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Dr Jin is a Professor of Smart Manufacturing and Robotics in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast. He is a Fellow of Institution of Mechanical Engineers UK (IMechE). He has been working in the school as a research fellow (2007-08), a lecturer (2009-15), a senior lecturer (2015-18) and a reader (2018-21). He obtained both his Bachelor and Master degree in mechanical engineering in Dalian University of Technology China, in 1998 and 2002 respectively, and received his PhD from Nanyang Technological University Singapore in 2007. His research interest is in parallel kinematic machines, robotics, digital lean and green manufacturing, high performance machining, and production management. He has been a principal investigator or co-investigator for a number of research programmes, funded by DTI, EPSRC, Innovate UK, Royal Academy of Engineering, EU H2020, Invest Northern Ireland and industry (e.g. EADS/Airbus and Bombardier Aerospace Belfast). He is a member of the prestigious EPSRC Early Career Forum in Manufacturing Research, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow, and a member of technical committee of UK-RAS network. He is an associate editor of IMechE Journal of Engineering Manufacture, and an editorial board member of Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. As general chair of ICMR2019 and Parallel2020 international conferences, Prof. Jin has organised 20+ international conferences as committee members. He has published over 130 peer-reviewed technical papers. He is a chartered engineer, chair of robotics committee in UK IFToMM, and baord member of IMechE MICG.
Details of his research are available at the following websites:
Smart Manufacturing & Robotics Research Group: https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/smr/
Q-PreMan project funded by EPSRC: https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/q-preman/
Eye surgery robot project funded by Cathedral Eye Clinic: https://cathedraleye.com/robotics/
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):
Keywords
- TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
- Robotics
- Assembly
- Production
- Surgical robot
- Dilling
- Machining
- Composites
- Cost
- Time
- Automation
- Kinematics
- Parallel robot
- Parallel manipulator
- Parallel mechanism
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R3348ECS: UK-China Centre in Net-Zero Engineering Innovation
Jin, Y. (PI), Johnson, C. (CoI) & Rooney, D. (CoI)
25/11/2021 → …
Project: Research
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R1337MEE: Re-Imagining Engineering Design - Growing Radical Cyber-Physical-Socio Phenotypes -PROTEUS
Price, M. (PI), Jin, Y. (CoI), Kilpatrick, P. (CoI), Kirkland, F. (CoI), Nolan, D. (CoI), Rafferty, K. (CoI) & Robinson, T. T. (CoI)
26/01/2021 → …
Project: Research
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R1439MEE: UKRI COA EP/V5205241/1 - COA Allocation for R1768MEE
Jin, Y. (PI) & Murphy, A. (CoI)
30/09/2020 → …
Project: Research
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R1085MEE: NetworkPlus In Digitalised Surface Manufacturing
Murphy, A. (PI), Behera, A. K. (CoI), Butterfield, J. (CoI), Jin, Y. (CoI) & McLoone, S. (CoI)
29/07/2019 → …
Project: Research
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Drilling-induced defects and mechanical performance of open-hole structures in thermoplastic and thermoset polymer composites
Ge, J., Fisher, T., Kazancı, Z., Jin, Y. & Sun, D., Jan 2025, In: Composites Communications. 53, 8 p., 102223.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Thermal effect in CFRP machining: Temperature field characteristics, heat generation mechanism and thermal damage management
Ge, J., Fu, G., Almeida Jr , J. H. S., Jin, Y. & Sun, D., 12 Jan 2025, (Early online date) In: Composite Structures. 118845.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A new 3R1T parallel robot with remote centre of motion for minimally invasive surgery
McAleenan, A., Jian, Y., Jin, Y., Sun, D. & Moore, J., 29 May 2024, Proceedings of MSR-RoManSy 2024. Combined IFToMM Symposium of RoManSy and USCToMM Symposium on Mechanical Systems and Robotics. Larochelle, P., McCarthy, J. M. & Lusk, C. P. (eds.). Springer, p. 129-142 (Mechanisms and Machine Science; vol. 159, no. 1).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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A new fourier Q operator network based reinforcement learning method for continuous action space decision-making in manufacturing
Ni, Y., Li, Y., Liu, C. & Jin, Y., 01 Apr 2024, In: Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. 86, 12 p., 102641.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A parallel robot with remote centre‐of‐motion for eye surgery: design, kinematics, prototype, and experiments
Jian, Y., Jin, Y., Price, M. & Moore, J., Aug 2024, In: The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery. 20, 4, 26 p., e2665.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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1st prize of the poster competition at the 8th IEEE UK & Ireland RAS Conference
Jin, Y. (Recipient), 21 Feb 2025
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A. T. Yang Memorial Award in Theoretical Kinematics
Jin, Y. (Recipient), 18 Aug 2019
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Best Conference Paper Finalist
Jin, Y. (Recipient), 27 Jul 2012
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Best Paper Award
Ge, J. (Recipient), Sun, D. (Recipient) & Jin, Y. (Recipient), 2023
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Best Paper Award
Laverty, E. (Recipient), A Rahman, A. (Recipient), Jin, Y. (Recipient), Maropoulos, P. (Recipient), Mohamad, E. (Recipient), Salleh, M. R. (Recipient) & Abdul Rahman, A. A. (Recipient), Sept 2023
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Activities
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The 2nd Forum for Chinese PhD Students in Ireland
Jin, Y. (Keynote speaker)
04 Nov 2023 → 05 Nov 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
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Invited talk titled "A New Reconfigurable Parallel Mechanism Using Novel Lockable Joints for Large Scale Manufacturing" at Tianjin Chengjian University
Jin, Y. (Invited speaker)
10 Jul 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Invited talk "Double-sided machining by dual parallel robots" at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Jin, Y. (Invited speaker)
04 Jul 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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UK-China University Consortium on Engineering Education and Research Symposium on Net-Zero Future
Jin, Y. (Member of the organising committee)
01 Jul 2023 → 13 Aug 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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PhD external examinations at Trinity College Dublin, University of Warwick, and Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology.
Jin, Y. (Examiner)
May 2023 → Jan 2024Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
Press/Media
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Publicity on Establishment of UK-China Consortium on Engineering Education and Research
09/02/2017 → 07/12/2017
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