Jie Lin

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Jie Lin

Dr

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3323-2089

  • Room 06.021 - Ashby Tower

    United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

I am looking for PhD and Postdoc candidates to work on advanced battery characterisation, novel battery diagnostics, multiscale battery modelling and battery data-driven models.1. PhD studentship "Mult-physics testing and modelling of Lithium-ion Batteries" (https://www.qub.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-research/phd-opportunities/multiphysics-testing-and-modelling-of-lithiumion-batteries.html), open to UK and ROI nationals, and to EU nationals with settled status in the UK.2. Postdocs via Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships: https://www.qub.ac.uk/Research/our-research/europe/msca-individual-fellowship/.3. China Scholarship Council (CSC) and Queen's University Belfast PhD scholarships (https://www.qub.ac.uk/Study/international-students/international-scholarships/china/queens-university-china-scholarship-council-phd-scholarships-2025): 20 scholarships for Chinese students per year.4. Self-funded PhD opportunities are available. Please send an email to discuss research proposals.

20162025

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Particulars

I am a Lecturer in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast and a Visiting Lecturer at University College London. Prior to this appointment, I was a research fellow at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London and Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford. I received my PhD in Mechanical Engineering from National University of Singapore and Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. 

My research focuses on sustainable energy technologies for energy conversion and storage, air conditioning and thermal management, with an emphasis on multiscale and multi-physics battery characterisation, diagnostics, modelling and management. 

Research Interests

  • Lithium-ion batteries
  • Battery materials and characterisation
  • Battery diagnostics and management
  • Cooling and thermal management
  • Multiphysics and multiscale modelling

Achievements

I have led 10+ research projects funded by EPSRC, Royal Society, STFC, Northern Ireland Department for the Economy, etc. I have published 40+ international top journals articles, including in leading journals in the field, such as Energy & Environmental Science, Energy Storage Materials, Small, Communications Engineering, Energy Conversion and Management, and Applied Energy, and a book "Indirect Dew-Point Evaporative Cooling: Principles and Applications" in Springer Nature.

Academic Service

  • Managing Editor in Elsevier for Energy journal
  • Reviewer of The Research Council of Norway
  • EPSRC Peer Review College member
  • Youth Editor of The Innovation (Cell Press)
  • Guest Editor of Discover Electrochemistry (Springer Nature)
  • Guest Editor of Energy Technology (Wiley)
  • Guest Editor of Green Energy and Intelligent Transportation (Elsevier)
  • Active Reviewer of international journals - Nature Communications, JACS, Journal of Energy Chemistry, Applied Energy, Energy Conversion and Management, IEEE Transactions, ASME Transactions, etc.

Honors and Awards

  • 2024 LSMS2024 & ICSEE2024 Best Paper Award
  • 2023 UK Science and Technology Facilities Council “Futures Early Career Award”
  • 2020 SEDA-PDF Supporting Learning Award
  • 2019 UK Science and Technology Facilities Council “Futures Early Career Award”
  • 2017 Outstanding reviewer for Elsevier journals - Solar Energy, Energy, International Journal of Refrigeration
  • 2017 National University of Singapore "Graduate Student Seminar Award"
  • 2016 National University of Singapore “Innovation/Entrepreneurship Practicum Award”

Administration

  • Faculty and school internationalisation
  • QUB lead contact for UK-Jiangsu World-class University Consortium
  • QUB lead contact for UK-China University Consortium on Engineering Education and Research
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Teaching

MSc/PGcert: MEE7029 Sustainable Energy Systems

MEng/BEng: MEE3031 Heat Transfer & Combustion 3

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

Keywords

  • TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
  • Energy systems
  • Battery diagnostics
  • Battery management
  • Thermal management
  • Cooling
  • HVAC
  • TP Chemical technology
  • Lithium-ion battery
  • Battery characterisation
  • Battery modelling
  • Material synthesis

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