Dr Yang Liu
Senior Lecturer
Telephone: 01392 724654
Extension: (Streatham) 4654
Education:
- BEng in Automation, Hunan University, China, 07/2003
- MSc in Control Systems, University of Sheffield, UK, 09/2005
- PhD in Control Engineering, Staffordshire University, UK, 07/2010
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
- Senior Lecturer in Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK, 05/2019 - now
Research Interests:
- Controlled capsule endoscopy for gastrointestinal diagnosis
- Early detection of bowel cancer
- Drill-string dynamics and control
- Control of engineering multistability
- Pipeline inspection robot
Current Projects:
Past Projects:
- 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