Dr Yang Liu

Dr Yang Liu

Senior Lecturer

Telephone: 01392 724654

Extension: (Streatham) 4654

Education:

Employment History:

Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK, 05/2010 - 09/2013
Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK, 10/2013 - 07/2016
Lecturer in Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK, 08/2016 - 04/2019
Honorary Researcher, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, UK, 08/2018 - 08/2020
Senior Lecturer in Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK, 05/2019 - now

Research Interests:

Awards:

Ali H. Hayfeh Prize, Int. Nonlinear Dynamics Conference 2021
1st place, poster competition at the 4th Annual IEEE UK and Ireland RAS Chapter Conf.
Lab Science Bursary Award, British Society of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting 2019
IMechE Group Project Award
Young Delegates Award, the 14th IFToMM World Congress
Best Student Paper Award, the 15th Int. Conf. Automation & Computing

Research Activities:

Lead guest editor, SI: Self-propelled robots: from theory to applications at Meccanica
Symposium chair, Biocapsule Robots, the 2nd Int. Nonlinear Dynamics Conference 2021, Italy
Symposium chair, Biomechanics and Capsule Robots, the 1st Int. Nonlinear Dynamics Conference 2019, Italy
Symposium chair, Modelling of Friction and Dynamics of Frictional Oscillators, Int. Conf. Engineering Vibration 2017, Bulgaria

Live Projects:

On the piecewise-smooth dynamics of robot-cancer interaction at microscale, EPSRC Mathematical Sciences DTP (2581433), PI, £88,503, 01/10/21-30/09/25
Development of a mathematical tool for piecewise-smooth delay differential equations: a micro-robot’s perspective, EPSRC (EP/W52265X/1), PI, £TBC, 18/10/21-17/10/22
On the dynamics of two contacting bodies under frictional sliding, Royal Society, PI, £11,685, 30/03/21-29/03/23 (ranked in Top 7th of 56 funded projects, see News)
OMEGA: On the modelling of micro-robots in the gut: a non-smooth dynamics approach, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship (101018793), PI, €212,933, 01/10/21-30/09/23 (marked 97 out of 100, ranked in Top 2.95% in Engineering Panel, and about 1,630 funded projects out of 11,300 applications)
When a micro-robot encounters a bowel lesion, EPSRC New Horizons (EP/V047868/1), PI, £202,450, 01/05/21-30/06/23 (about 100 funded projects out of over 1,200 applications, see EPSRC News)
Developing AI enabled low-cost microcontrollers, EPSRC SMM CDT, PI, £80,000, 01/11/19-31/10/23

Finished Projects:

EPSRC Capital award for core equipment (EP/T023635/1), Co-I, £269,363, 29/11/19-27/07/21
Controlling multistability in vibro-impact systems: theory and experiment, EPSRC (EP/P023983/1), PI, £101,147, 01/10/17-30/06/19
Utilising the vibro-impact self-propulsion technique for gastrointestinal endoscopy, EPSRC (EP/R043698/1), PI, £31,674, 06/08/18-28/02/19
Control of multistable dynamical systems with applications in oil and gas industry, the Carnegie PhD scholarship, PI, £54,159, 01/10/15-31/03/19
Mathematical modelling and optimisation of a downhole anti stick-slip tool for reduction of torsional vibrations, ETP PhD Studentship collaborated with Tomax Ltd., Co-PI, £82,423, 01/10/14-31/03/18
Agri-Tech in China: Newton Network+, Pathfinder Awards (PF002), PI, £4,914, 07/17
Design, modelling and implementation of a capsule system for pipeline pigging inspection, IMechE Group Project Award, £2,500, 01/10/15-31/03/16 (News 1, News 2)
Development of an experimental test rig for a vibro-impact capsule system, the Carnegie Trust Small Research Grant (No 31841), PI, £2,140, 01/08/14-31/07/15