020 Top 70 Most Productive Associate Editor in the past seven years for the top journal in the field of instrumentation and measurement - IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (TIM)
2020 Excellence award for the completed knowledge transfer partnership project by Innovate UK
2020 Distinguished Lecturer (2021-2023) of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
2016 The Best Applications Award of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society
2016 Best Paper Prize (First Class) at the IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC)